You dont even really get to the U.S.S.
How are you going to make it different?
How are you going to make it the same?
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How are you going to honor Star Trek?And those are the right questions.
I had the same questions.
In so many ways, the rug is pulled out from under her as well.
Timing the audiences experience to hers is critical.
Every reason she did what she did is called into question.
She doesnt know where to turn.
The other thing is the Klingon War, while having been mentioned, has never been elaborated on.
So it felt like the right idea.
So as deliberate as the beginning is, were also setting up where were going.
Theres a grand design to season 1.
I like that it felt like your hero is doing the wrong thing.
Captain Picard would have been horrified.
Its not like she commits mutiny for the wrong reasons.
Shes genuinely trying to save the crew and captain she loves.
Shes doing the best she can.
But the truth is shes not ready for the captains chair.
We set up at the beginning that Georgiou says, I think youre ready now.
It felt like the right idea to launch a series.
And what is the difference there?
Ill spoil one thing: Were never going to answer that question for you.
The audience will have to decide.
Hes wrestling between two sides of himself.
Burnham is all human but was raised on Vulcan.
So what happens to a human being when theyre taught to emotionally suppress everything theyre feeling all the time?
Its an easier thing for a Vulcan to do because theyre alien.
But its really hard for Burnham.
Shes emotionally confused and doesnt know where her place is on that ship.
And shes immediately met by a captain whos loose, kind and open-hearted.
In many ways, Georgiou is the person that brings her back to her humanity.
Now take all that and add that Burnham feels responsible for Georgious death.
Its a lot to sort through.
So Georgiou is really dead, right?
That being said, have patience with us.
What we loved about that moment is the fact that its such an emotionally horribly moment for her.
And thats what shes going to have to live with for the rest of the show.
And how much Sarek are we going to get?A lot of Sarek and happily so.
So we will get to know all about Sarek and the relationship.
And the Klingons have always been presented as one or two-dimensionally represented as a war-faring race.
Of course, there have been a lot of Klingon lore.
So we couldnt do that without spending a lot of time with the Klingons.
I hope people are comfortable reading subtitles because there will be a lot of them.
Our critic Darren Franich had this question: The Klingon has a ship covered in corpses.
Explain everything about the ship covered in corpses.
[Laughs] Well its called the sarcophagus ship.
It is indeed covered on corpses dating back over 1,000 years.
Were going to spend a lot of time on this ship and learn the origins of the ship.
Its a big and beautiful set.
DoesDiscoverystay at this level of production for the rest of the season?Yup.
I can say with total confidence that the show does not get any smaller.
Eventually, Starfleet crew members get different uniforms.
And I understand the debate.
So, yes, anythings possible, they could end up that way.
Tease up episode 3 for us?Theres a time jump.
Its not a radical time jump.
In many ways we designed episode 3 to almost be a new pilot.
People were set up to expect one thing, and something very different episodes.
Burnham and the audience are going to have a reset.
