WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.041 --> 00:00:02.168 This week I have some animated discussions 2 00:00:02.168 --> 00:00:04.504 with Jack Quaid and Noël Wells of Star Trek: Lower Decks, 3 00:00:04.504 --> 00:00:06.172 as well as Brett Gray and Ella Purnell 4 00:00:06.172 --> 00:00:07.257 of Star Trek: Prodigy. 5 00:00:07.257 --> 00:00:09.592 You get a little refresher on Season 1 of Prodigy 6 00:00:09.592 --> 00:00:10.885 and take a deep dive 7 00:00:10.885 --> 00:00:12.679 into the Lower Decks Season 3 finale. 8 00:00:12.679 --> 00:00:15.890 And yes, as always, I have an exclusive clip for you. 9 00:00:15.890 --> 00:00:18.143 Don your Starfleet uniform and report to The Ready Room 10 00:00:18.143 --> 00:00:19.978 for all that and more. 11 00:00:26.526 --> 00:00:29.362 Hey, nerds, I'm Wil Wheaton, and this is The Ready Room, 12 00:00:29.362 --> 00:00:31.489 your official behind-the-scenes hub 13 00:00:31.489 --> 00:00:33.616 for all things Star Trek Universe. 14 00:00:33.616 --> 00:00:36.536 Today, I've got one of those double whammy episodes 15 00:00:36.536 --> 00:00:38.163 that I love so much on deck for you, 16 00:00:38.163 --> 00:00:39.414 you know the ones we have to do now 17 00:00:39.414 --> 00:00:41.833 because there's so much Star Trek on all the time 18 00:00:41.833 --> 00:00:44.461 that the episodes overlap, it's one of those. 19 00:00:44.461 --> 00:00:46.880 And since we're covering both the Season 3 finale 20 00:00:46.880 --> 00:00:48.006 of Star Trek: Lower Decks 21 00:00:48.006 --> 00:00:49.924 and Star Trek: Prodigy's return, 22 00:00:49.924 --> 00:00:54.929 I would be highly remiss if I did not give you a red alert. 23 00:00:55.096 --> 00:00:56.056 You'll be more confused than Rutherford trying 24 00:00:56.056 --> 00:00:58.308 to recall his pre-cyborg self, 25 00:00:58.308 --> 00:01:00.852 or a Starfleet database trying to track down Dal's species 26 00:01:00.852 --> 00:01:02.228 if you proceed without watching. 27 00:01:02.228 --> 00:01:04.522 So get outta here, stream Season 3, Episode 10 28 00:01:04.522 --> 00:01:07.525 of Lower Decks, and Season 1, Episode 11 of Prodigy 29 00:01:07.525 --> 00:01:10.028 and then come back here to get the inside scoop. 30 00:01:10.028 --> 00:01:10.945 See you in about an hour. 31 00:01:10.945 --> 00:01:13.615 Today, I speak with four amazing people, 32 00:01:13.615 --> 00:01:16.659 Jack Quaid and Noël Wells from Lower Decks are here, 33 00:01:16.659 --> 00:01:18.787 as well as Brett Gray and Ella Purnell, 34 00:01:18.787 --> 00:01:21.456 the talents behind Dal and Gwyn on Star Trek: Prodigy. 35 00:01:21.456 --> 00:01:23.458 I will speak with them, Jack and Noël, 36 00:01:23.458 --> 00:01:26.377 about wrapping up Season three of Star Trek: Lower Decks. 37 00:01:26.377 --> 00:01:29.839 Then we, Brett, Ella, and I, will discuss what's to come 38 00:01:29.839 --> 00:01:32.050 in the second half of Prodigy. 39 00:01:32.050 --> 00:01:36.471 Hint, there's so much more real life Admiral Janeway. 40 00:01:36.471 --> 00:01:38.348 It is awesome. And for anyone 41 00:01:38.348 --> 00:01:41.392 whose memories might be getting a little foggy these days, 42 00:01:41.392 --> 00:01:44.437 guilty, we've prepared a look back at everything 43 00:01:44.437 --> 00:01:46.523 that's happened so far in Star Trek: Prodigy 44 00:01:46.523 --> 00:01:49.859 so you won't have to divine what's going on. 45 00:01:49.859 --> 00:01:51.820 But before we get to any of that, 46 00:01:51.820 --> 00:01:55.073 the Season 3 finale of Lower Decks was, 47 00:01:55.073 --> 00:01:58.451 shall we say, explosive. 48 00:01:58.451 --> 00:02:01.287 So we're breaking down that California-Texas rivalry, 49 00:02:01.287 --> 00:02:04.165 the almost-return of Badgey, and more 50 00:02:04.165 --> 00:02:06.918 with series creator Mike McMahan and the cast. 51 00:02:06.918 --> 00:02:08.878 Control room, engage. 52 00:02:11.047 --> 00:02:12.048 I assure you, 53 00:02:12.048 --> 00:02:14.676 the Cerritos crew takes their duties seriously. 54 00:02:14.676 --> 00:02:16.261 Captain Freeman's right. 55 00:02:16.261 --> 00:02:20.557 However, my automated Texas class ships are her superior. 56 00:02:20.557 --> 00:02:21.808 The council has decided 57 00:02:21.808 --> 00:02:23.601 to take Admiral Buenamigo's advice 58 00:02:23.601 --> 00:02:26.646 and shutter the California class. 59 00:02:32.777 --> 00:02:35.572 His ships do seem superior to the Cali class. 60 00:02:35.572 --> 00:02:37.824 Well, then, he should prove it. 61 00:02:37.824 --> 00:02:40.285 I challenge you to a mission race. 62 00:02:40.285 --> 00:02:45.123 The finale of of Season 3 is all about automation. 63 00:02:45.123 --> 00:02:48.793 What happens when you remove people from jobs 64 00:02:48.793 --> 00:02:51.379 and you hand it over to an automated sort of system? 65 00:02:51.379 --> 00:02:53.590 Really quickly, we wanted to say that, like, 66 00:02:53.590 --> 00:02:55.341 Starfleet is the people that are in it. 67 00:02:55.341 --> 00:02:57.343 It's not the job that it's doing. 68 00:02:57.343 --> 00:02:59.512 Everything that brings heart 69 00:02:59.512 --> 00:03:03.474 to the California class will be demolished 70 00:03:03.474 --> 00:03:06.144 if the Texas class was to take over. 71 00:03:06.144 --> 00:03:07.770 Captain Freeman's fight, 72 00:03:07.770 --> 00:03:09.856 Captain Freeman's purpose is to show, 73 00:03:09.856 --> 00:03:12.150 no, we're not only not obsolete, 74 00:03:12.150 --> 00:03:14.485 but the human factor is tantamount 75 00:03:14.485 --> 00:03:16.529 to any success that we can have. 76 00:03:16.529 --> 00:03:18.948 The mechanical will always overlook things 77 00:03:18.948 --> 00:03:20.200 for different specifics 78 00:03:20.200 --> 00:03:22.577 that have nothing to do with interconnection, 79 00:03:22.577 --> 00:03:24.871 which is what the Federation is supposed to be about. 80 00:03:24.871 --> 00:03:26.247 It's maybe one of the first times 81 00:03:26.247 --> 00:03:27.790 that you really see how well everybody, like, 82 00:03:27.790 --> 00:03:29.125 when they're really put under pressure, 83 00:03:29.125 --> 00:03:30.293 that we're like, "We're gonna do this. 84 00:03:30.293 --> 00:03:32.212 We are going to win, we are going to cooperate." 85 00:03:32.212 --> 00:03:36.049 Tendi seems to delay their progress, 86 00:03:36.049 --> 00:03:38.384 and instead of everybody getting mad at her, 87 00:03:38.384 --> 00:03:40.470 everybody was like, "You did what you had to do." 88 00:03:40.470 --> 00:03:43.389 Ultimately, it turns out that they did the right thing, 89 00:03:43.389 --> 00:03:45.808 and then they challenged the Texas class to be like, 90 00:03:45.808 --> 00:03:47.352 "Wait a second, you didn't do this," 91 00:03:47.352 --> 00:03:49.479 and then it creates this war. 92 00:03:49.479 --> 00:03:51.105 [Freeman] You're better than this, Les. 93 00:03:51.105 --> 00:03:52.523 I'm really not. 94 00:03:52.523 --> 00:03:57.487 In this episode, we realize Buenamigo is one 95 00:03:58.154 --> 00:04:01.950 of the shadowy faces that we saw earlier 96 00:04:01.950 --> 00:04:05.787 at the end of Season 2 that made the implant happen. 97 00:04:05.787 --> 00:04:06.829 It robbed me of my memories 98 00:04:06.829 --> 00:04:09.165 and it was used to cover up deadly crimes. 99 00:04:09.165 --> 00:04:10.250 But it's so cool! 100 00:04:10.250 --> 00:04:13.586 I love the fact that Rutherford kind of has a lot 101 00:04:13.586 --> 00:04:17.257 of his story figured out, his backstory. 102 00:04:17.257 --> 00:04:19.008 So I would be excited to see 103 00:04:19.008 --> 00:04:22.095 what would happen next with him. 104 00:04:22.095 --> 00:04:23.429 [Boimler] They're still in pursuit, Captain. 105 00:04:23.429 --> 00:04:25.723 We're holding it warp eight, but they're gaining. 106 00:04:25.723 --> 00:04:28.935 It was cool to see Boimler still stick 107 00:04:28.935 --> 00:04:30.770 to the Bold Boimler persona, 108 00:04:30.770 --> 00:04:33.231 even though sometimes it doesn't always work out. 109 00:04:33.231 --> 00:04:35.233 I feel like Boimler in the past was a character 110 00:04:35.233 --> 00:04:37.277 who if something didn't work out 111 00:04:37.277 --> 00:04:40.154 and didn't lead to him getting promoted, 112 00:04:40.154 --> 00:04:42.198 he would just go, "Okay, I'm not gonna do that anymore." 113 00:04:42.198 --> 00:04:44.367 But just to see him acknowledge that, 114 00:04:44.367 --> 00:04:46.703 "Oh, this is actually building character for me." 115 00:04:46.703 --> 00:04:48.538 [Boimler] I'm fine, it was fun, come on in. 116 00:04:48.538 --> 00:04:50.832 I thought that was really cool. 117 00:04:50.832 --> 00:04:54.168 And then to have Boimler in the finale stand up for Shaxs 118 00:04:54.168 --> 00:04:56.754 and not really care about getting promoted or anything. 119 00:04:56.754 --> 00:04:58.631 Shut up and listen to Shaxs. 120 00:04:58.631 --> 00:05:00.300 That was really cool to see. 121 00:05:00.300 --> 00:05:03.720 I kind of said we should eject the warp core. 122 00:05:03.720 --> 00:05:05.513 Oh, that's what he always suggests. 123 00:05:05.513 --> 00:05:07.807 When I first read that I was going 124 00:05:07.807 --> 00:05:12.437 to blow up the warp core like I had asked two seasons ago. 125 00:05:12.437 --> 00:05:15.023 I recommend we detonate the entire warp core, Captain. 