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Alice Eve defends her controversial Star Trek scene: “I’m proud of that”

Alice Eve, who stars in the new sci-fi film Warning , reflects on her much-criticized Star Trek moment.

Star Trek once promised to boldly go where no man has gone before. But Alice Eve knows science fiction can go much further by foregrounding women within its strange new worlds.

“A lot of women in sci-fi are self-sufficient,” says the actress, who played one such character — Dr. Carol Marcus — in 2013’s Star Trek Into Darkness , though not without controversy. (More on that later.)

Still, more than 50 years after Star Trek first aired, “science fiction is not necessarily the domain of women in terms of creation” off-screen, Eve says. For all the Ellen Ripleys and Sarah Connors on screen, this lack of female perspective behind the camera can hold the genre back.

An English actress who’s also known for her roles in Men In Black 3 and on Marvel’s Iron Fist series, Eve is experienced at navigating this tension. Her latest film — Warning , from Polish director Agata Alexander — marks the first time Eve has made a sci-fi thriller with a female filmmaker.

“I wanted to support a woman tackling traditionally male subject matter,” Eve tells Inverse , speaking in support of the film (out now on digital platforms). “I loved her audacity. She had this grand vision she was determined to execute on a small budget. And she did.”

Broadly, Eve is a sci-fi fan. And playing characters like Star Trek ’s Carol Marcus is part of the appeal. “Sci-fi is cool because it shows powerful women,” Eve tells Inverse. “They're not usually married with kids. They’re working for their passion.”

In 2013, Eve found herself discussing the optics of female representation in sci-fi in a more negative sense. When Star Trek Into Darkness hit theaters, some audiences objected to a scene in which Marcus strips to her underwear and is glimpsed by a chastened Captain Kirk (Chris Pine).

After the release of Star Trek Into Darkness , Alice Eve found herself at the center of online debate about the portrayal of women in mainstream sci-fi.

A throwaway shot, it served little narrative purpose in the film’s theatrical cut. Online, the backlash was swift to what some saw as a gratuitous instance of a female character being unfairly sexualized. (Though, of course, there was also a backlash to this backlash. ) Eventually, producer Damon Lindelof apologized, and director J.J. Abrams conceded that he understood the criticism. Eve has spoken only sparingly about the incident but, looking back on the scene, remembers being taken aback by the controversy.

“It was something I voluntarily worked with a trainer to be fit for, was very much prepared for, and very much enjoyed [doing] — filming, executing, promoting,” recalls Eve, who says she was actively involved in discussing all her character’s scenes. “The feeling I shouldn’t have done it, or that it was exploitation, was confusing to me.”

Eventually, Eve shrugged it off: “There are many things in the world that are confusing. I put it down to one of those anomalies. I’m proud of that scene, and all the work I did.”

The experience was still eye-opening for the actress, leading her to seek out projects, like Warning, that would avoid the male gaze dominant in most Hollywood sci-fi. Told over a series of disconnected vignettes set during a freak storm, Warning stars Eve as Claire, a lonely woman whose daily life is dependent on a pyramid-shaped smart home device called “God 2.0.” (In real life, Eve avoids such smart devices.)

Living in a near-future where technology is seen as a substitute for human contact, Claire’s isolation is heightened by everyday interactions that are hostile, cold, and unfriendly. “People have their main relationship with their device and they lose the ability to connect, to feel each other and empathize,” Eve says. “To me, the ‘warning’ is to remain empathetic, to remain in tune” with humanity, she adds.

Eve found shooting Warning to be isolating, as her main scene partner is an inanimate object (voiced by actor James D’Arcy). “The pleasure of the movie was the experiment of not having another actor,” she says. “It’s different, but it was much more lonely.”

Alice Eve ( Star Trek Into Darkness ) stars as “Claire,” a lonely woman dependent on a smart home device called “God 2.0.”

Claire’s backstory isn’t deeply explored in Warning , but Eve and Alexander collaborated on the idea that her character’s vulnerability stemmed from heartbreak. “When we suffer heartbreak, we retreat,” she says. “And when we retreat, we don’t like to connect with people. And then she becomes reliant in that period of recovery on this device.”

Far from helping Claire, “the device hooks into her,” making Warning a cautionary tale, says Eve. Claire turns to God 2.0 in an almost fanatical way, with Warning taking an unsubtle stance against organized religion and its power to prey on people.

“She’s lured into this belief she'll be a better person,” says Eve. “Organized religion seduces people by telling them life will be better. It's old capitalism: You won’t be lonely and sad if you don’t commit sin . Obviously, it’s important to be a good person, but it’s not going to make your life better to live.”

A scene from Warning.

Eve is still learning all it can mean to be a woman in science fiction. She will soon star in The Power , an Amazon series based on Naomi Alderman’s 2016 novel in which women possess electric superpowers. Alderman is writing the adaptation of her own book, with Handmaid’s Tale director Reed Morano at the helm of at least one episode and an all-female writer’s room involved in the project.

Eve says the 10-episode series’ main concept is teased by its title: who gets to wield power, and what will they decide to do with it?

“ The Power is an idea of a future where women have power and are more physically capable than men,” she explains. In the series, Eve stars opposite Leslie Mann, Auliʻi Cravalho, Daniela Vega, Tim Robbins, Rob Delaney, and John Leguizamo.

“My character is something of a choir [for] understanding the story,” she says. “I think it’s a really important story to tell, to show us throw[ing] the world on its axis and show how much of our [society’s] power dynamic relies on physical strength.”

In the years since Alice Eve starred in Star Trek , she’s paid closer attention to how women have been represented in the final frontier and beyond.

“There’s a different generation coming up, and I hope they’re feeling empowered,” says Eve, praising the long-overdue reckoning that the #MeToo movement has played one part in triggering. “I believe we're all having a human experience, and that’s a painful thing to have.”

Warning is available on Digital, Blu-ray, and DVD on October 22.

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The following contains spoilers from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2, Episode 9, "Subspace Rhapsody," now streaming on Paramount+ .

The Strange New Worlds musical episode was full of emotion, often expressed against a character's will. This is why it's important that La'an got to tell James T. Kirk about her feelings in spoken dialogue. Kirk didn't even have to say the thing about La'an liking Carol for Star Trek fans to know who he was talking about. But, for those who've only discovered the franchise through Strange New Worlds , Carol Marcus is a big deal to Jim Kirk and Star Trek .

In keeping with franchise history, Strange New Worlds is a series that frustrates shippers. The only relationship currently underway is Spock and Chapel's, which The Original Series fans know doesn't last. Yet, even though she doesn't know it, there's still hope for La'an and Kirk to explore their feelings for each other. This moment is less about Kirk than it is about the Enterprise's security officer. From the series debut until "Subspace Rhapsody," she's been on her own journey. When she introduces herself to people, all they hear is "Noonien Singh" and think of Khan. The Jim Kirk she fell for had never heard that name. While she's aware the real Kirk isn't that man, La'an wants the chance to be seen that way again. So, while she's perhaps written off Kirk for now, she shouldn't. As important as Carol Marcus is to Star Trek , her time with James T. Kirk is likely near its end.

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How Strange New Worlds Perfectly Lines Up With The Wrath of Khan

In Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan , audiences meet Dr. Carol Marcus, the leader of the civilian-run Genesis Project. It is meant to be a mechanism of life, but La'an's ancestor Khan wants to use it as an engine of death. In a way, Carol Marcus is the J. Robert Oppenheimer of Star Trek , but only if he wasn't aware he was about to become "death, the destroyer of worlds." Yet, more important to Star Trek fans is Carol Marcus, the mother of David Marcus, Kirk's son. While this may have seemed like the inevitable result of Jim Kirk's eagerness to fall in love , the relationship with Carol Marcus predated The Original Series .

While she's a brilliant scientist, Carol Marcus is also "the one that got away" for Captain Kirk. When he reunites with her in the film, he tells her he "stayed away like you asked." David's existence surprised fans, but Kirk knew he had a son. He didn't know what he looked like, though. The two fought when they first met, but he knew David's name. While the Star Trek timeline is convoluted , it does make sense that David was born before Kirk took command of the Enterprise. The Wrath of Khan is a study of aging, so David and Carol represent the life Kirk almost had.

On a rare occasion of studio penny-pinching helping a movie, the original opening of The Undiscovered Country had to be cut. Of all the original characters, Kirk's retirement was the least disappointing. Even though David died in The Search for Spock , he and Carol were living together on Earth. Of all his many romantic entanglements, Carol Marcus is the love of James T. Kirk's life. Well, after the USS Enterprise, of course.

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Carol Marcus Is the Most Important Person in James T. Kirk's Life Outside the Enterprise

Carol only appeared on-screen in The Wrath of Khan , yet her absence in The Original Series and the successive films looms large. Knowing Kirk had a one-true love that didn't work out informs much about his character. The Kelvin Timeline films took place in a different continuity, but Carol Marcus played a significant role in Star Trek Into Darkness, another Khan story . Interestingly, her relationship with Kirk amounts to mere flirting. The filmmakers were likely saving that for a future film that never came. Marcus ends up on the Enterprise, but three years later, during Star Trek: Beyond , she's no longer onboard. Also, as a crew member, it makes her relationship with Kirk problematic at best.

