Star Trek: 10 Things We Now Know About Agent Daniels (aka Kovich)

[@CalledTurnAGundam]

I’ll bet Morn was actually Daniels in disguise.

[@hancocki]

I first read that as "Mom". Ie, from Futurama 😅

[@scaz5000]

Nah, not chatty enough 😂

[@JoelSchooler]

But played by Jeffery Combs

[@10ftSamsquanchy]

Morn is a watcher

[@bigfootwalker5399]

Morn would have been a terrible spy, he talks too much! 🖖

[@Tricky117]

Where is our Quantum Leap style show featuring Daniels. Each week he steps into a different time period in the temporal war. They can do anything they want, write anything they want, as long as they fix the temporal incursion they can write off anything as a temporary change to the timeline. Daniels jumps in and the Duras and Romulans have won the civil war for instance, he has to fix the timeline. Visit any point in the trek timeline. Call it Star Trek: Temporal wars, Timelines or something. I'd watch the sh*t out of that

[@vic5015]

Even better: Scott Bakula was in the original.

[@FredrikKarlsson-p1u]

I have been asking that for years, not only daniels, but a crew of temporal agents

[@rd6416]

Maybe too hard to do as all of the actors have aged significantly. An animated series like Lower Decks about Daniels would be excellent though.

[@FredrikKarlsson-p1u]

@@rd6416 im not talking about showing an series just about daniels. But just about a crew of a temporal agents. It does not have to be in a cannon

[@niklasulrich4725]

3 reasons this wont happen: 1: Money. You need new sets, uniforms and actors each week. The old sets doesnt exist anymore you would have to rebuild ds9 etc. 2. actors: You can meet Picard cause he is too old now, so you cant visit guys we know. 3. its only for fans not the general audience. and even not all fans know who duras is. So you need allways much exposition so that all know it. And why should newcomers would watch it? Changes to a universe you dont know dont matter much for you

[@Freddles279]

Yes, April 5th is FIRMLY posted on my calendar. It may be First Contact Day but it's also my daughter's birthday!

[@stephanieamare]

It's also mine. I was a lil' kid who was staying up later than they were kind of allowed to--reading this one book about NASA and space, and drawing my own ideas for space ships, while using the TV on low volume as as a light source. Then I decided to switch channels and landed on this film with a major space battle, and I was like "what the...what is going on?"...and after they went through this apparent tear in space, and back in time...and dropping that date. I was 11, the movie was Star Trek First Contact. I've been a Trekkie since. I tuned into Voyager mid-way of Season 3. So if/when I get lumped into that crowd of people who aren't real Trekkies for liking things like the Kelvin Timeline films or New Trek...I just have to smile and say "stfu, my birthday is literally a date in Trek lore".

[@bemasaberwyn55]

And my cousin

[@Betmonty]

"Time is the fire in which we Leeeeearrrrn!" 😂

[@jp8099]

I live in Peoria so that was a fun surprise to see haha. I hope Peoria still exists in the Trek universe.

[@Vectorman377]

Same!😅

[@EdgardoCervantesP]

I am sure Peoria does, unlike Florida.

[@MrXon]

And also Agent Daniels actor Matt Winston is the son of legendary Special Effects artist Stan Winston. David Cronenberg aka Kovich has worked with Stan Winston in the past, Winston designed the fly creature in Cronenberg's film, 'The Fly.'

[@SamriBliss]

😂 1:35 “time is the fire in which we learn”

[@euchiron]

Sean must have this on a t-shirt

[@EdgardoCervantesP]

This is what i love about Starfleet. Usually reflecting on human curiosity, the desire to learn more, and "...gonna have to science the s**t out of this." "The Martian" quote in there.

[@robertandersen9886]

Daniels isn't human, silly kiddos. Daniels is from Galifrey.

[@TheFiddleFaddle]

*Gallifrey

[@LDDivision]

He's half-human..... on his mother's side.... 😂😂😂

[@Razorgeist]

I loved the revelation that Kovich was Daniels. Then again Im a huge David Cronenberg fan and a fan of Daniels so that helped.

