LOVE AND SPORE

anthony rapp plays bereaved astromycologist Paul Stamets

Does season two follow through on showing Stamets grieving for his partner?

I’ve been really satisfied that we’ve been given time and space to talk about and deal with the aftermath. It’s really meaningful, and very much in the spirit of what Trek has always been, which is that you get to know the human beings inside these starships. Storytelling that deals with grief is very meaningful to me – it’s been a part of my life, so I’m pretty picky about stories that deal with it. And I’ve been very satisfied with how it’s been approached.

Wilson cruz is still playing Hugh culber, though! How?!

Well, mycelia are nature’s recyclers. They break down matter and repurpose it. That’s part of the science on which the return of Culber is based. So it’s not just airy-fairy, woo-woo stuff. You can see the potential of that: y’know, energy doesn’t die, it always transforms…