10 Times Star Trek Gave Fans EXACTLY What They Wanted
9. Discovery Jets Into The Future
Star Trek Discovery was beset with issues from the beginning. The purpose behind the show was to breathe new life into the franchise, capitalising on the highly popular Kelvin universe films while still existing within the Prime universe. The first season was a solid 'fine'.
Fans started to complain before it even hit the air. First, there was the aesthetic. This was a show that was set ten years before Kirk takes command of the Enterprise and, while it would be foolish to attempt to style the sets in a pre-'60s state, fans of canon cried foul. Added to that, the interesting re-design of the Klingons and the continued in-fighting among the crews - this was not your parents' Star Trek.
However, many of these concerns were heard. The show's second season was a far superior effort from all concerned. The introduction of Captain Pike brought a sense of exploration back to the show that the franchise was missing. There was a positivity in the air again, done without sacrificing the breakneck pace that Discovery enjoyed.
The final and largest concern was the show's supposed flouting of established canon. So, wiping the slate clean altogether, the show's second season finishes with the ship and crew being sent 930 years into the future. This places it far beyond anything seen before, farther even than Captain Braxton and the mobile emitter. While it remains to be seen what the show is going to do with this story, it has revitalized interest in the potential stories to be told and returned the series to venturing into the great unknown.