After the original series ended, we’ve gained deeper understanding of multidimensionality and the multi-verse theory. Now it turns out he may very well have been wrong, that space may not be the final frontier.

“It’s the reason the first four words of every episode in the original Star Trek show are, ‘Space, the final frontier.’ Gene Roddenberry saw Star Trek as the natural extension of the wagon trains going west. Christopher Pike, the pre-Kirk commander of the USS Enterprise, in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, the upcoming Paramount+ series that continues and expands the mythos spawned more than a half-century ago by writer-producer Gene Roddenberry.īut even as he journeys to the far corners of the universe, Mount knows he will never travel far - in the minds of C&I readers and ardent fans, at least - from the rugged earthscape of Hell on Wheels, the classic 2011-2016 TV series that found him perfectly cast as Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate Army veteran who evolved gradually, and often reluctantly, from a man obsessed with avenging the murders of his wife and son to a historical bit player intent on helping construct the Transcontinental Railroad.ĭuring a recent Zoom conversation from Toronto, the filming location for Strange New Worlds, Mount noted that the two series are not exactly worlds apart. The esteemed actor and occasional C&I essayist reflects on the joys and heartbreaks of starring in Hell on Wheels, 10 years after the series’ debut.Īfter a season-long trial run on Star Trek: Discovery to earn his intergalactic bona fides, Anson Mount is ready to blast off again as Capt.

Christopher pike the final chapter