10 Most Annoying Unanswered Questions In Star Trek
As Star Trek fans, we enjoy a good mystery. It's those mysteries that are dropped that sting.
There's something about a good mystery that keeps us interested. TrekCulture's earliest video pondered some of the biggest questions of Star Trek - some of which have since been answered, while some resolutions still elude us. Just where do the Borg come from? Are we ever going to address the warp speed limit? Meanwhile, we now know more about Wesley Crusher and the Traveller, while Q and Guinan faced off in Picard's second season. Though it may have left some of us cold, Ro Laren got her spotlight one last time.
The wonder and magic of discovery is why we perch on the edge of our seats, hungrily staring at the screen, willing each episode to last a little longer. When the credits roll and there isn't a resolution, we confess ourselves feeling a little...let down.
There are some big questions in Star Trek. What is the nature of life? What is reality? Does a failed colony become an immediate write-off for the Federation? Do ships ever explore new interstellar routes, or guard the entrance?
Sometimes there are questions so big that they cannot be answered, or at least not with any real satisfaction. But those are few and far between. They must be crafted with care and handled with grace.
This list does not feature those questions.
10. Transwarp Corridor To Nowhere
Star Trek: Picard's second season closed with the episode Farewell. We saw the supposed death of Q, the return of our friends to their normal time periods, and Agnes Juratti's ascension to the Borg Throne. Behind all of this was a new Borg ship, perched at the mouth of a brand-new transwarp corridor.
This corridor created a discharge that, were it not for the combined Borg and Starfleet shields, could have caused significant damage to the Alpha Quadrant. Our resolution of the threat was not a resolution of the mystery and the season ended without an answer. One would assume that the third and final season would pick up on this. One would be mistaken.
There is hardly a mention of the corridor again, save for Shaw's reference to 'that weird shit on the Stargazer.' Though there were originally plans to link this corridor with the Borg Queen, they never came together. As it stands, Picard presents two entirely separate Borg Collective stories (three, if one counts the ex-Bs on the Artefact) with various answers, though this corridor remains a mystery to be unravelled. It just won't be done in Star Trek: Picard.