Yep. Discovery is at Starfleet Command every episode, so I expect plenty of Tilly.

Discovery is filmed in Toronto and always has been. Cronenberg lives in (and is from) Toronto. Toronto is 2,700 miles from Vancouver.

In the VF piece, he just keeps repeating variations on “this is my process - can’t anybody take a joke?”

Yep. Writing while watching a TV show while chewing gum is tricky.