Further to Discovery's serialised format, another thing that's been lacking is a proper bridge dynamic. No doubt this has emanated from the fact that Lorca himself is a dubious fellow, and Burnham's position on the Discovery is... complicated, but it wouldn't hurt to get that element back in the future.
Perhaps not in Discovery, but in another Trek TV show? Absolutely. TOS had Kirk, Spock, Sulu and Uhura to name but a few, and TNG had Picard, Worf, Ryker and Data. Even Discovery has the characters to make that dynamic work, with Saru, Lorca and Burnham in particular all having a great dynamic to suit a procedural Star Trek show.
Again, it's not so much that Discovery needs a bridge like the old series, but to pay homage to that old formula, or to even play around with it for an episode or two, would be a great thing to see.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
