If Tilly shows up again in season 2, should she become a recurring character?
MOAR TILLY!!!!!
I’m not sure of the specific union rules, but I’m pretty sure that if Tilly returns, she is literally a recurring character. 
At one point I’m sure that Tilly was meant to be in the main cast of this show, which ultimately decided that she would not be a significant presence, at least not initially so the focus can properly be on the new characters. Who knows if she’ll be a more consistent presence next year, she’s obviously still a popular character and it’d be great to put her in a place where the character can do more than teach.
Mark
At one point I’m sure that Tilly was meant to be in the main cast of this show, which ultimately decided that she would not be a significant presence, at least not initially so the focus can properly be on the new characters. Who knows if she’ll be a more consistent presence next year, she’s obviously still a popular character and it’d be great to put her in a place where the character can do more than teach.
Mark
I assumed her absence from Discovery was because she was going to be the lead of this show. I hadn't followed any production news, so I was a bit surprised when she didn't even appear in the pilot.I’m not sure of the specific union rules, but I’m pretty sure that if Tilly returns, she is literally a recurring character.
At one point I’m sure that Tilly was meant to be in the main cast of this show, which ultimately decided that she would not be a significant presence, at least not initially so the focus can properly be on the new characters. Who knows if she’ll be a more consistent presence next year, she’s obviously still a popular character and it’d be great to put her in a place where the character can do more than teach.
Mark
Tilly surprised me. At first I was like, ‘oh, here’s this ships Barclay, an awkward quirk-machine that I’m going to loathe’ and she evolved into a fun character that I found easier to identify with than some of her always-right plot-armored overly dramatic shipmates.
She quickly turned into a breathe of fresh air, and Mirror ‘Killy’ was super fun!
She quickly turned into a breathe of fresh air, and Mirror ‘Killy’ was super fun!
There's more Killy in STO
well season 2 is a done deal now, so i hope they put Tilly into some more episodes. She really should have been a regular
Well, I have an unpopular opinion. The theater-therapy episode was alot about wrong ways of psychotherapy which could easily make a broken girl suicidal. It's a shame that they handled it wrong, - and the plot left the responsibility on Tilly. In compare with the great parallel plot of SAM and the Doctor it feels especially bad. They presented Tilly like the most childish person in the room. Please not again.
Well, the episode didn’t really frame it as “psychotherapy” (or even “drama therapy”, really). At no point did they call it that. However, they specifically mentioned that the cadets had been going through regular trauma therapy offscreen. So what Tilly was doing with the stage play was trying to engage the cadets in a playful way, getting them to open up, work as a group, build trust in each other etc. I didn’t feel they framed it as a therapy measure, to be honest, nor was Tilly ever introduced as a character trained in mental health.
They attended Tilly as a "best choice" for handling a specific case instead of use any person who was familiar to the cadets. It was stated.
The decision to move Tarima from her safe place and put her under the pressure of 1) the new environment, 2) the boyfriend who failed her, 3) and least but not the last, the new teacher who declared that she doesn't care, - looks like something what requires a lot of therapy even you didn't almost die before. Leave the therapy offscreen?.. It's creators' choice what to focus on, it's my choice to be disappointed of what they focused on. Tilly was dramatically misused, that's my point.
I just want her to bring her cadets with her. See how the guys from the proof-of-concept episode are getting on.
They're all ensigns now, they'd have graduated in 3194
No.
I really thought I’d see Tilly right away. I was disappointed. I wasn’t reading any heads up, or any posts here until the season was nearly over. I can’t see there being a season two without her. I mean, wasn’t she going to teach at the academy before Discovery ended? My wife and I watched Discovery in what seemed like a million years ago and Tilly really seemed like a real person. If she hadn’t shown up we would possibly not bother with season 2.
I wonder if Tilly's service in the Beta Quadrant with the third years is on another Academy class ship. By Starfleet naming conventions it does imply a USS Academy exists. Plus it woud explain why Tilly is wearing a uniform with the same emblem. Why have other teachers wearing a combadge stylised after the ship if they aren't also on one?
I guess it will depend on how season 2 handles the new first years incoming if the Athena will just be this class' campus and the next year will be somewhere else.
If we hear from Tilly in season 2 it'll be interesting to note if she is referred to as working with fourth years and so stayed with the same class or if she is teaching the next third years that rolled along.
In the case of the latter it would have meant she would have likely been a main character for the headcanon third season.
I guess it will depend on how season 2 handles the new first years incoming if the Athena will just be this class' campus and the next year will be somewhere else.
If we hear from Tilly in season 2 it'll be interesting to note if she is referred to as working with fourth years and so stayed with the same class or if she is teaching the next third years that rolled along.
In the case of the latter it would have meant she would have likely been a main character for the headcanon third season.
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