It’s been more than a decade since Star Trek explored the frontier of television. Given the current political climate, the new Trek series Discovery signals promise, but a 51-year-old sci-fi franchise with an encyclopedic canon memorized by its loyal fan base means that any new series comes with a ludicrous number of expectations. It’s 2256, roughly 10 years before the time of The Original Series. The premiere ends with a cliffhanger, which is frustrating but possibly only because we’re not used to Trek being a serialized program — another first for Discovery. Cramming too much into the premiere of a highly pressured show like Discovery is a forgivable offense, though.

Source: National Post September 25, 2017 01:31 UTC