Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad

"Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad" is the seventh episode of the first season of Discovery.

Description[]

As the USS Discovery crew attempts to let loose at a party, an unwelcome visitor comes aboard bringing about a problematic and twisted sequence of events.

Summary[]

Log entries[]

Personal log, Specialist Michael Burnham: Despite my fears to the contrary, I seem to have found my place on this Discovery. An air of routine has descended upon the ship, and even I am a part of it. I've made friends. Well, one at least. I take comfort in my work. This ship has quickly become the most important weapon in the Federation's arsenal in our war against the Klingons. And because of her, the tide has turned. Because of us, we are winning. Lieutenant Stamets' ability to pilot the ship's spore drive has given him access not just to all of space, but to unseen parts of his personality as well. As we perform our daily responsibilities, I confess I find some members of my fellow crew more interesting than others. Lieutenant Tyler has suffered so much, and still maintains such dignity and kindness. I find him... intriguing. But I fear my personal history interferes with my ability to forge relationships. I am among the others... but also apart. I wish sorely to step out of my comfort zone, yet don't know how. But tonight, I will face one of my greatest challenges so far. Tonight we are having... a party.

Captain's log, Captain Harcourt Fenton Mudd recording.: I am about to close the deal of the millennium...

Personal log, Michael Burnham: Just as repetition reinforces repetition, change begets change. I guess the truth is, we never really know what's coming. Sometimes the only way to find out where you fit in is to step out of the routine, because sometimes where you really belong was waiting right around the corner all along.

References[]

Characters[]

Airiam • R.A. Bryce • Michael Burnham • Hugh Culber • Keyla Detmer • Grimes (Baron) • Stella Grimes • Gabriel Lorca (mirror) • Harry Mudd • Joann Owosekun • Gen Rhys • Saru • Paul Stamets • Sylvia Tilly • Ash Tyler (Klingon) • Gormagander • USS Discovery computer

Referenced only: T'Kuvma

Starships and vehicles[]

USS Discovery (Crossfield-class) • The Festoon (luxury yacht)

Races and cultures[]

Human • Kelpien

Other references[]

Endangered Species Act • gormagander • Kasseelian opera

Appendices[]

Images[]

Connections[]

Star Trek: Discovery episodes
season 1	chapter 1	"The Vulcan Hello" • "Battle at the Binary Stars" • "Context Is for Kings" • "The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry" • "Choose Your Pain" • "Lethe" • "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad" • "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum" • "Into the Forest I Go"
season 1	chapter 2	"Despite Yourself" • "The Wolf Inside" • "Vaulting Ambition" • "What's Past Is Prologue" • "The War Without, The War Within" • "Will You Take My Hand?"
season 2	"Brother" • "New Eden" • "Point of Light" • "An Obol for Charon" • "Saints of Imperfection" • "The Sound of Thunder" • "Light and Shadows" • "If Memory Serves" • "Project Daedalus" • "The Red Angel" • "Perpetual Infinity" • "Through the Valley of Shadows" • "Such Sweet Sorrow"
season 3	"That Hope Is You, Part 1" • "Far From Home" • "People of Earth" • "Forget Me Not" • "Die Trying" • "Scavengers" • "Unification III" • "The Sanctuary" • "Terra Firma" • "Su'Kal" • "There Is A Tide..." • "That Hope Is You, Part 2"
season 4	"Kobayashi Maru" • "Anomaly" • "Choose to Live" • "All Is Possible" • "The Examples" • "Stormy Weather" • "...But to Connect" • "All In" • "Rubicon" • "The Galactic Barrier" • "Rosetta" • "Species Ten-C" • "Coming Home"
season 5	"Red Directive" • "Under the Twin Moons" • "Jinaal" • "Face the Strange" • "Mirrors" • "Whistlespeak" • "Erigah" • "Labyrinths" • "Lagrange Point" • "Life, Itself"

Media featuring Harry Mudd
Episodes	"Mudd's Women" • "I, Mudd" • "Mudd's Passion" • "Choose Your Pain" • "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad" • "The Escape Artist"
Novels and collections	Mudd's Angels • Mudd's Enterprise • Mudd in Your Eye • The Light Fantastic
Short stories	"The Business, As Usual, During Altercations" • "A Sucker Born" • "Dilithium Is a Girl's Best Friend"
RPGs and Video games	25th Anniversary • 25th Anniversary (NES) • Starfleet Academy (game) • Through a Glass, Darkly ^m • Trexels • Star Trek Timelines • Fleet Command
Comics	"Operation Con Game" • "It's a Living" • "Made Out of Mudd" • "The Survival Equation" • Discovery - Succession, Issue 1 ^m • "Vote Mudd!" (Year Five, Issue 15 • Issue 16)
	The Return of Mudd	"When You Wish Upon a Star...!" • "Mudd's Magic!"
	The Return of Harry Mudd	"Mission: Muddled" • "The Sky Above...The Mudd Below" • "Target: Mudd!"
^m : Mirror universe

Timeline[]

published order
Previous episode: Lethe	Discovery episode produced	Next episode: Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum
Previous episode: Lethe	Discovery episode aired	Next episode: Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum
chronological order

External link[]

Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.

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