126 00:05:15.023 --> 00:05:15.857 What? No. 127 00:05:15.857 --> 00:05:17.817 That one I did not see coming, I didn't think 128 00:05:17.817 --> 00:05:20.528 we were ever really gonna get a chance to do that. 129 00:05:20.528 --> 00:05:22.488 And Shaxs is just so happy 130 00:05:22.488 --> 00:05:24.949 'cause it's really a bad idea usually. 131 00:05:24.949 --> 00:05:26.367 But now we're in a situation 132 00:05:26.367 --> 00:05:29.037 where we're gonna need something very powerful. 133 00:05:34.208 --> 00:05:36.544 [Barnes] The Aledo survived the blast. 134 00:05:37.712 --> 00:05:39.505 We need to abandon ship now. 135 00:05:39.505 --> 00:05:40.965 [Mariner] Belay that order. 136 00:05:44.844 --> 00:05:46.971 Season 3 is really tough for Mariner. 137 00:05:46.971 --> 00:05:48.139 She's got the captain saying, 138 00:05:48.139 --> 00:05:49.265 "I'm not in charge of you anymore, 139 00:05:49.265 --> 00:05:50.391 Ransom's in charge of you." 140 00:05:50.391 --> 00:05:51.809 And then at the end of the season, 141 00:05:51.809 --> 00:05:52.977 she's kicked off the ship. 142 00:05:52.977 --> 00:05:56.230 So you see Mariner go off and she's doing space archeology. 143 00:05:56.230 --> 00:05:58.983 Then at the end of the season, Mariner has a realization 144 00:05:58.983 --> 00:06:00.777 that she's Starfleet through and through, 145 00:06:00.777 --> 00:06:02.278 and that it's gonna be an uphill battle, 146 00:06:02.278 --> 00:06:03.863 but leaving it isn't an option. 147 00:06:04.822 --> 00:06:06.532 Mariner, no, get outta here. 148 00:06:06.532 --> 00:06:08.451 You can't help us on your own. 149 00:06:08.451 --> 00:06:10.119 Yeah, I know, I brought help. 150 00:06:10.119 --> 00:06:11.913 Seeing her come back in the finale, 151 00:06:11.913 --> 00:06:15.792 seeing her get the entire California class fleet to come in 152 00:06:15.792 --> 00:06:18.086 and save her ship is a first step 153 00:06:18.086 --> 00:06:20.088 towards really seeing a change 154 00:06:20.088 --> 00:06:23.633 in how Mariner approaches Starfleet itself. 155 00:06:23.633 --> 00:06:25.426 Oh, she's back, Mariner! 156 00:06:25.426 --> 00:06:26.594 [Rutherford] Oh, awesome. 157 00:06:26.594 --> 00:06:28.221 At the end, when they find out 158 00:06:28.221 --> 00:06:30.515 that she really said all these really lovely things 159 00:06:30.515 --> 00:06:31.516 and that she loves everyone 160 00:06:31.516 --> 00:06:34.227 and was very kind of vulnerable and sweet, 161 00:06:34.227 --> 00:06:37.397 I think her having to step back into that and own that 162 00:06:37.397 --> 00:06:38.689 and own, like, the niceness 163 00:06:38.689 --> 00:06:42.068 and the tenderness really allowed for growth 164 00:06:42.068 --> 00:06:44.028 between her and Freeman and her 165 00:06:44.028 --> 00:06:45.363 and the rest of her friends, too, 166 00:06:45.363 --> 00:06:47.698 because it's easy to stand in front of people and go, 167 00:06:47.698 --> 00:06:48.991 "Oh, I don't care about any of this." 168 00:06:48.991 --> 00:06:50.910 And it's really hard to stand in front of them and go, 169 00:06:50.910 --> 00:06:53.871 "I deeply care about all of you, please embrace me," 170 00:06:53.871 --> 00:06:55.915 is, like, very scary and vulnerable. 171 00:06:55.915 --> 00:06:57.834 So, the fact that she does that at the end 172 00:06:57.834 --> 00:07:00.920 I think just sets us up in a great place for Season 4 173 00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:04.132 to have a more, like, honest representation 174 00:07:04.132 --> 00:07:05.466 of how she really feels about stuff. 175 00:07:05.466 --> 00:07:07.844 Cali class, Cali class, Cali class! 176 00:07:09.887 --> 00:07:13.224 I am beyond honored to be a part 177 00:07:13.224 --> 00:07:17.228 of this Star Trek family, but particularly as a captain, 178 00:07:17.228 --> 00:07:20.565 as a leader, as a mother, also a colleague, 179 00:07:20.565 --> 00:07:23.943 and I love the fact that they have found different ways 180 00:07:23.943 --> 00:07:28.948 to explore Captain Freeman's challenges and her successes. 181 00:07:29.407 --> 00:07:31.117 Wrapping Season 3 of Lower Decks, 182 00:07:31.117 --> 00:07:32.243 it was such a relief 183 00:07:32.243 --> 00:07:34.662 because every episode has to be amazing. 184 00:07:34.662 --> 00:07:37.623 We don't have that '90s 26 episodes, 185 00:07:37.623 --> 00:07:39.417 "This one can be about a ghost in a lamp," 186 00:07:39.417 --> 00:07:40.251 you know what I mean? 187 00:07:40.251 --> 00:07:41.878 Like, every episode has to be great. 188 00:07:41.878 --> 00:07:45.715 Well, I'm not just an actor, I'm also a fan, 189 00:07:45.715 --> 00:07:48.050 and I really, I love Lower Decks 190 00:07:48.050 --> 00:07:50.178 because it is really funny, 191 00:07:50.178 --> 00:07:51.387 but it's also a real Star Trek show. 192 00:07:51.387 --> 00:07:54.849 Like, there's real stories that I find myself caring 193 00:07:54.849 --> 00:07:56.517 about in a way that I did not expect to. 194 00:07:56.517 --> 00:07:58.728 Three seasons in, I'm almost like, 195 00:07:58.728 --> 00:08:01.230 we could do this forever, I hope we do. 196 00:08:01.230 --> 00:08:04.984 This team has become more of a family, 197 00:08:06.027 --> 00:08:07.570 has become a real crew. 198 00:08:07.570 --> 00:08:11.449 I'm really proud of the entire crew of the Cerritos. 199 00:08:11.449 --> 00:08:13.618 I mean that from the bottom of my heart. I really do. 200 00:08:13.618 --> 00:08:14.994 We're an important part of the canon. 201 00:08:14.994 --> 00:08:16.913 We're an important part of Starfleet. 202 00:08:16.913 --> 00:08:18.498 We need to fight for that respect, 203 00:08:18.498 --> 00:08:19.874 we get to earn that respect, 204 00:08:19.874 --> 00:08:23.294 but I think the Cerritos is here to stay. 205 00:08:27.298 --> 00:08:29.634 After an awesome season of Star Trek: Lower Decks, 206 00:08:29.634 --> 00:08:32.762 I am thrilled to have Jack Quaid and Noël Wells, 207 00:08:32.762 --> 00:08:35.723 Boimler and Tendi, here to get real nerdy. 208 00:08:35.723 --> 00:08:36.807 Thank you so much. 209 00:08:36.807 --> 00:08:37.808 -Thank you so much. -Thank you. 210 00:08:37.808 --> 00:08:39.644 It is awesome to see both of you. 211 00:08:39.644 --> 00:08:42.146 It's so good to actually be in The Ready Room, 212 00:08:42.146 --> 00:08:43.773 as opposed to on Zoom. 213 00:08:43.773 --> 00:08:47.777 It really makes me feel terrific to have both of you here. 214 00:08:47.777 --> 00:08:49.570 It makes a difference 215 00:08:49.570 --> 00:08:51.322 and I'm happy to see both of you on my couch. 216 00:08:51.322 --> 00:08:52.156 Same here. 217 00:08:52.156 --> 00:08:57.078 This season, there is so much character development. 218 00:08:57.078 --> 00:08:58.579 There's so much more character development 219 00:08:58.579 --> 00:09:00.081 than we've seen before. 220 00:09:00.081 --> 00:09:04.001 I imagine that fans of the show, 221 00:09:04.001 --> 00:09:06.837 as they have made their way through the first two seasons, 222 00:09:06.837 --> 00:09:10.258 have begun to really, like, grab onto aspects 223 00:09:10.258 --> 00:09:12.635 of your characters that they really loved. 224 00:09:12.635 --> 00:09:13.511 Before we were rolling, 225 00:09:13.511 --> 00:09:15.513 we were talking a little bit about earlier this year 226 00:09:15.513 --> 00:09:19.308 when we were all at Star Trek: Mission Chicago together. 227 00:09:19.308 --> 00:09:21.477 I would love to hear a little bit, 228 00:09:21.477 --> 00:09:24.146 now that kind of we're able to get into the world again, 229 00:09:24.146 --> 00:09:25.690 tell me a little bit about interacting 230 00:09:25.690 --> 00:09:28.734 with fans now that we can do that. 231 00:09:28.734 --> 00:09:29.860 One of my favorite moments 232 00:09:29.860 --> 00:09:32.738 from Mission Chicago was sitting next to Noël, being 233 00:09:32.738 --> 00:09:36.492 on a panel, and then watching like a sea of Tendis, 234 00:09:36.492 --> 00:09:39.829 like, people dressed up as Tendi stand up from the crowd. 235 00:09:39.829 --> 00:09:42.415 It was such a cool moment. 236 00:09:42.415 --> 00:09:44.917 I don't know, I just, I loved being near you 237 00:09:44.917 --> 00:09:46.502 when you realized, "Oh, yeah, 238 00:09:46.502 --> 00:09:48.421 Tendi is a fan favorite character." 239 00:09:48.421 --> 00:09:49.255 Yeah, and it's the, 240 00:09:49.255 --> 00:09:51.257 I haven't really been to conventions yet, 241 00:09:51.257 --> 00:09:54.176 and to see, it's just a totally different world. 242 00:09:54.176 --> 00:09:57.013 Like, you do other projects, other shows, other worlds, 243 00:09:57.013 --> 00:09:59.557 and fans interact with it very differently, 244 00:09:59.557 --> 00:10:03.019 but Star Trek fans are the most supportive 245 00:10:03.019 --> 00:10:06.022 and so genuinely invested that it makes you, 246 00:10:06.022 --> 00:10:08.149 it sort of, like, opens up your worldview. 247 00:10:08.149 --> 00:10:10.067 Like, I'm not just on a show, 248 00:10:10.067 --> 00:10:12.528 it's like I'm invited into a whole other experience. 249 00:10:12.528 --> 00:10:15.740 Yeah, yeah, no, they're just so kind, and like you said, 250 00:10:15.740 --> 00:10:16.866 like, so supportive. 251 00:10:16.866 --> 00:10:17.658 So supportive. 