Warning: Spoiler alert! If you aren't up to date with Star Trek: Discovery , do not proceed. There are major spoilers ahead from recent episodes of the CBS All Access series.
Jaws dropped on Star Trek: Discovery
when Dr. Hugh Culber, the brilliant medical officer on the Discovery and Dr. Paul Stamets' partner, was killed after having his neck snapped by Lt. Ash Tyler in one of the most shocking death scenes so far on the show.
“I would be lying if I didn’t say I wasn’t surprised and a bit heartbroken at first," star Wilson Cruz told ET of Culber's dramatic death in the Jan. 7 episode. "I didn’t know exactly where we were going with this. But I had a wonderful conversation with [executive producers]
Aaron [Harberts] and Gretchen [J. Berg] weeks before we were actually shooting the episode and they said, ‘This is a necessary part of the story. We have to go here because Dr. Culber is a little too smart for his own good and he’s figuring things out a little too quickly.'"
Rest assured, Trekkies! Cruz's beloved Culber is back in Star Trek: Discovery's orbit in Sunday's episode, though the how and the why of his return, we'll leave as something to be discovered. Trust us though, it's pretty darn beautiful.
Cruz teased that fans of Culber and Stamets' relationship are in for a real treat when viewers see his character again, and said it's Exhibit A as to why their romance -- Star Trek's first gay couple on TV -- is timeless.
“This episode really sets [Stamets] up for the heroic journey that he’s about to embark on, but also sets up the fact that there are a multitude of possibilities for Dr. Culber going forward," the 44-year-old actor hinted, potentially leaving the door open for future appearances.
"They’re so tender and sweet and also so fragile," Cruz said, adding that he enjoyed reuniting with Anthony Rapp. "I think they exemplify that this couple and their love goes beyond even this mortal coil. It transcends time and space.”
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