Denzel Washington has nine Academy Award nominations under his belt and two Oscar wins (best supporting actor for “Glory” and best actor for “Training Day”), but he places no value on such career milestones. Speaking to “Jake’s Takes” on his “Highest 2 Lowest” press tour, Washington said no acting decision he makes in his career …

The legendary character takes his first spin in the captain's chair in this week's episode of the Paramount+ sci-fi series.

Just as he makes an impassioned plea to actually put boots on the ground and see what might be seen, though, he's rudely interrupted by the entire planet exploding into atomized bits by a spaceship — one that's large and powerful enough to defy everything we thought we knew about the universe.