10 Modern Star Trek Plots That Are The Same
2. Time Travel From An Alternate Future
Let's travel back in time so that we can fix the future that's broken!
Star Trek: Picard's second season spends the bulk of its running time in the past - or our present, to be more exact. With Q having interfered to teach Jean-Luc a lesson, the future is now controlled by the evil Confederation, Picard is a brutal warlord, and Seven is the President of Earth. Seems a bit suss, really.
The heroes travel back in time via the trusty slingshot around the sun technique, before working on setting things to right. Thankfully Q sends them home again.
In the Strange New Worlds episode Tomorrow And Tomorrow And Tomorrow, which has already appeared on this list, La'an and Kirk are flung back to the 21st century. In this case, it is Kirk who has traveled from the darker future, one where Starfleet and the Vulcans are not allies, and both are facing crushing losses to the Romulans. Thankfully, their actions in the past ensure the restoration of a brighter, more hopeful future.
Both stories have their ups and downs, but the time travel gimmick - it tends to get a little old, quite quickly!