In a new interview with Deadline, Star Trek: Discovery star Sonequa Martin-Green spoke enthusiastically about working on the second season, which began production last month, while doing her best to avoid any spoilers. The actress indicated there would be more time in season two to focus on the characters, now that the Klingon war story has wrapped up.

We’ve been talking a lot gearing up for Season 2, about that story we’re going to tell, and how we’re going to continue, and how we’re going to jump off, because the war chapter has come to a close. What happens now? What happens now that the war is over? Because a lot of what happened to Michael Burnham and all the characters wasn’t able to be delved into because there just wasn’t time, because we were dealing with this war. Wrestling with all of these things, it’s like you have to sort of put it aside because of the immediacy of the moment. I’m thrilled to see what happens when the chips fall and things are done now. Now what are we going to do? How are we going to look at ourselves in the mirror? How are we going to look at each other?

Of course one of the biggest questions about the second season is if it will see the appearance of Spock. It is known that he serves on board the USS Enterprise under Captain Pike, who will be featured in the second season (played by Anson Mount). And we know that Michael Burnham will visit what appear to be Spock’s quarters on the Enterprise. When Deadline asked if Burnham will face her adoptive brother, the actress gave the following tantalizing response:

You know, Aaron Harberts, he said after the finale, on After Trek, that Season 2 was going to be about that line between science and faith. He also said that there’s going to be a lot of family dynamic. It is the Enterprise in that shot. We all know who is on the Enterprise. You see Sarek and Burnham look at each other, and there you have it.

Make of that what you will.

Martin-Green also discussed why Spock never mentioned his adoptive sister Michael Before, reminding that Alex Kurtzman has promised “There will be an explanation.” She also delved into how the show ties into the canon of Star Trek, saying:

That’s what happens when you come into this time period where you’re couched between two iterations. There’s a lot of those things where you can only go so far, or you have to find loops or whatever, as it surfaces in the story. We are so canon-specific and canon-compliant, and the moments where we are not, there is a reason for it.

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Here are a few more links and tweets for the week to keep you up to speed on all things Discovery.

Mount’s memes of the week

Dagummit, if I can master a Griswold, I can sure as hell figure this thing out. But please tell me where in the heck I’m supposed to load the powder and ball? @HellOnWheelsAMC @startrekcbs @StarTrekRoom @StarTrekNetflix pic.twitter.com/jibK2tFugd — Anson Mount (@ansonmount) May 15, 2018

Isaacs still trolling as evil Captain Lorca

Fan art of the week: USS Discovery reimagined as ’60s design

Articles of interest

IndieWire: ‘Star Trek Discovery’: How They Designed the Mirror Universe and the Klingon World: Interview with production designer Tamara Deverell.

Current Affairs: THE DISMAL FRONTIER: What is Star Trek without the socialism?

Ex Astris Scientia: Database of Star Trek: Discovery Federation Ship Classes.

Star Trek: Discovery is available exclusively in the USA on CBS All Access. It airs in Canada on Space and streams on CraveTV. It is available on Netflix everywhere else.

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