“And, again, we also knew that Earth was the linchpin in our finale. “There was never anyone else in consideration for the role,” Paradise says. Abrams has been credited with spurring a huge increase in voter registration in Georgia, and her progressive activism and humanist viewpoints feel right at home in Star Trek, making her appearance as the President of United Earth aspirational and touching. And the President is played by none other than Stacey Abrams, former Minority Leader in the Georgia House of Representatives and current 2022 Gubernatorial candidate in the state.Ībrams is a lifelong Star Trek fan, and in 2020 appeared on the official Star Trek Podcast, the Pod Directive, in conversation with Tawny Newsome and Paul F. ParamountĪfter all the nail-biting at the Galactic Barrier, Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and Federation President Rillak (Chelah Horsdal) greet the President of Earth. So, it felt really important to us to get to that in the last few episodes.” We always knew from that point it would be a two-season arc and that bringing Earth back in would be the completion of that arc. “When we came into Season 3, we came into a world where the Federation was kind of torn apart. “Earth was always going to be the cornerstone of Season 4,” Paradise says. This was a shocking twist, and Michelle Paradise tells Inverse that this specific story, which began in the 2020 episode “People of Earth,” was always designed to be concluded this year. Previously, in Season 3 of Discovery, we learned that 32nd century Earth had left the Federation and become more isolationist. Spoilers ahead! Earth re-enters the FederationĪt the very end of the Discovery finale, after a huge crisis with Species Ten-C is averted and Earth and Ni’Var avoid destruction by the massive Dark Matter Anomaly, the United Federation of Planets welcomes Earth back into the fold. Here’s what she had to say about Season 5, the casting of the President of Earth, and why the Discovery universe is always expanding. Ahead of the release of the episode, “Coming Home,” Inverse chatted with Discovery showrunner and writer of the finale, Michelle Paradise. In a moment both surprising and tender, the last scene of the Season 4 finale of Star Trek: Discovery reveals a surprise guest star in a brief but pivotal cameo.
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