The final season of Star Trek: Discovery is almost here, and one can’t help but hope that the characters we’ve met over the course of the show’s five seasons might make appearances elsewhere in the Star Trek franchise.
On that front, there’s some good potential news: During a roundtable discussion Reactor attended, Doug Jones, who plays Saru on Discovery, teased that we might see more of the Kelpien.
“Saru, he’s been on a trajectory of one promotion after another, it feels like,” Jones said.
He added with a sly smile, “He’s reaching a point and maybe an age and a maturity and a wisdom level, where he might be asked to come be a guest speaker at Starfleet Academy… perhaps.”
Jones’ comment was vague enough that it could be interpreted as Saru joining Tilly (Mary Wiseman) at the Academy during the upcoming season of Discovery. I’d put my 21st-century money, however, on Jones teasing that Saru will be at least be a guest star on the new Star Trek series, Starfleet Academy. If that is the case, his presence further supports the assumption that the show will take place in Discovery’s timeline (aka 3190, after the Burn).
One thing we know for sure, however, is that Season Five of Discovery will see the relationship between Saru and his paramour, the Vulcan T’Rina (Tara Rosling), grow.
“At the last episode of Season Four, we finally held hands, and the crowd went nuts,” Jones said about Saru and T’Rina’s romance. “That was so sweet to see such an innocent love story unfolding.”
Jones added that the relationship will continue to unfold in Season Five. And while the actor was coy as to what will happen, he did hint at what’s in store for the two: “They face their challenges. The closer you get, the more conflict you might find, in places you never thought to look for it. With Saru’s career advancement, opportunities coming, and how he weighs that out against his relationship with T’Rina. Can they work in unison? Can we all do this together and get the most out of career and relationship, and love? I think they’re going to find a way. I hope so.”
You watch the first two episodes of the fifth and final season of Star Trek: Discovery when the show premieres on April 4, 2024 on Paramount+. Subsequent episodes drop weekly, with the finale airing May 30, 2024.