252 00:10:17.658 --> 00:10:20.536 So supportive, like true, true great moments 253 00:10:20.536 --> 00:10:22.997 of interaction between yourself and fans, 254 00:10:22.997 --> 00:10:25.583 and just to see, 'cause we had never, 255 00:10:25.583 --> 00:10:27.460 we had never done anything public really, 256 00:10:27.460 --> 00:10:30.296 like in-person for Lower Decks. 257 00:10:30.296 --> 00:10:32.298 I think there had been some, like, 258 00:10:32.298 --> 00:10:34.091 premieres or screenings or whatever. 259 00:10:34.091 --> 00:10:35.885 I couldn't go to any of them, 260 00:10:35.885 --> 00:10:39.305 so to be there in costume, we were, like, in- 261 00:10:39.305 --> 00:10:40.598 That was terrific. 262 00:10:40.598 --> 00:10:43.476 Yeah, that was so fun to just, to feel, you know, 263 00:10:43.476 --> 00:10:45.061 like, everyone was in the room 264 00:10:45.061 --> 00:10:48.606 and chanting "Lower Decks" with us was like 265 00:10:48.606 --> 00:10:49.940 unbelievable, so we're so grateful to the fans for just- 266 00:10:49.940 --> 00:10:52.234 Yeah, it makes me want to be better- 267 00:10:52.234 --> 00:10:53.819 Just overall better? 268 00:10:53.819 --> 00:10:54.654 It makes me wanna be better 269 00:10:54.654 --> 00:10:58.949 for just obviously the people we're doing the show for. 270 00:10:58.949 --> 00:11:00.159 You're right, you're like, you don't wanna, like, 271 00:11:00.159 --> 00:11:01.744 now that you actually see them in person, you're like, 272 00:11:01.744 --> 00:11:03.621 "Oh, I never wanna let any of you down." 273 00:11:03.621 --> 00:11:04.455 No, I do not. 274 00:11:04.455 --> 00:11:06.749 You're so cool, I really do want, yeah, 275 00:11:06.749 --> 00:11:08.209 it makes you want to up your game. 276 00:11:08.209 --> 00:11:10.002 Yeah, I don't want to, exactly. 277 00:11:10.002 --> 00:11:11.962 You know, we've only talked a handful of times 278 00:11:11.962 --> 00:11:13.214 since you started Lower Decks, 279 00:11:13.214 --> 00:11:16.342 and what I've gotten from you all along is, 280 00:11:16.342 --> 00:11:17.176 is I don't think 281 00:11:17.176 --> 00:11:18.386 you know how much people love your character. 282 00:11:18.386 --> 00:11:20.012 I know, it's very cool, and it's very cool 283 00:11:20.012 --> 00:11:22.264 to have been given the opportunity to play a part 284 00:11:22.264 --> 00:11:24.475 that people really like and, like, really connect with. 285 00:11:24.475 --> 00:11:26.185 And she's so dear to me 286 00:11:26.185 --> 00:11:28.437 and she's such an extension of who I am. 287 00:11:28.437 --> 00:11:31.190 So when people like her, I'm like, they also like me. 288 00:11:31.190 --> 00:11:33.859 That's wonderful, I love that. 289 00:11:33.859 --> 00:11:35.486 Jack, I wanna talk about Bold Boimler. 290 00:11:35.486 --> 00:11:37.822 -Yes, sure, yes. -So, 291 00:11:37.822 --> 00:11:41.659 I really enjoyed the emergence of Bold Boimler this season. 292 00:11:41.659 --> 00:11:43.077 [Jack] Me too. 293 00:11:43.077 --> 00:11:46.372 I love that the core of Boimler has not changed. 294 00:11:46.372 --> 00:11:47.456 No, yeah. 295 00:11:47.456 --> 00:11:50.209 He's just bolder about it now, 296 00:11:50.209 --> 00:11:53.295 and just talk about the emergence of him 297 00:11:53.295 --> 00:11:55.089 and how you found him. 298 00:11:55.089 --> 00:11:57.842 What I love about that whole storyline is the fact that, 299 00:11:57.842 --> 00:11:59.719 I mean, Mike and the writers are so good at this, 300 00:11:59.719 --> 00:12:04.056 but it's the fact that Boimler is always a character who, 301 00:12:04.056 --> 00:12:08.060 he never loves to leave his comfort zone. 302 00:12:08.060 --> 00:12:09.770 He doesn't like to stray off the path. 303 00:12:09.770 --> 00:12:12.440 So to have him, you know, do something 304 00:12:12.440 --> 00:12:15.568 where he's taking risks more and he's seeing 305 00:12:15.568 --> 00:12:17.445 that sometimes it doesn't always work out, 306 00:12:17.445 --> 00:12:19.572 like, sometimes it has real downsides, 307 00:12:19.572 --> 00:12:21.824 yet he continues to push through that 308 00:12:21.824 --> 00:12:23.701 because I think part of him can see 309 00:12:23.701 --> 00:12:27.371 that it's not about leveling up or going up in rank 310 00:12:27.371 --> 00:12:29.081 or anything like that, it's more so about, 311 00:12:29.081 --> 00:12:31.250 "Oh, this is gonna help me as a person." 312 00:12:31.250 --> 00:12:32.418 It's gonna build character. 313 00:12:32.418 --> 00:12:35.463 I really liked seeing him push through his discomfort 314 00:12:35.463 --> 00:12:39.467 and find this new version of himself that he can access, 315 00:12:39.467 --> 00:12:41.218 you know, in times of struggle. 316 00:12:41.218 --> 00:12:44.472 It was really cool to see Boimler really grow in that way 317 00:12:44.472 --> 00:12:46.474 and yeah, no, I just loved playing 318 00:12:46.474 --> 00:12:50.936 that new side of him and finding that Bold Boimler voice. 319 00:12:50.936 --> 00:12:53.689 I just thought it was so funny too that he got like, 320 00:12:53.689 --> 00:12:56.233 the first time he really becomes Bold Boimler is 321 00:12:56.233 --> 00:12:59.737 when he stands up to that guy that's hunting him, K'ranch. 322 00:12:59.737 --> 00:13:00.571 K'ranch! 323 00:13:01.781 --> 00:13:05.576 I am not your pray, I am Bold Boimler. 324 00:13:05.576 --> 00:13:09.663 I haven't backed down all day and I'm not starting now. 325 00:13:09.663 --> 00:13:13.918 You'd better run because now the hunted has become- 326 00:13:15.044 --> 00:13:16.128 So funny. 327 00:13:16.128 --> 00:13:17.671 -It's great, just to have- -[Wil] It's so funny. 328 00:13:17.671 --> 00:13:19.840 Immediately get a spear through the shoulder 329 00:13:19.840 --> 00:13:20.925 -after that, too- -Right through the shoulder. 330 00:13:20.925 --> 00:13:24.470 But see the benefits of it was so awesome. 331 00:13:24.470 --> 00:13:25.304 I also like 332 00:13:25.304 --> 00:13:28.015 that it's a Tendi Boimler character building moment, 333 00:13:28.015 --> 00:13:30.935 as well, like, she's the one that initially encourages him 334 00:13:30.935 --> 00:13:33.020 to kind of get outside of his comfort zone 335 00:13:33.020 --> 00:13:35.523 and try new things, and I think that's a cool moment 336 00:13:35.523 --> 00:13:37.399 for these two characters to have. 337 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:38.651 I thought it was really great. 338 00:13:38.651 --> 00:13:40.152 I like that Tendi does with Boimler 339 00:13:40.152 --> 00:13:41.904 what she's also kind of done with Rutherford a bit. 340 00:13:41.904 --> 00:13:42.738 -Yeah. -Yeah. 341 00:13:42.738 --> 00:13:46.075 Tendi strikes me as someone who, like, just of course, 342 00:13:46.075 --> 00:13:48.244 why would you not want to just talk to her? 343 00:13:49.203 --> 00:13:51.747 I mean, yeah, and she's also discovering those things 344 00:13:51.747 --> 00:13:52.706 in herself, as well. 345 00:13:52.706 --> 00:13:54.917 Like, I feel like she has a tendency to be putting it 346 00:13:54.917 --> 00:13:57.169 onto other people and encourage the other people, 347 00:13:57.169 --> 00:13:59.630 but, you know, finding that well of resources within herself 348 00:13:59.630 --> 00:14:02.258 to also get to be Bold Tendi has been- 349 00:14:02.258 --> 00:14:03.634 Yeah, the Bold Tendi's, 350 00:14:03.634 --> 00:14:06.220 Bold Tendi's a thing this season, for sure. 351 00:14:06.220 --> 00:14:07.054 Well, let's talk about Bold Tendi. 352 00:14:07.054 --> 00:14:07.888 Oh, boy, okay. 353 00:14:07.888 --> 00:14:12.893 Back in Episode 6 we have this other Orion who is like, 354 00:14:13.102 --> 00:14:14.895 I'm just calling him a poser Orion. 355 00:14:14.895 --> 00:14:18.148 Oh, a fellow Orion, greetings. 356 00:14:18.148 --> 00:14:19.817 Hey, look at that, that's awesome. 357 00:14:19.817 --> 00:14:22.278 He is so on and on and on. 358 00:14:22.278 --> 00:14:25.072 And I love, you know, we talk about how, like, people 359 00:14:25.072 --> 00:14:27.783 who are genuinely a badass don't have to talk about it. 360 00:14:27.783 --> 00:14:28.909 It's just there. 361 00:14:28.909 --> 00:14:29.952 Right, they don't have to front. 362 00:14:29.952 --> 00:14:32.121 So, that guy's fronting and fronting and fronting, 363 00:14:32.121 --> 00:14:35.249 and finally that point where Tendi's just like, 364 00:14:35.249 --> 00:14:39.003 "I cannot take this anymore, like, you're so full of s***. 365 00:14:39.003 --> 00:14:42.798 This is how we do it on Orion," right? 366 00:14:42.798 --> 00:14:46.886 Talk about her, like, seizing that kind of initiative 367 00:14:46.886 --> 00:14:49.889 and that sort of like, I guess we call it Bold Tendi. 368 00:14:49.889 --> 00:14:50.723 I guess we could- 369 00:14:50.723 --> 00:14:51.557 Tenacious Tendi? 370 00:14:51.557 --> 00:14:53.726 -Tenacious Tendi, thank you. -You got Bold Boimler 371 00:14:53.726 --> 00:14:54.560 and Tenacious Tendi. 372 00:14:54.560 --> 00:14:57.104 Yeah, I mean, I guess we could also kind of wrap it up 373 00:14:57.104 --> 00:14:58.272 to like, you know, 374 00:14:58.272 --> 00:15:01.609 say her being an Orion is kind of like me being a Texan 375 00:15:01.609 --> 00:15:03.110 and finally like, it's like, 376 00:15:03.110 --> 00:15:06.155 let me show you what a real cowgirl could do. 377 00:15:06.155 --> 00:15:08.616 So I feel like that's kind of the metaphor 378 00:15:08.616 --> 00:15:10.367 I'd like to wrap in here. 379 00:15:10.367 --> 00:15:11.535 I love that Tendi is just like, 380 00:15:11.535 --> 00:15:13.495 "I'm so tired of the stereotypes," 381 00:15:13.495 --> 00:15:14.997 and the dude is just like, 382 00:15:14.997 --> 00:15:17.082 "I'm trying to live up to the stereotypes 383 00:15:17.082 --> 00:15:18.918 'cause that's what I think people expect." 