[@firstname4337]

"I loved the revelation that Kovich was Daniels" -- HA HA HA HA absolute garbage

[@lynand2967]

I thought it was a load of rubbish, didnt make any sense at all....

[@prairievoices9204]

Greetings from Peoria! :)

[@ProtoType99468]

he looks like the guy from my fave Heinekin commercial 🍺🍻

[@rvaldrich]

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[@fonkbadonk5370]

I will never rest my lament until we get a good few, well written seasons of Trek taking place on the Enterprise J.

[@panelvixen]

There's a man who leads a life of danger To everyone he meets he stays a stranger With every move he makes another chance he takes Odds are he won't live to see tomorrow Secret agent Dan Secret agent Dan -Secret Agent Man, Johnny Rivers

[@robertmcmath910]

You live for 171 years and not be self appointed "doctor" of many things. Kovich is the Dr. Who, "The Doctor", of Star Trek.

[@FirstDan2000]

Doctor When.

[@kristofbe1]

There is a fan theory about James Bond that says that "James Bond" is also a code name, like "007", and that when an agent becomes agent 007 they also adopt the code name. This is an in-universe explanation of why 007 changes appearance from time to time and why has been an agent for about about 60 years now. I wonder if it could be the same for Daniels: that there have been many agents Daniels throughout the centuries, being replaced every so often, but always with the same role.

[@vic5015]

In the novels, Bond doesm't age. Ian Fleming's Bond would be nearly 100 now.

[@QuintusAntonious]

I don't think it's required though. 171 is not unreasonable in-universe for a human age. Dr. McCoy lived to be at least 130, and that was in the 23rd/24th century. Daniels had over 1000 years of medical advancement beyond this. Plus, he's a time traveler. Even if he is Kovich actor David Cronenberg's actual age (81), it's easy enough to explain by him having gotten stuck at some point in the future when time travel bans went into effect.

[@MeNoOther]

What are you guys planning for this week? The weekend when Sisko actually shows up for the Bell Riots next week

[@malacorath]

This reveal was my first pardonf***?!?! from star trek since my early teens, and I was so happy this franchise could still get me

[@EmceePinks]

In time’s embrace, Kovich and Daniels align, revealing ten things we know as their fates intertwine. In the present, secrets unfold in the shadows of Enterprise, where a story is retold. Cold wars of time are fought, and in the fabric of history, futures are sought. On April fifth, a birthday to cheer becomes a day for legends, both far and near. From Peoria comes the everyman’s face, a humble beginning in time’s endless race. Wisdom vast and knowledge profound make him a master of time, where answers abound. Timot Danlen, his true name, explores new legends in the tapestry of time. Death is transient, a mere twist of fate; for travelers like him, it’s never too late. In a theater where destinies play, Kovich becomes the puppet in time’s grand ballet. Connections in shadows ignite, allowing their futures to take flight. Soft scrambled eggs symbolize a bond built on trust, in the heart of the captain, where their friendship is just.

[@MeNoOther]

Maybe Daniels/Kovich was in New Illinois? His family working for the Planet Express corporation

[@Peregrine57]

Daniels' first appearance in the novels is "By the Book" by Dean Wesley Smith & Kristine Kathryn Rusch, set in early Season 1, well before the character would appear on-screen. Well, not really. The authors likely chose the name at random, unaware that the showrunners would later use the same name for a recurring character. But Memory Beta generally assumes it's the same character. He was one of the security officers who suffered a psychic attach by the Hipon, and spent much of the novel in a coma.

[@WaynePittenger]

Throughout the series, I was calling him Space Ted Danson

[@joermnyc]

I know, especially Ted Danson as Michael on "The Good Place". Burnham figuring out his identity was on par with the reveal, "This is actually the bad place!"

[@WaynePittenger]

@@joermnyc Holy Forking Shirtballs!

[@eateuphoria]

Hello Seán and Ellie! How are you both doing? I hope all is well with you! I'm doing great and I had an idea I wanted to share with you. With September 1st just around the corner, marking the start of, "The Bell Riots," I thought it would be perfect timing to do an Ups & Downs for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 3, Episodes 11 & 12 - "Past Tense." It's such a pivotal episode, and I think it would be a great way to commemorate the occasion.

[@travisbounds4746]

Peoria is an hour from me!

