Star Trek: Discovery

WARNING : Contains SPOILERS for Star Trek : Discovery time of year 5 .

Summary

Lt . Commander Keyla Detmer ( Emily Coutts ) and Lt . Commander Joann Owosekun ( Oyin Oladejo ) have been conspicuously lacking fromStar Trek : Discoveryseason 5 . Both Detmer and Owosekun have been suffice on the bridge of the USS Discovery since time of year 1 , as the helmsman and the military operation officer , severally . Although they have not been featured as prominently as some of the other characters , Detmer and Owosekun are compelling characters who have always been a welcome comportment . More than any otherStar Trekshow , Discoveryfocuses on its lead , Captain Michael Burnham ( Sonequa Martin - Green ) , but Detmer and Owo have been a part of her history since the beginning .

Star Trek : Discoveryseason 4expanded the part of Lt . Commanders Detmer and Owosekun , as they both helped the USS Discovery uncover the true statement about the Dark Matter Anomaly . In Star Trek : Discovery time of year 4 , episode 8 , " All In , " Owosekun companion Captain Burnham on a mission to a black - market casino , where her hand - to - hand combat skills proved incredibly useful in earning money in a combat ring . Detmer , too , was part of an outside squad a few episodes later on , inStar Trek : Discoveryseason 4 , episode 11,“Rosetta,“when Discovery visited the homeworld of Species 10 - C.Star Trek : Discoveryseason 5 is the show ’s last season , and it ’s likely Detmer and Owo will return before the end , but their absence throughout much of the season so far has been keenly feel .

Detmer ’s navigate skills have also come up in handy on multiple occasions , and both officers excel when stationed on the bridge .

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Despite the potential difference for a great plot line in season 5 , Doug Jones ’s Saru has been abstracted for much of Star Trek : Discovery ’s last time of year .

Detmer & Owosekun Have Been Noticeably Absent From Star Trek: Discovery Season 5

Detmer and Owosekun have only appeared in two out of Discovery season 5’s six episodes so far.

Detmer and Owosekun have briefly popped up in a distich of episodes ofStar Trek : Discoveryseason 5 , but have otherwise been completely absent . Lt . Commander Asha ( Christina Dixon ) and Lt . Gallo ( Natalie Liconti ) took over Detmer and Owo ’s station on the USS DIscovery ’s nosepiece , while Keyla and Joann were only cite in dialogue . After the upshot ofStar Trek : Discoveryseason 5 , sequence 5 , " mirror , " Detmer and Owo were say to polit the ISS Enterprise back to Federation Headquarters . This means they will in all likelihood persist absent for the repose of Discovery ’s lookup for the Progenitors ' technology , which is unsatisfying , as both character would be fun additions to this intergalactic hoarded wealth hunt .

When Captain Burnham broughtCommander Rayner ( Callum Keith Rennie)aboard as the USS Discovery ’s new First Officer , he did straightaway meet - and - greets with the ship ’s crew members . Detmer and Owosekun were conspicuously absentminded from these scenes as well , again replaced by Asha and Gallo . Despite all their talk of family , Discovery ’s gang has not to the full coalesce into a whole core chemical group the way otherStar Trekcasts have . AsStar Trek : Discoveryseason 5 was filming , the stamp and crew were unaware that it would be the show ’s last time of year , make it all the more inauspicious that Detmer and Owosekun do not have more of a presence in what will beDiscovery’sfinal instalment .

Star Trek: Discovery Feels Like The Starship Has A New Crew In Season 5

Star Trek: Discovery changes its dynamic every season.

Since the daytime of Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) and his Starship Enterprise crew , mostStar Trekshowshave sport ensemble casts . While the Captains were more or less the main characters , the other senior officers also featured prominently in certain episodes . Star Trek : The Original Seriescame to focalize on the iconic trio of Captain Kirk , Mr. Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ) , and Dr. Leonard McCoy ( DeForest Kelley),whileStar Trek : The Next Generationwould have episodes that often showcased one eccentric . Star Trek : Discoveryhas always centered Michael Burnham by design , but that intend some of the other characters have been sideline .

Discovery has struggled to find its identity , experiment with different kinds of stories and cycling through crew appendage .

Over the class of its five seasons , Star Trek : Discoveryhas struggled to regain its identity operator , experimenting with unlike kind of stories and cycling through gang members . When Michael Burnham became Captain of Discovery at the end of time of year 3 , it finally felt like the show had found its regular recurrence . Star Trek : Discoveryseason 4 still focused on Burnham , but let more of the characters to recreate a larger role . Burnham is a cracking character , and she will always beDiscovery’sstar , but the crew sense more like a family than ever in season 4 , andStar Trek : Discoveryseason 5 has shift the dynamics yet again .

A collage of Emily Coutts as Keyla Detmer and Oyi Oladejo as Joann Owosekun from Star Trek: Discovery.

Modern episodes of Star Trek : Discovery stream Thursdays on Paramount+ .

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Saru (Doug Jones) looks off-screen with a faded image of the Star Trek: Discovery season 5 cast in the background.

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