What the Kelvin Timeline Kirk has in common with the Kirk in Strange New Worlds is that both feel adrift. Kirk didn't truly become the best version of himself until he captained the Enterprise. To borrow a term from Across the Spider-Verse , Kirk choosing Starfleet over Carol is a "canon event." In The Wrath of Khan , David doesn't remember Kirk when he meets him. It's also unclear if David knows Kirk is his father or merely figures it out by the end. This all adds up to Kirk being out of Carol's life, at her request, before David develops object permanence.

Captain Kirk's reputation as a philanderer is overblown, mostly from 57 years of parody. Kirk is looking for love. Fans already know he doesn't find it with Carol Marcus. Perhaps he does find it, if only briefly, with La'an Noonien Singh? Strange New Worlds already showed the beginnings of some of Kirk's foundational relationships. Perhaps the series is also going to show how that foundation is built on the ruins of the ones that couldn't last? Carol Marcus may only appear twice in the entire Star Trek franchise , but it's her absence that makes her so important.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is currently streaming on Paramount+ .

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Flips A Switch On Kirk's Heartbreaking Backstory

This post contains spoilers for the latest episode of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds."

In the latest episode of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds," "Subspace Rhapsody," the crew of the Enterprise falls under the influence of a mysterious psychic field that is activated by a broadcast of Cole Porter's "Anything Goes." The crew becomes unable to keep its emotions hidden, and individuals find themselves confessing their more passionate inner lives ... in song. "Subspace Rhapsody" is a full-blown musical. 

As established in "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow," Lieutenant La'an Noonien-Singh (Christina Chong) has developed a powerful romantic attraction for James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley). This was complicated for her, however, as the Kirk she met hailed from an alternate timeline that was ultimately erased (dating in "Star Trek" seems quite difficult). In La'an's native timeline, however, Kirk is still alive, and she has to wrestle with the fact that she is intensely attracted to a man who has no memory of their time together. In "Subspace Rhapsody," Kirk visits the Enterprise, and La'an, thanks to the singing epidemic, has to confess her feelings for him. Kirk admits, however, that he cannot pursue anything with La'an ... because he's already in a relationship. He says that he's been periodically dating a woman named Carol and that she's pregnant with his child. La'an hadn't counted on that. 

The name Carol will instantly ring a lot of bells in Trekkies' minds. In Nicholas Meyer's 1982 film "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan," Kirk (William Shatner) is reunited with an old flame named Dr. Carol Marcus (Bibi Besch), the developer of an instantaneous terraforming technology called the Genesis Wave. Kirk is also reunited with his son David (Merritt Butrick), now a bitter young man who never knew his father. 

"Star Trek II" made Kirk look like a deadbeat dad. "Subspace Rhapsody" attempts to recontextualize that interpretation. 

Dr. Carol Marcus

Kirk doesn't call the off-screen Carol by her full name, but it's safe to assume it's Dr. Carol Marcus. 

The dialogue in "Star Trek II" between Kirk and Dr. Marcus is full of quiet animosity, but an attempted understanding. Both characters are wholly devoted to their careers, and although they had a child together, they agreed — at some point in the past — to stay apart. David grew up resenting Kirk, seeing him as a violent military man that he wanted nothing to do with. The sudden introduction of an estranged son and abandoned lover reflected poorly on Kirk, but also lent important thematic underpinnings to "Star Trek II." The film is largely about getting older and facing the consequences of one's actions. Kirk is middle-aged and no longer has the luxury of galavanting away from his problems under the auspices of his career. Having a son indicates that he finally needs to take responsibility for things. "Star Trek II" implies that Kirk, as a younger man, was reckless and blasé. 

At best, Kirk was someone who had to leave behind a pregnant girlfriend under a mutual understanding. At worst, he knowledgeably ignored Dr. Marcus and absquatulated with his career intact. 

"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" is set just a few years before the events of the original "Star Trek" series, and, given David's age in "Star Trek II," it syncs up that Kirk would be fathering his son at about this time. "Subspace Rhapsody" seems to reclaim Kirk's caddish reputation, staging him as a man who would happily stay with Dr. Marcus and raise their child, but also that his relationships can be fraught and complicated. He is not a wild sexual cowboy as his popular reputation might suggest.

Kirk's popular perception

The popular perception of Captain Kirk is, even to this day, that of a careless lothario. Yes, in the original "Star Trek" series, Kirk kissed his share of beautiful women, but Kirk's sexual prowess was rarely a plot point. Indeed, he was more often presented as a judicious, even serious starship commander, approaching most situations with logic and thought. This pop image of Kirk likely emerged in reruns, wherein Trekkies could watch key scenes back-to-back and form a rendition of Kirk that presented him as a sexual dynamo. "Star Trek II" tried to humble Kirk in light of his reputation. 

The Kelvin-verse "Star Trek" movies ran in the opposite direction, presenting a young Kirk (Chris Pine) as a sex-crazy super-stud who had threesomes on the regular, and who was instantly attracted to a young Dr. Marcus (Alice Eve), presented in her underwear. The Kelvin movies weren't so much a new version of "Star Trek" as they were the non-Trekkies' popular image of "Star Trek" presented literally. Kirk's romantic recklessness was a big part of the character in those movies. 

"Strange New Worlds," in contrast, is rescuing Kirk from his reputation. This younger man is a mite brash but presented as friendly, compassionate, clear-headed, and even sympathetic. The SNW version of young Kirk doesn't need to grow out of his "wild oats" period, he needs to harden into an adult. He's actually a lot more sensitive as a young man in "Strange New Worlds" than in the Kelvin-verse. He thinks about Dr. Marcus a lot and wants to do right by her. 

"Subspace Rhapsody" turns Kirk's womanizing into a myth. He may be destined to abandon Dr. Marcus, but we now know that he never wanted to. He is not reckless. He is haunted. 

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As season 2 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds comes to Paramount Plus this week, most things about the show are the same. It’s still the Enterprise as helmed by Captain Pike , Kirk’s predecessor. It’s still a return to the episodic Trek formula of yesteryear. And it’s all the same cast — except for one.

With last season’s heartbreaking death of chief engineer Hemmer, there’s a space to fill on the Enterprise roster. And as it’s still a little too early for Montgomery “Scotty” Scott to show up, that role has fallen to an original character: chief engineer Pelia, played by legendary actor and comedian Carol Kane.

Given that she’s brand-new, there’s very little anybody knows about Pelia — but in the season premiere, “The Broken Circle,” she’s already upending everything we know about Star Trek’s alternate history of humanity.

[ Ed. note: This piece contains spoilers for the season premiere of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2.]

The usual sign that a character is human rather than one of Star Trek’s innumerable humanoid aliens is that they’re not wearing some kind of facial prosthetics. And you won’t find a pointed ear or ridged forehead anywhere in Kane’s show wardrobe. But, as “The Broken Circle” reveals, Pelia is definitely not human. The first hint we get is when she casually refers to being more than 100 years old. In the same scene, Uhura, the ship’s polyglot, takes note of Pelia’s accent and asks if she is “Lanthanite,” to which Pelia replies, “Guilty as charged.”

Which is very interesting, because there’s no analogous Star Trek species to that name. In the episode’s final scenes, Spock drops one more tantalizing, explosive line about Lanthanites in conversation with Pelia: “I’ve always been fascinated by your people. That you managed to live on Earth among other humans undetected until the 22nd century is remarkable.”

This is brand-new information for Star Trek canon, and it would mean that somewhere in the 2100s — a century that includes the founding of the Federation, the obsolescence of money, and the events of the Star Trek: Enterprise series — humanity discovered that there had been aliens living among them. And this is something that everybody in Star Trek has just... known this whole time, but not mentioned until now? Buck wild.

When Polygon spoke with Kane, the first thing we asked was how she’d reacted upon realizing her character was an alien who’d lived secretly among humans for potentially centuries.

“Just thrilled,” she replied, “because you can let your imagination run wild and it’ll work. Also, I like the fact that I get to be the one that knows the most — in my opinion. And I probably do,” she quipped, “because of the time I’ve been on the Earth and in space.”

Kane said she relishes playing an older character, not unlike the original series’ Dr. McCoy, who’s doing cool space stuff right alongside all the young folks. “I like that at my age, which is Pelia’s age, that I get to be on the ship and embraced by the other people, so I’m not solitary. I like that. I relate to that.”

Kane couldn’t tell us anything about Pelia or the Lanthanites that wasn’t already revealed in “The Broken Circle.” All we can say for now is that they appear to be a completely new addition to the galaxy of species that make up Star Trek canon, and that chief engineer Pelia has a friendly history with Spock’s mother, Amanda Grayson. There’s no telling when Strange New Worlds is planning to reveal more, but we, for one, eagerly await more answers about the aliens living among us.

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Carol Kane And ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Showrunner On Lanthanites And Just How Old Pelia Is

| June 21, 2023 | By: TrekMovie.com Staff 55 comments so far

The season two premiere of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds introduced a new mysterious character with Academy Award-nominee Carol Kane playing Pelia. Now the actress, and co-showrunner Henry Alonso Myers, are offering a few more details about the character, and her species — the long-lived Lanthanites.

Pelia is really old – designed to be the flip side of Hemmer

“The Broken Circle” introduced Carol Kane as Pelia, a Starfleet Academy engineering instructor who ended up taking the position of chief engineer, replacing Hemmer who sacrificed himself in the penultimate episode of season 1. Speaking to Collider , Carol Kane talked more about her character’s background, including identifying a connection to Hemmer:

I have taken over being the engineer on the ship from Hemmer, who was my student, years ago, and I guess I could say that I’ve been alive for centuries. So I have quite a background, and I know a lot about everyone there, and I know my job, and I think I’m very opinionated because I have been around much longer than anyone else, and I think I claim that territory. I get pretty straightforward and opinionated.

