Star Trek: Discovery
Warning : This list contains SPOILERS for Star Trek : Discovery Season 5
Summary
Star Trek : Discoveryadded some in truth amazing character to theStar Trekuniverse . Over the trend of its five season , Discoveryhas been many dissimilar shows , from a dark and complex drama to an Indiana Jones - style escapade . But at its nitty-gritty , it ’s always been the story of Captain Michael Burnham ( Sonequa Martin - Green ) and the masses around her . Burnham has deepen perhaps more than any other character onStar Trek : Discovery , going from Starfleet ’s first mutineer toCaptain of the USS Discovery .
Since the premier ofStar Trek : The Original Seriesin 1966 , theStar Trekfranchise has always excelled at creating compelling and likable type , andStar Trek : Discoveryis no exclusion . While it can be argued thatDiscovery ’s plotlines have been relentlessly paced and action - oriented , Disco ’s endearing character have keep the show going . Captain Burnham wasStar Trek : Discovery’sheart , but the show would n’t have work out without all of the wonderful characters around her . The crew penis of the USS Discovery have been through a lot in the show ’s five season , and hopefully , some of their stories will continue in futureStar Trekprojects .
Not only didStar Trek : Discoveryintroduce incredible unexampled characters , but the show also reinvented definitive characters like Captain Christopher Pike ( Anson Mount ) , Lt . Spock ( Ethan Peck ) , and figure One ( Rebecca Romijn ) , with pitch - perfect casting .
Star Trek : Discovery season 5 is the final season , but will Captain Burnham and the USS Discovery be back for season 6 or a Paramount+ picture show ?
12Eve Harlow as Moll
“I don’t need you or your Federation.”
Renegade courier Moll made quite an stamp asStar Trek : Discovery’slatest baddie , and she became a thorn in Discovery ’s side in their lookup for the progenitor ' technology . Along with her Breen lover and spouse in crime , L’ak ( Elias Toufexis ) , Moll caused legion problem for Discovery — includingtrapping the ship in a time loop topology — but she was finally just trying to build a life-time with the world she screw .
It remains to be seen what Moll’sStar Trekfuture holds .
After L’ak ’s tragic dying , Moll assay urgently to revive him , but even the progenitor ' technology was not capable of that . By the conclusion ofDiscoveryseason 5 , Moll has lose her dear husband and is fix to drop clip in a Federation prison . Dr. Kovich ( David Cronenberg ) , however , has other plans for her , which are all the more interesting considering Kovich ’s rightful identity as Temporal Agent Daniels . It remains to be watch what Moll’sStar Trekfuture holds , but the character could certainly have more floor to say .
11Callum Keith Rennie as Captain/Commander Rayner
“Oh, come on. Spare me the ‘I get you’ bull****.”
Captain Rayner unite the USS Discovery ’s gang inStar Trek : Discoveryseason 5 , andhis"crabby"personality counterpoint sharply with most of the other characters . For most of his Starfleet vocation , Rayner had been serve during wartime , and he find it heavy to aline to the Federation ’s novel way of doing things in the post - Burn wandflower . While Burnham was friends with most of Discovery ’s crew members and always esteem their stimulus , Rayner wanted to stay at a distance and do things by the book .
Screen Rant audience Callum Keith Rennie about how his new reference , Captain Rayner , fits into Star Trek : Discovery season 5 .
Still , Rayner was a good man and a enceinte Starfleet officeholder , and his gruff mental attitude warmed up over meter , as he and Discovery ’s crew developed a common respect for one another . Rayner work unexampled free energy toStar Trek : Discovery , which run well when copulate with more energetic and optimistic character like Lt . Sylvia Tilly ( Mary Wiseman ) . Like Moll , Rayner’sStar Trekjourney seems far from over , and he will hopefully pop up in a futureStar Trekproject .
10Jason Isaacs as Captain Gabriel Lorca
“I have been to another universe and back. You think I’d come all this way without a plan?”
Despite being from the Mirror Universe , Captain Gabriel Lorca was able-bodied to pass as his Prime Universe self long enough to impart the USS Discovery back to the Mirror Universe . The reveal that Lorca was from this evil parallel universe was one ofStar Trek : Discovery’sbest twists , and Jason Isaacs made the case fantastically compelling . Although Lorca only live for one time of year , he remains one ofStar Trek : Discovery’sbest villains .
