Specific question Star Trek Discover plot point question

April 21, 2021 12:16 PM

Specific question about the beginning of season 2 of Star Trek Discovery: Tilly's storyline

This is from the first part of season 2, when Tilly is having the visions of May Ahearn (who turns out to be an alien fungus creature). When Tilly is on the bridge with Captain Pike et al, May is getting increasingly angry asking to see the captain, and saying that the captain is someone shorter and lighter and I think she even says "whiter" than Pike. Who or what is she referring to?

posted by Ideal Impulse to Media & Arts (5 answers total)

Best answer: Paul Stamets. There is no one on earth whiter than Anthony Rapp. I actually started laughing at that point because I could see exactly who she must be talking about.
posted by hydropsyche at 12:20 PM on April 21, 2021 [9 favorites]

Response by poster: OOOOOOOOH OF COURSE
posted by Ideal Impulse at 12:22 PM on April 21, 2021

I like that idea. (And I love Rapp as an actor.) But, do we ever see Stamets as acting captain? I can name 6 characters who've been in the chair, but he's not among them. Maybe it's a cut scene?
posted by eotvos at 1:39 PM on April 21, 2021

But, do we ever see Stamets as acting captain?

He's not the org chart captain, he's the guy who steers the spore drive. The spore drive is the thing that the fungus cares about.
posted by Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug at 1:49 PM on April 21, 2021 [9 favorites]

Yep, as far as May is concerned, Stamets is clearly the most important person on the ship because he's in charge of the spore drive.
posted by fight or flight at 2:08 PM on April 21, 2021 [9 favorites]