I’ve always been a huge fan of Deanna Trio and of Marina herself. So I watched all of Next Gen when it was on,” Cruz says with a laugh. “Luckily, I was an enormous Next Gen fan. So, how did he prepare for this shift in roles? Was a Counselor Deanna Troi-centric Next Generation marathon in the cards? For Wilson Cruz’s Culber, the pressure to be a great Starfleet counselor exists just as much in real life as it does on the show. This means that before Culber took up the challenge in Discovery Season 4, the only other Trek regular counselor we’ve seen in the 21st century is the bird-like Dr. Nicole de Boer’s Ezri Dax was technically the counselor for DS9 in its final season, but Voyager, Enterprise, and the first three seasons of Discovery have all lacked a regular character in the counselor role. As Discovery returns for the second half of Season 4, Wilson Cruz jumped on the phone to discuss Culber’s journey so far, his inspirations for his character’s journey, where Discovery Season 5 might take us, and why he has so much “pride” for the Strange New Worlds crew.Īlthough we’ve had a few new Star Trek series since Deep Space Nine, it’s actually been a while since a regular Trek character was also the resident counselor. It’s one thing to mend those phaser burns, but quite something else to maintain the mental health of the Disco crew. And in Season 4 of Star Trek: Discovery, Culber’s new gig as ship’s counselor in addition to his regular job as a physician, has added a lot of extra stress. Culber was given two jobs instead of one. So, when the USS Discovery jumped from 2258 to 3188, suddenly, Dr. In the 23rd century, Starfleet didn’t have ship counselors. Tyler, meanwhile, is still drawn to Burnham and the Federation, said Shazad Latif, who plays Tyler.Spoilers ahead for Star Trek: Discovery Season 4, Episode 8, “All In.” Tyler is L'Rell's "torchbearer," as Chieffo puts it.Įxpect an exploration of the fairly messed up dynamic between the two, with L'Rell having orchestrated Voq's surgical transformation and brainwashing into Ash Tyler. Ash TylerĪlongside L'Rell is Ash Tyler, who at the end of the first season chose to leave Starfleet to go with the Klingons. "There's an interesting juxtaposition of internal and external struggles," Chieffo said. L'Rell is following T'Kuvma's plan to unify the different factions of the Klingon empire, although Chieffo notes there are challenges, with certain male Klingons who don't appreciate having a woman in power. "We're trying to piece it back together," said Mary Chieffo, who plays the Klingon leader. L'Rell may have had limited screen time in the first season, but she starts things off with a huge role: head of the Klingon High Council. "The clues for how that happens can be found in that," Cruz said. Rapp referred to it as "nature's recycler." "We deal with the consequences."Īs for how he returns? Rapp and Cruz hint that the mycelial network, which played a role in how quickly Discovery could move from place to place, would be a major factor. "We don't gloss over what happened last season," said Wilson Cruz, who plays Culber. We find Culber at the beginning of the second season the way we left him - dead. That grief will fuel a drive to save Culber, who has confirmed he will be resurrected. "Stamets is peering into the abyss of the unknown of the space left in the wake of the death of Culber," said Anthony Rapp, who plays Stamets. Hugh Culber, who shockingly died midway through last season. Stamets gets a chance to grieve for the loss of his partner, Dr. Will she get a chance to kick some more butt? It's Michelle Yeoh, so one can only hope. Early trailers showed she would be back, acting the part of the original Georgiou in front of Pike, which should lead to some entertaining moments. She brought an element of candor and attitude to the final stretch of the last season, and will likely do so again. Michelle Yeoh brings a natural gravitas to Discovery.
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