Star Trek: Discovery was the first series of the storied saga’s third wave, and it broke from tradition in many ways. Like Deep Space Nine and the third season of Enterprise, the show was heavily serialized. People in Starfleet didn’t always make the correct or moral decisions. There were finally openly LGBTQIA crew members. However, Discovery’s biggest departure from Star Trek tradition is that it wasn’t a series about a ship and its captain.Star Trek fans are always critical of the newest entries in their saga. Fans were resistant to The Next Generation because it was so different from The Original Series. Deep Space Nine, which featured the first Black captain, was called “too dark,” and fans said it betrayed series creator Gene Roddenberry’s utopian future vision. Star Trek: Voyager, which featured the first woman captain, was criticized for being both too different and similar to past entries. It was a weekly episodic “ship show,” but its setting in the Delta Quadrant meant no familiar Star Trek aliens or characters. All the shows, however, centered on a vessel in space with its captain as the lead actor. Yet, Michael Burnham is clearly the protagonist of Star Trek: Discovery, but she didn’t become the official captain of the ship until the Season 3 finale. It’s the only live-action series where the captain is not number one on the call sheet.When Star Trek: The Original Series debuted, William Shatner was the only “name” in the cast. However, Captain Kirk was quickly eclipsed by Spock as Star Trek’s main character in fans’ hearts. Still, Kirk was the lead in the series, just as Patrick Stewart’s Captain Picard was on The Next Generation. The last series in the second wave, Enterprise was much like The Original Series in that Captain Archer was played by the well-known Scott Bakula. At least in live-action, all the third-wave shows other than Discovery follow this pattern. Picard and Strange New Worlds are ensemble stories, but all the characters orbit around the captain. Discovery didn’t.RELATED: Star Trek: Discovery Deserves More Credit for Saving the Franchise
Star Trek: Discovery was the first series of the storied saga’s third wave, and it broke from tradition in many ways. Like Deep Space Nine and the third season of Enterprise, the show was heavily serialized. People in Starfleet didn’t always make the correct or moral decisions. There were finally openly LGBTQIA crew members. However, Discovery‘s biggest departure from Star Trek tradition is that it wasn’t a series about a ship and its captain.
Star Trek fans are always critical of the newest entries in their saga. Fans were resistant to The Next Generation because it was so different from The Original Series. Deep Space Nine, which featured the first Black captain, was called “too dark,” and fans said it betrayed series creator Gene Roddenberry’s utopian future vision. Star Trek: Voyager, which featured the first woman captain, was criticized for being both too different and similar to past entries. It was a weekly episodic “ship show,” but its setting in the Delta Quadrant meant no familiar Star Trek aliens or characters. All the shows, however, centered on a vessel in space with its captain as the lead actor. Yet, Michael Burnham is clearly the protagonist of Star Trek: Discovery, but she didn’t become the official captain of the ship until the Season 3 finale. It’s the only live-action series where the captain is not number one on the call sheet.
When Star Trek: The Original Series debuted, William Shatner was the only “name” in the cast. However, Captain Kirk was quickly eclipsed by Spock as Star Trek‘s main character in fans’ hearts. Still, Kirk was the lead in the series, just as Patrick Stewart’s Captain Picard was on The Next Generation. The last series in the second wave, Enterprise was much like The Original Series in that Captain Archer was played by the well-known Scott Bakula. At least in live-action, all the third-wave shows other than Discovery follow this pattern. Picard and Strange New Worlds are ensemble stories, but all the characters orbit around the captain. Discovery didn’t.
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