The premiere episode also revealed that even though Pelia looks human she is a Lanthanite, a race Spock described as living “on Earth among other humans undetected until the 22nd century.” Uhura also spotted her distinct accent as Lanthanite. Kane noted above she has lived for hundreds of years, which was also stated in the episode. In a video about Pelia released by Paramount+ (below), Kane reveals Pelia is even older than that:

As an actor, I just love to jump into my imagination and different worlds and that is one of the great gifts we get being actors. One day you are a bank teller and the next day you are a surgeon and the next day someone thousands and thousands of years old… My character Pelia is thousands of years old. She comes from a tribe called Lanthanites.

In the Paramount+ video, co-showrunner Henry Alonso Myers explained how making Pelia ancient was their way of changing things up from Hemmer:

We needed an engineer because we had lost Hemmer and we just got into a discussion as a writer’s room about would be an interesting, very different energy to throw into our cast… So we had this idea about a race of people who lived among humans for thousands of years unknown to us… Hemmer had this notion of his own purpose as it related to his mortality. So we thought, “What would be a flip of that?” Here’s someone who never really has to face their mortality. How would you see life differently if you were that person?

Long-lived races are nothing new for Star Trek, including Vulcans and El-Aurians, like Guinan. However, the executive producer hinted Lanthanites may be immortal, putting them into the more rarified league of Star Trek aliens like the Q and other super-beings, although there is no indication yet they have any special powers beyond their age. We will likely learn more in episode 3 where preview images indicate La’an and Kirk will encounter a younger Pelia in the 21st century.

Paul Wesley as Kirk, Christina Chong as La’an and Carol Kane as Pelia in episode 203 “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow” (Paramount+)

Kane shakes up the cast

Henry Alonso Myers also talked about how they were drawn to casting Kane due to her “completely different energy,” and how this allowed for a new dynamic with the characters. He explains in the Paramount+ video:

When she comes into any scene, she is so much herself in a way that I think is kind of perfect for the crew. It really kind of throws people back on their heels. It makes them think about things differently. It forces them to play things differently.

In the same video, actress Celia Rose Gooding noted that due to Uhura’s strong connection to Hemmer, she is a little “trepidatious” initially with Pelia, but “because of Pelia’s incredible personality and just how warm and exciting she is, I think Uhura can’t help but sort of be attracted to that.”

For her part, Kane was not familiar with Star Trek, telling Collider “I had not really seen it,” joking that she thought the producers had the wrong number when they initially reached out. However, in the Paramount+ video about Pelia, she talks about how easy it has been to join the show.

I never imagined being in sci-fi. It’s very different from anything I’ve ever come close to doing… I must say, being in scenes with this entire cast has been so much fun. Sometimes you feel a little awkward coming in a second season, people have already gotten very-family-like together. And I haven’t felt that for one second. I think the first person I was able to work with was Ethan Peck who is just a doll and so talented and handsome to boot, which never hurts.

Carol Kane as Pelia (Paramount+)

Here is the video with Kane and Alonso Myers talking about Pelia.

And here is the full Collider interview with Kane.

Season 2 episodes drop weekly on Thursdays on Paramount+ in the U.S, the U.K., Australia, Latin America, Brazil, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Season 2 is also available on SkyShowtime elsewhere in Europe. The second season will also be available to stream on Paramount+ in South Korea, with premiere dates to be announced at a later date.

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I do wonder if she will only be in season 2 though… Like the Dr. Pulaski of Strange New Worlds…

Maybe it will be like Discovery and how that show has a new chief security officer every season….or Captain. ;)

Oh yuck that suxed for TNG season 1 for the chief engineer!

I hope not, she’s a welcome addition. Was she slated to be in season 3, I admit to not knowing this.

Doubt it. Crusher didn’t die like Hemmer. Also Kane is a pretty big name and talent.

Does she know Flint?

I predict a Flint connection.

Indeed. The references to “other humans” and a “tribe” suggests that they are human, if only long-lived.

So, basically a “Highlander” crossover.

Knowing these writers……yes, there is a connection.

True. 8:) This is getting ridiculous. So the Enterprise had a Khan descendant and a Flint tribesman a decade before they met Khan and Flint? Come on….

So maybe Peila was Mona Lisa?

Maybe Pella was Carol Kane?

Being trained and mentored by her would be one way to make SNW Scott more interesting than TOS Scott.

It’s unfortunate she’s not an El Aurian, since this character’s premise is similar to Guinan. Long-lived, hiding among Humans for centuries, and wise.

That would certainly have precluded the need for the accent. I love Kane, but that’s a bit distracting and affected.

Kane is relatively normal in Hunters, but this is a long running schtick, as it were

“From the dawn of time we came…moving silently down through the centuries. Living many secret lives, struggling to reach the time of the gathering, when the few who remain will battle to the last. No one has ever known we were among you… until now.”

If anyone starts chasing Pelia with a sword, we’ll know why…

There can be only one.

I was about to make a Highlander joke, you beat me to it. Like you said lets hope no one starts chasing her with a sword.

That notorious Spaniard, Sean Connery

She may not have done sci fi before but she was in Princess Bride as Valerie, Miracle Max’s wife. Pretty close to a fantasy setting.

Year, she did Ray Bradbury and tons of fantasy stuff like Transylvania 6-5000, Scrooged, Adams Family and Gotham.

Gotham? Was she Penguin’s mom?

Yes, I believe so

She was the best thing about Scrooged!!

Carol Kane was a great casting choice. I hated the episode but did enjoy her performance. She was the bright light of the episode.

Yeah, Kane is always a pleasure to watch, regardless of the role. As for the episode itself, for my money it frankly wasn’t interesting enough to hate.

I’m always gobsmacked when I see an actor, producer, director, etc., say, “I don’t know ‘Star Trek’, I never watched ‘Star Trek,'” etc. Seriously? The show is such a fixture of the US and even the world that the original Enterprise model is in the Smithsonian, and you never got curious about what the fuss was all about? Is this some kind of posturing that folks need to do in order to feel like they’re taken seriously?

She was aware of it, but never found it appealing enough to watch more of it than a few minutes. I don’t find that hard to belive. Most people who know who Shakespeare is have ever seen a single play of his.

Yeah sometimes it’s just not someone’s cup of tea.

I also think that maybe you are taking “don’t know” as if she’s not aware of it at all. My guess is she could probably give you the basics like most people – Kirk, Spock, Picard, starship, Klingons, Vulcans. But she probably just means she never actually saw it or decided to watch it. I know plenty of people like that. And in the younger generation, it’s not surprising at all if they don’t even know Kirk and Spock. But with someone with the age and experience of Kane, I imagine she at least knew who several of the main actors were and probably could identify the Enterprise – if nothing more than the ship from Star Trek. But it doesn’t surprise me at all that she hasn’t actually taken time to get into it.

I’m sure she was aware of it, it would be crazy for her not to heard of it unless she’s 12 lol. I think she just mean she’s not familiar with the universe other than maybe knowing a few of the character names, etc.

But not surprised she’s never seen it. I have friends and relatives whose never watched a single episode or movie to this day.

I mean lets be real. Everyone knows who Kirk, Spock, Enterprise, Luke, Han, Leia, Khan, Milleniem Falcen, Darth Vader, Superman, Batman, Iron Man, Frodo, Harry Potter, etc… are LOL. Whether you have chosen to familiarize yourself with yourself with them with it is different lol.

So are soap operas, but a lot of people don’t watch them and have no idea who the characters are. If Star Trek isn’t your thing, there’s no reason for you to know anything about it. I couldn’t name more than five or six NFL teams or NBA teams, and I have no idea who’s currently playing in any sports league at all. Sports are popular, but I couldn’t possibly be less interested in it, and thus it’s off my radar. Trek fans like to think we’re mainstream, but we are certainly not.

She had to be aware of Trek, Christopher Lloyd as working Trek III the last year both of them were on Taxi. It just wasn’t her thing, that’s okay.

I’m guessing I’m in the minority with this view (like that would ever happen? lol), but I was not convinced that I’m going to like this character given her intro in Ep 1 (which otherwise was a very good ep). Her character reminds me of a silly, juvenile character that is played for laughs — like we would get on Lower Decks.

I hope that this first impression of mine is incorrect as I get to know the character better in the coming eps.

You’re not alone. I don’t think I’m going to enjoy her either. I’d have preferred to keep Kemmer or get Scotty. She seems like a goofy Guinan.

Honestly I don’t know how I feel about her. I like this show very much, but there are things sticking out that feel out of place. Pelia is one of them. If I was a dog my head would be tilted… Like Nomad said: There is much to be considered… I must re-evaluate.

Nor am I. The accent was just too over the top, much more so than even Pavel Chekhov’s, and I hope they tone it down a notch. (That’s what Marina Sirtis eventually did with Troi’s accent, which didn’t bother me.) I do think the character could be a fresh take if she doesn’t descend into parody. Unfortunately, given what we’ve seen from NuTrek, I’m not optimistic that will be the case.

I’d never seen TAXI before Carol Kane was cast, and I watched an episode or two after the announcement.

RIght now, she’s basically recreating her TAXI role as Latka and superimposing a Starfleet engineer’s uniform over it. I get that she’s not the first actor to be typecast. Still, she may have been hired to put the “crazy” into season 2’s craziness.