Michael Burnham and the respite of the USS Discovery ’s crew were deeply impact by Lorca ’s perfidy and his later demise at the hands of Emperor Philippa Georgiou ( Michelle Yeoh).The fate of the Prime Universe Lorca remains unknown , although some speculate that it would have been highly unmanageable for him to have survived long in the brutal Mirror Universe . Still , anything is possible inStar Trek , and it would be fun to see Isaacs come back as any version of Lorca .
9Tig Notaro as Commander Jett Reno
“I can fix stuff with duct tape, if you want.”
With a fascinating backstory and a delightfully cynical personality , Commander Jett Renobecame one ofStar Trek : Discovery’sbest recurring characters . As an locomotive engineer on the USS Discovery , Reno help Commander Paul Stamets ( Anthony Rapp ) keep the starship running and proved invaluable on numerous missions . Reno never failed to remain unagitated during a crisis and was always ready with a sarcastic remarkto cut through the tension .
Like Rayner , Reno ’s no - nonsense mental attitude helped balance out the more openly emotional members of Discovery ’s gang . Jett may not have had much filmdom time , but she made the most of what she had , establishing herself as one ofDiscovery’smost memorable characters in her every tantrum . From her nonadaptive friendship with Stamets to her colorful career chronicle , Jett Reno ’s screaming commentary will surely be omit .
Screen Rant interviews Star Trek : Discovery ’s Tig Notaro about playing Commander Jett Reno and how she always gets the funniest line of reasoning .
8Blu del Barrio as Adira Tal
“Everyone always picks on the ensign.”
Star Trek : Discoveryhas add to the richness of theStar Trekuniverse with its diverse casting , andBlu del Barrio ’s Adira Talis a major part of that . With their genius - level intellect and cosmopolitan ebullience , Adira became an invaluable appendage of the USS Discovery ’s crew . Commander Stamets and his husband , Dr. Hugh Culber ( Wilson Cruz ) , became foster parent for Adira , as they struggled to find their place aboard Discovery .
Adira would make a great addition toStar Trek : Starfleet Academy .
Lt . Sylvia Tilly also became a mentor for Adira , helping the young Ensign body of work through their social awkwardness and lack of sureness . Adira stepped up inStar Trek : Discoveryseason 5 , working on the span and help in the search for the Progenitors ' technology . With their experience and relatability , Adira would make a great addition toStar Trek : Starfleet Academy , but it remains to be check whether theirStar Trekstory will continue .
7David Ajala as Cleveland Booker
“Love always ends in grief, but we can’t let the pain do this to us.”
Cleveland Booker was the first person Commander Michael Burnham meet upon arriving in the thirty-second century , and Book became Michael ’s spouse in love and life . A messenger from the planet Kwejian , Book spent his day ferrying goodness and helping endangered species across the galaxy . After their meet - cute , Book and Burnham continued working together for about a year before the USS Discovery finally go far through the wormhole into the 32nd one C .
Although not officially a member of the USS Discovery ’s crew , Book helped Starfleet investigate the Burn and the Dark Matter Anomaly . After the DMA ruin his homeworld , Booker rebel against the Federation , seek retaliation on the grave anomalyand the species that created it . Booker’sStar Trekjourneyhas had its bonnie percentage of ups and downs , but in the end , he made amends with the Federation and , most significantly , with Michael Burnham , his eventual married woman .
In the hereafter glimpsed in the epilogue at the end ofStar Trek : Discoveryseason 5 , Burnham and Book have expend their life together and have a boy named Leto ( Sawandi Wilson ) , who dish as a Starfleet Captain .
6Mary Wiseman as Lt. Sylvia Tilly
“I love feeling feelings.”
When Michael Burnham first met her new roommate , Ensign Sylvia Tilly , it was immediately ostensible that the two could not be more different . Still , Tilly and Burnham help each other throughoutStar Trek : Discovery’searly daysand eventually became best friends . With her enthusiastic and optimistic approach to life , Tilly could find the silver lining in almost any situation , but she also had a brilliant scientific creative thinker . Despite her periodic clumsiness in societal office , Tilly ( often with help from Commander Stamets ) could find and implement a solution to almost any problem .
