Two months ago CBS announced that Rainn Wilson would be taking on the role of Harry Mudd in Star Trek: Discovery. And last week we reported he was already in Toronto filming. But it turns out he’ll be making more than just one appearance; according to the July issue of the official Star Trek Magazine, Wilson will be in “multiple” episodes of the first season.

As noted in our recent editorial, the new trailer for Star Trek: Discovery presented the show as very serious, focusing on the drama. Casting Rainn Wilson (best known as Dwight Schrute on the comedy The Office) to play Mudd indicates that we can look forward to some lighter moments too.

Having Mudd return is familiar territory for Trek. Harcourt Fenton Mudd, played by veteran character actor Roger C. Carmel, was one of the few characters to recur on the original series. The lovable rogue first appeared in the sixth episode of the first season (“Mudd’s Women”) and showed up again in the particularly wacky eighth episode of the second (“I, Mudd”). He then popped up in the animated Star Trek (“Mudd’s Passion”).

Bringing Harry Mudd in for a prequel show presents no conflict with Star Trek canon. While it was clear that Mudd met Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise for the first time in “Mudd’s Women,” it was also established that he already had a reputation and a record of multiple misdeeds, according to the Federation. Perhaps on Star Trek: Discovery we will get some of the specifics on his smuggling charges and other offenses.

Sullivan talks up working with Star Trek vet

Another little tidbit from Star Trek: Discovery popped up on Twitter on Wednesday night. Discovery actor Anthony Rapp (who has been binge-watching his way through Star Trek) was asked by a fan about his views on the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Darmok.” After replying that it was one of his favorites, Supervising Producer Ted Sullivan, who is currently overseeing an episode in production in Toronto, chimed in noting how much he is enjoying working with the writer of that classic TNG episode.

@albinokid Just so you know – this episode was written by my fellow @startrekcbs writer Joe Menosky (and writing with him has been a THRILL) #darmok — Ted Sullivan (@karterhol) May 25, 2017

Joe Menosky joining the Discovery team was first revealed here at TrekMovie last June. Menosky has true Trek cred, and the most Trek experience of any of the writers or producers who have been tapped for the show. He started on Star Trek: The Next Generation, where he was a story editor and producer, and wrote some of the show’s classics, like “First Contact,” “Time’s Arrow,” and “Darmok.” He wrote a handful of Deep Space Nine episodes, then came back full force for Voyager, serving as a producer and writing or co-writing 36 episodes, including the memorable two-parters “Future’s End,” “Equinox,” and “Year of Hell.” Menosky is also the writer that started putting the number 47 into scripts, so we shouldn’t be surprised if that little inside tradition will be carried into Discovery.

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