10 Reasons To Stop Hating Star Trek: Discovery

Whilst not all fans have appreciated the jump by nearly a millennium to the 32nd century, the fact that Star Trek: Discovery has managed to pull double duty as a prequel to The Original Series and then a sequel to everything else is pretty impressive. We often talk about the growth between the first seasons and three for other Star Trek series, but none have leaped as far forward as 930 years. Discovery should be applauded for doing the 'bold' in the mission statement with such panache.

It's far more than just 'A for effort,' though. Season two was particularly excellent, but the move to the 32nd century has, to our minds, been a fruitful one and fascinating to watch. With the near millennial pause to start, the crew of the Discovery were out of step, having to learn to play around with programmable matter, beam and scan with tricom badges, get to know a new Ni'Var, readjust to centuries of history that was once their future, and process the trauma from their trip.

We won't be bereft of the 32nd century either after Discovery's final season. We will continue to see the era in what appears to be a direct spin-off — the long-awaited, and much (much!) talked and written about Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, with Tawny Newsome, of Mariner fame, in the writers' room, no less.