And whether they could someday return…
Warning: This episode contains spoilers from Sundays episode ofStar Trek: Discovery, Whats Past Is Prologue.
Isaacs spoke to EW about his role, his send-off, and his future prospects in theTrekuniverse.
So why would you believe anything I say now?
There are not many homeopathic cures that can help that.
When did you know Lorcas secret backstory?I knew before I took the job.
It was pitched to me that he was from the Mirror world.
I said, Whats he doing here?
How did he get here?
What does he want?
And hows he going to go about achieving those things?
And at first they went, Were not really sure, it could be one of 20 different things.
If not to engender loyalty because I had a long-term plan for her.
Shes great, but nobody isthatgreat.
Theres a number of little things.
And I sleep with a phaser in a paranoid way.
I was prepared to break Starfleet rules and directives.
Im not sure Kirk or Picard would have done that.
What was his biggest mistake?In the end, he hadnt read Burnham correctly.
Hes blinded by that kind of bigotry, and its never going to fly for her.
He swapped with him and found himself captain of the Buran.
But what happened to Prime Lorca is now an open question …It is.
Ive kept this one big secret for six months I am certainly going to keep any others.
Well, are you signed on for season 2?Im sorry, is that not a related question?
If I do do another season, I know I wont have to wear that leather coat anymore.
We all have to watch we dont buy into those divisive myths.
What was your reaction to that part of it?I was absolutely thrilled, who wouldnt be?
Youll have to ask Sonequa if she felt the same way.
She doesnt feel that way about me at all.
He said, We could have and then he died.
Its interesting that you think he was going to say, We could have ruled the universe.
Other people will fill in the sentence for themselves.
Its a nice bit of ambiguous writing.
Thats interesting, youre right.
Your character certainly went out with a strong episode.
It should have been a month, but its TV, so what are you going to do?
She ended up very bruised.
She looks like a Nintendo version of herself.
The toughest thing at all is to find moments in the fight to engage emotionally with each other.
Thats how it was physically.
But how it was emotionally for me, Jason, was a nightmare.
Ill be a stranger if I visit.
It was a very collegiate lot.
The stuff on camera was almost irrelevant; I liked hanging out with them.
I think youre going to see extraordinary work from them.
Whats next for you?Ive just started shooting the second season ofThe OA.
Theyre crazily inventive people unshackled by traditional storytelling tropes.
Im utterly in awe of them.
Whats the second season like compared to the first?Im not telling you.
Its taking on the story in the boldest way.
