Is it time to put Star Trek to rest?

[XCV330]

Star Trek went through some "me time" around 2005-2009, trying out meditation, joining Old Franchises Anonymous, trying a healthier diet, and commiting to taking time to reflect on what it did all day before going to bed. But by 2009 it was out of money and reduced to siphoning gas out of other people's tanks to keep the Harley it bought on credit running to the next town where its third gf Mitzi lived and it could get a gig playing reruns for a few beers and avoid the repo man one more month. Things had to change so it made the call to J .J. Abrams with a promise that THIS time it was going to clean itself up.

 

[Rowdy Roddy McDowall]

"Star Trek. When will it end?"
"Never."

As a younger kid, the concept of even BLISSFUL eternity freaked me out severely, particularly at night.

The thought of eternal TREK may be comforting, and for now, it's the current case.
But I submit that eternal TREK is.....unnecessary.

Like Bradbury's FAHRENHEIT characters, we'll still memorize all the TOS dialogue, quite likely until the end of time. Perhaps that's sufficient.