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Short Treks now on Netflix!!

Does Canada have access to them on their Crave TV thingamajig? I'm in the US, but I'm just curious.
Yes. They also aired on TV

Edit:

oops I missed page 2

Yeah they were released on Crave after they aired on Space channel (which is the same time they were released on CBS Al Access)
Actually, 30 minutes before the US. Canada gets everything first :rommie:

We also got TOS first back in 1966 ;)
 
I watched them again (well not the first one)

They are really good! Bodes well for the new shows they have planned/

Good call on skipping the first one. For those who haven't seen them, my order of preference is:

1. Calypso
2. The Escape Artist
3. The Brightest Star
4. Runaway

Like TOS, you can watch them in any order. Escape Artist and Runaway apparently occur during Season 2, while Brightest Star is a prequel by about two decades and Calypso is in the far future. It's an actual Star Trek anthology series, with no ties between the episodes.
 
Now I've watched them all, the Tilly one was probably the 'weakest.' I wonder if the Queen and her, ahem, sister-planet will show up in the future?

I really enjoyed them anyway, just being flung about to any point in the timeline to tell a story. Calypso and The Brightest Star in particular were ones loved the most.

The Escape Artist was a lot of fun. I liked that it had a totally different tone to everything else.
 
So I spoke to TV Wise, and he believes the reason we didn't get the Short Treks internationally alongside the US is because Netflix wanted to release them on YouTube and social media for free, like they do with other shows's bonus content. This meant a delay window for international release.

CBS probably blocked plans for YouTube and social media, but Short Treks is still free internationally, just behind the Netflix gateway so it's not as noticeably unfair to US subscribers.
 
I'm really glad everyone gets to see the Short Treks. There are a couple of real gems in there. Oh hell with it.. skip to Calypso :D

"Calypso" first, then the others in the order they came out!

"Calypso" is like the TWOK of Short Treks. It'll be their yard stick.
 
Also, thanks to Calypso we know the USS Discovery will never be destroyed. Spoiler alert! :eek:
Not necessarily. That discovery could be from a different timeline, or a replica or some sort of duplicate.

There’s nothing in the episode that tells us otherwise, nor any comments from the writer AFAIK.
 
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