Warning: This Article Contains SPOILERS for Star Trek: Discovery Season 5

Summary

• Get ready for an epic fight scene between Moll and Captain Burnham in Star Trek: Discovery season 5.
• Eve Harlow shared that this fight will be the longest one Burnham has had in all 5 seasons.
• Despite not being athletic, Harlow praised the support from the team and how badass the fight looks.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 actor Eve Harlow teases an upcoming fight between her character, Moll, and Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) that will be the longest fight scene Burnham has had in all 5 seasons of Discovery. Moll and her lover, L'ak (Elias Toufexis), are Discovery season 5's antagonists, but Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 5, "Mirrors", revealed their backstory. Moll and L'ak are on the run from his people, the Breen, who played a blood bounty (called an Erigah) on their heads.

Eve Harlow and Elias Toufexis were interviewed by StarTrek.com about playing Moll and L'ak in Star Trek: Discovery season 5. During talk of the action sequences both actors participated in, Harlow revealed Moll and Captain Burnham have an epic fight scene in an upcoming Star Trek: Discovery episode. Read Harlow's quote below:

"I've never done as much action and fight sequences as I did on Star Trek. And even Sonequa [Martin-Green] said that the fight that she and I have, it's the longest fight that she's had on the five seasons of Discovery. And I am not an athletic person, so it was funny. I got the first script, and in the first script, there's this fight. And I was like, 'Oh, I need to get the stunt coordinator's email because I need to tell him that I have not done anything like this before.'"

"His name's Chris [McGuire], he responded right away. We met up, and he's like, 'Look, you're doing yourself a disservice. You got this.' And they were so supportive and so helpful, but I will say it was like we're learning a fight sequence or whatever, it takes me an hour to learn it. Sonequa comes, learns it in 15 minutes. I saw some of the finished product, and I was like, 'Man, we look so badass. It looks so cool.' Again, Chris and his team, they're amazing, and they really held my hand through the entire process. Our stunt doubles were amazing. Everybody was so supportive. And coming to these sets that are gorgeous, I think it's the combination of all these people being really great at their jobs, and then you get the final thing, which I think is amazing."

Michael Burnham Has Had Epic Fight Scenes In Star Trek: Discovery

Will Burnham Vs. Moll top them all?

Captain Michael Burnham is arguably the most prolific action hero of modern Star Trek, perhaps even of the entire franchise. Many episodes of Star Trek: Discovery feature Burnham thrust into jaw-dropping action sequences, and Michael has gotten into more than her fair share of fights (and walked away victorious). Whether going mano e mano with Klingons, throwing hands with Osyraa (Janet Kidder), the Orion leader of the Emerald Chain, or even Burnham fighting her younger self, Michael has proven herself to be indomitable.

Along with her Starfleet training, Captain Michael Burnham is adept at Suus Mahna, an ancient form of Vulcan martial arts.

Moll fighting Michael Burnham is an exciting prospect, and there is sufficient reason for the former courier to want to tear the Captain's head off. Burnham and L'ak got into a brawl in Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 5 that left the Breen rebel seriously wounded. Moll and L'ak were able to escape before the USS Discovery could catch them, but it's safe to say Moll would like to get even with Burnham for what she did to L'ak. According to Eve Harlow, Captain Burnham vs. Moll is a Star Trek: Discovery season 5 prize fight worth getting excited for.

Source: StarTrek.com

New episodes of Star Trek: Discovery season 5 stream Thursdays on Paramount+