Season two promo!

[ironed_orchid]

Premiered at San Diego Comic Con, link via Gizmodo

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Why is 2019 so far away?!

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[sgamadison]

Exactly! Why must it take so long???

[ironed_orchid]

Now that I'm actually paying attention to the article:

Before Discovery returns for its second season, CBS will also release four “Short Treks” minisodes, which will be approximately 10-15 minutes long and cover important characters such as Tilly, Harry Mudd, Saru, and a mysterious new addition to Discovery.

Hopefully these will help tide us over until the season begins.

[kore]

Oh, those sound neat!

[mekare]

Ooooh! Does it say where they will be released?

[sgamadison]

Oh man, normally I'm frustrated by shorts, but I suspect I'll be jonsing for some Discovery and will take anything I can get!

OMG CULBERT

[ironed_orchid]

from Gizmodo

and the return of actor Wilson Cruz, who will reprise his role as the Discovery’s Chief Medical Officer Hugh Culber despite the fact that the character (one half of Star Trek’s first ever LGBTQ couple) was controversially killed off in the first season.

We're going to get Culbert back, somehow.

Why can't we do polls in comments?

Is this Mirror!Culbert, Back From the Dead Culbert? Space Ghost Culbert? Mycelium Fungus Culbert?

Give me your best guess!

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[kore]

WE GET HIM BACK???

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[mekare]

My guess is mycelium fungis Culbert because I remember someone saying in S01 that the fungus has rhe power of life and death.

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[indiegal]

Mycelium for the win!

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[sgamadison]

I vote for Mycelium Culbert!

[kore]

!!!

[ironed_orchid]

<3

[chelseagirl]

As long as Pike doesn't become the central character in Michael's place . . .

It looks like the bridge crew may actually get more to do next season?

[ironed_orchid]

I'm excited about the bridge crew but so sad for Saru. I hope he gets the ship back.

[kore]

As long as Pike doesn't become the central character in Michael's place

YEAH, THAT. Or Spock. I'm not thrilled about the "we're synching up with canon this year" idea. I hope they did't listen to all the fanboy bitching about the Klingons and the outfits and the lack of the white male hero and change the show.

[writerproblem193]

We've got a Harry Potter cursed position here right

First year: a shady man who's disguising something about who he really is that ends up trying to kill the main character.

What I'm saying is that the captain of the season after Pike moves off hopefully early on should be basically Lockhart

[ironed_orchid]

So this means we get Lupin in year three? AWESOME!

[ironed_orchid]

Oh, I thought Pike was Lockhart. Probably just cos of the hair.

[mekare]

Okay, on the one hand -yay bridge crew gets (hopefully) more dialogue. On the other, did I miss something or are ALL the new characters white people?

[ironed_orchid]

One is a fish?

[indiegal]

Yay trailer! Though not convinced about quite how much Pike features and how number One seems to be being brushed over... this had better not be representative of the new season!

Actually really liked the bit with the fish at the end, it shows we still get our Michael, and Tilly and Stamets looks like they’re still on form. Hooray!

Now where’s my favourite Admiral?

[ironed_orchid]

Yeah, I'm sort of hoping that the Pike and Spock plot lasts about 4-6 episodes (at most) and then we get more time with our lovely crew.

[rivendellrose]

The whole Comic Con panel is also available here at least in the US (not sure if available in other countries). I happily sat through it, enjoyed everyone chatting, and came away with some cheery little bits to amuse myself with for the next few months.

I'm not too worried about the emphasis the trailer puts on Pike - there are plenty of shots where Saru is in the captain's chair, so I suspect Pike will either not be a whole-season-long presence or his attempt to take command of Discovery won't actually work and the two ships will just team up. In the panel they said they were only done filming through episode 6, I think, so this trailer would've been put together from a pretty limited palette.

[ironed_orchid]

Thanks for the reassurance! This is all good stuff to know

That link seems to be a summary of what was covered? Can't see any video so not sure if it works in Australia.

[lizbee]

I'm pretty sure Anson Mount is only in two episodes. I mean, they've lied about stuff before, but I'm quite sure the "Hey, we've cast Anson Mount as Pike!" announcement said he was only in a couple of eps at the very beginning.