Discovery Renewed for Season 5

[Quinton]

The only reason why I thought Discovery would be done after Season 4 was just the amount of Trek that was being planned now. I mean there are currently 5 shows that are (or will be ready to) airing this year with a few more in development. However, with that said, the Zora plotline has actually changed my opinion on Season 4 somewhat to the point where being cautiously pessimistic has turned into being cautiously optimistic for the Future of this series. If they keep up the quality of the last two episodes (And Season 2, which before Control became the main villain was probably my favorite season), then the future for the series is looking bright.

I totally get that!

My stance was pretty much... right when the fourth season was premiering, I figured 90% odds of renewal. Which is practically a lock. Once I saw where things were going for Tilly, and as the weeks rolled on by without news of renewal, I kind of lowered that down to around 70% instead, figuring that maybe the mothership show was branching out into a spinoff or two.

 

[valkyrie013]

kurtzman, his eyes closed
Shaka, when the walls fell
Chenza at court, the court of silence
Zinda, his eyes red

 

[Turtletrekker]

kurtzman, his eyes closed
Shaka, when the walls fell
Chenza at court, the court of silence
Zinda, his eyes red

My heart bleeds.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

I'll watch it as long as it's on, though I hope it finds a better direction than it has had so far this season.

 

[The Wormhole]

But I was promised cancellation! And that Kurtzman would be fired!!

Excuse me while I sit in the corner, seethe, and prepare to hate-watch the show five times minimum.

 

[JoaquinSlowly]

But I was promised cancellation! And that Kurtzman would be fired!!

Excuse me while I sit in the corner, seethe, and prepare to hate-watch the show five times minimum.

As Disney’s Peter Pan (not J.M. Barrie) said:

All of this has happened before, and it will all happen again

edited to correct misattribution of quote. ‪‪I foolishly trusted a quote from GoodReads that was not accurate

 

[The Wormhole]

So now we're pulling BSG into this?

 

[JoaquinSlowly]

So now we're pulling BSG into this?

It’s not Disney’s fault Battlestar ripped off their Peter Pan.

 

[XCV330]

good. i haven't been as enthused about this season as i was in the past, but they could turn it around. I'd like to see where they go with the show.

 

[Quinton]

good. i haven't been as enthused about this season as i was in the past, but they could turn it around. I'd like to see where they go with the show.

I think the first half of the fourth season is up there with the middle or so of the second for me. My two favorite stretches thus far. I hope it clicks for you more going forward!

 

[Captrek]

Season 5 -

The Federation finds itself under threat from a mysterious _____________________

Any takers?

The Federation finds itself under threat from a mysterious mouse. All their hopes lie in Grudge.

 

[Cyrus]

The Federation finds itself under threat from a mysterious mouse. All their hopes lie in Grudge.

I'll watch that. lol

 

[Turtletrekker]

The Federation finds itself under threat from a mysterious mouse. All their hopes lie in Grudge.

The same mouse that devoured the Jedi, the Sith and the Avengers?

 

[F. King Daniel]

 

[dinzy]

Season 5 -

The Federation finds itself under threat from a mysterious _____________________

Any takers?

It does kind of seem like they need to switch things up again.
So far it has been:

1. tribe of Klingons and the resulting war that their awakening leads to and some random mirror universe stuff capped off with an even more mysterious visit from the Enterprise.
2. signal that ultimately led to the discovery of a mysterious time traveling AI and the urge to ditch this continuity headache by time traveling to a mysterious destination in the future.
3. force that devastated the federation by destroying most of the dilithium that was caused by a psychokinetic orphan who was sitting on a huge cache of dilithium.
4. anomaly that turns out to be an even more mysterious planet-destroying device sent by a mysterious species with 6 more episodes of mysteries remaining.

So for 5 I am going with:

• Disco travels to another galaxy and uncovers that all civilizations were wiped out by some mysterious force that only becomes a threat to the federation after the big half reveal in episode 5.

 

[StarMan]

Well, extra-galactic does seem a natural progression at this point.

My preference would be:

Pin that up front and center and go from there.

 

[Starbreaker]

I can't believe the anchor of Paramount+ and one of the most popular streaming shows was renewed.

 

[jackoverfull]

The same mouse that devoured the Jedi, the Sith and the Avengers?

was thinking the same. We know that a Star Trek vs Star Wars crossover is going to happen one day, don’t we?

 

[Lord Garth]

I totally get that!

My stance was pretty much... right when the fourth season was premiering, I figured 90% odds of renewal. Which is practically a lock. Once I saw where things were going for Tilly, and as the weeks rolled on by without news of renewal, I kind of lowered that down to around 70% instead, figuring that maybe the mothership show was branching out into a spinoff or two.

I've got a feeling they'll find a way to work Tilly back in on a permanent basis. I think either she'll be in charge of field-training on Discovery, or DSC will split its focus to be more than just Discovery. They've been starting to lean in the latter direction already. Vance is all but a regular (his name should be in the front credits at this point) while Kovich and Rillak are appearing frequently.

 

[Tuskin38]

I'll watch it as long as it's on, though I hope it finds a better direction than it has had so far this season.

IMO this is the best season of the entire series so far.

4, 2, 1, 3 is my current order.