Star Trek: Discovery premiered in 2017 and launched a new wave of shows for the vaunted franchise. It didn’t look like anything that had come before it, and yet it was still undeniably of a kind with Gene Roddenberry’s celebrated space opera. Set ten years before the events of Star Trek: The Original Series, it follows the crew of an experimental Starfleet vessel that can teleport anywhere in the galaxy via a unique “Spore Drive.” It helped spark a resurgence in the franchise, and looks to end its run with a 10-episode fifth season beginning in April, 2024. From the beginning, the show earned copious praise for its strong characters and quality plots, but it also endured a lot of pushback from reactionary corners of fandom who objected to its style of storytelling and diverse cast.With the final season on its way, it raises the question of whether Discovery completed its mission. Fans will need to wait for the finale to fully answer it, but if the previous four seasons are any indication, it will close with a resounding “yes.” Each of its previous four seasons pitted the crew of the Discovery against some overarching threat to be defeated or mystery to be unraveled. Every time, they triumphed against the odds in classic Star Trek fashion by pooling their diverse talents and using out-of-the-box thinking to find miraculous solutions to seemingly impossible problems. Even more impressive, the series ignited a Star Trek renaissance that led to multiple thriving series, as well as helping a premiere streaming service find its footing.The average season lasted around 26 episodes, and still adhered to tropes that had existed for decades by the time Star Trek: Enterprise went off the air. 12 years later, Discovery opened its first season with an entirely different narrative structure: one better suited to an era of binge-watching and large meta-plots. Instead of 26 episodes, the first season only had 15, effectively cutting out stand-alone episodes and focusing on a single ongoing storyline. That format continued through the next three seasons, each one with a new “mission” for the crew that encompassed every episode. The producers have stated that Season 5 will entail more stand-alone episodes to conclude the series, but the format is one of the things that sets Discovery apart from its predecessors.
Star Trek: Discovery premiered in 2017 and launched a new wave of shows for the vaunted franchise. It didn’t look like anything that had come before it, and yet it was still undeniably of a kind with Gene Roddenberry’s celebrated space opera. Set ten years before the events of Star Trek: The Original Series, it follows the crew of an experimental Starfleet vessel that can teleport anywhere in the galaxy via a unique “Spore Drive.” It helped spark a resurgence in the franchise, and looks to end its run with a 10-episode fifth season beginning in April, 2024. From the beginning, the show earned copious praise for its strong characters and quality plots, but it also endured a lot of pushback from reactionary corners of fandom who objected to its style of storytelling and diverse cast.
With the final season on its way, it raises the question of whether Discovery completed its mission. Fans will need to wait for the finale to fully answer it, but if the previous four seasons are any indication, it will close with a resounding “yes.” Each of its previous four seasons pitted the crew of the Discovery against some overarching threat to be defeated or mystery to be unraveled. Every time, they triumphed against the odds in classic Star Trek fashion by pooling their diverse talents and using out-of-the-box thinking to find miraculous solutions to seemingly impossible problems. Even more impressive, the series ignited a Star Trek renaissance that led to multiple thriving series, as well as helping a premiere streaming service find its footing.
The average season lasted around 26 episodes, and still adhered to tropes that had existed for decades by the time Star Trek: Enterprise went off the air. 12 years later, Discovery opened its first season with an entirely different narrative structure: one better suited to an era of binge-watching and large meta-plots. Instead of 26 episodes, the first season only had 15, effectively cutting out stand-alone episodes and focusing on a single ongoing storyline. That format continued through the next three seasons, each one with a new “mission” for the crew that encompassed every episode. The producers have stated that Season 5 will entail more stand-alone episodes to conclude the series, but the format is one of the things that sets Discovery apart from its predecessors.
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