In 2018, he was cast as Captain Pike in the second season of Star Trek: Discovery before taking the helm for Strange New Worlds in 2022. The series acts more or less as a direct prequel to the original series and takes place a decade earlier. His tragic story was revealed in the original Star Trek series. This was revealed to him in Star Trek: Discovery, which meant he knew he was living on borrowed time. However, the trippy ending of Season 3 had him parting ways with love interest Captain Marie Batel (played by Wynonna Earp’s Melanie Scrofano).