Dr. Culber of Wilson Cruz could make a Star Trek comeback.
The last episode of Star Trek: Discovery, "Life, Itself," provided a heroic moment for Dr. Hugh Culber that paid off his spiritual trip across season five. Hugh battled the significance of his spiritual enlightenment following the Trill symbiont Jinaal. Dr. Culber was instrumental in saving Captain Burnham after she became caught in the Progenitors' dimension by befriending Cleveland Booker (David Ajala). Hugh's relationship with Jinaal allowed him and Book to save Michael, therefore illuminating Culber's approach with the ineffable.
Even if Star Trek: Discovery is ending, Dr. Hugh Culber still has possibilities for comeback. Following Discovery season 5, Star Trek's next show, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, sets action in the 32nd century. Culber could show up as a cadet in the newly launched program run by Lt. Sylvia Tilly (Mary Wiseman's mentor). Wilson Cruz has said he would want to reprise Hugh Culber should a future Star Trek project request. Wilson Cruz missed joining his fellow Star Trek: Discovery cast members for the epilogue sequence, but there's little doubt Cruz and Dr. Hugh Culber are essential to the series' success.
Though His Character Was Still There, One Star Trek Actor "Shattered" Miss Discovery's Finale Epilogue
Wilson Cruz was "shattered," unable to join his fellow actors even as the group of Star Trek: Discovery reassembled for the poignant epilogue of the Series Finale. Written by Kyle Jarrow and Michelle Paradise and directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi, Star Trek: Discovery's series finale featured a flash forward to 30+ years into the future where Admiral Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) led the USS Discovery on its last mission. Burnham poignantly met her USS Discovery crew members in the 32nd century, including Dr. Hugh Culber - even if Wilson Cruz was not physically present.
Wilson Cruz visited TrekCulture Podcast before to the season finale of Star Trek: Discovery and disclosed that his prior commitment to the Netflix film Mother of the Bride caused him to be forced to skip filming Discovery's coda. But CGI graphics and "the magic of television" helped Dr. Hugh Culber look in the emotional ending of Star Trek: Discovery. See Wilson's quote below:
The EpILogue
Burnham will require assistance from many fresh and old individuals as she searches for the greatest treasure in the universe in Star Trek: Discovery season 5.
It is quite clear as the last episode of the show comes to a conclusion the importance of the crew's combined experiences. As the gang stands together since they have become a true family, viewers could watch them overcoming whatever challenges come their way.
Jonathan Frakes Notes Variations Of Various Eras Of Star Trek As Director.
Jonathan Frakes then went on to discuss how directing for Star Trek on Paramount+ series is considerably different since the present episodes offer filmmakers latitude with dialogue that the Star Trek series originally did not let. While the present shows are more flexible and allow for experimentation, Star Trek demands the actors to be word-perfect and memorize all dialog as scripted. See Frakes's observation on his experience directing the crossover between Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Star Trek: Lower Decks below.
That's an interesting observation. Jack Quaid and Tawny Newsome visited to help with that on "Those Old Scientists". Second City improvisation expert Tawny misled slightly with the lines. Arriving on location with Kat Lyn and Bill Wolkoff as my writers, we all sort of locked eyes and I just whispered to them, saying, "What do you think? Should we let them march straight forward? They subsequently answered, "Sure." And it liberated Anson, Rebecca, and all of a sudden we performed the scenes as written, but then we played with the scenes and that was such a pleasure to have. As you are certainly aware, Next Gen has strict restrictions. Our presentation was quite exact. It was exact on every performance addressing the topic. It was so a rather freeing experience.
Jonathan Frakes said, "Very Surprised." His TNG episode informs the basis of Star Trek: Discovery's fifth season.
Based on an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation he oversaw, Jonathan Frakes described his "surprised" reaction to Star Trek: Discovery based season 5's story. Including the penultimate episode of season five—and the series—"Lagrange Point," Frakes has helmedially directed eight Star Trek: Discovery episodes. Since he joined as a director for season 2, Jonathan has always considered Star Trek: Discovery his "home" Star Trek on Paramount+ show; nonetheless, Frakes didn't envision Discovery season 5 pulling its premise from one of his TNG episode.
In an exclusive interview with Screen Rant, Jonathan Frakes stated why he was "pretty surprised" that Star Trek: Discovery season 5 follows Star Trek: The Next Generation season 6 episode, "The Chase." Frakes also talked on how guiding the current Star Trek series varies from Star Trek in the 1990s era under Rick Berman. His quotation is below:
THE Chase
I was really surprised since I don't remember "The Chase" being that significant in Next Gen's output. Michelle then explained how that would be the basis and starting point for the presentation. You know, "The Chase" came to me by accident. The cards worked out this way. On Next Gen, you are assigned episodes based on some random straw vote; on Discovery, and also, far more crucially, on Strange New Worlds, they assign you an episode they felt would be appropriate for you. It was thus only chance that "The Chase" turned out to be one I had meant.
Source: Rant Plus for Television
Star Trek: Discovery's fifth season may be seen on Paramount+.