Oh, and another thing. If Lanthanites truly blend into human society (as opposed to segregating themselves along the Amish model), they shouldn’t have a distinct accent. Accents aren’t genetic. They should speak in the same way as others in their community.

I like the character so far but based on what we know and seen so far, I don’t know why they just couldn’t make her an El Aurian? Maybe there will be something distinct about what the species do or some type of special power?

Yep. Leave it to the Secret Hideout crew to use an existing alien they shouldn’t and not use an existing one that has many of the traits this new alien has.

“So we had this idea about a race of people who lived among humans for thousands of years unknown to us…”

No they didn’t. They recycle an idea and then claim it came in some brilliant epiphany. They are taking credit for a lot of things on this show that didn’t originate with them.

I’m not seeing the big diff either but frankly after the S Show that was PIC season 2 I’m not really sure what an El Aurian is anymore either.

Now give us that Simka Gravas spinoff.

If she was going to do sci-fi like she is now, what better place to start than Star Trek?

She’s a great addition to the cast and it’s nice she has history with Hemmer.

Calling it now, Guinan/Peila 21st century episode of Bar Rescue!

Sorry, but I found the character just a little annoying. And why would the cast need to be “energized” after only one season? Hopefully the character will grow on me, but I do think it would be cool if they changed engineers each year until Scotty comes along.

I’ve loved Carol Kane in everything I’ve seen her, which is why I was surprised that Pelia was an absolute misfire for me. For now I’m choosing to believe it was a directing issue and she’ll win me over in the coming weeks.

Same. She’s a legend, and I love a brilliant eccentric performance, but sometimes you do have to really workshop it to not feel like it’s half-formed and improvised.

A showcase for a unique talent, Carol Kane. She can turn it off, mostly, in Hunters,but she’s going for the broad comedy here and uh, why not? It all still tracks with canon. Great storytelling potential, and a running gag of meeting her at earlier and earlier times – you know that is going to be its own episode.

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Dr. Carol Marcus was a female Human who was one of the Federation 's leading molecular biologists of the 23rd century .

• 1 Starfleet career
• 2.1 The Genesis disaster
• 3 Later life
• 4 Alternate timeline
• 5.1 Connections
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Starfleet career [ ]

In the early 2250s , Marcus attended Starfleet Academy alongside James T. Kirk and Gary Mitchell . During their time at the Academy, Marcus became romantically involved with Kirk, but their relationship came to an end in 2254 , when he cheated in the Kobayashi Maru scenario and abused her trust.

By 2260 , Marcus had graduated from the Academy and achieved the rank of lieutenant . Despite commendations for her superb work as a scientist , Marcus also earned several reprimands for minor insubordination and an unwillingness to follow orders.

In 2260, Lt. Marcus was assigned to the USS Eagle , under the command of Captain Botwin . Also serving aboard at this time was Commander Kirk, who was serving as Botwin's first officer . For the first few months they managed to avoid contact with each other, but Botwin ordered Kirk to try and set Marcus straight and make sure she became an excellent Starfleet officer. Over the next few months, the pair got reacquainted and once again became romantically involved.

The relationship came to an end following the Eagle 's mission to Caperna IV , where Marcus' ignorance of an order from Commander Kirk led to a landing party becoming endangered. Thankfully, all members of the party returned safely to the Eagle and Marcus was placed on report by Kirk. Shortly after, Marcus resigned from Starfleet after discovering that she was pregnant with Kirk's child. ( TOS comic : " Star-Crossed ")

In 2261 , Marcus was working for Kraden Interplanetary Research . ( TOS novel : Inception )

That year, Marcus gave birth to a son, David . ( ST reference : Chronology )

Scientist [ ]

Considered an expert in molecular biology , bio- protein development, cell mutation and radiation , she was offered many posts in the Federation , but kept being refusing to get involved in projects with potential military applications. ( TOS video game : 25th Anniversary )

In 2266 , she was assigned by the Federation Council to the meta-genome project at Starbase 47 as a civilian overseer. It was here, realizing the potential of the meta-genome , that Marcus first envisioned developing a technology that could create entire star-systems from scratch. ( VAN novel : Reap the Whirlwind )

David and Carol in 2267.

In 2267 , Carol and her son David then attended Sam Kirk 's funeral, though she did not want her son to meet his father. ( TOS - Year Four: The Enterprise Experiment comic : " Part 3 ")

In the year 2268 , approximately halfway through the USS Enterprise 's five-year mission (on stardate 3998.6), Carol Marcus and her seven-year-old son David were involved in a Klingon attack upon the Federation colony world of Beta Canzandia , where a terraforming research project was underway, supervised by Dr. Marcus. Carol and her son barely managed to escape alive, thanks to the intervention of the USS Enterprise and its first officer , Commander Spock . ( TOS novel : Faces of Fire )

By another account, in 2268 she had transferred to the ARK-7 space station to continue work with Dr. Anthony Cheever , eventually developing a device called the Cradle , which contained scores of microscopic life forms. Her team also accidentally created a virus during the course of their research which was deadly to Vulcanoid life forms. Thinking that the station was creating a weapon to be used by the Federation to commit genocide against the Romulan people, a Romulan force led by Centurion Preax boarded the station and took Doctor Marcus and Cheever prisoners. The crew of the USS Enterprise arrived to investigate the situation. Upon boarding the station Spock was infected with the virus, which made him seriously ill. Dr. Leonard McCoy worked rapidly to find a cure for the virus, curing Spock and the Romulans on board the station, and freeing the captives. Satisfied that the creation of the virus was an accident, the Romulans left Federation space peacefully. ( TOS video game : 25th Anniversary )

Apparently using the knowledge gained from the meta-genome project, Dr. Marcus invented the Genesis device and in 2284 , received Federation support for the project. Project Genesis was classified as top-secret and housed at the Regula I space station located near the Mutara Nebula . ( TOS movie , novelization & comic adaptation : Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan )

The Genesis disaster [ ]

In 2285 , the Reliant discovered the planet Ceti Alpha V whereupon the ship was commandeered by the infamous Augment Khan Noonien Singh who learned of the vessels mission. He attempted to get more information on Project Genesis from his nemesis, Admiral James T. Kirk but was thwarted in his plan. He later traveled to the Regula facility where he was looking for the Genesis device and killed many of the station's personnel. Using a mind controlled Pavel Chekov , he learned of the prototype being located in a bunker on Regula and used the transporter to beam the device onto the Reliant . However, Admiral Kirk attempted to stop him and during the skirmish between the two, the Genesis device was detonated which killed Khan in the Mutara Nebula . The resulting explosion resulted in the formation of the Genesis Planet due to the energy matrix within the Genesis device. ( TOS movie , novelization & comic adaptation : The Wrath of Khan )

Later life [ ]

Following the Project Genesis disaster in 2285 , Marcus was forced to live the rest of her life under tight security, lest her top-secret knowledge of Genesis fall into unfriendly hands.

She lived a secluded life on the world of Pacifica , under the constant watch of Starfleet security officers. She was allowed to leave her exile whenever she wanted, but seldom did as she was required to bring along an entourage of bodyguards to protect her from any enemy who might desire the Genesis information. ( TNG novel : The Genesis Wave, Book One )

In 2293 , early in the year, Marcus was critically wounded during a Klingon attack upon the Federation colony world of Themis ; a weapons-test for General Chang 's prototype Bird-of-Prey capable of firing while cloaked . Near the end of the year, she attended Kirk's memorial service that was held on the grounds of Starfleet Academy . Also in attendance were former crewmembers of the USS Enterprise , and some of his other old "acquaintances." ( TOS novelization : Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country ; TOS novel : The Fire and the Rose )

In 2310 , Marcus, along with Dr. Gillian Taylor and Captain Uhura of the USS Hermes , planned to test an experimental Genesis Device on Pacifica. However, Marcus and Taylor encountered intelligent life in Pacifica's ocean, and the plan was abandoned. ( TOS short story : " The Hero of My Own Life ")

In 2375 , she was kidnapped by a race of shape-shifting Moss Creatures , who tricked her into revealing the secrets of the Genesis Device . The moss-creatures used the Genesis technology to reform entire sections of space for resettlement. Marcus was killed in the explosion of the moss-creatures headquarters. She willingly stayed behind so that no other race could gain the knowledge of Genesis from her. ( TNG novels : The Genesis Wave, Book One , The Genesis Wave, Book Two )

Alternate timeline [ ]

In an alternate timeline in which John Frederick Paxton destroyed Starfleet Command and ended the talks for the Coalition of Planets in 2155 , Carol Kirk married Commander James T. Kirk , the first officer of the UESS Enterprise , in 2255 . They had a son named David Samuel Kirk , who was born in 2261 .

In 2264 , she and David were killed when their transport vessel, the Galileo , was travelling to an interstellar symposium on molecular biology proposed by the Vulcan government. Upon the sight of a human vessel crossing the border of the Interstellar Coalition , the ship was destroyed by the Coalition vessel ICV Vanik when its Vulcan captain T'Prynn claimed that the human transport was not responding to hails. This led to her husband developing a deep resentment towards Vulcans. ( TOS - Myriad Universes novel : A Less Perfect Union )

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• Carol Marcus article at Memory Alpha , the wiki for canon Star Trek .
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• 2 Eclipse class
• 3 Ferengi Rules of Acquisition

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Strange New Worlds: Carol Kane’s Lanthanite Just Set Up a New Star Trek Mystery

The premiere of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season two introduces us to Carol Kane as new chief engineer Pelia and to the Lanthanites.

