I love the frankness of the questions too, asking about the hair and both of them feeling the weight of the franchise and Nichelle Nichols’ legacy on their shoulders.
Yep, and also flipping the “what was the biggest challenge you overcame” standard question on its head.
And yeah, I was definitely curious about the hair but after learning Gates McFadden wore a bunch of different wigs in TNG, I just kind of let it go. I had no idea there was such thought and additional representation behind the change; that panning shot of her taking the captain’s chair they talked about seems so much more poignant now.
I thought they just faked Discovery being destroyed at the end of S2 rather than her never existing? Welp, there’s the excuse I need to start a re-watch. lol
I think this is the correct interpretation, though one of Spock’s lines makes is needlessly ambiguous:
Therefore, to ensure the Federation never finds itself facing the same danger, all officers remaining with knowledge of these events must be ordered never to speak of Discovery, its spore drive, or her crew again.
Some people have interpreted this as a complete disavowal, but given that the rest of the scene talks at length about how it’s the time travel that needs to be kept secret, the fact that they “saw Discovery explode,” SNW’s “Memento Mori” gave us a Discovery pin on Starfleet Remembrance Day, and “Strange New Worlds” (the episode) gave us a shuttlecraft named Stamets, I think it’s safe to say the intent was never for anyone to deny that the ship and crew existed.