Spoilers Dr. Hugh Culber Despite Yourself Spoilers!

[Kirk the Jerk]

Despite Yourself ****SPOILERS****





I was just starting to like Dr. Culber, n they go n kill him off. How do you guys imagine they’ll bring him back? Time travel? Mirror universe Culber?

I personally think the latter would be ‘the easy way’ but it won’t be the same Culber, he’d be evil.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

But the "good" Culber had a beard.

 

[Tuskin38]

It’s already been confirmed (I think it was on after trek) that they’re not doing a mirror version of the character.

 

[Blamo]

Probably Stamet.

 

[dahj]

He's not dead, he's just sleeping.

 

[XCV330]

I don't think they'll bring him back. Well, guess we'll finally meet the CMO, anyway.

 

[Tuskin38]

I don't think they'll bring him back. Well, guess we'll finally meet the CMO, anyway.

They’ve already confirmed he isn’t gone for good

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

He's not dead, he's just sleeping.

He's getting better.

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[shatastrophic]

Yeah he was good, I'll miss his character...

 

[Kirk the Jerk]

It does seem an odd thing to do after just 10 episodes, but I guess it makes everyone vulnerable and no one is guaranteed to last the length of the series.

 

[Kevman7987]

It does seem an odd thing to do after just 10 episodes, but I guess it makes everyone vulnerable and no one is guaranteed to last the length of the series.

They still have to be careful. If they keep killing off fans' favorites, people will stop watching as they'll feel it might to pointless to continue watching.

 

[tomalak301]

I'm a little worried about the whole "bury your gays" backlash his death might recieve. For a show that revels in it's representation, that was very risky to kill him off. Maybe they do find a way to bring him back and this is unfounded. Wasn't there a situation in a show called the 100 which got massive backlash because of this particular storyline?

 

[guyute03]

One of the best & smartest characters on Discovery.
I will miss him. Did not expect this.

 

[Rich]

They've killed off ONE fan favorite and have confirmed he won't be gone forever. If people actually stopped watching because of this scene then the fan base needs to get a grip.

They still have to be careful. If they keep killing off fans' favorites, people will stop watching as they'll feel it might to pointless to continue watching.

 

[MadeIndescribable]

I totally understand surprise deaths being great for making dramatic TV, and it does make sense to have someone who is in a relationship/have an emotional connection with other characters to be the one who suffers to make a bigger impact (ie, family man Chief O'Brien), but it also adds to the bury your gays trope, just when I thought Trek had finally learnt from its mistakes and returned to its progressive roots.

They’ve already confirmed he isn’t gone for good

And now they're going to a) ruin the emotional impact his death had by making it not permanent? (he'd better just be coming back in flashbacks/hallucinations, etc) and b) ruin his return by telling us to expect him?

 

[F. King Daniel]

This was a surprise, but I suspect Stamets, who has already displayed super strength, will magic him back to life.

 

[eschaton]

I'm guessing what happened is the writers/showrunners thought it was a great idea to kill Culber off, but by the time someone (probably the actors) told them it was a bad idea (due to the "bury your gays" trope) it was too late to modify the story. So they're going to awkwardly make him come back in the future.

 

[Kirk the Jerk]

I do think it had less impact because Tyler was the killer, from what I remember there wasn’t much interaction between Tyler n Culber in the previous episodes, other than the initial scan when Tyler first came on board.

Perhaps if Stamets was his killer it would’ve had more of an impact (we saw him lash out at Culber at the beginning of the episode)

 

[F. King Daniel]

I also need to point out the overwhelming stupidity of Culber confronting Tyler alone when he's discovered that he isn't who he thinks he is.

I mean who is that stupid.

 

[WarpFactorZ]

Perhaps Stamets will reach through time and stop Tyler/Voq from killing him.

I'm only half-kidding...