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This Star Trek: Strange New Worlds article contains spoilers.

When engineer Pelia strutted her way onto the Enterprise bridge in the premiere of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season two, blatantly ignoring the evacuation warning and acting Captain Spock’s orders, viewers simply assumed she was just another one of the delightfully odd characters played by Carol Kane. From The Princess Bride and Scrooged to Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Taxi , Kane has established herself as a master at playing wonderful oddballs, squeaky-voiced agents of chaos who disrupt the status quo simply by showing up.

And to be sure, that’s exactly what Pelia does. Not only does she see right through Spock’s (literally) textbook plan to falsely sabotage the ship and steal the Enterprise but she also offers a much more elegant solution, helping the skeleton crew answer a distress call from the erstwhile Lieutenant La’an Noonien-Singh.

Why is Pelia so quick to help Spock? Because she’s never known a Vulcan to act without a good reason and, more importantly, because of the respect she holds for Spock’s human mother, Amanda Grayson. After all, Amanda was the first human who ever learned that Pelia is in fact a Lanthanite.

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What is a Lanthanite, you ask? Well, that’s a good question, and honestly, we know as much as you do. Lanthanites are a completely new Star Trek species, so the only information available about them is found in “The Broken Circle.” We know that they’re humanoid (not a surprise, see the Next Generation episode “The Chase”), but unlike most other Trek aliens, they lack distinguishing foreheads, noses, or ears. This obvious similarity to humans allows Lanthanites to live on Earth undetected.

But the key aspect that defines Lanthanites, at least in this episode, is their very long life-span. We learn that Pelia has lived for over one hundred years and that she carries the weight of watching loved ones pass away. In her extended existence, Pelia has met few people like Amanda Grayson, the woman who not only won the heart of forward-thinking Vulcan Ambassador Sarek, but also helped direct the course of Spock and his adopted sister Michael Burnham of Star Trek: Discovery .

At this point, it’s unclear exactly how long Lanthanites live and why that’s significant. While some species definitely have shorter lifespans than humans (remember, the Ocampa Kes was only two years old when she and Neelix were introduced as a couple in Voyager ), many outlive humans by a great deal. Vulcans, Andorians, and Denobulans all live well into their hundreds, with some, such as Guinan’s species the El-Aurians, living several centuries.

Given the Enterprise crew’s reaction to Pelia’s revelation, it’s clear that the Federation knows a bit about Lanthanites, but we’re only given little bits and pieces of this new addition to the canon. Over the next nine episodes of season two, we’re sure to get to know this new species better, as Pelia becomes the ship’s new chief engineer. It’s hard to think of a wackier guide than Kane to lead us into the undiscovered country of the Lanthanites.

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Carol Kane Joins ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Season 2 as an Experienced Engineer Who ‘Suffers No Fools’ (Photo)

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“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ” is about to get a little more delightful — Carol Kane (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”) has joined the cast for Season 2 of the “Trek” series it was announced at Thursday at the Star Trek Day Celebration.

The Oscar-nominated (“Hester Street”) and Emmy-winning (twice, for “Taxi) actress will recur as Pelia, described as a “highly educated and intelligent” engineer who “suffers no fools.” Per a release, “Pelia solves problems calmly and brusquely, thanks to her many years of experience.”

The series follows Captain Christopher Pike during his years as Captain aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise. Anson Mount stars as Captain Pike, Rebecca Romijn plays Number One and Ethan Peck plays Science Officer Spock. Kane joins a cast that also includes Jess Bush as Nurse Christine Chapel, Christina Chong as La’an Noonien-Singh, Celia Rose Gooding as Cadet Nyota Uhura, Babs Olusanmokun as Dr. M’Benga and Melissa Navia as Lt. Erica Ortegas.

Also Read: ‘Picard’ Final Season Gets February 2023 Premiere Date (Video)

During Thursday’s announcement, Paramount+ also debuted first-look footage from Season 2, as well as a first look at Cane suited up for space. The streamer also announced a February 2023 premiere for “Picard.”

“Strange New Worlds” has been a success for the streamer, spinning off several fan-favorite “Star Trek: Discovery” characters into a series that has been critically praised as a return to old-school form for the beloved sci-fi franchise. In TheWrap’s review, Thelma Adams hailed it as a “‘Star Trek’ origin story that captures the humanism, humor and impulse to connect of the original while smoothly ‘assimilating’ into the larger ‘Star Trek’ universe.”

And the series has equally been a hit with fans, becoming an in-demand staple thanks to its passionate audienc e . The series was renewed for Season 2 all the way back in Jan. 2022, months ahead of the Season 1 premiere.

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Adds Carol Kane in a Recurring Role, Releases First Season 2 Teaser

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Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt ’s Carol Kane will soon beam aboard the Enterprise .

As revealed during Star Trek: Strange New World ’s panel for Star Trek Day, the actress has been cast in a recurring role for Season 2 of the Paramount+ series. Kane will play Pelia, a highly educated engineer who “suffers no fools,” per the official description, and solves problems “calmly and brusquely, thanks to her many years of experience.”

The streamer also unveiled a sneak peek at the upcoming season, featuring Lt. Ortegas prepping for an away mission.

Press PLAY on the above video, and then see a first look at Kane in full uniform below.

Set in the years before Kirk takes the helm of the U.S.S. Enterprise , Strange New Worlds follows Captain Christopher Pike, Number One Una Chin-Riley and Science Officer Spock as they explore new worlds around the galaxy.

Additional crew includes Nurse Christine Chapel (played by Jess Bush), La’an Noonien-Singh (Christina Chong), Cadet Nyota Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding), Dr. M’Benga (Babs Olusanmokun) and Lt. Erica Ortegas (Melissa Navia).

As previously reported , Paul Wesley is also headed to the show next season to reprise his role as James T. Kirk, a lieutenant on the U.S.S. Farragut . Co-showrunner Henry Alonso Myers told TVLine that this younger version of the iconic character is “not yet the person who he is going to be” and “has some stuff to figure out before he becomes that person.”

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I didn’t know I needed this but yes!

Deja-vu. Female comedian/actress (Tig Notaro) added to a Star Trek show as genius engineer type that solves problems. Hopefully Kane won’t be as sadly underutilized as Notaro has been.

I had heard Notaro’s role was cut back due to Covid and her availability. If so, hopefully she gets more screen time on Discovery next season. I really would like to see more of her character.

I love this show. Looking forward to Season 2.

Carol Kane, huh? A very strange new world, indeed.

Odd choice… very different for her, but I bet she’s nails it.

they couldn’t have made her into an alien? they decide to kill of one of the interesting aliens they have then replace it with a human?

Well, we know she’s not destined to be chief engineer long term.

Aye, you got that right, laddybuck

Interesting choice. I feel like they need more male characters, but I loved season one and trust their process.

The License to Drive mom . Great movie

Ortegas’ haircut looks like she is one of the three stooges.

She was great as Madam Morrible in Wicked!

It’s a show for the ladies, I might get excited if the guys get to go on away missions. The women are the one that save the day for the guys. So somethings seems always off on the show. But the girls are getting it done some creatively.

Disappointed. I was really hoping they would recast Kirk. I wonder what people were thinking when they cast Paul Wesley. I hope he only appears in one episode.

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Doctor David Marcus was a male Human United Federation of Planets scientist who lived during the mid-to-late 23rd century .

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Early life [ ]

Born to Dr. Carol Marcus and Starfleet officer , James T. Kirk , David Marcus grew up in a single-parent environment with his mother, immersed in a world of scientific research. David knew of Kirk, but never met him, because his mother effectively banned Kirk from his life; she felt they lived in two different worlds, and she wanted David in hers.

David's professional choices were heavily influenced by his mother's status, and by his early twenties, he had earned his doctorate and soon became a member of his mother's research team. ( Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan )

David also had a half- sibling , the child of Kirk ( alias " Kirok ") and Miramanee , who died in utero. ( TOS : " The Paradise Syndrome ")

Project Genesis [ ]

In 2284 , David began work on Project Genesis with his mother, stationed on Regula I . ( Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ) As they progressed, traces of his father showed in David; he was impatient for results and eager for solutions. This led him to employ protomatter , denounced by many scientists as hazardous and highly unstable. Nevertheless, it appeared to solve the problems. ( Star Trek III: The Search for Spock )

In 2285 , David's closeted scientific world was interrupted when Khan Noonien Singh took control of Pavel Chekov and forced him to announce that he was taking Genesis away from Carol's team on orders from Kirk. This threat was part of Khan's ruse to lure Kirk to them, and it provided the volatile backdrop to the first meeting between father and son. He fled with his mother to the Genesis cave to hide their research from Starfleet. Khan could not find them, but Kirk arrived afterwards and knew to look for them there, beaming down.

This encounter actually began as more of a confrontation; David displayed the same eagerness for action as his father when he attacked the admiral with a knife, presuming that Kirk's intent was to take Genesis. Carol intervened, and it was after seeing her that Kirk guessed David was his son. David got a chance to see his father in a more positive light when Kirk battled it out with Khan. David remained on the bridge of the USS Enterprise , acting as advisor on the Genesis wave, and was impressed by his father's courage and abilities.

After this brush with death, David showed his compassion by trying to comfort the man he once despised, when Kirk was grieving over the death of Spock . David apologized to Kirk for misjudging him and added, " I'm proud, very proud, to be your son. " ( Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan )

USS Grissom [ ]

Shortly afterward, David was assigned to the USS Grissom with Lt. Saavik to study the planet created in the Genesis explosion. At first, he was thrilled with the array of environments, but when he beamed down for a closer look, he found the planet in a state of environmental chaos, and recognized the cause as being the protomatter's instability.

