STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Showrunner Reveals The Thematic Focus For Season 2

STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Showrunner Reveals The Thematic Focus For Season 2

It's been a long road getting from there to here. STAR TREK: DISCOVERY has wrapped its first season and while we're all processing the journey we've been on, one of the showrunners is looking to the next.

By DumbQuixote - Feb 12, 2018 06:02 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Trek
There were a multitude of naysayers when Star Trek: Discovery was first announced and in the early days of its release, but throughout its first season - especially the latter half - the show has proven that its long form storytelling was always about the journey to becoming the Star Trek we know and love.

It was about exploring, finding and earning those ideals when it's hardest - through a fog of War. All doubts were proven false and fears assuaged as Star Trek: Discovery delivered arguably the strongest and most consistent inaugural season that the franchise has had to date.

But what journey will the second season take? Well, on the most recent episode of AfterTrek showrunner Aaron Roberts spoke about what we can expect from the already greenlit and in production second season of the show revealing:

I think thematically one of the things that we're really interested in this year is the collision of science and spirituality: I think that's something that moving from a war chapter excites us this season.


That's a very Star Trek and hard science-fiction concept to explore and while it's unclear how this will manifest itself (maybe God needs a starship) with a creative team that has no doubt earned a lot more trust, a cast that has really found itself and a final reveal that promises a lot of excitement -- this second "novel" of Star Trek is one that has this writer very interested in.

What do you think? Did you stick with Discovery throughout it's journey? Will you go back in on it if you didn't? And what would you like to see for the crew of NNC-1031 going forward? Leave your thoughts below.

STAR TREK: DISCOVERY is available for streaming NOW on CBS All Access in the US and on NETFLIX Internationally.
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knocturnalzen10
knocturnalzen10 - 2/12/2018, 7:34 AM
ms green tho ..........
DentonKnight
DentonKnight - 2/12/2018, 12:02 PM
I just finished the finale there.
A pretty great ending to quite a good first season.
mobile1ph
mobile1ph - 2/12/2018, 12:37 PM
Best Star Trek since TNG.
AlphaDean
AlphaDean - 2/12/2018, 1:05 PM
Until they got to the mirror universe the show was a complete suck fest. Even though these final episodes were good, I still detest the show. I said I'd give it a season and I did... Probably won't be watching anymore.
sKeemAn
sKeemAn - 2/12/2018, 2:09 PM
I love this show. One of the best Star trek shows for me. I'm very excited for S2
Darriann
Darriann - 2/12/2018, 2:31 PM
I'm not the biggest Trekkie out there,but I thoroughly enjoyed the entire first season.There were so many twist and turns,especially in the last 5 episodes,that it kept me engaged.The cast,the writing and the pacing were perfect for my taste.I know hardcore Trekkie's really didn't like the first few episodes,but I think it slowly started winning them over.

(*SPOILERS*)





I'm really curious about who the new captain will be and also about where things go with the Enterprise and Capt.Pike.That final shot with the Discovery and Enterprise nose to nose was epic.
JaKBaLLTV
JaKBaLLTV - 2/12/2018, 5:36 PM
@Darriann - i got instant goose bumps when i saw this..

Pathogen
Pathogen - 2/12/2018, 2:37 PM
So...people actually signed up for CBS all access, or whatever thing this is on?
MrMasculinity
MrMasculinity - 2/12/2018, 3:25 PM
#notmytrek
gonzor
gonzor - 2/12/2018, 11:49 PM
Very inconsistent season. The mirror universe arc was great, but the logic and writing has often been poor. I won't delve on it, but changing the klingon look remains stupid, especially given how cringeworthy their outfits are. The introduction of gamechanging instant-travel technology with messes up the timeline was a poor idea. And instead of dealing with the inconsistency, they went headfirst into a retcon. It would have been better to have started where the Dominion War left off...

But the season finale was terrible. Poorly written, idiotic plot resolution and absolutely dire ideas how to finish the war. The worst thing was the final speech...
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