Summary
- Elias Toufexis regrets missing out on the final Star Trek: Discovery episode directed by Jonathan Frakes.
- L'ak tragically dies in Star Trek: Discovery episode 507 but remains in the storyline through his corpse's preservation.
- Toufexis passed on the opportunity to return for episode 509, and he missed out on Frakes' last episode as director.
Star Trek: Discovery season 5 actor Elias Toufexis has serious FOMO about missing out on the final episode directed by Jonathan Frakes. Toufexis played Lak, the renegade Breen in love with Moll (Eve Harlow). Hunted by both the Breen and the USS Discovery as they sought the ancient treasure of the Progenitors, L'ak tragically died in Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 7, "Erigah" - just 2 episodes before Jonathan Frakes came aboard to direct Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 9, "Lagrange Point".
Although L'ak was dead, Moll kept his corpse in a place of honor aboard the Breen dreadnought, and she transported L'ak's body into a portable pattern buffer to preserve him in the hopes that the Progenitors' power of creation can resurrect L'ak. This meant that while L'ak still appeared in Star Trek: Discovery, Elias Toufexis was no longer wearing the Breen's prosthetics - a fact Elias came to regret when Jonathan Frakes directed Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 9. Read Toufexis' X post below where he reveals his FOMO:
Star Trek: Discovery 's cast and crew didn't know season 5 would be the final season during production, which they found out after filming wrapped.
What Will Happen To L'ak In Star Trek: Discovery's Finale?
Moll has one chance to bring L'ak back to life.
L'ak's final fate will be decided in Star Trek: Discovery season 5's finale, which is also the final episode of the Paramount+ series. Moll's sole motivation is to find the Progenitors' technology and use it to bring L'ak back to life. Meanwhile, Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) is hot on Moll's tail as she fears Moll with give the power of creation to the Breen after she uses it to resurrect L'ak. Both Moll and Burnham vanished through a portal leading to the Progenitors' treasure at the end of Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 9, "Lagrange Point".
Captain Burnham led an undercover team to steal the portal to the Progenitors' treasure from the Breen in Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 9.
Regardless of what happens to L'ak, Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 7, "Erigah" was Elias Toufexis' final episode of the series, barring a surprise appearance in Discovery's series finale. However, Toufexis admittedly made the call that saw him missing Jonathan Frakes helming Discovery 509, and Elias understandably feels that he missed out on being directed by the Star Trek legend, even if all he had to do was play L'ak's corpse. Judging from the behind-the-scenes photos of Jonathan Frakes' final episode of Star Trek: Discovery, the cast had a great time filming Burnham's action-packed heist of the Breen dreadnought.