384 00:15:18.918 --> 00:15:21.253 Mesk, Mesk, you can save us. 385 00:15:21.253 --> 00:15:22.338 Um, I'm sorry, what? 386 00:15:22.338 --> 00:15:23.631 With all your pirating skills, 387 00:15:23.631 --> 00:15:25.674 you could take the ship, Orion-style. 388 00:15:25.674 --> 00:15:30.512 Right, totally, the thing with that is, I don't know how. 389 00:15:31.680 --> 00:15:34.433 I've never pirated anything in my whole stupid life. 390 00:15:34.433 --> 00:15:36.560 What, it's all you talk about. 391 00:15:36.560 --> 00:15:37.853 I love that switch, that moment 392 00:15:37.853 --> 00:15:40.064 where he's just such a fraud, I thought that was- 393 00:15:40.064 --> 00:15:42.608 "I was adopted by humans, I have no idea what I'm doing." 394 00:15:42.608 --> 00:15:43.651 [Noël] Yeah, yeah. 395 00:15:43.651 --> 00:15:44.985 That was so good. 396 00:15:44.985 --> 00:15:46.612 Was there a moment that happened 397 00:15:46.612 --> 00:15:49.698 while you were doing this season that has stuck 398 00:15:49.698 --> 00:15:50.991 in your mind since you recorded it 399 00:15:50.991 --> 00:15:52.952 because it was particularly memorable, 400 00:15:52.952 --> 00:15:55.496 particularly funny, surprising? 401 00:15:55.496 --> 00:15:56.330 There was a lot. 402 00:15:56.330 --> 00:15:59.124 I think my favorite episode to record was 403 00:15:59.124 --> 00:16:01.085 to get to have a scene with Sulu. 404 00:16:01.085 --> 00:16:04.004 Is this Heaven, the afterlife, the Nexus? 405 00:16:04.004 --> 00:16:07.132 It's Idaho, would you like to feed the horsey? 406 00:16:07.967 --> 00:16:08.968 Uh, sure. 407 00:16:10.010 --> 00:16:12.388 It's insane, it's just absolutely insane 408 00:16:12.388 --> 00:16:16.016 that I got to have a scene with George Takei, 409 00:16:16.016 --> 00:16:19.144 and for it to be a really, you know, 410 00:16:19.144 --> 00:16:20.813 meaningful thing in Boimler's life. 411 00:16:20.813 --> 00:16:22.940 I just thought that was incredible. 412 00:16:22.940 --> 00:16:25.234 So to record that whole thing was, yeah, 413 00:16:25.234 --> 00:16:26.568 I'm never gonna forget that, that was awesome. 414 00:16:26.568 --> 00:16:27.987 Yeah, anything for you? 415 00:16:27.987 --> 00:16:30.948 Well, to me, it's about, I guess, 416 00:16:30.948 --> 00:16:35.494 Tendi's character development, and I think the first season, 417 00:16:35.494 --> 00:16:37.204 we were getting to know everybody, 418 00:16:37.204 --> 00:16:38.539 and everybody's, like, introduced, 419 00:16:38.539 --> 00:16:40.833 and in the second season, we're, you know, 420 00:16:40.833 --> 00:16:42.209 everybody's evolving a little bit. 421 00:16:42.209 --> 00:16:44.211 The stories are getting a little bit more complex, 422 00:16:44.211 --> 00:16:47.172 like, the world is branching out, 423 00:16:47.172 --> 00:16:50.509 and we saw a little bit of Tendi's coming into her own, 424 00:16:50.509 --> 00:16:53.053 but in this season, she's just all over the map 425 00:16:53.053 --> 00:16:55.347 on how much authority she has, like, 426 00:16:56.390 --> 00:16:58.600 and she's still, like, really lovable and really sweet. 427 00:16:58.600 --> 00:17:01.395 But she gets, you know, she has a lot more levels. 428 00:17:01.395 --> 00:17:04.857 Damnit, Rutherford, why aren't you taking this seriously? 429 00:17:04.857 --> 00:17:06.734 'Cause we're having fun, what's the big deal? 430 00:17:06.734 --> 00:17:08.110 This isn't fun for me. 431 00:17:08.110 --> 00:17:08.986 Would you laugh this much 432 00:17:08.986 --> 00:17:10.821 if I was really the Captain in real life? 433 00:17:10.821 --> 00:17:11.947 Sorry, if you were what? 434 00:17:11.947 --> 00:17:13.449 Nobody would believe in me as a captain. 435 00:17:13.449 --> 00:17:15.284 You don't even care about this story at all. 436 00:17:15.284 --> 00:17:16.326 You wanna be a captain? 437 00:17:16.326 --> 00:17:17.619 Yes! 438 00:17:17.619 --> 00:17:20.247 Oh, wow, I've never said that out loud before. 439 00:17:20.247 --> 00:17:24.209 I'm being directed to take her to, like, 100 sometimes. 440 00:17:25.210 --> 00:17:26.670 That was great. 441 00:17:26.670 --> 00:17:28.756 It's been really cool to kind of, I've never been 442 00:17:28.756 --> 00:17:31.759 on an animated show since its inception before. 443 00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:34.344 I know you've done a ton of this, but I've never, 444 00:17:34.344 --> 00:17:37.139 this is the first show that I've been on as a voice actor 445 00:17:37.139 --> 00:17:40.684 where I got to see it from, like, the very beginning to now, 446 00:17:40.684 --> 00:17:43.854 and just to see how much all the characters have grown, 447 00:17:43.854 --> 00:17:45.981 how the fan response has, like, changed 448 00:17:45.981 --> 00:17:49.109 and ballooned and become so cool. 449 00:17:49.109 --> 00:17:51.528 It's just been really gratifying to see, 450 00:17:51.528 --> 00:17:53.155 I just want to thank all the fans 451 00:17:53.155 --> 00:17:54.656 who have just stuck with us, 452 00:17:54.656 --> 00:17:57.076 and I really can't wait for them to see this season. 453 00:17:57.076 --> 00:17:59.495 I think it's gonna be awesome. 454 00:17:59.495 --> 00:18:01.497 You guys, thank you for coming here 455 00:18:01.497 --> 00:18:02.873 -today to talk with me- -Thank you for having us. 456 00:18:02.873 --> 00:18:05.959 And just thank you for just three amazing seasons 457 00:18:05.959 --> 00:18:08.378 of just so much fun. 458 00:18:08.378 --> 00:18:09.505 They flew by. 459 00:18:09.505 --> 00:18:10.339 They really did fly by. 460 00:18:10.339 --> 00:18:12.382 I cannot believe that it was just three years ago 461 00:18:12.382 --> 00:18:13.217 that I was sitting 462 00:18:13.217 --> 00:18:15.803 in my game room talking to you through Zoom. 463 00:18:15.803 --> 00:18:17.304 I mean, it seems like 464 00:18:17.304 --> 00:18:20.182 simultaneously forever ago and yesterday. 465 00:18:20.182 --> 00:18:21.892 It's funny, I remember when you said, 466 00:18:21.892 --> 00:18:23.143 back then I remember you being like, 467 00:18:23.143 --> 00:18:25.896 "Welcome to the Star Trek family." 468 00:18:25.896 --> 00:18:28.857 And it didn't, at that point, it did not hit me, yet. 469 00:18:28.857 --> 00:18:30.109 It hadn't really quite hit me yet 470 00:18:30.109 --> 00:18:33.028 because the show was coming out, we were in a pandemic, 471 00:18:33.028 --> 00:18:35.322 things were weird in general, 472 00:18:35.322 --> 00:18:38.867 but now, I feel like it really does feel real to me, 473 00:18:38.867 --> 00:18:40.911 and just thank you for being one of the first people 474 00:18:40.911 --> 00:18:41.995 to welcome us into it. 475 00:18:41.995 --> 00:18:43.747 That really meant a lot, especially coming from you. 476 00:18:43.747 --> 00:18:44.581 That meant a lot. 477 00:18:44.581 --> 00:18:45.958 I'm really happy to know that. 478 00:18:45.958 --> 00:18:48.794 Yeah, that's really, that's super awesome. 479 00:18:48.794 --> 00:18:50.212 I'm really glad. 480 00:18:50.212 --> 00:18:51.213 That makes me feel really good 481 00:18:51.213 --> 00:18:53.549 and I don't even know how to respond to it. 482 00:19:15.320 --> 00:19:18.740 It's been 38 weeks since we wrapped up the first half 483 00:19:18.740 --> 00:19:19.950 of Star Trek: Prodigy. 484 00:19:19.950 --> 00:19:22.119 So, we forgive you if you're in need of a reminder 485 00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:24.288 about what happened with Gwyn and her father, 486 00:19:24.288 --> 00:19:26.081 Dal and his quest to learn how to lead, 487 00:19:26.081 --> 00:19:27.332 and the whole Protostar crew 488 00:19:27.332 --> 00:19:29.418 and their mission to rescue the Unwanted. 489 00:19:29.418 --> 00:19:31.920 So, before I sit down with Brett Gray and Ella Purnell 490 00:19:31.920 --> 00:19:34.631 to discuss what we can expect from the rest of this season, 491 00:19:34.631 --> 00:19:36.383 here's a recap of everything 492 00:19:36.383 --> 00:19:39.803 that happened in Episodes 1 through 10. 493 00:19:40.762 --> 00:19:42.890 Ah, it's too tight. 494 00:19:42.890 --> 00:19:46.018 It's not too tight, you're just not holding still. 495 00:19:46.018 --> 00:19:48.103 In the beginning of Prodigy, 496 00:19:48.103 --> 00:19:51.440 we had to introduce each character, and then as it unfolds, 497 00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:55.527 you can see who sparks, who gets upset with whom, 498 00:19:55.527 --> 00:20:00.115 what's going to happen, and that just keeps building. 499 00:20:00.115 --> 00:20:02.284 [Zero] Starfleet, here we come. 500 00:20:08.874 --> 00:20:10.250 Well, at the beginning of the show, 501 00:20:10.250 --> 00:20:13.629 a bunch of teenagers end up finding a derelict starship, 502 00:20:13.629 --> 00:20:15.297 and they escape their plight. 