22: Pay Chen

12/16/21 • 57 min

Pay Chen is credited with the role of "Starfleet Psychiatrist" on Star Trek: Discovery, in the season two episode "Point of Light." Blink and you might miss her. Outside of Star Trek, Pay has over two decades of broadcast experience as a host, writer and producer — in Canada. But to some fans and friends, her five seconds of screen time on Star Trek is basically the biggest thing she's ever done.

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21: Usman Ally

Usman Ally is credited with playing "U.S.S. Vengeance Officer" in the 2013 feature film Star Trek Into Darkness. He had one line... sort of. Outside of Star Trek, his credits include Veep, Nobodies, A Series of Unfortunate Events, and Suits, to name a few. He talks about working with JJ Abrams, getting fake-shot by imaginary weapons, and navigating roles as a Brown actor in Hollywood.

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23: Away Mission with Michael Golamco

It's another edition of the Away Mission, in which we invite fellow Asian American fans of Star Trek to do a deep dive into an episode of their choosing. We welcome writer Michael Golamco to discuss "The Measure of a Man" from season two of Star Trek: The Next Generation. We talk about the important questions: is Data the property of Starfleet? (No.) Does Data have a soul? (Maybe.) Did Picard and Louvois get it on? (Definitely.)