Prodigy’ Get Outrageous In First Images And Clip From “Crossroads” – TrekMovie.com
The second half of the 20-episode first season of Star Trek: Prodigy continues this week with the fourteenth episode. We have details, lots of images, and a clip.
Okona returns… and Xindi too
Episode 14 of Prodigy is called “Crossroads” and it features the return of Captain Thadiun Okona from the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “The Outrageous Okona.” Original actor Billy Campbell voices Okana.
Rylee Alazraqui as Rok-Tahk, Billy Campbell as Thadiun Okona, Kate Mulgrew as Janeway and Brett Gray as Dal in “Crossroads”
In their recent TrekMovie interview executive producers Kevin and Dan Hageman talked about bringing back Okona and giving him (and Campbell) a chance at redemption:
Dan Hageman: I think we had a laugh about that episode, “Outrageous Okona,” in the writer’s room. And we love that he was like this like two-bit Han Solo. We just thought, ‘Can we?’ And then we found out that we could get him we were like, “Let’s do it!” Billy Campbell was great, too. I remember the first artist’s renditions that we did of him were more tasteful and he said, “No, no! You should really let him go! Give him an eye patch!” And then that rippled to when he was on Lower Decks, we were like “Got to get an eyepatch on him.” Got to keep this canon.
Kevin Hageman: When we were recording Billy, he loved bringing the character back because he looked back and said, “I didn’t do a very good job.” And I think the script was going through changes and so he said, “I would love what you guys could do to give him a second chance.”
Billy Campbell in “The Outrageous Okona”
The photos released today also reveal the return of some Xindi, who first appeared in Star Trek: Enterprise.
Brook Chalmersin as Xindi Sentry #1,Xindi Sentry #2, Xindi Sentry #3
“Crossroads” was written by Lisa Schultz Boyd and directed by Steve In Chang Ahn & Sung Shin. It debuts on Paramount+ on Thursday, November 17.
Synopsis:
When the crew attempts to secure transport to the Federation, they unwittingly cross paths with the Vice Admiral who is hunting them.
More new images:
Kate Mulgrew as Janeway
Daveed Diggs as Commander Tyses
Kate Mulgrew as Janeway
Daveed Diggs as Commander Tyses, Kate Mulgrew as Janeway, Jameela Jamil as Ensign Asencia, John Noble as The Diviner and Jason Alexander as Dr. Noum
Jameela Jamil as Ensign Asencia, Daveed Diggs as Commander Tyses, Kate Mulgrew as Janeway and Jason Alexander as Dr. Noum
Jason Alexander as Doctor Noum and Jason Mantzoukas as Jankom Pog
Billy Campbell as Thadiun Okona
Rylee Alazraqui as Rok-Tahk, Jason Mantzoukas as Jankom Pog, Angus Imrie as Zero, Ella Purnell as Gwyn and Brett Gray as Dal,
Rylee Alazraqui as Rok-Tahk
Rylee Alazraqui as Rok-Tahk, Jason Mantzoukas as Jankom Pog, Thadiun Okona as Billy Campbell, Angus Imrie as Zero, Ella Purnell as Gwyn and Brett Gray as Dal
Ella Purnell as Gwyn, Billy Campbell as Thadiun Okona, Rylee Alazraqui as Rok-Tahk, Angus Imrie as Zero and Brett Gray as Dal
Brett Gray as Dal
Ella Purnell as Gwyn
From “Crossroads”
Clip:
On Star Trek Day Paramount+ released a clip from this episode featuring both Janeways, Okona, and a tease of the coming “metamurfosis.” [International viewers can watch on StarTrek.com]
Midseason trailer
In case you missed it, here again, is the midseason trailer released at NYCC. [international version at startrek.com]
New episodes of Prodigy debut on Thursdays exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S., and on Fridays in Latin America, Australia, and the U.K. The series will air later in the year in South Korea, Germany, Italy, France, Austria and Switzerland.
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