10 Dumbest Things In Star Trek: Discovery
1. Fixing the Burn
One hundred and twenty years. Count them.
Over a century of warpless space flight in a moment that took the lives of millions and left Starfleet unable to complete its mission and hold its very fabric together. There seemed to be no hope or chance of a slight revival as the Federation dwindled to a handful of worlds, with many members falling prey to adversarial forces or cutting themselves off for protection.
For over 100 years, the greatest minds in the galaxy had tried to solve the issues and move forward, but they had come up empty-handed. Warp technology was dead and buried, and the 32nd Century would be a very different era in which to live.
But then 23rd Century Michael Burnham turns up and solves it in less than a year (two if you count the one where she was without Discovery).
Yes, the galactic saviour drops through time, and everything is back on track before the season three finale credits roll onto the screen. And yes, the spore drive did play a part in cutting out those impossible distances, but to clean up such a universal oil spill that quickly seems outlandish at best and hurried writing at worst.