Doctor Who has even more episodes over 50+ years of television, and they seem to have managed continuity quite well.

All of that might be true but i’ll mention something - the biggest hit in Trek was when they did exactly what I outlined above : Jumped ahead and tried new things. As far as ratings go, TNG was heads and shoulders above what came after it (Although personally I liked DS9 better - but even there new stuff was very…

It actually should have been a complete reboot that had nothing to do with the other shows. Some people hate that too, but this shows look, plot and characters are just so different from the others that it really makes no sense this show takes place in the same universe. Other than wanting to use the brand name of…

The founding species of the Federation were Humans, Vulcans, Tellarites, and Andorians.

have no reason to doubt

I gotta admit, it’s an interesting experiment. Creating a show where the lead is utterly unlikable, and more than a little stupid. I’m not saying that was a good decision, of course. Just an interesting one.

Erm, actually, no, it doesn’t. There’s not much difference between Trek’s Cold War and the one we had in the 20th century -deregatory remarks, dehumanisation of the other side, mistrust to the point of paranoia, etc.- and we sure as heck didn’t get into an all-out war with the USSR back in the fifties to prompt it.

But still...he’s back in the MU with a ship, a loyal and gullible crew, and his own personal arsenal of murder-marbles and whatever else he kept in his quarters. At that point he really can choose what his next move is.

The rest of the crew think that mirror-Georgiou was left back in the mirror universe

I think Enterprise peeked further with the war between the federation and the sphere builders in the future. It also shows that the biggest dangers in the future are alternate universe type enemies and time travel type policing and war.

I’ve given up on any rules for transporters.

I thought it was kind of weird they’d be referencing Archer so much on this show, but then I thought “Well, he is basically the Federation’s George Washington” so it makes sense.

Well yeah, but even back then it was played as rapey. Have we ever had a more casual use of a non-consensual mindmeld. (maybe Enterprise? Although I think it almost always made a really big deal of melding)

Oh, and I’ve got another one: what exactly was Lorca’s plan?

Which is fine, but then why did we get any dialogue about how far it was? This show technobabbles when it doesn’t need to - when the technobabble just confuses things. And then it doesn’t technobabble when it really should. The spore growth is another example. “Oh no, we’re out of spores!” “No, we’re good.” That’s not…

This show kindof needs someone keeping track of the little things, though.

But Star Trek is a show you’re supposed to think about. Not every detail to distraction, but at its core its supposed to be a show that says - or at last tries to say - something a little weight with every episode.

The reason I walked away from it was that it seemed to have nothing insightful or interesting to say…

Finally, something I can sort of agree with:

I like that the Discovery’s bridge crew is sortof a stand-in for the audience.

What’s the last show or movie that wasn’t a prequel or complete reboot? Is Voyager the furthest into the future this show got? It is weird there seems to be an avoision to pushing forward in years.