Curiouser and curiouser...

And episode 5 is essentially a love letter to Deep Space Nine.

Colour me intrigued, especially since the title is reportedly "Series Acclimation Mil," which probably means it's SAM-centric.

Even with the War College next door...

The War College is its own thing and the conversation was very Trek, which is: Is the War College still relevant now that we’ve moved into this new age where we’re actually able to harness back to the original vision of discovery and exploration and curiosity?

So the much-discussed War College has been confirmed to be...Academy-adjacent, separate from the Academy itself.

Episode three: "Red Pillar"

Big kudos to whoever came up with the episode one title. Very good stuff.

I have a feeling they’ve known 5 seasons was the length for a while

I get the impression that they expected to be done after five, but they expected a full 10-episode run for each. They're on record saying that Paramount tried to cancel them after 4, and they were able to negotiate the abbreviated fifth season.

I personally think it's best if a new series has some sort of "hook" that makes it unique - more of the same can be fine, but it's better to have something that says, "this is why this ship/station/crew is worth following."

Yeah, good call - I think it should be self-evident that links to the online hate machine are not allowed here. We all know the usual suspects, and they're generally not hard to spot.

These are just the ones that I've seen - if you happen across any others, feel free to share them.

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He's not my favourite writer by any means, but I'm in almost total agreement with his overall approach to handling the property.

He wants each series to be unique, hires the showrunners, and seems to let them do their own thing. I think it's a good approach, even though a couple of the projects fell short of their potential (y'know, in my opinion).

And he seems to work well with the suits, which is probably a good thing overall?

What's wrong with comedies?

Star Trek has a long history of comedy episodes, and arguably even a film, depending on how you feel about "The Voyage Home".

Comedy and morality certainly aren't mutually exclusive.

On top of that, the Ellison regime didn't change the personnel directly in charge of CBS Studios (though they did change the people in charge of Paramount+, which is also relevant).

There's also the lingering question of Kurtzman himself. He signed a five-year extension...five years ago. Not a peep regarding a renewal.