[@Yikes_its_Psychs]

1:41 why did I laugh-snort? I blame you Seán.

[@jacara1981]

Daniels as a character could be used in many future series as we don't know where he comes from. I personally would like to see him come from some extremely distant time, may be the year 10,000 or something.

[@MeNoOther]

Happy BELL RIOTS Next WEEK! How will YOU celebrate 🍾 🤔 🎉 the Bell Riots Next Week?

[@RyogaHabiki]

So, a Time Traveler with the title of "Doctor", is that a reference to "Doctor Who"?

[@AzraelThanatos]

I've actually wondered if with the time travel ban, the Department of Temporal Affairs/Temporal Integrity Commission/Temporal Investigations broke off from Starfleet for their own purposes in specifically handling temporal and dimensional things there.

[@niklasulrich4725]

think of them as section31, then it makes much more sense

[@sjTHEfirst]

Perhaps he is a doctor, or rather The Doctor. 😂

[@BakerStudiosIndy]

I think is would have been great to bring in Matt Winston as Kovich.

[@brianterrill9587]

Ye gods your California accent is getting better Rofl!!!!

[@diosnelfrica590]

Is Daniels a member of the same organization Wesley is at.

[@stevengalloway8052]

Your lipsyncing when Kovich is speaking is hilarious! 😆

[@dbcooper1492]

Star Trek Temporal Wars, focusing on his view would be life changing.

[@vic5015]

Where is the Ogawa video guys?

[@markcuthbert5881]

According to Google Dr Leonard McCoy of the original Enterprise was born in the year 2227 and he died in the year 2376 which lake makes him like 169 years old say somebody living in to the 170s in Star Trek totally believable

[@silversonic1]

So... Daniels is a Time Lord now, huh?

[@vic5015]

So ne has 2 hearts and regenerates?

[@silversonic1]

@@vic5015 Maybe. He sure seems to undie a lot. (I know the real reason is based on the technology used to send him back, but I like to try to be funny.)

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

In a potential story pitched by Mike Sussman, Daniels would have come aboard Enterprise and brought Chef, played by William Shatner, into the future, making sure history took the correct course by having him pose as Shatner's original character during a signigicant event.

[@Bondoz007]

Casting Cronenberg was such a delight and the reveal was great. Thanks for this terrific summary of the other facts!

[@MeNoOther]

15:24 So, Daniels/Kovich had a Starfleet Tardis of sorts? Early Galifreyans are humans escaping the Cyberwars in the 52nd century, through a portal that lead to ancient Galifrey. The portal did change it's time period later, but initially lead to ancient Galifrey. Perhaps a ship and technology went through with the humans, and is the basis for Tardis technology.

[@kennethyazelle7544]

Plot hole. Why didn't the Federation REMEMBER that in the TNG timeline, a scientist already pointed out that Warp destroys subspace with it's energy waves. These energy waves, manipulated by a being in the Discovery Future, caused the Burn. Why doesn't Temperal agents seem to know or even recognize the problem? Only trekkies and fans remember plot threads that writers forget about.

[@Austin_In_Ukraine]

No one going to point out that he may have had a link to Picard seeing as there is a bottle of Chateau Picard on the shelf.

[@mathewdefreitas4510]

WOAH! TREKCULTURE NAME DROPPING AND SHOWING FOOTAGE OF MY HOMETOWN?! What up, Peoria?! Home of Richard Pryor, Dan Fogelberg, and, I guess, Daniels. Rep the 309 (Peoria area code for those that don't know). Carry on.

[@AbhaySingh-jl6sk]

Temporal mechanics 101 ❤

[@getjaynesmith4770]

Wait! I'm in 21st Century Detroit. Thank you Daniels!

[@Itsgonnabeok1325]

Thank you for saying Detroit correctly…

[@samwalker8893]

At least with Academy set in three same era we might see, and get more explanation and definition about daniels character and purpose

[@brianterrill9587]

I think he knew Carl closer than let on.

[@BritishRedCoat2025]

If the whole of Discovery had been as on-point as the last season, I wonder how well regarded it would have been.

