Warning: This Article Contains Spoilers for Star Trek: Discovery Season 5, Episode 5 - "Mirrors"

Star Trek: Discovery reimagines the Breen species in season 5, showing their gelatinous and solid forms and cultural norms around their appearance. The Breen's refrigeration suits evolved to protect their soft innards, leading to a cultural taboo against showing their solid faces. Discovery's episode "Mirrors" introduces a new look at the Breen with a focus on their unique biology and societal structure, including their impressive massive ships.

Star Trek: Discovery writer Carlos Cisco delivers a deep dive into the series' season 5 reinvention of the Breen. Cisco co-wrote Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 5, "Mirrors", with Johanna Lee, which revealed that L'ak (Elias Toufexis) is a Breen who has rebelled from the Breen Imperium. The Breen have placed an Erigah, or blood bounty, on L'ak and his lover, Moll's (Eve Harlow), heads. "Mirrors" is Star Trek's most revelatory look at the Breen,...