It’s been seven weeks since we last saw Tig Notaro’s cantankerous engineer Jett Reno aboard the USS Discovery, and while fans have been clamoring for the new character’s return to the show, we now have a look at her next stop aboard ship: Dr. Culber’s sickbay.
Jett Reno last appeared all the way back in “An Obol for Charon” in early February, long before Discovery‘s trip to Kaminar, Spock’s arrival to the series, or Hugh Culber’s return from the mycelial network — but in this new clip shared by actor Tig Notaro on last night’s Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the newest Discovery engineer makes a return appearance (starting at 5:30 below):
While this clip does not originate from tonight’s “Perpetual Infinity,” there’s still three more hours in Discovery Season 2 for Notaro and her eclectic engineer to stop by sickbay to see Culber (Wilson Cruz) and get some “medical attention” from the reborn doctor.
We’ve known for a bit that Notaro was still going to be seen as the Discovery season comes to a close; costar Anthony Rapp tweeted to a fan that her return was expected last week.
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— Anthony Rapp on Mastodon @albinokid@nerdculture.de (@albinokid) March 24, 2019
As of this writing, however, we don’t know which of the last three episodes Notaro will be appearing in; perhaps more than one between now and the season finale on April 18.