David's naivete showed through when a group of Klingons arrived and demanded the Genesis Device . He honestly believed the Klingons wouldn't harm them because, as a planet-building device, it was an obvious failure. To the Klingons, however, Genesis was a powerful weapon, and a hostage was selected to die as proof of their serious intent.

As a d'k tahg knife was raised to Saavik's neck, David lunged toward the Klingon in a burst of courage which might have been expected of his father. However, he lacked Kirk's fighting prowess, and was killed with a single thrust of the three-bladed knife to his chest. ( Star Trek III: The Search for Spock )

Saavik informed Kirk that his son had died "most bravely", adding that he had saved her and Spock. ( Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home )

The photo Kirk kept of his son in his quarters in 2293

The memory of David's death at the hands of the Klingons embittered Kirk for years afterward and colored his attitudes towards the entire species during events leading to the Khitomer Conference in 2293 .

At that point, Kirk proclaimed the Klingons were untrustworthy and favored simply allowing them to die, due to his old grief and rage over their role in the death of his son. The actions of the Khitomer conspiracy , which used Kirk's hatred to frame him as the mastermind of Gorkon 's death, made Kirk realize how much the loss of his son had prejudiced him.

After saving the Federation President from the conspiracy and regaining the trust of Azetbur , Kirk was finally able to move on from his grief and abandon his hatred for the Klingons, allowing the Khitomer Accords to be signed. ( Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country )

Memorable quotes [ ]

" Well, don't have kittens, Genesis is going to work. They'll remember you in one breath with Newton , Einstein , Surak . " " Thanks a lot. No respect from my offspring. "

"Every time we have dealings with Starfleet, I get nervous. We are dealing with something that… could be perverted into a dreadful weapon. Remember that overgrown Boy Scout you used to hang around with? That's exactly the kind of man… " "Listen, kiddo, Jim Kirk was many things, but he was never a Boy Scout!"

" I've tried to tell you before, scientists have always been pawns of the military! "

" Where's Dr. Marcus? " "I'm Dr. Marcus! "

" Lieutenant Saavik was right. You never have faced death. "

" You knew enough to tell Saavik that how we face death is as least as important as how we face life. " " Just words. " " But good words. That's where ideas begin. Maybe you should listen to them. I was wrong about you… and I'm sorry. " " Is that what you came here to say? " " Mainly. And also that I'm… proud, very proud… to be your son. "

" This is where the fun begins, Saavik. " " Just like your father – so Human. "

" Hello, sir. It's David. " " I'm sorry I'm late. " " It's OK; I should've known you'd come. But Saavik's right. This planet is unstable; it's going to destroy itself in a matter of hours. " " David, what went wrong? " I went wrong. " " I don't understand. " " I'm sorry, sir. Just don't surrender. Genesis doesn't work. I can't believe they'd kill us for it. "

Background information [ ]

David Marcus was played by Merritt Butrick . According to the script notes, David was " a bright young scientist of twenty . He is good looking and humorous. "

When casting Butrick in the part, director Nicholas Meyer found the actor's appearance to be acceptable. " He not only had to be Kirk's son, he had to be Carol's son, " Meyer recalled, " so on a physical level I think what I liked was that his hair was the same color as hers but it was curly like Bill's, so I thought, 'Well, that's plausible.' " ( Star Trek: The Magazine  Volume 3, Issue 5 ; [1] )

Butrick himself liked that the storyline of Star Trek II focused on the characters but he also felt somewhat "odd" about playing David because doing so involved interacting with voices he was highly familiar with, having been "raised on Star Trek ." ( The Making of the Trek Films , 3rd ed., p. 171)

Butrick's costume from Star Trek II was later sold in the It's A Wrap! sale and auction . [2]

Regarding the artistic consideration that went into writing Marcus' death, Leonard Nimoy felt that " The death of David Marcus has its roots in all the classic tragic forms. It is the vengeance of fate wreaked upon the flawed person who created the problem. David is the character who must pay the price for whatever wrongs he has done, and for whatever pain and suffering he has inflicted – intentionally or not–on others. He put the Genesis device into operation prematurely. "

Nimoy continued, " My major concern regarding David's death was the accuracy of the scientific aspect. I thought we had better tread carefully there, because, in effect, we were saying that scientists can't always be dependent upon to be –you should pardon the expression – logical . We were accusing a scientist of prematurely finishing an experiment with which he had become impatient. I checked with some very important scientists on this subject, and they told me it happens all the time. So we went ahead with that plot development, which I felt was a very valuable and well-placed story point. " ( Starlog #106, May 1986 , p. 53)

Apocrypha [ ]

Star Trek II: Biographies gives his full name as David James Marcus.

According to the novelization of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock by Vonda N. McIntyre , Lt. Saavik is supposed to have had a short relationship with David Marcus. The Mirror Universe Saga establishes that, in the mirror universe , David Marcus ( β ) was believed killed by Kirk , but he had survived and was leading the rebellion against the Terran Empire on Earth .

In the mirror universe story The Sorrows of Empire (which takes place in a different continuity from The Mirror Universe Saga ), Carol Marcus thanks Emperor Spock for killing Kirk as she had lived in fear for years of what he would have done had he known about David's existence. Spock tells Carol that she was right to fear Kirk, as he would have killed them both.

The Star Trek: Myriad Universes novella " A Less Perfect Union " – set in an alternate quantum reality where Earth cut off contact with the rest of the galaxy due to the success of Terra Prime in 2155 – establishes that David, as well as his mother Carol, (who in this universe, had married Kirk), had been killed aboard an UESPA starship, en route to a conference on Vulcan, their ship being destroyed by a Vulcan ship near the United Earth /Interstellar Coalition border, which embittered Kirk for years toward Vulcans.

Additionally, David is a main character in " The Chimes at Midnight ", set in the alternate timeline from TAS : " Yesteryear " where Spock died as a child in 2237 . In this timeline, because there is no Spock for Kirk to come rescue, David and Saavik are taken aboard Kruge 's Bird-of-Prey and David is subsequently tortured for information about Genesis before he and Saavik are rescued by the Enterprise crew, although Kirk sacrifices his life and destroys the Enterprise to save everyone else. David and Saavik cultivate a relationship and, as relations between the Romulan Star Empire and the Federation deteriorate, David remains on Romulus to live with Saavik.

External links [ ]

• David Marcus at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• David Marcus at Wikipedia
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is back this week with bold new episodic storytelling that runs the full gamut of genres and themes. Set in the years leading up to the events of Star Trek: The Original Series , Strange New Worlds showcases the thrilling adventures of the U.S.S. Enterprise under the leadership of Captain Pike ( Anson Mount ). Season 2 sees James Kirk ( Paul Wesley ) play a much larger role than he did in Season 1, bringing the series closer to the events that Star Trek fans are very familiar with, while still presenting brand-new, fresh takes on the beloved crew of the Enterprise .

Ahead of the premiere of Season 2, Collider had the opportunity to chat with Strange New Worlds ' showrunners Henry Alonso Myers and Akiva Goldsman to about where the series is headed with the Gorn threat, the highly anticipated Lower Decks crossover , what it was like to film in the middle of downtown Toronto, and what they have up their sleeves for Carol Kane 's fascinating new character.

COLLIDER: So I really love the way that Strange New Worlds does the episodic handling of the ensemble, letting each character really shine in the episodes, and I think Season 2 really excels at what Season 1 already did really well. But in the premiere, we get this little tease of the Gorn War, and then it kind of takes a backseat for the rest of those first six episodes that we've seen. Is this something that audiences should be keeping in the back of their minds as they navigate through Season 2?

HENRY ALONSO MYERS: We will address the Gorn. That's all I'm gonna say.

Excellent. I absolutely love Paul Wesley as Kirk, I think that is exceptional casting, but I'm curious, what has it been like bringing this iteration of the character to life? Do you have a cardinal rule that you keep in mind as you're developing the character or little hallmarks that you want to make sure you meet as you bring this character into the story?

AKIVA GOLDSMAN: Well, first, I want to know why you have a Strange New Worlds tote bag that I don't have. [Laughs] It's our sort of interpolation game, right? We sort of know, as Henry said just last interview, where he ends up, and so what we do is we take some liberties with how he got there, and that, for us, is really fun. It's a very different kind of storytelling. The end for all our characters is written, you know? Now that's fascinating because endings are really hard, like when you're writing something, the worst part is the ending, right? Anybody can start anything, it's the ending that's hard, but it's also in the end that the piece has meaning. So it's a very complicated but interesting sort of hat, sort of a smoke and mirrors trick to try to create suspense and to create an open-ended character narrative when you actually know where it's going. So our hallmarks are where it ends and the little bits we know from canon that we can either take in or sort of body English around with.

When you're approaching canon, there's so much in the Star Trek canon, especially with the mixed media of comics and tie-in novels and all of these little things. Are you ever focused on trying to pull in from some of these other areas as you're building these characters, or is it more just focused on the original series, what we have from Discovery , and those aspects?

GOLDSMAN: I'm gonna let Henry answer, I’m just gonna say one thing; for the purposes of Star Trek as an institution, if that makes any sense, nothing that has not appeared on screen is canon. So the way it works is, for TOS, it's actually five seasons because it includes the animated show, but unless it's appeared on screen, it's technically not canon, it's secondary reference material.

