# Gloria Reuben's Early Acting Roots on Alfred Hitchcock Presents Before Boston Blue, Gloria Reuben shared the screen with Star Trek's Dwight Schultz. - **Source:** [TVLine](https://tvline.com) - **Published:** 2026-11-07 - **Topic:** [entertainment](https://brifing.si/c/entertainment) - **Original article:** - **On Brifing:** https://brifing.si/s/c5430ebb-e1d0-457e-b4fb-fb941f7d7920 ## Early Career Collaboration Long before her prominent role in Boston Blue, actress Gloria Reuben appeared in the 1980s reboot of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. In the Season 2 episode titled World's Oldest Motive, she portrayed a bank teller named Pam. She shared the screen with Dwight Schultz, who played a husband plotting a murder. ## Schultz's Iconic Genre Role Dwight Schultz, who played the husband David Powell in the Hitchcock episode, later gained massive fame as Reginald Barclay in Star Trek: The Next Generation. His debut in the science fiction franchise occurred in 1990, just three years after his appearance on the anthology horror series alongside a young Gloria Reuben. ## Reuben's Path to Stardom Gloria Reuben's career trajectory shifted significantly after her early television work. Eight years following the 1987 airing of her Hitchcock episode, she secured the groundbreaking role of Jeanie Boulet on the medical drama ER. Her portrayal of an HIV-positive physician assistant remains a historic milestone in her extensive acting career. ## Divergent Professional Paths Since their brief collaboration in the late eighties, Reuben and Schultz have pursued distinct acting paths. Schultz transitioned into a prolific career primarily focused on voice-over work for various projects. Meanwhile, Reuben continued to build her resume with notable appearances in acclaimed television dramas such as Mr. Robot and Boston Blue. ## Embodying Mae Silver In the ongoing series Boston Blue, Gloria Reuben portrays District Attorney Mae Silver. Reuben has expressed a strong personal connection to the character, noting that the role aligns with her core values of faith, family, and service. She finds the authority inherent in the district attorney position particularly satisfying to perform. ## Character Authority and Humor Reuben humorously remarked that playing a district attorney suits her personality well. Unlike her early, unsuspecting character in Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Mae Silver wields significant power within the crime-fighting narrative. This shift from a passive role to a position of active authority marks a major evolution in her professional acting range. ## Current Season Narrative Mae Silver currently serves as a central figure in the second season of Boston Blue. The plot focuses heavily on her intense reelection campaign against her political rival, Thad Longfellow. This ongoing conflict drives much of the narrative tension for the character as she navigates the complexities of her legal career. ## Broadcast and Availability The second season of Boston Blue premiered on Friday, October 9. New episodes are broadcast weekly on CBS every Friday at 10 PM ET. Following the initial television airing, episodes become available for streaming on Paramount+ the next day. The total number of episodes for this current season remains officially unconfirmed. ## Sources covering this story - https://www.tvline.com/2303843/boston-blue-gloria-reuben-star-trek-tng-actor-alfred-hitchcock-presents/ — --- _Summary written by Brifing from the original reporting. Copyright in the original article belongs to its publisher; read the full piece at the link above._