10 Dumbest Things In Star Trek: Section 31 (2025)

10. Those Mission Log Entries

As we now know, Section 31 was planned as an ongoing series. The pandemic, combined with Michelle Yeoh's Oscar Win for Everything, Everywhere, All At Once put paid to that plan. The story was then condensed into a film - only, was it?

There are three distinct chapters - One Night At The Baram, The Godsend, and The Passageway, followed by a coda: Three Of Your Earth Weeks Later. These chapter headings are accompanied by obvious shifts in the story - in effect, we still receive episodes within this film.

When given several years to rework a series into a film, why didn't Section 31 do just that? Rather than feel like a cohesive movie, these chapter headings are clear reminders that the audience was once promised separate episodes to explore the story. By keeping these headings in place, they serve only to highlight the script's lack of motion picture credentials. 

A handy pause point they may be, but that doesn't save them from being a dumb addition to the film.