Although Tilly initially want to pursue a command position , after the USS Discovery traveled to the 32nd century , she constitute new meaning as an instructor at Starfleet Academy . Tilly strove to connect with and advance her cadets , and Sylvia finally became the Academy ’s longest - tenured teacher . Considering how subservient Tilly has been in reestablishing Starfleet Academy , the upcomingStarfleet Academyshow would experience odd without her , but nothing has been corroborate regarding her presence on that show .
The cast of Star Trek : Starfleet Academy has yet to be announced , but Mary Wiseman ’s Lieutenant Sylvia Tilly should definitely be a part of it .
5Wilson Cruz as Dr. Hugh Culber
“I know, I’m a doctor, not a physicist, but… this will work. I can’t explain it, I just feel it.”
As the Chief Medical Officer and counselor-at-law of the USS Discovery , Dr. Hugh Culber has had a lot to deal with throughoutStar Trek : Discovery ’s five seasons . After being kill and resurrect , Culber understandably had difficulty rejoin to his normal life , but his kinship with Commander Stamets helped him grapple . Still , after Discovery move to the far future , Culber struggled to counsel all of Discovery ’s crew member as they were handle with their new lives .
Culber ’s fundamental pity and kindness made him a great doctor .
InStar Trek : Discoveryseason 5,Hugh found someone to talk to in Tilly , and he opened up more about his struggle and potential spiritual awakening . Culber come to accept that some thing could not be easily excuse , as he let his instincts guide him and ultimately saved Burnham from the Progenitors ' portal vein . Culber ’s profound compassionateness and kindness made him a great Doctor of the Church , and his romance with Commander Stamets remains one ofStar Trek’sbest love stories .
4Anthony Rapp as Commander Paul Stamets
“That could work. I think? I hope. Let’s go with hope.”
Anthony Rapp ’s Commander Paul Stametswas part of the scientific team that pioneer the experimental spore displacement hub private road technology used by the USS Discovery . One ofStar Trek’smost brilliant scientist , Stamets rarely encountered a problem he could not solve , even if it required a creative or unconventional solvent . ab initio , Stamets was often short with the other officers in engineering science , but he later mellowed out and develop more echt friendships .
The USS Discovery would have been destroyed numerous times over if not for Stamets .
Stamets and his husband , Dr. Hugh Culber , have had one ofStar Trek’smost naturalistic relationships and they complement one another dead . Culber bring out the best in Stamets , even though he often worried over his doctor hubby and their surrogate small fry , Adira . The USS Discovery would have been put down legion times over if not for Stamets , and he has leave quite aStar Treklegacy , despite the spore driving force technology being shelved .
3Michelle Yeoh as Emperor Philippa Georgiou
“I’m extremely wicked, even for a Terran.”
Academy Award winner Michelle Yeohbrought her unbelievable endowment toStar Trekas both the Prime Universe Captain Philippa Georgiou and the Mirror Universe Emperor Georgiou . Although Captain Georgiou was kill just asStar Trek : Discoverybegan , Emperor Georgiou had a fascinating journeying throughout her prison term on the show . Ruthless and calculating , Emperor Georgiou and her Terran Empire had conquer much of their extragalactic nebula in the Mirror Universe .
In the Prime Universe , Emperor Georgiou was raise by Section 31 . Georgiou will resume her life history with Starfleet ’s shady intelligence organisation in the approaching made - for - streaming film , Star Trek : department 31 .
After an assay coup by Captain Lorca , Georgiou returned to the Prime Universe with the USS Discovery and assisted in the Federation ’s war with the Klingons . Burnham raise close with the former Emperor , as she had depend up to Georgiou ’s Prime Universe vis-a-vis as a wise man . Soon after arriving in the 32nd 100 , Georgiou had to be beam back in metre due to being displaced in both meter and attribute . Always diabolic and compelling , Georgiou ’s impact remain even after her going fromStar Trek : Discovery .
Michelle Yeoh ’s Emperor Georgiou will ' face the sins of her yesteryear ' in Star Trek : Section 31 , but what are those sin ? Here are 8 from Discovery .