503 00:20:15.297 --> 00:20:18.342 They've got The Diviner, this big bad guy who's after them. 504 00:20:18.342 --> 00:20:20.761 They end up allying with his daughter, Gwyn, 505 00:20:20.761 --> 00:20:21.762 and we end up finding out 506 00:20:21.762 --> 00:20:23.597 that there's a baby star aboard it, 507 00:20:23.597 --> 00:20:25.474 and there's also a malevolent plan 508 00:20:25.474 --> 00:20:27.601 by The Diviner wanting this ship. 509 00:20:27.601 --> 00:20:31.230 If you do not comply within one day's cycle, 510 00:20:31.230 --> 00:20:33.357 the miners will pay the price. 511 00:20:34.274 --> 00:20:37.694 It all leads up to a finale, a midseason finale 512 00:20:37.694 --> 00:20:39.446 where they have a choice of either using 513 00:20:39.446 --> 00:20:42.407 their last proto-jump to get back to Starfleet 514 00:20:42.407 --> 00:20:44.451 or to go save the miners on Tars Lamora 515 00:20:44.451 --> 00:20:46.286 where they came from, and of course 516 00:20:46.286 --> 00:20:47.829 they choose to save the miners. 517 00:20:48.830 --> 00:20:52.834 In Episode 10, Gwyn discovers her father's 518 00:20:52.834 --> 00:20:54.962 actually from the future. 519 00:20:54.962 --> 00:20:57.714 In the future, Starfleet's first contact with Solum, 520 00:20:57.714 --> 00:20:59.841 their home world, causes a civil war 521 00:20:59.841 --> 00:21:02.636 which basically destroys Solum and all of their people. 522 00:21:02.636 --> 00:21:06.265 And so he wants to destroy Starfleet by using this weapon 523 00:21:06.265 --> 00:21:08.392 that is hidden on the Protostar. 524 00:21:08.392 --> 00:21:10.727 So once this plan was revealed, you know, 525 00:21:10.727 --> 00:21:15.732 Zero decided to show The Diviner their real form, 526 00:21:16.400 --> 00:21:20.153 which drives any being who sees them crazy. 527 00:21:20.153 --> 00:21:24.992 Gwyn catches Zero's reflection in Dal's badge 528 00:21:24.992 --> 00:21:27.327 and basically loses her memory, 529 00:21:27.327 --> 00:21:30.831 and so she forgets everything that The Diviner has told her. 530 00:21:30.831 --> 00:21:32.624 And at the very end, we find out 531 00:21:32.624 --> 00:21:34.876 that though they've gotten away from The Diviner, 532 00:21:34.876 --> 00:21:36.795 there's one person they have not gotten away from, 533 00:21:36.795 --> 00:21:38.422 and that's Admiral Janeway. 534 00:21:38.422 --> 00:21:41.216 So, we pick up in Episode 11 and some time has passed. 535 00:21:41.216 --> 00:21:43.218 They decided to go try to do some good deeds 536 00:21:43.218 --> 00:21:44.886 around the galaxy. 537 00:21:44.886 --> 00:21:48.223 The one that we wanted to show did involve a whale. 538 00:21:48.223 --> 00:21:50.267 So, yes, it might have been a little homage 539 00:21:50.267 --> 00:21:53.687 to a favorite Star Trek film of ours. 540 00:21:53.687 --> 00:21:56.273 It is a weapon. 541 00:21:56.273 --> 00:21:59.359 Episode 11, where we pick back up, 542 00:21:59.359 --> 00:22:01.945 Gwyn basically has flashbacks, 543 00:22:01.945 --> 00:22:04.156 but she can't quite grasp onto it, 544 00:22:04.156 --> 00:22:07.659 not knowing that there is this weapon on the Protostar 545 00:22:07.659 --> 00:22:09.536 that could destroy Starfleet. 546 00:22:09.536 --> 00:22:13.248 So that relay station is part of the Federation. 547 00:22:13.248 --> 00:22:16.251 Well, we wanted to take our time as our kids start 548 00:22:16.251 --> 00:22:19.421 to venture into Federation territory, 549 00:22:19.421 --> 00:22:21.548 and in the writers' room, we absolutely fell in love 550 00:22:21.548 --> 00:22:25.761 with the idea of what would be the furthest outpost 551 00:22:25.761 --> 00:22:27.929 for Starfleet and who would be on this? 552 00:22:27.929 --> 00:22:30.891 Welcome to CR-721. 553 00:22:32.100 --> 00:22:34.394 Dal really is just interested, first of all, 554 00:22:34.394 --> 00:22:36.021 just as Starfleet in general, 555 00:22:36.021 --> 00:22:38.273 I think Dal has had such a giant journey. 556 00:22:38.273 --> 00:22:42.027 So, I think him seeing his first Starfleet person was 557 00:22:42.027 --> 00:22:43.320 really exciting to him. 558 00:22:43.320 --> 00:22:44.446 But also kind of challenging because, 559 00:22:44.446 --> 00:22:46.448 you know, he wants to be the Captain 560 00:22:46.448 --> 00:22:48.533 and wants to sort of make a good impression. 561 00:22:48.533 --> 00:22:51.578 I think it's also just like a little beacon of hope for him. 562 00:22:51.578 --> 00:22:53.413 It gives him a glimpse of what Starfleet is 563 00:22:53.413 --> 00:22:54.956 and what their futures can be, 564 00:22:54.956 --> 00:22:59.086 but also it gives a glimpse to what this weapon can do. 565 00:22:59.086 --> 00:23:00.754 And that's something we didn't wanna wait on. 566 00:23:00.754 --> 00:23:02.881 We showed you at the end of Episode 10 567 00:23:02.881 --> 00:23:04.549 that there's a weapon aboard the ship, 568 00:23:04.549 --> 00:23:06.760 and it would be a shame not to show what that weapon does. 569 00:23:06.760 --> 00:23:10.847 -[Rok] Two, one. -[Zero] Two, one, now! 570 00:23:10.847 --> 00:23:15.185 Part two of Season 1 is jam-packed. 571 00:23:15.185 --> 00:23:18.563 There's gonna be a little budding romance happening. 572 00:23:18.563 --> 00:23:20.816 Huge adventures, huge mysteries 573 00:23:20.816 --> 00:23:23.151 and secrets still about to be revealed. 574 00:23:23.151 --> 00:23:24.861 There's gonna be a little bit of science. 575 00:23:24.861 --> 00:23:29.032 [Computer] There are currently 196 branches of science. 576 00:23:29.032 --> 00:23:30.200 There's gonna be a lot of science, actually- 577 00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:31.034 Okay, a lot of science. 578 00:23:31.034 --> 00:23:31.868 A lot of science. 579 00:23:31.868 --> 00:23:34.162 I've got my work cut out for me. 580 00:23:34.162 --> 00:23:37.457 Definitely more growth, lots more lessons and obstacles 581 00:23:37.457 --> 00:23:39.709 as they sort of traverse Federation space. 582 00:23:39.709 --> 00:23:43.046 So that's always gonna be fun, to watch Dal humble himself 583 00:23:43.046 --> 00:23:45.674 and learn lessons, and lots more of the rest 584 00:23:45.674 --> 00:23:47.217 of the characters coming into their own 585 00:23:47.217 --> 00:23:48.718 and really finding their roles 586 00:23:48.718 --> 00:23:51.263 in what they want to do, as well. 587 00:23:51.263 --> 00:23:52.514 There's going to be Klingons, 588 00:23:52.514 --> 00:23:54.808 there's gonna be Romulans, and there might be Borg. 589 00:23:54.808 --> 00:23:58.019 And I have to say, huge emotion is coming, 590 00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:59.896 and we think in the first 10 episodes, 591 00:23:59.896 --> 00:24:01.440 you've just met these characters, 592 00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:02.732 you're starting to like them. 593 00:24:02.732 --> 00:24:03.650 I think you're gonna fall in love 594 00:24:03.650 --> 00:24:04.901 with them in these next 10. 595 00:24:04.901 --> 00:24:06.778 There's always that tension, 596 00:24:06.778 --> 00:24:09.656 which is absolutely imperative to a good series. 597 00:24:09.656 --> 00:24:13.368 The Hageman brothers really know how to retain that tension. 598 00:24:15.662 --> 00:24:16.746 [Asencia] Who is it? 599 00:24:16.746 --> 00:24:18.832 Whoever he is, he's alive 600 00:24:18.832 --> 00:24:21.585 and hopefully he'll have answers. 601 00:24:25.172 --> 00:24:29.050 Star Trek: Prodigy is back, and boy, is it back. 602 00:24:29.050 --> 00:24:32.429 I'm very excited to have Brett Gray and Ella Purnell 603 00:24:32.429 --> 00:24:34.973 with me today in The Ready Room to break it all down. 604 00:24:34.973 --> 00:24:37.976 Thank you both so much for coming by The Ready Room. 605 00:24:37.976 --> 00:24:40.353 It's so cool to be in the same place as both of you. 606 00:24:40.353 --> 00:24:42.147 This is the first I am getting 607 00:24:42.147 --> 00:24:44.691 to talk to you both since Prodigy premiered 608 00:24:44.691 --> 00:24:47.694 and the first half of Season 1 was released. 609 00:24:47.694 --> 00:24:49.196 How have fan reactions been? 610 00:24:49.196 --> 00:24:50.113 What do you hear? 611 00:24:50.113 --> 00:24:51.031 When I log onto Twitter, 612 00:24:51.031 --> 00:24:53.033 it's like, "Prodigy!" 613 00:24:53.033 --> 00:24:54.326 Yeah. 614 00:24:54.326 --> 00:24:55.744 It's been really great stuff, everyone's loving the show. 615 00:24:55.744 --> 00:24:57.454 Yeah, it's really cool to see. 616 00:24:57.454 --> 00:25:01.458 I actually discovered the Star Trek: Prodigy subreddit. 617 00:25:02.292 --> 00:25:03.126 What? 618 00:25:03.126 --> 00:25:04.002 -Yeah, last night night. -No way. 619 00:25:04.002 --> 00:25:06.880 And actually reading all of that stuff was so amazing. 620 00:25:06.880 --> 00:25:08.882 Like, you have, like, kids on there who love it, 621 00:25:08.882 --> 00:25:10.592 and then you also have parents and you have adults 622 00:25:10.592 --> 00:25:11.426 who love the show. 623 00:25:11.426 --> 00:25:14.679 I mean, it's really exciting to see those reactions. 624 00:25:14.679 --> 00:25:15.597 You guys are part of something 625 00:25:15.597 --> 00:25:17.933 that kids are absolutely watching with their parents. 626 00:25:17.933 --> 00:25:20.060 I mean, you are part of something that is 627 00:25:20.060 --> 00:25:23.855 by design reaching out to young people and saying, 628 00:25:23.855 --> 00:25:26.441 "Yo, come check out Star Trek." 629 00:25:26.441 --> 00:25:27.734 Have you thought about that at all, 630 00:25:27.734 --> 00:25:28.985 like, the size of Star Trek 631 00:25:28.985 --> 00:25:31.071 and kind of, like, what all of that means? 