Star Trek Discovery - Is Captain Lorca a pure villain?
Villains with certain redeeming qualities always make the most interesting characters. In the Star Trek universe this assertion probably applies to Captain Gabriel Lorca from Star Trek Discovery, who was brought to life brilliantly by Jason Isaacs. It is already doubtful is Captain Lorca is a pure villain, considering he is from the mirror universe, were very different moral standards apply. By Terran standards he might just be a man with ambitions gunning for a promotion. In season two and three it became obvious that the prime universe had a positive influence on Emperor Georgiou. Is it possible that this had also happened to Captain Lorca? Is he truly the absolute villain or is he in the end just someone who couldn't escape the culture he was brought up in? Here are seven reasons, that might indicate that Captain Lorca has some redeeming qualities: 1. He wants to save the miners on Corvan 2 Of course you can argue that the only reason he wants to save them is to ens...