Disco Season 2 interview - Indiewire

[nenya_kanadka]

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Producers on Season 1 Finale, and How Season 2 Will Be ‘What Trek Does Really Well’

Key quotes:

[Georgiou and Tyler] both are so important to Michael Burnham. And so our goal is to create a universe of characters and our goal has always been to find other avenues of storytelling in terms of characters who can carry storylines. We didn’t want to limit ourselves. We love those characters and there’s a very good chance that you’ll see them again.

Less war, more away missions?

We are excited, because this season does free us up to [say] ‘Let’s try more away missions,’ ‘Let’s find some new alien species,’ ‘Let’s chase down new mysteries,’” Harberts said. “That’s hard to do when there’s a war to deal with. So Chapter 2 of the novel does get to be about what ‘Star Trek’ does really well, which is philosophy and debate and intellectual ideas and science and all those things.

They're still saying there's more to come for Culber & Stamets:

For the record, the writers haven’t forgotten about Dr. Culber, played by Wilson Cruz, who they promised would eventually return following his tragic and untimely death. “The presence of Dr. Culber will continue to be extremely important,” Harberts said. “We know what we want to do, but we’re just figuring out when and how.”

And they note that now with the end of the Klingon war they're now running parallel to events that have been mentioned in previous canon, and are looking forward to making that all slot together. On Pike:

[Christopher Pike] is everything that Lorca was not. He sacrifices himself so many times for others [...] The other thing that’s interesting about that character is we don’t know a lot about him. There’s a lot of stuff we don’t know.

And the question is posed: Should Saru get a kitten?

Thoughts, reactions, hopes, fears, dreams, species you want to see? (Me: Trills, rivendellrose: Andorians... :D)

Comments

[rivendellrose]

DID YOU SEE THE TRILLS? I had to restrain myself from emailing you, because we got clear shots of at least one, possibly two Trills in the Orion settlement on Qo'noS!

Can't say I'm unhappy about us transitioning to a more standard away-missions-and-mysteries sort of storyline, and I do hope that both Philippa and Ash will be reappearing soon. Also L'Rell, obviously, but I feel like I don't have to be hopeful about that, particularly, since she's basically the new Gowron/Martok/whatever.

Saru totally should get a kitten. Or a puppy. Whichever.

[kore]

Saru should adopt Merkin!

[nenya_kanadka]

I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ME!! Tattoo lady who touches her chest to make it all glowy, right? Who else??

I was like, DUDE THAT'S A TRILL, RIGHT? But argh the low lighting, hard to be sure.

[rivendellrose]

I'm not 100% sure, it might have been the same woman twice, but shortly before we see the tattoo lady the camera shoots over the shoulder and by the neck of a person (woman?) who clearly has Trill spots. She's on the right side of the camera's shot, I think, and the view is literally just her neck and shoulder, but the spots were unmistakable!

[nenya_kanadka]

Okay I totally know which bit I'm rewatching next. :D :D

(Tangent, following on from the mental track of Trills --> Curzon Dax --> Khitomer Accords: I just realized this week after months of this show why Sarek is in it so much. It's backstory for him eventually help create the big peace treaty between Klingons and the Federation! That's why Sarek and Klingons at the same time, that's why he's in the last two episodes here getting neck-deep in the Starfleet side of things with the Georgiou plot. Aha.)

TRILLS :D

[conuly]

Saru should get a rabbit kitten.

[nenya_kanadka]

Is that like the animals on Avatar: The Last Airbender that are always named half one thing and half another? (Your turtle-zebras or what have you.)

I am 100% sold on the headcanon that Merkin was Kat's tribble first (she used to use it in therapy for people to pet) but Prime Lorca named it and she ended up giving it to him.

[schneefink]

The presence of Dr. Culber will continue to be extremely important
That could also just mean a lot of flashbacks :/

[kore]

Or A Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet, if they're more focused on away team stuff. (I....dunno about that. It sounds at once more episodic and like we might get less about the whole crew, and I want MORE about the whole crew.)

[kore]

[Christopher Pike] is everything that Lorca was not. He sacrifices himself so many times for others [...] The other thing that’s interesting about that character is we don’t know a lot about him. There’s a lot of stuff we don’t know.

OH JESUS NOT THE RETURN OF THE WHITE MALE CAPTAIN SAVIOUR. I don't care about Pike! No!

....sorry to be such a total downer, shutting up now

[cheyinka]

Well, if he's Lorca's exact opposite, he'll want Burnham to grow and flourish without being in his shadow, in which case we shouldn't see much of him, right?

:hopeful:

[kore]

WELL PUT.

If we're getting a Good White Male Captain I want Prime Lorca knitting sweaters, not Nu!Pike.

[archangelbeth]

I am SO looking forward to getting DVDs/iTunes versions of the series (I'm trying to avoid spoilers!), but I will second "ANDORIANS!" just from the non-cut-text alone. With the adorable antennae from Enterprise.