[@niklasulrich4725]

? the last season was really bad sadly :(

[@mrgreatbigmoose]

In our universe there are obviously a few Rogue Time Agents...Time Travellers that are bad. I think it follows that there were Rogue Mirror Time Agents...who would be good! It would make sense for both universes for us to recruit them.

[@dominicfung2470]

Could Daniels be from a Terran universe? That'd be trippy 😅

[@markcohen7991]

Sean, YOU ARE TOTALLY AWESOME. THANK YOU. LLAP 🖖

[@charlesjohnson7458]

You know Starfleet has access to the internet right?

[@AntoekneeDE]

Daniel’s is R2-D2 telling us the entire Star Trek, otherwise it’s stupidly cheesy having DS9 and TNG artifacts in his office. He has them because they’re important to the overall story he’s telling. Maybe. I dunno…

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

Reading the contest I'm surprised at how many people liked the reveal. I'm glad you all enjoyed it even if I didn't. It felt tacked on and out of nowhere, and from what Michelle Paradise herself said, it wasn't something thought of until at the earliest sometime during season 4, if not 5. I dunno, just felt like it came out of nowhere. Plus, the original Daniels actor is very much still alive and would look age appropriate for the part. I would much rather have had a quick cameo where after Burnham leaves the infinity room we see kovich talk to or even report to the original Daniels actor. But that's just me. If there had been more clues setting it up then I would've liked it more. But hey, it looks like lots of people did like it so I may very well be in the minority.

[@joshmiller7870]

Imagine being in that white room, oh the headaches!

[@michaeltortorice9876]

"From there too..." Daniels was from Illinois, like Lincoln? Abraham Lincoln was from Kentucky.

[@vic5015]

He's more associated more with Illinois.

[@michaeltortorice9876]

@@vic5015 association wasn't what was said. He said "from".

[@vic5015]

​​​​​@@michaeltortorice9876no. He said "Land of Lincoln". Which is actually what it says on Illinois license plates. Many state license plates will have a state motto or something. New Hampshire's say "Live Free or Die." Washington DC's say "Taxation Without Representation." Well, Illinois plates say "Land of Lincoln".

[@GeneralBulldog54]

Born in Kentucky, raised in Indiana but Lincoln’s literal home is in Illinois (I pass by it every day across from Lincoln Library).

[@VoiceofGeekdom]

Please don't put spoilers in the title/thumbnails...

[@CLASSIC-d2l]

13:07 you mean the dti

[@tomasr.]

Where was Daniels when Janeway traveled back in time and destroyed the Borg Transwarp Hub?

[@deltafoxtrot15]

Damn…I just spoiled it for myself lol.

[@paulmattingley2140]

I'm hoping for Kovic in Starfleet Academy

[@VuotoPneumaNN]

Dunno. Cronenberg is 81. And still directing his own movies. Don’t see him committing to another series.

[@Stanley112803]

Daniels is a Klingon-Tribble hybrid

[@MeNoOther]

Sisko ARRIVES this Friday, and then The Bell Riots NEXT WEEK!

[@protox07]

the startrek online story is different

[@Nethershaw]

Cosmic koala "encounters."

[@albertjackson832]

Kovich was awesome so was your run down Sean!

[@actung74]

I think this needs to be dealt with further, on screen somehow, otherwise , for me at least, it feels like a throwaway and wasted remark. Maybe Section 31 movie or Starfleet Academy might do something with it.

[@kylehazachode]

Wait. Daniels, one of the most memorable ENT characters, was only in eight episodes? hmmm

[@reddblackjack]

171 would not be out of the question for Kovich/Daniels. Beta canon has McCoy living up until the Dominion war. He was 137 in Farpoint. Daniels is from the future and it's not like Chronenburg looks young. I'm sure with really good AI driven medicine from the future could have humans living up to 200 years in a thousand years easily. It was a strange thing to add to the Discovery finale though. The original guy that played Daniels probably doesn't look old enough but they should have had him as a cameo. He's probably not even acting and doing a real job like Keagan DeLancie. Hey there's a list for y'all Trek actors who got real jobs. A documentary called the Green Girl was about Susan Oliver who got a few jobs after Trek. There's got to be a bunch. Even Wheaton did things like a KZbin channel about tabletop games. KZbin video production is a real job, right?

