'Star Trek: Discovery' Renewed for Season 3 as part of Expansive, Multi-Series Plan

[TexasTowelie]

On Wednesday, streaming service CBS All Access announced Star Trek: Discovery has been renewed for a third season.

In a press release, CBS All Access also announced Season 3 will have a new co-showrunner, Michelle Paradise, partnering with CBS Studios Star Trek series architect Alex Kurtzman. Paradise previously worked on The CW’s The Originals and joined Star Trek: Discovery as a writer for Season 2.

“Michelle joined us midway through season two and energized the room with her ferocious knowledge of Trek,” Kurtzman said in the season renewal statement. “Her grasp of character and story detail, her drive and her focus have already become essential in ensuring the Trek legacy, and her fresh perspective always keeps us looking forward. I’m proud to say Michelle and I are officially running Star Trek: Discovery together.”

Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 Renewal Just The Beginning

According to Julie McNamara, Executive Vice President of Original Content for CBS All Access, Star Trek: Discovery’s second season exceeded expectations for subscriber growth. McNamara positioned the season renewal as part of the streaming service’s expansive plans for Star Trek, making it just one component in “bringing fans new Star Trek stories for many years to come.”

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/star-trek-discovery-season-3-renewed-picard-series-cbs-all-access-lower-decks-1346288

[BootinUp]

1. Kickety-kick. Nt

[DRoseDARs]

2. Presumably set in the Prime and not Kelvin timeline, thank God. nt

[TexasTowelie]

3. They've done a lot of work this season to reconcile

the differences between the original series with the first season on Discovery. The characters are becoming more likable and the bridge crew is more interwoven into the plot line. I think that some of the bias that is directed towards the show is because the YouTube videos are posted by white men that have issues with the primary character being a black female.

I think that the two other shows mentioned in the article with Patrick Stewart and Michelle Yeoh also have potential. It's a bold move by CBS to make such a commitment to the different shows coming down the pipeline.

As an added bonus we are supposed to get the Twilight Zone in April.

[DRoseDARs]

4. You misunderstand me. The Kelvin timeline is where JJ Abrams Beautiful People in Space Trek resides.

The "reboot" was fine enough on its own... iiif you somehow manged to not see so much as a single clip of any of the actual series or films.

I accept Discovery (as well as Enterprise and Voyager since they got a lot of undeserved hate) as being part of proper cannon if a bit shoehorned in. Although TOS wasn't my jam (my formative years belonged to TNG) I appreciated that the USS Enterprise unveiled in DSC wasn't too far off the mark from its form in TOS. TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY, ENT, DSC, and all of the non-Abrams films are part of the Prime Timeline (as is the Mirror Universe) as God ordained. JJ Abrams' LENSFLARE Trek will hopefully slink off into obscurity; 4th movie is already dead since no one has agreed to pick up the option and the stars have all already fulfilled their 3-film contracts and have not signed new contracts. The USS Kelvin was the ship that was destroyed at the beginning of the first reboot film, beginning the Kelvin Timeline.

[TexasTowelie]

5. I understood what you meant about the prime and the Kelvin timelines.

The point that I was making is that a lot of criticism about the first season of Discovery was that it did not conform with canon from the other TV series. For example, the spore drive was never mentioned previously, the captain played by Jason Isaacs was atypical because of his dark nature, and they used so much makeup on the Klingons that they became expressionless. It really wasn't Star Trek because the audience had difficulty identifying with the characters because they had so many personal flaws and few redeeming qualities. It seemed like all of the characters in the first season except Ensign Tilley had a chip on their shoulder.

It looks like the spore drive will be featured less frequently due to harmful effects, the Klingons haven't appeared nearly as much, and the inclusion of the more likable Captain Pike have offset many of the issues found in the first season so that it is more consistent with canon. And while this new season has an epic storyline about Spock and the Red Angel similar to DS9, it also is more episodic like TOS and TNG were.

[Iggo]

6. So 2 is better than 1, then?

I'm powering my way through Season 1, and about halfway through I realized the asshole captain was the only one I liked.

I didn't realize until I'd watched a few episodes that it was set in time before the original series. (Said Iggo, "Wait a minute...Sarek? Isn't that Spock's dad?" googlegooglegoogle...)

Also, I was very disappointed about the oo-rah feel of the whole thing. Very disappointed.

But I'll power through, and I'm looking forward to Season 2.

[TexasTowelie]

7. If you've only watched half of season 1, then I don't want to spoil it for you.

However, in the second half of the season there are two unexpected plot twists regarding major characters on the ship and the unexpected death of another minor character. I can also see why you would feel they way that you do regarding Captain Lorca though that point of the season. None of the characters were particularly endearing.

The second half of season 1 starts to bring in some elements familiar to the TOS and some of the characters begin to be more likable (Burnum, Tilly and Saru). Season 2 is a significant improvement with the officers acting less confrontational and more like colleagues that trust each other. One of the minor bridge officers had a more prominent role on an away mission, while it looks like a plot line is going to develop with Lt. Cmdr. Airiem (the spore drive ops officer who is an augmented human).

The series itself is set after Enterprise (everyone in blue uniforms) and about 10 years before TOS. More elements such as Talos IV of TOS and Section 31 of DS9 appear to be linking Discovery into established canon.

[Iggo]

8. I gotta admit, I did enjoy the twist on "Harcourt Fenton Mudd, what have you been up to?"

That was cute.