Star Trek: Discovery
Star Trek : Discoverycame to an end in May of 2024 , and now that the detritus has settled on the series , it is the perfect prison term for some retrospectives . AfterStar Trek : Enterpriseconcluded in 2005,Discoverywas the firstStar Trektelevision show to transmit in more than a X when it premier in 2017 . At that premiere , Discovery had a intimidating task . The only other newStar Trekmedia in the 2010s were the comics and three movies in the Kelvin timeline . Discovery , therefore , was essentially responsible for for re - launch the dealership on television .
In order of magnitude to draw in quondam and new lover likewise , Discoverywas congeal about a decennary beforeStar Trek : The Original Series . As such , Discoverycould feature events and characters that were already familiar inStar Trek . Discoveryopened in the middle of the Federation - Klingon warand carry on onward through the issue that pass up toThe Original Series . Perhaps the most famousStar TrekcharacterDiscoverybrought back was Spock ( Ethan Peck ) as then - air force officer Michael Burnham ’s ( Sonequa Martin - Green ) chum . ButDiscoveryalso convey some less well - knownStar Trekcharacters played by some very far-famed role player from our reality , but one of them was sadly utterly wasted .
Rainn Wilson’s Harry Mudd Has Been Wasted By Star Trek Since 2019
The Star Only Shows Up Three Times, But He Could Have Done More
time of year 1 ofDiscoverysaw Rainn Wilson as the flimflam artist and contrabandist Harry Mudd , otherwise known as Harcourt Fenton Mudd . Mudd was originally introduced inThe Original Series , where Roger C. Carmel played him . Harry Mudd only appear in two instalment ofTOS , " Mudd ’s Women " and " I , Mudd , " but he left a braggart impression . That Harry Mudd was a magical criminal rogue , but inDiscoveryhe was significantly jittery and more life-threatening . InDiscovery , Mudd was show running afoul of the Klingon sound system instead of the Federation : a much more dire situation .
Star Trek : The Next Generation and Star Trek : Discovery each launched new ERA of Star Trek , with Disco adjoin out TNG in one way ( but not another ) .
Despite this revitalization being a generally democratic move , however , Rainn Wilson ’s Harry Mudd has only appeared in oneStar Trekproperty sinceDiscovery : a singleShort Trek . It was an awful former winnings forStar Trekto get Rainn Wilson involved in their newest project , so it feel like a disappointment to see him melt back into the background knowledge ofStar Trek . DuringThe Original Series , Harry Mudd did not returnbecause Roger C. Caramel was busy with other projects , but it ’s a disgrace that the lineament could n’t have been brought back a little longer in the unexampled era ofTrek .
Even if it was only a cameo , including Mudd would have madeSection 31feel so much more like aStar Trekmovie .
The opportunity to bring Mudd back feels particularly wasted given the newStar Trek : Section 31movie . Since the eponymic " Section 31 " is tasked with handling Starfleet ’s dirty washing , so to speak , it would wholly have made sense to have an older Harry Mudd show up inSection 31 . Even if it was only a cameo , include Mudd would have madeSection 31feel so much more like aStar Trekmovie . Withrumors of aSection 31sequel , it is still potential that we will see the rejoinder of Rainn Wilson ’s Harry Mudd toStar Trek .
Why Harry Mudd Appearing In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Is A Problem
Cannon Makes More Appearances Impossible
Of course , there is a reason that we have n’t seen more of Harry Mudd in newStar Trek . The constraint of a human lifespan would have made it unmanageable for Mudd to appear inStar Trek : The Next Generationor other shows in that era , and afterDiscoveryjumped forward in metre , it would have been completely impossible to get Mudd back . But theoretically , Harry Mudd could seem inStar Trek : Strange New Worlds .
Unfortunately , it is basically guaranteed that Harry Mudd will stay far away from the Enterprise . When Harry Mudd shows up in " Mudd ’s woman , " the crew of the Enterprise does not know who he is . But since Lt . Spock and Ensign Nyota Uhura ( Celia Rose Gooding ) both work on the bridge , there is no way they would n’t acknowledge Mudd inThe Original Seriesif they met him inStrange New Worlds . So for now , at least , we will have to be contented with Rainn Wilson ’s only appearances as Harry Mudd happening inStar Trek : Discovery .
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