As Star Trek: Discovery makes its return after its mid-season hiatus for "Chapter 2" of the CBS All Access series' first season, the crew of the titular ship are joined by a Trek veteran -- Jonathan Frakes. The once (and future?) Riker beamed in to direct the tenth episode of the season, "Despite Yourself," which brings Michael Burnham, Captain Lorca, Ash Tyler and the rest into some very unfamiliar (for them anyway) territory.
Frakes of course is a veteran director at this point. While he still acts and does some voice work here or there, he has essentially transitioned behind the camera. And he got his start in the center seat on Star Trek: The Next Generation, where he shot some of the more popular episodes of that series before jumping to the big screen for Star Trek: First Contact and Star Trek: Insurrection. In the years since he has helmed other features and a ton of TV, but of course his return to the corridors of a Starfleet vessel are a moment for the man who invented his own form of sitting in a chair. I jumped on the phone recently to speak with Frakes about his return to Star Trek. As we talked, a blizzard was heading to the East Coast, threatening to ruin (or at least postpone) Frakes' plan to join the annual Star Trek Cruise. Alas, we don't have transporters yet! But instead we get the following highlights from my conversation with him.
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Frakes of course is a veteran director at this point. While he still acts and does some voice work here or there, he has essentially transitioned behind the camera. And he got his start in the center seat on Star Trek: The Next Generation, where he shot some of the more popular episodes of that series before jumping to the big screen for Star Trek: First Contact and Star Trek: Insurrection. In the years since he has helmed other features and a ton of TV, but of course his return to the corridors of a Starfleet vessel are a moment for the man who invented his own form of sitting in a chair. I jumped on the phone recently to speak with Frakes about his return to Star Trek. As we talked, a blizzard was heading to the East Coast, threatening to ruin (or at least postpone) Frakes' plan to join the annual Star Trek Cruise. Alas, we don't have transporters yet! But instead we get the following highlights from my conversation with him.
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