Ellora Patnaik at Open Pike Night

T'Pring's mom is in the house!

Open Pike Night is excited to welcome Ellora Patnaik!

Star Trek has a long and hallowed history of mothers-in-law stopping by the starship Enterprise to cause a little chaos, intentional or otherwise. The latest (or in fact, first) matriarch to join these mischievous ranks is T'Pril, played by Ellora Patnaik in the season 2 Strange New Worlds episode "Charades".

This week, Ellora beams aboard the OPN stage to discuss her journey to join the Trek family!

You may also be familiar with Ellora's work on shows like Sort Of, Kim's Convenience, or brief stints on Schitt's Creek, The Expanse, and Orphan Black.

Did anyone actually get to eat Pike's canapés? How does it feel to be fitted for Vulcan ears? How does one make matronly contempt so convincing? This is your chance to find out!

You have until Sunday, January 28th at 11:59am EDT to get your thoughts and questions sorted, recorded (90 seconds or fewer), and sent to openpike@gmail.com or dropped directly at openpike.com/joinus