632 00:25:31.071 --> 00:25:34.699 Has that ever, have you spent any time in that head space? 633 00:25:34.699 --> 00:25:36.826 -Yes. -Yes. 634 00:25:36.826 --> 00:25:37.661 Okay. 635 00:25:37.661 --> 00:25:38.495 It's a lot of pressure coming 636 00:25:38.495 --> 00:25:40.497 into something like Star Trek, and, I mean, it's huge. 637 00:25:40.497 --> 00:25:42.415 The fandom is huge, and if, you know, 638 00:25:42.415 --> 00:25:45.752 people are very passionate about the Universe. 639 00:25:45.752 --> 00:25:48.088 It's a huge deal, but I think what's exciting is, like, 640 00:25:48.088 --> 00:25:50.090 I mean, I didn't know very much 641 00:25:50.090 --> 00:25:52.759 about Star Trek coming into it, but that's kind of perfect 642 00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:54.052 'cause neither did the characters, 643 00:25:54.052 --> 00:25:55.637 and the kids don't, you know, 644 00:25:55.637 --> 00:25:57.472 this is the first sort of leg 645 00:25:57.472 --> 00:26:00.100 of the Star Trek franchise for children. 646 00:26:00.100 --> 00:26:02.143 And so coming into that at entry level 647 00:26:02.143 --> 00:26:05.188 with them is kind of an exciting place to start. 648 00:26:05.188 --> 00:26:07.607 But it's pressure, but it's also exciting. 649 00:26:07.607 --> 00:26:09.818 Totally, it makes it so easy to share, too. 650 00:26:09.818 --> 00:26:10.652 Like, when people are like, 651 00:26:10.652 --> 00:26:13.071 "Oh, you're in Star Trek, what, could I watch it?" 652 00:26:13.071 --> 00:26:15.282 And you can show that to them. 653 00:26:15.282 --> 00:26:17.450 And if they don't know anything or if they're watching 654 00:26:17.450 --> 00:26:18.952 with kids or watching with adults, 655 00:26:18.952 --> 00:26:20.245 everybody is sort of like, "Okay, 656 00:26:20.245 --> 00:26:23.331 this is a good sort of introduction into Star Trek," 657 00:26:23.331 --> 00:26:24.916 just as an entire canon 658 00:26:24.916 --> 00:26:26.960 because it can be kind of intimidating. 659 00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:28.920 When you tell people, like, "Oh, I'm in Star Trek," 660 00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:30.797 I watch people sometimes go like, 661 00:26:30.797 --> 00:26:32.924 "Oh, that means, like, a lot of things 662 00:26:32.924 --> 00:26:34.884 that I don't know about." 663 00:26:34.884 --> 00:26:37.178 But, you know, when you watch Prodigy and sort of, like, 664 00:26:37.178 --> 00:26:39.848 especially now where the first 10 are out, you know, 665 00:26:39.848 --> 00:26:41.725 people are really watching it and going like, 666 00:26:41.725 --> 00:26:43.643 "Wait a minute, this is is catching me. 667 00:26:43.643 --> 00:26:44.561 I'm falling in love with the characters 668 00:26:44.561 --> 00:26:47.397 and I'm learning things one-by-one, 669 00:26:47.397 --> 00:26:48.607 you know, sort of with them." 670 00:26:48.607 --> 00:26:50.066 You are playing a species 671 00:26:50.066 --> 00:26:52.485 that we've never seen before in Star Trek. 672 00:26:52.485 --> 00:26:53.945 Hey, oh, oh, whoa. 673 00:26:53.945 --> 00:26:58.033 Prisoner Dal R'El, what species are you? 674 00:26:58.033 --> 00:27:01.077 Wow, getting personal, borderline inappropriate. 675 00:27:01.077 --> 00:27:03.830 Okay, let's do this, honestly, who knows? 676 00:27:03.830 --> 00:27:07.459 What is it like to bring something entirely new 677 00:27:07.459 --> 00:27:10.337 to the vastness of the Star Trek Universe? 678 00:27:10.337 --> 00:27:12.881 I think what Dal and Gwyn share is this very, like, 679 00:27:12.881 --> 00:27:14.591 deep profound sense of loneliness. 680 00:27:14.591 --> 00:27:16.343 Gwyn is taught from birth 681 00:27:16.343 --> 00:27:19.596 that she and her father are the last of the Vau N'Akat. 682 00:27:19.596 --> 00:27:24.309 My progeny, we are the last of the Vau N'Akat, 683 00:27:24.309 --> 00:27:29.064 and whatever future our people hold will be up to you. 684 00:27:29.064 --> 00:27:31.358 So, not only is this this new species, 685 00:27:31.358 --> 00:27:35.612 but it's a dying endangered dead species, or so she thinks. 686 00:27:35.612 --> 00:27:38.990 And so her identity is rooted 687 00:27:38.990 --> 00:27:41.034 in a lack of identity in a weird way. 688 00:27:41.034 --> 00:27:43.536 It's like she is incredibly lonely, 689 00:27:43.536 --> 00:27:45.789 doesn't necessarily know it at the beginning 690 00:27:45.789 --> 00:27:48.208 when we meet her in the pilot, she's, you know, very tough. 691 00:27:48.208 --> 00:27:49.459 She's older than her years. 692 00:27:49.459 --> 00:27:51.252 She's been forced to sort of take 693 00:27:51.252 --> 00:27:52.420 on these huge responsibilities, 694 00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:54.673 living under her father's thumb her whole life. 695 00:27:54.673 --> 00:27:57.592 But by the time they meet and they become friends, 696 00:27:57.592 --> 00:28:00.387 and it's a long journey throughout the first season, 697 00:28:00.387 --> 00:28:02.055 but I think that's something that they bond over, is- 698 00:28:02.055 --> 00:28:02.889 Totally. 699 00:28:02.889 --> 00:28:04.349 This sense of unbelonging. 700 00:28:04.349 --> 00:28:08.770 100%, and it's cool to watch Dal sort of latch onto Gwyn 701 00:28:08.770 --> 00:28:11.815 in that way because she is, you know, as much of a friend, 702 00:28:11.815 --> 00:28:14.359 but also sort of like an a mentor figure 703 00:28:14.359 --> 00:28:16.361 and someone I think that Dal looks up to. 704 00:28:16.361 --> 00:28:20.949 And I think Dal watching Gwyn also deal with sort of, like, 705 00:28:20.949 --> 00:28:23.785 where she is in the world and what she's going to become 706 00:28:23.785 --> 00:28:26.287 and what, you know, the treachery of her father, 707 00:28:26.287 --> 00:28:30.375 but also the sort of moral, you know, 708 00:28:30.375 --> 00:28:33.336 standing of which he's just trying to save his species. 709 00:28:33.336 --> 00:28:35.630 I think for Dal, it also is helpful 710 00:28:35.630 --> 00:28:37.132 to his purpose to sort of know 711 00:28:37.132 --> 00:28:38.591 that there are other people out there 712 00:28:38.591 --> 00:28:41.636 who don't know what they are and, you know, 713 00:28:41.636 --> 00:28:44.305 the sort of status of where they're going to be 714 00:28:44.305 --> 00:28:45.598 or what they're going to be. 715 00:28:45.598 --> 00:28:48.476 And so, again, I think it endears them to each other. 716 00:28:48.476 --> 00:28:49.644 The search for that knowledge, 717 00:28:49.644 --> 00:28:51.104 the search for that identity 718 00:28:51.104 --> 00:28:54.190 that each of the characters kind of has seems 719 00:28:54.190 --> 00:28:58.278 to be a thing that the entire Protostar crew shares, 720 00:28:58.278 --> 00:28:59.571 that you all sort of have in common, 721 00:28:59.571 --> 00:29:02.741 which leads me to when we first see the Protostar crew, 722 00:29:02.741 --> 00:29:05.034 they are pursuing a space whale. 723 00:29:05.034 --> 00:29:07.245 Space whales are great, trying to do a little bit of good 724 00:29:07.245 --> 00:29:09.664 for its species, the ecosystem of a planet. 725 00:29:09.664 --> 00:29:12.250 So when you get the scripts, 726 00:29:12.250 --> 00:29:13.668 you have to use your imagination, 727 00:29:13.668 --> 00:29:15.044 I had to use my imagination. 728 00:29:15.044 --> 00:29:16.880 It was one of my favorite parts 729 00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:18.882 about putting it all together. 730 00:29:18.882 --> 00:29:22.552 When you go in to record these things, 731 00:29:22.552 --> 00:29:25.430 there is a little bit of space between what you imagined 732 00:29:25.430 --> 00:29:26.723 and kind of like, you know, 733 00:29:26.723 --> 00:29:31.102 what's on the music stand in front of you, is it fun? 734 00:29:31.102 --> 00:29:33.772 Is it challenging to record those things? 735 00:29:33.772 --> 00:29:35.565 It was a lot of noises for me. 736 00:29:35.565 --> 00:29:37.275 Yeah, I was just about to say- 737 00:29:37.275 --> 00:29:38.109 Oh, yeah, right, do you have the whole page 738 00:29:38.109 --> 00:29:41.488 of things that says things like, "grunts, efforts, 739 00:29:41.488 --> 00:29:42.322 -falling"? -Like, "Jump sound one." 740 00:29:42.322 --> 00:29:44.199 You would be amazed, all the different ways 741 00:29:44.199 --> 00:29:47.076 you can describe one grunt. 742 00:29:47.076 --> 00:29:48.870 It's like, unhappy grunt, sad grunt, 743 00:29:48.870 --> 00:29:52.123 confused grunt, optimistic grunt, it's- 744 00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:55.877 Happening in realtime right in front of us. 745 00:29:55.877 --> 00:29:56.836 This is amazing. 746 00:29:58.046 --> 00:30:00.423 Yeah, literally just jumping, like, 747 00:30:00.423 --> 00:30:04.427 all the different jumps, like jumping over a small log, 748 00:30:04.427 --> 00:30:07.680 versus jumping with also using your hand, 749 00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:11.726 versus a jump that is large, versus a double jump, 750 00:30:11.726 --> 00:30:13.436 which doesn't exist in real life- 751 00:30:13.436 --> 00:30:15.772 No, you don't know how to double jump. 752 00:30:15.772 --> 00:30:16.606 No. 753 00:30:16.606 --> 00:30:18.024 You've never done that at home. 754 00:30:18.024 --> 00:30:19.609 Yeah, it's just small, I don't know how to describe- 755 00:30:19.609 --> 00:30:23.279 The strains are the funniest things for me, just straining 756 00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:24.113 on a level from one to 10. 