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Star Trek: Discovery Will Return On January 7th, 2018 (theverge.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the fun-for-the-whole-family dept.

CBS announced that Star Trek: Discovery will return for the second half of the split season on Sunday, November 12th. There will be roughly a two month gap between the last episode of the first half of the split season, which aires on Sunday, November 12th, and the first episode of the second half of the split season. The Verge reports: When the network announced the series's September release date, it revealed that the first season would be split into two "chapters." The second chapter begins with the show's 10th episode, "Despite Yourself." Chapter 2 will contain the season's remaining six episodes, and will run through February 11th. According to CBS, the show will apparently find the crew of the USS Discovery in "unfamiliar territory," and they'll have to get creative about ways to return home. In this week's episode, the crew came face-to-face with the Klingon Empire over the planet Pahvo, after the planet's native species summoned them, hoping to resolve their conflict. After that, it'll be a longer wait for the show to return: CBS recently announced that it renewed Star Trek: Discovery for a second season, but that announcement didn't come with further details about a second season release date, or the number of episodes or chapters planned for season 2.

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  1. They're Trying To Milk Subscriptions by NicknameUnavailable · · Score: 5, Insightful

    By splitting the season long enough that they hope people won't cancel it since the next half is just around the corner. Too bad the "magick spores traveling faster than warp" concept is so fucking retarded in contrast to the rest of the Star Trek universe.

    1. Re:They're Trying To Milk Subscriptions by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      By splitting the season long enough that they hope people won't cancel it since the next half is just around the corner.

      Split seasons are why I stopped watching shows as they broadcast. When they started splitting Breaking Bad that was the final straw for me. Now I only watch once an entire season is available, and half the time I don't even care about the show anymore and just forget about it entirely.

    2. Re:They're Trying To Milk Subscriptions by EnsilZah · · Score: 5, Insightful

      It's not just the magic spore drive, everything about the writing is sloppy techno-babble and stupid character decisions.

      Look at the groundhog's day episode, some two bit smuggler manages to get his hands on time-travel tech that everyone seems to know about but no one is going to ever use again because it's 'illegal' or something, so we're going to see entire spaceships destroyed in the war when this thing could easily resolve battles in the favor of any side that uses it?
      So he murders the crew, what, 50 times, but it's ok, the timeline resets, it's not like there's a possibility of 50 alternate timelines where the survivors just have to go on from that point, no, har har, we'll punish him by making him go back to his girlfriend.

      Oh, you've been having trouble maintaining your magical telepathic link to the Vulcan guy? I'll just replicate this device I've been working on in two minutes.

      Oh, I got to the rank of a security officer on this special ops starship but I'll just open the cage for this large creature with giant claws and impervious skin and attack it to do what exactly, besides getting killed and clearing a spot for the next guy?

      I could probably go on, but the whole thing is not really that memorable and is starting to fade for me.

      I was looking forward to seeing what a continuous plotline would look like in the Star Trek universe, or what happens when the reality of war sets in and the Federation can't hold on to its rules and ideals.
      I think television writing in general has evolved past the trope of the week thing, but I could probably live with it if it wasn't so fucking sloppy.

    3. Re:They're Trying To Milk Subscriptions by AmiMoJo · · Score: 3, Interesting

      It will be like the cure for the Jem'ha'dar addiction, invented in one episode so apparently not that hard to do, but some excuse is given as to why it can't be mass produced and used long term.

      Similarly I expect that either the spore network will be destroyed or its toll on the human computer component will lead to it being banned.

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    4. Re:They're Trying To Milk Subscriptions by lister+king+of+smeg · · Score: 5, Informative

      I was looking forward to seeing what a continuous plotline would look like in the Star Trek universe, or what happens when the reality of war sets in and the Federation can't hold on to its rules and ideals.

      If you want to see what happens when the federation goes to war then you need to go watch Star Trek: Deep Space 9. Its main plot arc is the Dominion War the preludes starts in season 2 war stars in earnest in season 5 ends at the end of season 7.

      If you want to see Star trek with a continuous plot-line go watch Star Trek: Enterprise Seasons 3 The Xindi Afterword you will know why there wern't any movies for seven years, or a Star Trek series on air for 12 years, despite having had multiple series (some concurrently) running for 18 years, and this season killed the franchise. It is bad, really bad.

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    5. Re:They're Trying To Milk Subscriptions by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      They switched only because 23rd/24th century feminists found that flat touch screens were sexist.

