Star Trek: Discovery is coming to a surprise end with the upcoming season 5, and time is running out to address some of its long-lingering flaws. Discovery relaunched Star Trek on television in 2017 after a long hiatus, focusing on the disgraced Starfleet mutineer Michael Burnham and her journey from outcast to Captain of the USS Discovery. Despite some high-profile growing pains, Discovery's success paved the way for the rapid expansion of Paramount+'s Star Trek Universe.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY Since its earliest days, Star Trek: Discovery has been one of the most polarizing series in the history of the franchise. Some of that criticism has been deeply unfair, like the show's efforts to earnestly represent the LGBTQ+ community onscreen and the decision to center the show on a morally complex Black female lead in Captain Burnham.
Star Trek: Discovery has also been light on compelling villains, with the likes of Dr. Ruon Tarka and the evil artificial intelligence Control failing to make memorable marks on the franchise. Discovery season 5 has been pitched as something of an intergalactic treasure hunt, with no major primary antagonist yet mentioned. It would be a genuine shame if Discovery's best villain turned out to be its first, the Mirror Universe version of Captain Gabriel Lorca from season 1.
How Other Star Trek Shows Learned From Discovery's Mistakes As the first Star Trek television show since Star Trek: Enterprise was canceled after season 4 in 2005, Star Trek: Discovery had a steep learning curve, much steeper than any of the Paramount+ shows that followed it. Discovery's season 1 mistakes were important in that they showed the producers what not to do with the franchise, that it was necessary to maintain a basic philosophical outlook that many modern genre shows lack.
Despite its abrupt end, Star Trek: Discovery is a success story for Paramount. When it debuted in 2017, Star Trek was in cultural limbo with a sputtering Kelvin Timeline movie franchise and no television presence. With five active series and more likely on the way, Star Trek now stands as a foundational part of Paramount+. If Star Trek: Discovery can resolve some of its lingering issues, it would go even further toward securing its legacy as an important part of the overall franchise.
Flaw one. It exists
No lingering flaws in my opinion, it’s a great show and i’m glad they are filming additional footage to give us fans a great ending.