Zachary Quinto Returns As Spock After 9 Years, But It's Not For Star Trek

Nine years later, Brilliant Minds star Zachary Quinto put Spock's pointy ears back on, but he's not working on a new Star Trek film right now. The actor recently returned to NBC for 

Quinto's Brilliant Minds co-stars include Tamberla Perry, Ashleigh LaThrop, Alex MacNicoll, Aury Krebs, Spence Moore II, Teddy Sears, Brian Altemus, John Clarence Stewart and Al Calderon.

Brilliant Minds just aired a Halloween episode on October 27, and Quinto's character, Dr. Wolf, dressed up as Star Trek's Spock for the spooky holiday. Ahead of the episode, Quinto and co-star Perry (dressed as Uhura) shared a collaboration post with 

Showrunner Michael Grassi told TV Insider that Quinto loved the idea of incorporating his iconic character from the three most recent theatrical 

Star Trek films into the Halloween episode of Brilliant Minds. The producer also revealed that in one of the scenes, the elevator makes a sound that Star Trek fans are very familiar with.

This episode may have had fun moments, like the Star Trek Halloween costumes, but the storyline involved some serious drama, as Dr. Wolf couldn't shake off the pain of losing a patient; the other doctors faced horrible moments from their pasts as well. The medical team also dealt with a patient who passed out in an ice bath.

Over the years, Quinto has starred in shows like 24, Heroes, American Horror Story: Asylum, NOS4A2, and American Horror Story: NYC, but it was his three-film stint as Spock in J.J. Abrams' Kelvin Timeline trilogy that turned him into a movie star.

Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, and Star Trek Beyond brought the iconic characters of Kirk, Spock, Uhura, Bones, Scotty, Sulu, and Chekov back to life with a new cast that included Chris Pine, Quinto, Zoe Saldaña, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, John Cho, and Anton Yelchin.

Spock was first played by Leonard Nimoy in the original Star Trek series that aired from 1966-1969. After Quinto's version on the big screen, Ethan Peck stepped into Spock's shoes and played the half-Vulcan on 

Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

After playing Spock, Quinto eventually returned to the small screen in a starring role in Brilliant Minds, which has an 88% on Rotten Tomatoes.

When Strange New Worlds ends following its fifth season, it's unclear what the future holds for the character of Spock. Some of the producers and cast are hopeful for a spinoff that takes place during 

Star Trek: The Original Series, but nothing has been announced yet.

When it comes to the big screen, though, a fourth film in Star Trek's Kelvin Timeline has been talked about for years. A screenplay is reportedly being written as Paramount maps out the future of the franchise.

Brilliant Minds airs Mondays at 10 p.m. ET on NBC.

RHOA Star Porsha Williams’ Ex Simon Guobadia Released by ICE

We’ve got good news and bad news about Simon Guobadia

. The good news is that the estranged husband of Real Housewives of Atlanta star Porsha Williams is no longer being held in an ICE detention center. The bad news? He got deported back to his home country of Nigeria, but this isn’t the first time this has happened to him. All of a sudden, Porsha’s divorce just got even more complicated.

Simon Guobadia spent months in ICE custody

We’ve been following Simon’s complicated immigration status for the last year, when reports surfaced showing that he overstayed his visa nearly thirty years ago. The United States deported him for the first time in 1992. However, Simon managed to obtain a green card that same year. Allegedly, he obtained that green card under fraudulent circumstances, so his attempts to become a permanent citizen were repeatedly denied.

In February 2025, while still very much wrapped up in his divorce from Porsha, ICE apprehended Simon and took him to a facility outside of Atlanta. He’s been stuck there ever since. It’s all a part of the President’s mass deportation plan.

According to a new report from Us Weekly, the Department of Homeland Security released Simon from the ICE detention center in early June. They immediately placed him on a flight to his home country of Nigeria.

The outlet spoke with one of Simon’s close friends, who confirmed that Simon is safe and sound. He’s in good spirits. He’s also not mad that POTUS’ deportation efforts got him kicked out of the United States. Apparently, he wants to have a meeting with the president. He must have taken a note from the Savannah Chrisley playbook.

Of course, this latest development in Simon’s immigration case adds another layer of mess for his ongoing divorce from Porsha. A judge scheduled a hearing for June 11 to address their ongoing fight over their prenuptial agreement. The ICE agents were going to take him there. Now that he’s back in Nigeria, perhaps he’ll have to attend via Zoom.

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