MYERS: I mean, we discuss it internally, and it comes up, and we think about it, but I think it's important for our show that it's a show that people who love and know every aspect of Trek will enjoy it, and people who have never seen a single moment of it will enjoy it. We really don't want to alienate. And I think it's actually sort of an interesting idea because I think this focuses on how we approach character, which is to say, yes, we know where they're gonna go; yes, we have an idea because we've been told where they come from, but the characters don't know where they're gonna go, and so that's how we approach them. We approach them like they're real people who are experiencing actual emotional moments that we wanna see because we're also thinking very hard about, like, what are we gonna give Paul Wesley to do? What's the experience he's gonna have as an actor? We really want to do that because we don't wanna just have him in and do quotes from other series and then push him out, we want to have him be a character in the moment. And, you know, this is a younger Kirk, we get to show that.

And it's a very fun Kirk. I have to say, that episode on Toronto is very fun, and I did want to ask about that episode specifically. I know that filming off-world scenes can have their own challenges, whether you're filming in-studio or on location, but what was it like filming Star Trek in the middle of downtown Toronto?

GOLDSMAN: I'll answer differently, which is, we didn't mean for it to be. We wrote it for New York, right? We were gonna do this giant spectacle and take the show to New York, and we quickly realized we could not afford it. So then we went through the process of doing that thing that everybody does, which is, well, how do we make Toronto look like New York? And then we sort of thought, “Huh, why don't we just let Toronto be Toronto?” And that was fun for us and probably lower impact on the city than you might imagine. So, you know, I don't think it was like trying to film Star Trek in Times Square.

MYERS: But it also became an interesting gift for our director, who came from Toronto and really knew it, and everyone who works on the show, who all know Toronto very deeply, and had a chance to kind of give it a look and a feel that made it feel a little bit different and more recognizable to people who knew that area of the world.

Oh yeah, it was so fun to see it when the first trailer dropped, and everyone was like, “Oh my gosh, those are Toronto businesses, those are Toronto restaurants!” You recognize these hallmarks, and I think it's fun because Toronto almost always plays for New York or DC or sometimes Los Angeles, and so to let the city be itself was a fun treat. I have a lot of friends who are fans of Star Trek who are in Toronto, so it was very fun for them to see their city as part of it.

MYERS: One of the only unique challenges we had, that we've never had literally in the VFX work that we do across the show, is there are sections of Toronto that we invent, and you wouldn't know that it's not real until you see it, you know what I mean? That was a unique challenge for that show that made it completely different from all the other ones.

Akiva, you mentioned the animated season of The Original Series , which makes me think about, you know, we're going to get this crossover with Lower Decks , which is an animated series. How did that come about? Were there any really unique challenges with bringing those characters into live-action?

GOLDSMAN: Oh, it was so insanely hard! It's hilarious how hard the episode was because it seemed like such a good, easy idea. What was really hard about it was tone, you know? It's not what you think is hard about. Like, what you think is hard is, “How are the animated people and the live-action people–?” That's not a problem. It turns out people have been doing that for a really long time. But how do you marry the canonical world of Lower Decks with the canonical world of Strange New Worlds ? It was…holy–

MYERS: [Laughs] It was, yeah, it was. I mean, at the end of the day, it was fun. It was just more like trying to get all the pieces in place. It took a lot of doing, and there were so many people that we wanted to be happy with it and to try to bring into it. I mean, Jack [Quaid] and Tawny [Newsome], primarily because we wanted to show them in person, and so figuring that out was complicated, doing design work with them was complicated. Weirdly, doing the animation was not. He was totally right.

So going off of the question of tone, each episode kind of has its own essence, its own flavors, so can we expect more of a Lower Decks flavor from that episode in terms of tone?

GOLDSMAN: Well, I would say more of, but we're still our own show, you know what I mean? It's a Strange New Worlds episode, not a Lower Decks episode, which… maybe we should try it next season. [Laughs] But it's an episode with Lower Decks boarding.

MYERS: I mean, I would say the supplies, like we're talking about all the other characters, which is to say, if you've seen Lower Decks before, you will be delighted by all the stuff we put in it. If you haven't seen Lower Decks , you will think, “Oh, this is the fun, crazy animated episode where they connect with the different parts of our universe in a way that can be a total surprise to them.”

I'm very excited for it! I think there should be more fun little crossovers like that between the shows. While I still have a little bit of time, I did want to ask about bringing Carol Kane in. I think her character is so fun, and the way she is used is so fun. Was that character designed for her, or did it evolve? What was the inception of that character because it's very fun?

MYERS: Well, we had an idea for the character. We wanted a character who just had a different look and feel from who that character has been in the past. And as we were sort of looking around for the right person, our casting people were like, “What about Carol Kane?” Then I think it was one of those ones where Akiva and I looked at each other, and we were like, “That seems like a great idea.” She ended up being sort of perfect for it. I mean, she's amazing. I don't know what to say other than it's no big surprise that she's very good.

GOLDSMAN: It's like a gift for us. We were like, “Seriously?”

MYERS: “You wanna be in our space show? You wanna see things blow up?” [Laughs]

Can we expect her character to have her own episode, as well, or is she more to kind of back up to a lot of the other stories being played out?

MYERS: I mean, this season, she is a crucial member of the cast. She does have some connected stories. You know, I'm not gonna say any more about the future other than to say we will try to use Carol Kane many ways, and we hope you will enjoy it.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 beams down tomorrow, exclusively on Paramount+. Check out our interview with Anson Mount and Rebecca Romijn below:

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"You could have knocked us over with a feather," reveals "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" star Anson Mount about how the show’s ambitious sophomore season has been so well-received by critics and fans. “We were all pretty sure that we had something with Season 1,” he says. “The response was incredible. And that has continued! It was an honor to go to the Critics Choice Awards this year,” Mount adds about the surprise Best Drama Series nomination that the show scored earlier this year for its breakout Season 2, a first for a “Star Trek” series in Critics Choice Awards history. “We did not expect that at all. Wow, people are actually watching and enjoying what we’re what we’re doing. We’re feeling even more emboldened.” Watch our exclusive video interview above .

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"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" was co-created by Emmy nominee  Alex Kurtzman  ("Star Trek: Lower Decks") alongside Oscar winner  Akiva Goldsman  ("A Beautiful Mind") and  Jenny Lumet . The sci-fi series is a prequel to the legendary 1960s "Star Trek," following the U.S.S. Enterprise crew explore new worlds around the galaxy during the decade before "Star Trek: The Original Series." Mount leads the cast as the legendary Captain Pike ( Anson Mount ), alongside Science Officer Spock ( Ethan Peck ) and First Officer Una Chin-Riley ( Rebecca   Romijn ), Nurse Chapel ( Jess Bush ), Security Chief La'an Noonien-Singh ( Christina Chong ), Cadet Nyota Uhura ( Celia Rose Gooding ), Helmsman Erica Ortegas ( Melissa Navia ) and Chief Medical Officer Joseph M'Benga ( Babs Olusanmokun ), who reprise their roles from the second season of "Star Trek: Discovery."

The series really hit its stride this past season, with the creative team of Kurtzman, Goldman and Lumet experimenting with various genres and storytelling formats. The 10-episode sophomore season deftly shifts from romantic comedy and time travel ("Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow"), court-room drama ("Ad Astra per Aspera"), horror ("Lost in Translation"), existential sci-fi ("Among the Lotus Eaters"), broad comedy ("Charades"), a crossover episode with Paramount+ stablemate animated series "Star Trek: Lower Decks" ("Those Old Scientists"), war drama ("Under the Cloak of War"), a musical ("Subspace Rhapsody") and an action-adventure thriller ("Hegemony").

“We decided to see how far we could push some things, and this is also when we really realized that we were getting a lot of mileage out of having conversations about genre and what worlds would make us excited,” Mount reveals about the creative risks that the show took this season, explaining that the show really shined because everyone, from cast and crew, was up for the challenge and excited about what they might be able to achieve. “I remember when we were when we were building up to doing the musical episode, that was the second to last episode of the season, when traditionally people are at their most exhausted. I remember we had to first of all record the album during episode eight, on the weekends. There’s no time to do choreography other than after work or on the weekends. I remember showing up for a choreography rehearsal on a Sunday and looking around and realizing that everybody was super excited to be there and just having a blast. And I was like, wow, we've got to keep doing this; a late season curveball!

Mount says that next season will be even more ambitious, with even more “curveballs,” teasing that Season 3, which wrapped production just days prior, is “not just an exciting season, I think storytelling wise, development-wise, technically; it’s going to be our best season so far and a lot of that has to do with even bigger swings being taken. The musical episode will not be the craziest thing that we did or we have done by the end of this. We’re feeling more ownership over what it is that we’re doing and realizing that it continues to resonate.”

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Remembering Kenneth Mitchell, 1974 – 2024

StarTrek.com honors the late actor and his contributions to the Star Trek universe.

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StarTrek.com is deeply saddened to report the passing of Kenneth Alexander Mitchell, who played the Klingons Kol, Kol-Sha, and Tenavik, as well as Aurellio, on Star Trek: Discovery . In addition, he voiced several voice characters in an episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks . Mitchell passed away at age 49 on February 24, 2024.

Born November 25, 1974, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Mitchell appeared in multiple films and television shows, including roles such as the father of super hero Carol Danvers in Captain Marvel and Olympic hopeful in Miracle . Other roles include turns on Jericho , The Astronaut Wives Club , Ghost Whisperer , and Switched at Birth .