757 00:30:24.113 --> 00:30:24.948 Like, he's pushing something 758 00:30:24.948 --> 00:30:27.242 but not super heavy, just. 759 00:30:27.242 --> 00:30:28.243 They're like, "She's pushing a loaf of bread," 760 00:30:28.243 --> 00:30:30.745 and you're like [grunts]. 761 00:30:30.745 --> 00:30:31.830 Is it kind of a bummer 762 00:30:31.830 --> 00:30:35.875 that the first real officer the crew meets 763 00:30:35.875 --> 00:30:37.544 just kind of sucks? 764 00:30:37.544 --> 00:30:39.212 Yes. 765 00:30:45.134 --> 00:30:47.303 Wait, you can't leave us here. 766 00:30:47.303 --> 00:30:50.390 Sorry, no room for saboteurs. 767 00:30:53.101 --> 00:30:55.478 He took the only escape pod. 768 00:30:55.478 --> 00:30:56.312 Yeah. 769 00:30:56.312 --> 00:30:57.188 Like, that was not great. 770 00:30:57.188 --> 00:30:59.983 Yeah, he kind of left us all for dead. 771 00:30:59.983 --> 00:31:01.568 He just wanted to save only himself, 772 00:31:01.568 --> 00:31:02.402 which is not a Starfleet- 773 00:31:02.402 --> 00:31:04.654 Like, not a particular Starfleet value. 774 00:31:04.654 --> 00:31:07.907 Listen, I've filed a report with the Travelers. 775 00:31:07.907 --> 00:31:09.784 We're going to be looking in on that guy. 776 00:31:09.784 --> 00:31:11.244 Yeah, where is he? 777 00:31:11.244 --> 00:31:12.287 But that's, like, such a Prodigy thing to happen. 778 00:31:12.287 --> 00:31:13.454 It is, like, 779 00:31:13.454 --> 00:31:15.290 That's like, the whole show is built around, 780 00:31:15.290 --> 00:31:17.417 like, they all think they know what's gonna happen. 781 00:31:17.417 --> 00:31:20.545 They make a plan and then everything goes wrong, 782 00:31:20.545 --> 00:31:23.006 nothing is as it seems, expect the unexpected, 783 00:31:23.006 --> 00:31:25.049 and then somehow there's a lesson to be learned in it. 784 00:31:25.049 --> 00:31:26.968 Yeah, it's one of those moments where it's like, 785 00:31:26.968 --> 00:31:28.970 of course the first Starfleet person 786 00:31:28.970 --> 00:31:30.930 they meet is, like, trying to kill them all. 787 00:31:30.930 --> 00:31:33.266 Well, that makes it all the more rewarding 788 00:31:33.266 --> 00:31:35.977 when it actually, like, pans out the way they want it. 789 00:31:35.977 --> 00:31:38.354 It's like, oh, the gratification is so deep. 790 00:31:38.354 --> 00:31:39.230 Totally. 791 00:31:39.230 --> 00:31:41.524 We learn from The Diviner in Episode 10 792 00:31:41.524 --> 00:31:45.028 that the Protostar harbors this scary weapon 793 00:31:45.028 --> 00:31:47.030 that we see in action for the first time 794 00:31:47.030 --> 00:31:49.657 when it causes the relay station to tear itself apart. 795 00:31:49.657 --> 00:31:51.868 [Janeway] CR-721 is going haywire. 796 00:31:51.868 --> 00:31:55.496 So this is a moderately huge problem for our crew, 797 00:31:55.496 --> 00:31:57.624 who sort of depend on the Protostar 798 00:31:57.624 --> 00:32:00.919 and are hoping to sort of get in good with Starfleet. 799 00:32:00.919 --> 00:32:05.465 Do Dal and Gwyn have, like, a chance with Starfleet now 800 00:32:05.465 --> 00:32:09.385 that they are piloting the biggest weapon against Starfleet? 801 00:32:09.385 --> 00:32:11.054 -I mean, I just- -It's a great question. 802 00:32:11.054 --> 00:32:13.181 I feel like this introduction just could have gone better. 803 00:32:13.181 --> 00:32:14.599 -Yeah. -Do you think? 804 00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:19.312 I just feel like the first meeting, just not great, 805 00:32:19.312 --> 00:32:21.230 not a terrific first contact. 806 00:32:21.230 --> 00:32:22.482 No, I don't know if they have a chance. 807 00:32:22.482 --> 00:32:27.487 The plan that they put together is so sort of ambitious 808 00:32:27.654 --> 00:32:31.658 that I'm not sure Starfleet will be able to comprehend, 809 00:32:31.658 --> 00:32:33.326 like, how they've all been able 810 00:32:33.326 --> 00:32:36.788 to fly this giant weapon around since Episode 1. 811 00:32:36.788 --> 00:32:40.541 I have no idea, like, what Starfleet was thinking. 812 00:32:40.541 --> 00:32:44.003 Yeah, it's a very tricky situation for all 813 00:32:44.003 --> 00:32:45.922 and all parties involved, I would say. 814 00:32:45.922 --> 00:32:47.507 Yeah, also them knowing 815 00:32:47.507 --> 00:32:50.259 that this ship is stolen is kind of- 816 00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:51.260 It doesn't look great. 817 00:32:51.260 --> 00:32:52.345 It doesn't look great, yeah. 818 00:32:52.345 --> 00:32:53.680 Doesn't look great, yeah. 819 00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:55.556 Yeah, Starfleet has just all these rules, man. 820 00:32:55.556 --> 00:32:56.391 -[Brett] I know- -[Ella] So complicated. 821 00:32:56.391 --> 00:32:57.558 Like, they're just very not into- 822 00:32:57.558 --> 00:32:59.519 -Very complicated. -You stealing star ships. 823 00:32:59.519 --> 00:33:00.353 They are not. 824 00:33:00.353 --> 00:33:02.230 Starfleet is very serious, 825 00:33:02.230 --> 00:33:06.275 and this is the wrong crew for anything very serious. 826 00:33:06.275 --> 00:33:08.903 One of the reasons we love you so much is 827 00:33:08.903 --> 00:33:13.366 that, like, that juxtaposition of your relationships 828 00:33:13.366 --> 00:33:15.618 and those characters in this world. 829 00:33:15.618 --> 00:33:18.746 In the Star Trek canon, period. 830 00:33:18.746 --> 00:33:21.290 This is my favorite question that I get to ask today 831 00:33:21.290 --> 00:33:23.960 and I have been dying to ask it since 832 00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:26.504 I knew it came up a couple of days ago. 833 00:33:26.504 --> 00:33:30.508 My nephew is 10 years old and he is obsessed 834 00:33:30.508 --> 00:33:31.843 with Star Trek: Prodigy. 835 00:33:31.843 --> 00:33:33.428 -It is his favorite Star Trek. -Love that. 836 00:33:33.428 --> 00:33:37.390 It is his entry into the Star Trek world. 837 00:33:37.390 --> 00:33:39.600 I told him that I was gonna be talking with you today 838 00:33:39.600 --> 00:33:41.728 and he was incredibly excited, and I said, "All right, 839 00:33:41.728 --> 00:33:45.148 if you could ask a question, what would it be?" 840 00:33:45.148 --> 00:33:48.151 So this question is for you specifically. 841 00:33:48.151 --> 00:33:50.319 "I don't know about Gwyn." 842 00:33:54.449 --> 00:33:55.324 -Can I- -Same. 843 00:33:56.743 --> 00:33:59.162 That's the whole question! 844 00:33:59.162 --> 00:34:00.580 "Can I trust her?" 845 00:34:01.914 --> 00:34:04.792 Aw, he sounds great. 846 00:34:04.792 --> 00:34:06.836 -I want to meet this kid. -He's pretty terrific. 847 00:34:06.836 --> 00:34:09.047 I like that, I don't know about Gwyn. 848 00:34:09.047 --> 00:34:10.465 Honestly, kid, same. 849 00:34:12.008 --> 00:34:13.217 Wow, what a loaded question. 850 00:34:13.217 --> 00:34:15.136 I'll try not to take a offense because it's fair. 851 00:34:15.136 --> 00:34:16.554 It's fair enough. 852 00:34:16.554 --> 00:34:20.725 You can, you can trust Gwyn 'cause there's growth. 853 00:34:20.725 --> 00:34:22.435 We gotta give her somewhere to go. 854 00:34:22.435 --> 00:34:23.352 Totally. 855 00:34:23.352 --> 00:34:24.520 Can you blame her? 856 00:34:24.520 --> 00:34:26.314 I mean, look at her dad. 857 00:34:26.314 --> 00:34:30.985 It's tough, it's tough to be raised by The Diviner 858 00:34:30.985 --> 00:34:34.280 and come out all sunshine and rainbows. 859 00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:38.201 But I think Dal is good for her and I think that, 860 00:34:38.201 --> 00:34:43.206 well, kind of, I think that she is gonna learn how 861 00:34:43.706 --> 00:34:46.667 to just let her hair down and relax a little, 862 00:34:46.667 --> 00:34:48.503 loosen up, have some fun. 863 00:34:48.503 --> 00:34:50.213 I don't know, you gotta believe in Gwyn. 864 00:34:50.213 --> 00:34:51.672 She can do it with your support. 865 00:34:51.672 --> 00:34:53.216 Okay, I'm gonna tell him that. 866 00:34:53.216 --> 00:34:55.134 Tell him that Gwyn wants his support. 867 00:34:55.134 --> 00:34:56.094 Gwyn wants his support. 868 00:34:56.094 --> 00:34:57.345 Okay, I'll make sure that he knows that- 869 00:34:57.345 --> 00:34:59.180 She has a tough ride. 870 00:34:59.180 --> 00:35:00.473 It's a big part of her story 871 00:35:00.473 --> 00:35:03.392 for me that's really interesting is that she does come 872 00:35:03.392 --> 00:35:05.645 from The Diviner and she does, like, you know, 873 00:35:05.645 --> 00:35:09.607 she does carry all of this weight of her upbringing, 874 00:35:09.607 --> 00:35:12.443 but she only knows what she knows, 875 00:35:12.443 --> 00:35:14.987 and she doesn't know what she doesn't know. 876 00:35:14.987 --> 00:35:17.156 It took me a really long time in my life, 877 00:35:17.156 --> 00:35:18.908 I had to be an adult for a really long time 878 00:35:18.908 --> 00:35:20.993 before I understood that there are just things 879 00:35:20.993 --> 00:35:25.123 that we don't know, and we do the best that we can 880 00:35:25.123 --> 00:35:26.624 with the information we have. 881 00:35:26.624 --> 00:35:27.917 -Yes, exactly. -Yeah. 882 00:35:27.917 --> 00:35:29.961 Which makes Gwyn very interesting to me, 883 00:35:29.961 --> 00:35:33.506 and I'm very glad that maybe if we trust her, 884 00:35:33.506 --> 00:35:35.508 that she's not gonna let us down. 885 00:35:35.508 --> 00:35:36.425 I think that's great. 