How will season 2 end?

[Saul]

Discovery jumps to the future and the crew abandon ship just as it explodes. Their escape pods and picked up by the Enterprise E ( now 25% different looking). Captain Data (b4 and now also Burham's half brother - which will be explained in season 3) hails them and tells them that they need go save the universe from the Borg (an evolved version of control) and are helped by Section 31 who secretly want to take back control of....control.

 

[Woulfe]

Oh, the episode was great. Waiting 6 months for the second part of any two-parter?

How about the time waiting between, Wrath Of Khan, Search For Spock & Voyage Home, as in the long run that was one story told in 3 parts, that took roughly 6 years from star to finish, 6 months is a cake walk next to that

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

How about the time waiting between, Wrath Of Khan, Search For Spock & Voyage Home, as in the long run that was one story told in 3 parts, that took roughly 6 years from star to finish, 6 months is a cake walk next to that

Sure they were connected, but not particularly cliff-hanger-y. There are probably more inter-connected movie series' that fit what you're saying though.

And the thing about movies, one bad one can cause them to cancel the whole thing and leave us hanging. TV shows too.

 

[Noname Given]

Oh, the episode was great. Waiting 6 months for the second part of any two-parter?

It was only 4 months.

 

[Ovation]

It was only 4 months.

Felt like ten. (Could have been the brutal summer job I had back in my undergrad days, to be fair)

 

[thribs]

Eventually, Picard finds archaeological evidence of Control being the origin of the Borg (Borg #1 is wearing a Starfleet "Delta" pin), then goes off to the Delta Quadrant to free the Borg once and for all. He'll need super-quantum slipstream of course.

I mean it comes back for Bashir and Data to defeat.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

It was only 4 months.

Were they giving us split seasons by then? But be sure, I very much remember 26 episodes of TV shows, all in a row, then a 6 month wait for resolution. "Who Shot J.R.?" my ass.

 

[Tuskin38]

I think what he was talking about is:

Spoiler

They will show how Pike gets wheelchaired. I know they filmed it and its very powerful.

I find that unlikely.

 

[Visitor1982]

I think what he was talking about is:

Spoiler

They will show how Pike gets wheelchaired. I know they filmed it and its very powerful.

Spoiler

The wheelchair thing happens 8 years from where Discovery now is...

 

[Succubint]

They can show it in a RA vision, like the other premonitions. It doesn't actually have to happen on Discovery, but we and Pike can possibly still see it. Imagine Pike knowing he's going to be so gravely injured in a few years, but deciding to bravely face it because it saves the lives of some cadets. That would be another defining moment for his character.

 

[Visitor1982]

Spoiler

I thought 10 years? But either way YOU WILL SEE IT VERY SHORTLY. So I wouldn't waste time arguing on it as I am sure you won't apologize after it airs anyway

I do believe you, but I hope they won't let happen just yet to him, cos I really want that Pike spin-off!!

 

[Noname Given]

Were they giving us split seasons by then? But be sure, I very much remember 26 episodes of TV shows, all in a row, then a 6 month wait for resolution. "Who Shot J.R.?" my ass.

It was never 26 all in a row (and most Network shows were getting between 22 - 24 eps. a season on the 'Big 3' plus FOX).

It was usually 10 new eps. then 4 repeats, then 6 new eps.; then 4 more repeats, etc.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

It was never 26 all in a row (and most Network shows were getting between 22 - 24 eps. a season on the 'Big 3' plus FOX).

It was usually 10 new eps. then 4 repeats, then 6 new eps.; then 4 more repeats, etc.

In the 70's and early 80's they usually were "all in a row", minus pre-emptions and the like (the Olympics, World Series, etc). I don't know that TNG was the first show to go away from that formula, but it was the first show I watched that did.

 

[jfordny]

Or possibly the story of how it happened isn't REALLY how it happened.

I hope they don’t change that story too much. I like it as it is. The beep beep box is awful, but at least it was the result of Pike saving a bunch of cadets. And if Section 31 is behind that accident, it would be even worse than framing Spock.

 

[Tuskin38]

I could see them Flash Forwarding to the incident.

 

[Kor]

Season 2 will end with rolling end credits and the standard closing music. I'm 100% certain of that.

Or is this some kind of trick question?

Kor

 

[Ovation]

In the 70's and early 80's they usually were "all in a row", minus pre-emptions and the like (the Olympics, World Series, etc). I don't know that TNG was the first show to go away from that formula, but it was the first show I watched that did.

Going back to the 50s and 60s, some shows had as many as 35 (if not a few more) episodes in a season. As serialized shows were essentially non-existent in prime-time, they ran re-runs of the more popular episodes in the downtime. Gradual shrinking of season lengths, along with the emergence of "television event mini-series" in the late 70s, led to a few breaks here and there in the schedule. I suspect labour negotiations in the 80s (IIRC, it's been awhile since I looked into any of this) led to the longer breaks in-season, along with the desire to have fresh material in the spring viewing period. Now, it's become standard to have "fall season" and "winter/spring season", with "season finales" for each half--spacing the halves further apart to run other shows in-between.

The "Who shot J.R.?" cliffhanger certainly changed the game, and BOBW doubled down on it.

 

[donners22]

I am getting increasingly nervous at all these pronouncements regarding syncing with canon and the big revelation at the end. It’s sounding very much like some convoluted reworking of the timeline, which I’m not interested in at all. Just focus on telling good stories, not appeasing those who fuss about canon.

 

[Tuskin38]

I am getting increasingly nervous at all these pronouncements regarding syncing with canon and the big revelation at the end. It’s sounding very much like some convoluted reworking of the timeline, which I’m not interested in at all. Just focus on telling good stories, not appeasing those who fuss about canon.

I doubt they're going to alter the timeline.

 

[Ovation]

Maybe the fuss about Canon is what makes the good story?

There is an inversely proportionate relationship between "fussing about canon" and "a good story".