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Sep 14, 2017 · Harberts and his longtime writing-producing partner, Gretchen Berg, had collaborated often over the years with Discovery co-creator Bryan Fuller. They were already on board for Discovery when Fuller exited the series, and CBS All Access promptly tapped them to serve as showrunners.
Feb 12, 2018 · ET jumped on the phone with Star Trek: Discovery showrunners Gretchen J. Berg and Aaron Harberts, who are already hard at work planning the sophomore season, to discuss the exciting...
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By Scott Collura
Updated: Feb 12, 2018 4:26 pm
Posted: Feb 12, 2018 2:31 am
Full spoilers follow for the Star Trek: Discovery Season 1 finale, "Will You Take My Hand?", as well as everything that has led up to this point.
Gretchen J. Berg and Aaron Harberts can breathe a sigh of relief, having finally brought the first season of their Star Trek revival to the air (well, the stream) after being under quite a bit of scrutiny from not just fans of the revered franchise but also industry pundits wondering if Trek was still viable in the age of Peak TV. Fortunately for us, Berg and Harberts have proven that not only is Star Trek still achievable on the small screen, but it can thrive and evolve and take the series to entirely new places creatively.
And now, after the tight veil of secrecy surrounding Discovery that has kept the producers and cast mum for the past year and more, they can finally talk about all the twists and turns of the show. Which is exactly what Berg and Harberts did when I spoke to them recently. Read on for all the highlights from our chat...
Why Bring in the USS Enterprise Now?
The big cliffhanger moment of the S1 finale comes as the Discovery crew receives a distress call from another Starfleet vessel. As they attempt to figure out who it is, the ship's registry number begins to reveal itself on a computer console: "NCC-17.." Fans know the Enterprise is NCC-1701, and sure enough that's the ship that suddenly appears, under the command of Captain Pike, we're told. (Jeffrey Hunter's Pike was the captain in the first pilot for The Original Series and was only replaced by William Shatner's James T. Kirk after Hunter decided to not come back to film a second pilot.) While it's surprising that Discovery is bringing in the Enterprise this early on, the producers felt that since we know she's out there somewhere during this time period in Trek history, they might as well tell some stories involving the classic vessel.
"First of all, we knew that this wasn’t going to be an entire series about war, and we were always hoping there was gonna be a Season 2 and 3," Berg says. "And we also knew since we were in this box where, eventually ... it seemed like we were gonna be running into the timeline and the time period of The Original Series. The more we thought about t...
Another reason for bringing in the Enterprise is to address the ever-present "canon question" Disco has faced.
"And I think the other question that’s always been coming up, and it’s a fair question, is how did Discovery fit into canon?" adds Harberts. "And by having them cross paths with Enterprise, that’s our opportunity to continue to tell that story and sort of fill the audience in on exactly where our ship fits."
Star Trek: Discovery Season 2's release date has not yet been announced, but the episodes are currently being written with a production start expected this spring.
Talk to Senior Editor Scott Collura on Twitter at @ScottCollura or listen to his Star Trek podcast, Transporter Room 3. Or do both!
Harberts and his longtime writing-producing partner, Gretchen Berg, had collaborated often over the years with Discovery co-creator Bryan Fuller. They were already on board for Discovery when Fuller exited the series, and CBS All Access promptly tapped them to serve as showrunners.
Feb 11, 2018 · Showrunners Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts speak to the show's new sense of optimism, how '90210' inspired one finale choice, and which character could get a kitten in Season 2. By Liz...
Executive Producer, Aaron Harberts; Executive Producer Gretchen J. Berg; Executive Producer Alex Kurtzman during the "Star Trek: Discovery" panel at Comic-Con 2017, held in San Diego, Ca. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images
Executive producers Gretchen J. Berg and Aaron Harberts attend the premiere of CBS's "Star Trek: Discovery" at The Cinerama Dome on September 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images
