Patrick Stewart helped Doug Jones understand what being in Star Trek means when they met soon after Star Trek: Discovery started.
Summary
- Patrick Stewart’s advice to Doug Jones about joining Star Trek franchise at the Oscars in 2018 was a memorable moment for Jones.
- Star Trek: Discovery season 5, also its final season, is set to premiere on Paramount+ on April 4.
- Doug Jones, now a beloved Star Trek veteran, recalls meeting Patrick Stewart and the advice he received on joining the series.
Patrick Stewart helped Star Trek: Discovery‘s Doug Jones understand what it means to be a part of the Star Trek franchise. Star Trek: Discovery season 5, which is also its final season, premieres Thursday, April 4, on Paramount+. Today, Jones is a Star Trek veteran who is beloved by fans, but he was just starting out as the Kelpien Commander Saru on Star Trek: Discovery when Doug encountered Patrick Stewart at the Academy Awards in 2018.
As reported by TrekMovie, Doug Jones joined his Star Trek: Discovery cast members Sonequa Martin-Green, David Ajala, Anthony Rapp, Mary Chieffo, and Eve Harlow, for a panel at Star Trek: The Cruise VII. Reminiscing on the negative reception Star Trek: Discovery season 1 received from some longtime Trekkers, Doug Jones told a story of meeting Patrick Stewart at the 2018 Oscars red carpet, and what Stewart told him after learning Jones was now part of Star Trek. Read Doug Jones’ quote below:
For me, I think Sir Patrick Stewart said it best when I met him at the Oscars. I don’t want to boast or anything. It was the Oscars [in] early 2018, and we had just finished filming Season 1 of Discovery . And he’s right behind me in the red carpet line… So I was standing in line with Miss Laurie, and she’s like [whispers] “That’s Patrick Stewart!” So I turn to him, “Sir, Mister Patrick, Mister Stewart, uh, I’m Doug Jones and I’m in The Shape of Water. That’s why I am here, but we have a connection. I’m actually also in the new Star Trek series Discovery .” All he said to me was [does Stewart voice], “Oh. I hope you know what you’re in for.” Yes, now I do and I love every minute of it.
Patrick Stewart’s Admiral Jean-Luc Picard was mentioned for the first time on Star Trek: Discovery in season 3, episode 7 – “Unification III”.
Check out the trailer for Star Trek: Discovery season 5 below:
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What’s Next For Doug Jones’ Captain Saru In Star Trek: Discovery Season 5?
Saru’s Starfleet career could be undergoing a big change
With Star Trek: Discovery season 5 set to conclude the series, Doug Jones’ Captain Saru won’t stay idle. Saru enters Star Trek: Discovery season 5 serving as First Officer of the USS Discovery. However, Doug Jones has alluded to a “dignified change” for Saru in terms of the trajectory of his Starfleet career. Saru’s loyalty to Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) aside, remaining as her Number One is a waste of the Kelpien’s many talents and abilities. Whether it’s a promotion to Admiral, a role as a Federation Ambassador, or something else, big things are coming Saru’s way in Star Trek: Discovery season 5.
Doug Jones says he is “very pleased” with what comes next for Saru and T’Rina.
Meanwhile, Saru’s relationship with President T’Rina (Tara Rosling) will also progress in Star Trek: Discovery season 5. The Kelpien Starfleet Officer and the Vulcan President of Ni’Var have emerged as a sweet, fan-favorite romantic couple, and Doug Jones says he is “very pleased” with Saru and T’Rina’s next steps in Star Trek: Discovery season 5. Captain Saru is a cornerstone character of Star Trek: Discovery, and it will be fascinating to watch the heroic Kelpien’s destiny unfold in the final season.
