Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 introduces a new female Vulcan hero, and co-executive producer Aaron J. Waltke drops some intel on Maj’el (Michaela Dietz). The highly-anticipated Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 premieres Monday, July 1, on Netflix, with all 20 brand-new episodes releasing on the same day. As Prodigy season 2 raises the intergalactic stakes for the ragtag young Starfleet hopefuls mentored by Admiral Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), it’s natural that Dal R’El (Brett Gray) and his group meet new friends and/or potential rivals from Starfleet Academy – like Maj’el.
Discussing Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 as a guest on All Access Star Trek: A TrekMovie.com Podcast, co-executive producer Aaron J. Watlke addressed the ‘Vulcan in the room’. Waltke revealed tidbits about Maj’el’s role in Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 to hosts Anthony Pascale and Laurie Ulster, and he confirms that the Vulcan is named after the First Lady of Star Trek, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry. Check out Waltke’s quote and audio clip in TrekMovie’s X post below, and you can find the complete podcast episode in the link above.
I think some people have rightly identified there is in fact a Vulcan that has joined, kind of like our cast here, as is also mentioned in the press release. Brilliantly played by Michaela Dietz, named Ma’jel. Named as a sort of homage to the great Majel Barrett-Roddenberry. She’s wonderful…
Just as T’Lyn was a great sort of countermeasure to the wackadoo adventures of the Cerritos, I think Maj’el is an excellent sort of foil, in a way, to some of the more outrangeous impulses of some of our crew. But at the same time, even she has a story to tell and a growth to undergo about her assumptions about these sort of illogical crewmates. And there’s a very interesting relationship that she develops with the crew, especially with one of the crew members [that] I’m excited for people to see.
Star Trek: Prodigy Is Going Bigger In Season 2
“Old friends, new worlds, and time travel”
Maj’el joins Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 as the beloved CGI animated series widens its scope to truly epic levels. Time travel was already a core part of Star Trek: Prodigy’s backstory, but season 2 makes Admiral Janeway and the USS Voyager-A’s mission to an alternate future to rescue Captain Chakotay (Robert Beltran) its focus. Star Trek: Prodigy season 2’s trailer promises “old friends, new worlds, and time travel”, but that seems to be the tip of the iceberg of what’s to come for the heroic former crew of the USS Protostar.
The addition of a Vulcan makes Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 automatically feel even more like Star Trek.
How Dal R’El, Gwyndala (Ella Purnell), Zero (Angus Imrie), Rok-Tahk (Rylee Alazraqui), Jankom Pog (Jason Mantzoukas), Murf (Dee Bradley Baker), and Maj’el fit into Star Trek: Prodigy season 2’s mischief remains to be seen. But given the “outrageous impulses” of Dal and the Protostar kids that Aaron J. Waltke alludes to, no doubt they will drive the action and cosmic chaos to come. One thing is for sure already: the addition of a Vulcan makes Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 automatically feel even more like Star Trek.