Star Trek: Discovery: Lorca's Shocking Reveal Is Bad News for Everyone Else

Star Trek: Discovery's Mary Wiseman is opening up about Lorca's (Jason Isaacs) game-changing secret. Sunday's episode revealed that Lorca has been lying about who identity this whole time and is actually from the Mirror Universe. Despite learning about the jaw-dropping twist early on, Wiseman, who plays Cadet Tilly, says the big reveal still took her by surprise.

"When it came out [that Lorca is actually from the Mirror Universe], I was still shocked because Jason [Isaacs] had done a good job -- and so had all the writers -- of creating a real person in the Prime Universe," she told TV Guide.

Lorca masterfully hid his identity, even passing off his sensitivity to light -- a telltale sign that he's not of this universe -- as a battle injury rather than a trait seen in all Mirror Universe humans. So when the Discovery crew learns the stunning truth about who he really is, it's going to make them question everything.

Star Trek: Discovery Reveals Lorca's Shocking Secret

"All of our allegiances will be called into question," added Wiseman. "If Lorca is the bad guy [and] we're stuck here in this mirror universe, who do we look to to make the choices that we need to make in order to get out of here?"

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