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January 19, 2019
The Trek mirror universe is a mire of options. Critics say Star Trek Discovery doesn't know where it's going but Next Generation took five seasons to settle and Enterprise never took off. It's a voyage.
Discovery's Short Treks are the series unburdened by expectations – tone poems circling an established mythology. In other words, they're the Ronald D Moore reboot of Battlestar Galactica (2004-2009), alternately sassy, sentimental and funny. They hew to the rule that science fiction is pretty much like now except for one small difference, whereas Millennial Trek runs around trying to be everything to everyone. The narrow focus of the Short Treks is better sci-fi. More, please. Less.