As Kol, Mitchell hoped to bring a new perspective on Klingon culture to fans through his turn on Discovery . "Whether someone is good or bad is all about perspective, and it’s about understanding that culture," he told StarTrek.com in 2017. "You’ll get to know the Klingons on our show, and then people can decide if we really are the villains."

Mitchell is survived by his wife Susan May Pratt, and their two children. He requested that any gifts be directed towards amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) research or in support of his children, Lilah and Kallum . 

The entire Star Trek family sends their condolences to Mitchell’s family, friends, loved ones, and fans around the world.

KENNETH A. MITCHELL 25.11.1974 ~ 24.02.2024 With heavy hearts we announce the passing of Kenneth Alexander Mitchell, beloved father, husband, brother, uncle, son and dear friend. pic.twitter.com/CdknbeFWQm — Kenneth Mitchell (@MrKenMitchell) February 25, 2024

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WARNING: Contains SPOILERS for Star Trek: Discovery 's series finale, "Life, Itself"

• Star Trek: Discovery's finale disproves the notion that five seasons are the new seven in the franchise.
• The Berman-era Star Trek shows had the freedom to end on their own terms, unlike Discovery and Lower Decks.
• Lower Decks will face a similar fate as Discovery, with its upcoming fifth season confirmed to be the last.

Recent developments in the wider franchise have led fans to state that five seasons of Star Trek are the new seven, but Star Trek: Discovery 's finale disproves this notion. The Star Trek: Discovery finale, and its epilogue, brought the adventures of Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) to an end, but this wasn't the original plan. Discovery season 6 was in the planning stages before Paramount made the decision to cancel the show. That decision resulted in "Life, Itself", written by Kyle Jarrow and Michelle Paradise, serving as the series finale, with new scenes added to end Discovery 's story.

It was recently announced that Star Trek: Lower Decks would face the same fate as Star Trek: Discovery , with the upcoming fifth season confirmed to be its last. Whether Lower Decks will go for a similar approach to Discovery 's ending and epilogue remains to be seen. In the 1990s, Star Trek shows ran for seven seasons, so the comparison has been made that " five seasons are the new seven " in the new streaming landscape . However, that's not true, as the decisions made about both Discovery and Lower Decks endings bear no similarity to how shows like Star Trek: The Next Generation ended in the 1990s.

What happened to Captain Michael Burnham & the USS Discovery crew in the Star Trek: Discovery series finale, and where did they end up afterwards?

Why 5 Seasons Is Not The New 7 When It Comes To Star Trek Shows

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The popularity of the shows in the Star Trek: The Next Generation era meant that they had the freedom to cancel themselves. So, rather than have an ending forced upon them, the writers of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager were able to bring the story to an end on their own terms . It was slightly different for TNG as it ended so that Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the USS Enterprise-D crew could lead the next phase of Star Trek movies . Regardless, Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga were still able to write a proper ending for TNG as a TV show.

Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga were effectively writing the scripts for "All Good Things..." and Star Trek Generations simultaneously, later reflecting that the TNG finale was the better story.

The only exception to this rule in the Rick Berman era is Star Trek: Enterprise , which was canceled at the end of season 4 . Rather than give Enterprise a proper send-off, the finale was written as an ending for the entire Berman era, with Commander William T. Riker (Jonathan Frakes) observing the last adventure for the Enterprise NX-01. Riker hoped that this would help him make the decision he had to make in Star Trek: The Next Generation season 7, episode 12, "The Pegasus".

By jumping ahead in time to explain an old episode of Star Trek that everyone had already forgotten about, Star Trek: Discovery 's finale feels a lot like the end of Enterprise .

Enterprise 's controversial finale undermined the cast, which felt like an insult given the show's cancelation. 20 years after "These Are The Voyages..." aired, and like Enterprise with "The Pegasus", the Star Trek: Discovery finale sets up the Short Treks episode "Calypso" . By jumping ahead in time to explain an old episode of Star Trek that everyone had already forgotten about, Star Trek: Discovery 's finale feels a lot like the end of Enterprise . Like Enterprise , Discovery has been canceled, it hasn't turned down a future season, proving that five seasons are not the new seven in modern Star Trek .

How Star Trek: Discovery’s Finale Differs From Other Star Trek Shows

Even compared to the modern Star Trek shows, the ending of Star Trek: Discovery is quite different. For example, Star Trek: Picard was only ever commissioned for three seasons, and had a vague thematic arc between seasons 1 and 3. The story of Admiral Picard's later years was all about reconciling his past mistakes and preparing him for fatherhood. Star Trek: Discovery has always had season-long arcs, but lacks an overarching series arc much like Star Trek: The Next Generation . Which is why Saru's wedding in Discovery could have served as a neat finale, not unlike TNG 's final poker game.

Star Trek: Discovery's final episode beautifully proved that Doug Jones' Saru had undergone a major change for the better since season 1.

Leaving the end of Star Trek: Discovery more open-ended, with Burnham and Book beaming off on a Red Directive mission, could have set up future revivals. Both Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager 's ending lacked finality, allowing shows like Star Trek: Picard and Star Trek: Prodigy to revisit the characters. By jumping ahead to the far future and abandoning the USS Discovery, there's a finality to the Discovery finale that could make it hard to lend dramatic stakes to any comebacks in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy or a Discovery reunion movie.

What Does Discovery’s Finale Mean For Lower Decks’ Ending?

As the promotional artwork for Star Trek: Lower Decks has been riffing on Star Trek movie posters since season 1, it's clear that they, like Star Trek: Discovery , were aiming for at least six seasons. Sadly, that's not going to be the case, and Lower Decks season 5 will be its last. It remains to be seen how Lower Decks will approach the end of the show when the final season starts airing in the Fall. It's possible that Mike McMahan may opt to do a sentimental epilogue like Discovery , or may even just stick with the planned end of season 5, teasing future off-screen adventures for the crew of the USS Cerritos.

...it would make good sense to keep things open-ended, especially if Netflix is in the market for another Star Trek animated series.

Star Trek: Lower Decks is a love-letter to the TNG era, so it feels likely that showrunner Mike McMahan will write an ending that feels of a piece with "All Good Things..." . There's currently a campaign to Save Lower Decks , so it would make good sense to keep things open-ended, especially if Netflix is in the market for another Star Trek animated series. Whatever happens, the fates of both Lower Decks and Star Trek: Discovery prove that the television landscape is more competitive than in the 1990s, meaning that while five seasons may not be the new seven in factual terms, it's still an impressive milestone.

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Star Trek: Discovery is an entry in the legendary Sci-Fi franchise, set ten years before the original Star Trek series events. The show centers around Commander Michael Burnham, assigned to the USS Discovery, where the crew attempts to prevent a Klingon war while traveling through the vast reaches of space.

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"Star Trek: Lower Decks" focuses on the support crew serving on one of Starfleet's least important ships, the USS Cerritos, in 2380. Ensigns Mariner, Boimler, Rutherford and Tendi must keep up with their duties and their social lives, often while the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies. The ship's bridge crew includes Captain Carol Freeman, Commander Jack Ransom, Lieutenant Shaxs and Doctor T'Ana. This is the second animated spin-off in the franchise after 1973-74's "Star Trek: The Animated Series," but has a decidedly more adult tone and humor.

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Alan Scarfe , best known for the films Lethal Weapon 3 and Double Impact , has died at 77. Scarfe died on April 28 from colon cancer at his home in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada, according to a recent obituary .

Born in England, Scarfe’s family moved to Canada. He attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art from 1964 to 1966, and then went on to appear in more than 100 roles in stage productions.

Scarfe made his film debut in 1963’s The Bitter Ash . Besides his film roles, he also appeared in the TV series Seven Days and Star Trek: The Next Generation.

He was married to actress Barbara (née March) for 40 years before her death in 2019. He is survived by daughter Tosia and son-in-law Austin, who acted as his caregivers in his later years. He is also survived by his brother, Colin, son and actor Jonathan Scarfe, and grandchildren Kai and Hunter Scarfe.

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‘Mean Girls’ Broadway Star Erika Henningsen Joins Tina Fey Netflix Series ‘Four Seasons’ (EXCLUSIVE)

By Joe Otterson

Joe Otterson

TV Reporter

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Erika Henningsen is re-teaming with Tina Fey on the latter’s upcoming Netflix series “The Four Seasons ,” Variety has learned exclusively.

Henningsen and Fey previously worked together on the Broadway musical version of “Mean Girls,” for which Fey wrote the book based on the movie of the same name she also wrote. Henningsen originated the role of Cady Heron in the original Broadway production. Henningsen also recurred in “Girls5Eva,” the Peacock series that recently moved to Netflix, on which Fey is an executive producer.

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In addition to her roles in “Mean Girls” and “Girls5Eva,” Henningsen has also appeared in shows like “Harlem,” “That Damn Michael Che,” “Blue Bloods,” and the animated series “Hazbin Hotel.”

She is repped by Authentic Talent and Literary Management and Felker Toczek.

In addition to starring, Fey co-created “The Four Seasons” along with Lang Fisher and Tracey Wigfield. All three previously worked together on the beloved NBC sitcom “30 Rock.” All three also executive produce along with David Miner, Eric Gurian and Jeff Richmond. Alda and Marissa Bregman, whose father produced the film, will also produce the series. Universal Television, where Fey and her Little Stranger, Inc. banner are set up under an overall deal, will produce.

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