      It turns out male fingers were rougher and thus worked better on touch screens. Coupled that with stronger upper body strength meant that male Starfleet officers were able to enter commands faster and more accurately, which led to a gender gap in promotions and getting holodeck and replicator privileges.

      As for flat screens, they were done away with as they trigger certain women who are sensitive about their body shape not being curvy enough.

      23rd century MRAs tried to fight against this, by mansplaining that men got more promotions because they were more willing to wear red shirts and go on away missions. "Redshirt" became a rallying cry of 23rd century alt-right movement.

      To combat this, they switched red to be the color for command division, while rigging bridge consoles to easily explode upon the slightest irregularity happening to any part of the whole ship, so as equalize the death gap.

  2. I think I remember this by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 5, Funny

    ”According to CBS, the show will apparently find the crew of the USS Discovery in "unfamiliar territory," and they'll have to get creative about ways to return home.”

    This is the episode where Kes and Neelix join the crew, right?

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    1. Re:I think I remember this by lister+king+of+smeg · · Score: 4, Funny

      ”According to CBS, the show will apparently find the crew of the USS Discovery in "unfamiliar territory," and they'll have to get creative about ways to return home.”

      This is the episode where Kes and Neelix join the crew, right?

      Oh yes Voyager seasons 1-4 the time we sat there uncomfortably watching Nelix the bumbling broom headed pedo alternate between ptsd flashbacks and obsessing over the attentions of the three year old Okompa (alien from planet jailbait) Kes...
      Then we get to season 5 where Kes explodes and we get to watch Janeway continue to endanger her crew during her ongoing child custody battle with the borg queen over their lesbian lovechild^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H Seven of Nine. Oh and Nelix finds a new child to obsess over in the form of Naomi Wildman half alien born earlier in the series.

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    2. Re:I think I remember this by jellomizer · · Score: 3, Insightful

      However they could had glued the latex in a way that looked like a Klingon. They had that model and it’s rights to use.

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  3. Screw ST:D... by pinzvidz · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... I'm just glad The Orville got renewed for a second season.

    1. Re:Screw ST:D... by Kokuyo · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Never watched STD (Oh how I love that nobody noticed that unfortunate abbreviation) and never going to as long as The Orville runs.

      I was really apprehensive about a ST clone mad eby Seth McFarlane but it really works. He replaced the stuffiness of the Federation with his humor but the rest, that what I always liked about Star Trek, is there.

  4. Who cares about StarTrek HIV+ how is Orville doing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    AKA the real Star Trek.

  5. Chapter 2 by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 5, Funny

    According to CBS, the show will apparently find the crew of the USS Discovery in "unfamiliar territory," ...

    They find themselves on the Orville, learning how to be likable. :-)

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  6. Fuck you all this show is good. by kamapuaa · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This show is more of an authentic Star Trek than the recent movies, is a fun watch, and is approximately 300 times better than the first seasons of either Next Generation or DS9.

    God damn I remember people on Slashdot bitching after episode #1&2 that SJW this and Gamergate that - a female crew member named "Michael" was obviously a concession to, I don't know, transexuals or ungendered bathrooms or something.

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  7. Discovery isn't Star Trek by dicobalt · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's just not. Klingons don't make sense AT ALL and Lorca is George W Bush in space. Meanwhile the main character (Star Trek doesn't have main characters) Michael is written to be a contradiction. This show needs to be cancelled, it's a terrible concept terribly executed. I want a show about Quark's bar.

    1. Re:Discovery isn't Star Trek by lister+king+of+smeg · · Score: 5, Funny

      I want a show about Quark's bar.

      So Cheers in space with a bit of Breaking Bad mixed in would watch.
      Or an black comedy about Garick he is a likeable DS9 charecter too, call it "Keeping Up with the Cardassians".

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  8. Just long enough by mwvdlee · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A 2 month break is just long enough for me to forget about my time "invested" in the show.
    The show might return in 2 months, but I probably won't.

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  9. I'd rather watch The Orville by mrun4982 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's much better and doesn't require another subscription. It's Star Trek but with regular people.

  10. Fingers Crossed... by multi+io · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Star Trek: Discovery Will Return On January 7th, 2018

    ...unless one of the lead actors gets accused of sexual harassment.

  11. B5 by Kunedog · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you want to see what happens when the federation goes to war then you need to go watch Star Trek: Deep Space 9.

    Or just check out the source material.