[@TheFiddleFaddle]

I have to give Discovery credit that Daniels/Kovich's age basically checks out.

[@grahamturner1290]

🖖

[@connorgonzalez4023]

When it comes to Trek lore, drawing from the novels is like using Wikipedia to write an academic paper. They're not canon, little more than fan fiction, so they aren't reliable sources of information. For all the careful work they put into their articles, I would have thought the TrekCulture writers would be more aware of that. They seem to use quite a lot of extracanonical stuff to fill in the gaps.

[@ventrue24601]

10 Things We Now Know About Agent Daniels (aka Kovich)...in the current time line

[@jaxsin7520]

Sean you're a cheeky bastard

[@Er_Guille]

You almost made me want to retake watching Discovery. Almost.

[@spencersholden]

There is a Daniels on the Enterprise E.

[@daenerystargaryen6302]

Who even watched Enterprise/Disco or cared about this twist?

[@susanscott8653]

I did.

[@mm-yt8sf]

oh fun thing about the poem it actually has a line that says "this is the school in which we learn" (time is the fire in which we burn) -delmore schwartz i always imagine the nazi from raiders of the lost ark melting when the ark is opened when i hear that line. eww 🙂

[@marvenlunn6086]

Kovich is Flint

[@williamsimkulet7832]

I keep hoping Lower Decks will do a Daniels-like character in the background doing shit only to get an episode tying it all together. Discovery? Hey, you/re Daniels now. It doesn't make sense. It's literally incompatible with anti-time travel laws. But *&^(^ it.

[@tobyli858]

Director of the Interstellar Federation Time Administration?

[@vic5015]

FTVA: Federation Temporal Variance Authority.

[@MrXon]

A movie or mini series with the crew of Enterprise should be made, finish the story and ignore that crappy holosuite finale.

[@Boodlums]

Gah, ya mispronounced Hoshi's surname! (Otherwise, good job, lol)

[@timjerrom7173]

Agent Daniels/Dr Kovich/Dr Who.

[@StevenHouse1980]

Full name Dr. Daniel Kovich

[@matthewjay660]

Am I losing my (Vulcan) mind? I thought that Daniels died.

[@FirstDan2000]

Think of the Voyager episode Relativity. No-one really dies. Or the A Team. Ha.

[@bethgoldman2560]

So…he’s a time lord? Maybe….in a different reality!

[@BarnyardEngineering]

It was a last-second retcon. Kovich could have been anyone or an entirely new character the entire time.

[@The_Lost_Subrosian]

Daniels is probably Wesley Crusher

[@dylanhoare8203]

In say his son 😂

[@kevinstull8552]

"Shut Up, Wesley!"

[@TK-11538]

32nd century and he’s wearing glasses???

[@canis2020]

Never have my eyes rolled harder than the shorhorn that was Kovich / Daniel's.

[@OrphanGrei]

Just imagine the scene:- Admiral Archer, looking out at the NX-01-A. He hears a voice, the camera pans round to Kovich

[@samesource]

Great segment, but it reminds me that so much of Discovery involves missed opportunities and bad implementation. Retconning Kovich into Daniels felt like a last minute idea in the writers' room. If they were on their game, the showrunners would have cast Matt Winston to play Kovich in the first place. David Cronenberg rocks, but I'd rather have him direct a dark episode.

[@JosephDickson]

The relatively last minute retcon kinda spoils the mystery of Kovich. Still, it wasn't a bad twist.

[@lynand2967]

Yes.... Yes it was.... doesn't look or act like Daniels...... what a dumb idea.

[@TunnelHack]

Unrelated blather. Kovich and Daniels don't match, except in scripting.

[@zooropa04]

I still wish Kovich had turned out to be just David Cronenburg. No explanation, just him randomly showing up in that century.

[@GrognardPiper]

I hate Peoria lol

[@DocFunkenstein]

You left out the biggest thing: That he can apparently break the Fourth Wall, as the only reason to change his name was to fool the audience. Ditto for his little trophies, the vast majority of which only meant anything to the audience and would have next to no meaning to a temporal agent. Discovery was such a trash show with trash writers.