886 00:35:36.425 --> 00:35:38.511 Yeah, I think as soon as she sees her father 887 00:35:38.511 --> 00:35:43.015 for who he really is, her entire worldview just collapses 888 00:35:43.015 --> 00:35:44.058 and begins to shift. 889 00:35:44.058 --> 00:35:45.351 And what's so beautiful is you see 890 00:35:45.351 --> 00:35:46.769 that, like, she's a spiky character. 891 00:35:46.769 --> 00:35:48.020 Like, the first couple episodes, 892 00:35:48.020 --> 00:35:49.105 like, she is. 893 00:35:49.105 --> 00:35:51.023 Yeah, I don't blame you for not trusting her. 894 00:35:51.023 --> 00:35:54.819 Like, she's very spiky, but seeing Rok and Dal and all 895 00:35:54.819 --> 00:35:58.406 of the other characters just continue to extend kindness, 896 00:35:58.406 --> 00:36:00.116 despite the fact that she pushes them away 897 00:36:00.116 --> 00:36:00.950 and she shuts them down 898 00:36:00.950 --> 00:36:03.286 because she's afraid and she doesn't know any better. 899 00:36:03.286 --> 00:36:05.288 But seeing them continue to say, "Let me help you, 900 00:36:05.288 --> 00:36:07.039 let me help you," that is beautiful. 901 00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:08.291 And I think kids always show us 902 00:36:08.291 --> 00:36:09.709 that kindness is the way forward. 903 00:36:09.709 --> 00:36:12.753 And that is what allows her to start to, like, 904 00:36:12.753 --> 00:36:16.132 open up her heart and be nice and be trustworthy 905 00:36:16.132 --> 00:36:17.758 and be part of the crew finally. 906 00:36:17.758 --> 00:36:18.968 Yeah, and have fun. 907 00:36:18.968 --> 00:36:19.886 And have fun. 908 00:36:19.886 --> 00:36:21.804 A follow up question from my nephew, 909 00:36:21.804 --> 00:36:24.724 which is not on my cards, but I thought this was so cute. 910 00:36:24.724 --> 00:36:25.933 He loves Murf. 911 00:36:25.933 --> 00:36:26.767 He's amazing. 912 00:36:26.767 --> 00:36:28.853 So one of the things my nephew wanted to know was, 913 00:36:28.853 --> 00:36:32.064 how do you know what Murf is saying? 914 00:36:32.064 --> 00:36:33.608 What is that bag of spit? 915 00:36:33.608 --> 00:36:36.527 Isn't a that, I named him Murf. 916 00:36:36.527 --> 00:36:39.238 I can't wait to hear what he has to say. 917 00:36:39.238 --> 00:36:42.074 He's such a chatterbox, aren't you, Murf, mm-hmm? 918 00:36:42.074 --> 00:36:44.577 [Murf noises] 919 00:36:45.453 --> 00:36:47.496 They definitely don't know at the beginning. 920 00:36:47.496 --> 00:36:49.415 It takes some time, but when you spend time with him, 921 00:36:49.415 --> 00:36:51.250 I think she starts to decipher 922 00:36:51.250 --> 00:36:54.629 what this chortle means or this grunt means. 923 00:36:54.629 --> 00:36:56.297 I'm not gonna give it away, but it's just very funny 924 00:36:56.297 --> 00:36:57.924 when they try to guess what he's saying. 925 00:36:57.924 --> 00:36:58.758 Totally. 926 00:36:58.758 --> 00:36:59.592 It's a trial and error. 927 00:36:59.592 --> 00:37:01.260 That's a great tease. 928 00:37:01.260 --> 00:37:02.094 -That's a great tease. -I think Dal guesses 929 00:37:02.094 --> 00:37:04.013 a lot, too, I think he just sort of hears 930 00:37:04.013 --> 00:37:05.932 what Murf says and decides that he's- 931 00:37:05.932 --> 00:37:06.766 Selective hearing. 932 00:37:06.766 --> 00:37:08.935 Yeah, he's deciding what Murf is saying 933 00:37:08.935 --> 00:37:10.937 because he wants a certain answer. 934 00:37:10.937 --> 00:37:11.771 Yeah. 935 00:37:11.771 --> 00:37:14.815 We are technically midseason, 936 00:37:14.815 --> 00:37:19.820 but we have a lot to do the rest of the season. 937 00:37:20.238 --> 00:37:23.282 We know what happens, fans don't know what happens. 938 00:37:23.282 --> 00:37:25.159 You just gave us a terrific tease. 939 00:37:25.159 --> 00:37:28.871 So I will just give you another chance to give a second one. 940 00:37:28.871 --> 00:37:32.124 What is there a thing that you want fans 941 00:37:32.124 --> 00:37:33.125 to be excited about? 942 00:37:33.125 --> 00:37:35.127 Is there something coming up 943 00:37:35.127 --> 00:37:37.088 in the back half of this season? 944 00:37:37.088 --> 00:37:38.422 This could just be a yes or no question. 945 00:37:38.422 --> 00:37:39.257 You don't have to say what it is. 946 00:37:39.257 --> 00:37:40.758 Is there's something coming up in the back half 947 00:37:40.758 --> 00:37:43.678 of this season that when you were going 948 00:37:43.678 --> 00:37:46.931 into the booth to do it, you were like, [screams] 949 00:37:46.931 --> 00:37:49.100 that fans are gonna have a similar reaction to? 950 00:37:49.100 --> 00:37:52.645 Yes, absolutely, there is one thing that I'm thinking of 951 00:37:52.645 --> 00:37:55.064 to do with my father, that's all I'm gonna say. 952 00:37:56.190 --> 00:38:00.152 But it's crazy, like, when I read it in the script, 953 00:38:00.152 --> 00:38:03.948 I was excited, I think it's gonna be good. 954 00:38:03.948 --> 00:38:04.991 I wonder if you know what I'm talking about. 955 00:38:04.991 --> 00:38:06.909 I know exactly what you're talking about, of course. 956 00:38:06.909 --> 00:38:11.664 I really like the growing friendship between Dal and Gwyn. 957 00:38:11.664 --> 00:38:12.999 I think that is going, 958 00:38:12.999 --> 00:38:14.792 there were some scenes that I was like, 959 00:38:14.792 --> 00:38:19.338 "Oh, we're going there with Dal and Gwyn." 960 00:38:19.338 --> 00:38:20.631 So I'm excited about that. 961 00:38:20.631 --> 00:38:24.552 Excellent, thank you both for making time 962 00:38:24.552 --> 00:38:26.846 to come to The Ready Room today. 963 00:38:26.846 --> 00:38:28.848 I'm loving your work on the series, 964 00:38:28.848 --> 00:38:31.017 and I love sharing a Universe with you two. 965 00:38:31.017 --> 00:38:32.560 -Oh, likewise. -Thank you. 966 00:38:32.560 --> 00:38:35.104 It's wonderful, so I wish you all of the best. 967 00:38:35.104 --> 00:38:35.938 -Thank you. -Thank you. 968 00:38:35.938 --> 00:38:38.607 And look forward to having you back for next season. 969 00:39:12.600 --> 00:39:15.561 Star Trek: Prodigy is my nephew's favorite Star Trek. 970 00:39:15.561 --> 00:39:17.688 So, I am especially excited 971 00:39:17.688 --> 00:39:20.232 to pocket some cool Uncle Wil cred 972 00:39:20.232 --> 00:39:22.526 when I catch up with the Protostar crew. 973 00:39:22.526 --> 00:39:26.030 Now that we are reunited with Dal, Gwyn, 974 00:39:26.030 --> 00:39:29.909 Rok-Tahk, Murf, Zero, Jankom Pog, and Hologram Janeway, 975 00:39:30.785 --> 00:39:32.411 it is my wonderful duty to share 976 00:39:32.411 --> 00:39:35.664 with you this exclusive clip of next week's episode. 977 00:39:35.664 --> 00:39:39.210 [Computer] Proximity alert, vessel detected. 978 00:39:39.210 --> 00:39:41.921 What the, hello? 979 00:39:41.921 --> 00:39:43.047 [Jankom Pog] Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 980 00:39:43.047 --> 00:39:46.759 What are we even looking at, is that a ship? 981 00:39:52.848 --> 00:39:55.393 A Borg cube. We must leave at once. 982 00:39:55.393 --> 00:39:58.145 Hold on, what's a Borg cube? 983 00:39:58.145 --> 00:40:00.856 The Borg are a race of enhanced humanoids, 984 00:40:00.856 --> 00:40:03.109 mindless drones that assimilate everyone 985 00:40:03.109 --> 00:40:04.985 they come across into their collective. 986 00:40:04.985 --> 00:40:07.738 Collective? They are a hive mind? 987 00:40:07.738 --> 00:40:10.032 You mean they all share one brain? 988 00:40:10.032 --> 00:40:12.076 Thousands of minds working as one. 989 00:40:12.076 --> 00:40:14.495 With the sole intent to eradicate everything 990 00:40:14.495 --> 00:40:17.415 that's perceived to be a threat, including us. 991 00:40:17.415 --> 00:40:19.041 There's no reasoning with them. 992 00:40:19.041 --> 00:40:22.378 Any tactic, any measure, they learn and adapt 993 00:40:22.378 --> 00:40:24.588 until our weapons are useless and we are- 994 00:40:24.588 --> 00:40:25.714 Eradicated? 995 00:40:25.714 --> 00:40:28.884 Worse, until we become one of them. 996 00:40:30.219 --> 00:40:31.971 Well, I can't wait to see where 997 00:40:31.971 --> 00:40:34.348 that takes the Protostar crew. 998 00:40:34.348 --> 00:40:36.517 Friends, our time in The Ready Room today has come 999 00:40:36.517 --> 00:40:37.351 to a close. 1000 00:40:37.351 --> 00:40:40.646 From my heart to yours, from my imaginary Badgey to yours, 1001 00:40:40.646 --> 00:40:43.607 thank you so much for spending some of your valuable time 1002 00:40:43.607 --> 00:40:45.734 with me talking all things Trek. 1003 00:40:45.734 --> 00:40:47.570 The next time we'll share this space will be 1004 00:40:47.570 --> 00:40:48.696 in a few months 1005 00:40:48.696 --> 00:40:51.532 for the Star Trek: Prodigy Season 1 finale. 1006 00:40:51.532 --> 00:40:54.660 I'll be speaking with the illustrious Kate Mulgrew, 1007 00:40:54.660 --> 00:40:58.873 which I know nobody watching this now will want to miss. 1008 00:40:58.873 --> 00:41:01.208 Until then, I'm Wil Wheaton. 1009 00:41:01.208 --> 00:41:03.210 Live long and prosper.