Poll Is reset coming?

[Spot's Meow]

Normally I am no fan of resets, but in this case it makes total sense to me, and I hope they do it. With one caveat. The Discovery crew needs to retain their memories of what occurred the first time around. Watching them grapple to make different choices, live with the things they've seen that no longer exist, and somehow keep this information from the rest of the universe would be fascinating. Having a hard reset where no one remembers anything that happened in season 1 would be annoying.

 

[jaime]

Normally I am no fan of resets, but in this case it makes total sense to me, and I hope they do it. With one caveat. The Discovery crew needs to retain their memories of what occurred the first time around. Watching them grapple to make different choices, live with the things they've seen that no longer exist, and somehow keep this information from the rest of the universe would be fascinating. Having a hard reset where no one remembers anything that happened in season 1 would be annoying.

Stamets would remember. L’rell Can make anyone remember (Ash at least) Burnham has a mind meld machine, and Sarek can also make people remember. Anyone replacing their past self would remember. Anyone with Mudds time crystal tech could remember. Honestly, it’s foreshadowed up to the ning nongs. Every other episode is about something being written on top of something else, usually identity, sometimes events, with a whacking great dollop of ‘be your true self’ on top thematically.

 

[eschaton]

While I think there are some positives to the idea of a reset with everyone remembering, it has to be via the Discovery as a whole traveling back in time and altering the timeline, and still continuing to exist afterward (either in its home universe, or somewhere else). I say that because while "spore magic" could theoretically do everything, if people are just jumped back into their bodies from the time of BotBS we're not going to have a Discovery. Saru and Burnham will be on the Shenzhou. Tilly will still be at Starfleet Academy (presumably she could ask to be assigned with them upon graduation). Stamets won't be in Starfleet at all. Ash Tyler still exists, but he's the "real Ash" and has no memories of what happened. Voq would presumably have those memories instead, but of course he won't end up serving with the main cast.

 

[Mr Awe]

there’s nothing new they added that they can’t throw out, and some things they all but have to, if their stated aim is true. From a story telling perspective, they will have told their story...and having dropped in the Alice in Wonderland stuff, over and over, it thematically fits with everything they have done (even with the repeated ‘hidden person’ and ‘two faces’ stuff...what better way than to have two stories? The one that we saw happen, and the one about undoing it to tell another.)
Like I have said...if they reset, it will work, and it will be Year of Hell on it’s original season pattern. And most people like Year of Hell. First Contact is a big ‘how we reset it’ story and that’s pretty popular too.

I have no doubt that a reset could work. I mean, that's the simplest approach right? All that stuff that you saw happen, now didn't happen. So, we can move forward without that. But, that doesn't mean they'll go that direction. I don't see any indication that they are building towards that either. The two-faces hidden person stuff doesn't point towards a reset. Instead they're raising about identity and the factors that shape people. They're not going to want to throw that out.

Instead, they've gone out of their way to grow the relationships amongst the crew. The crew has gelled. Again, they're not going to want to throw that forward progress out.

Could a reset work? Sure. You can reset most any story line. Bobby in the shower anyone? Will they, nah? They've got too much invested in what they've built up.

 

[Shinzonfan]

Resetting the timeline is a classic Sci-Fi ending. It's tried and true, it simply works.

 

[Guy Gardener]

The aliens from the first episode, their great great grandchildren, where Burnham dug a well... They are the time meddlers .

 

[Tom]

I don't think they will reset anything, Burham will get her rank back somehow. It just remains to be seen who the captain will be next season, there are problems with Suro, Burnham, Cornwell and MUGeorgou being the regular captain. They will either get PU Lorca back or hire a new actor to be captain. Tyler will also get back in the uniform somehow also.

 

[eschaton]

Could a reset work? Sure. You can reset most any story line. Bobby in the shower anyone? Will they, nah? They've got too much invested in what they've built up.

What do they have invested in what they built up? Seriously, what? Burnham's arc of course, but in some scenarios, Burnham could still remember a reset. You could have Saru, Tilly, and Stamets remember it too (Tyler's going to die I think, so it won't matter either way).

But again, take the characters out, and what's worth saving? The Discovery's spore drive can't continue to be used into the future indefinitely because of canon, so at some point they're going to have to give it up. The amount of development of secondary characters who have survived in this show has been paper thin. The situations which occurred in the individual episodes only matter because of the characters - they don't seem to have any ramifications for the broader Trek universe. I just don't see what's worth saving here.

 

[uniderth]

The Discovery's spore drive can't continue to be used into the future indefinitely because of canon,

Which hasn't been a huge limiting factor, so I don't think this must be accepted as inevitable.

 

[Push The Button]

Since it would be the worst way to end this first season arc, and will piss off half the fandom, I'm going to say yes, the reset button will be pushed.

 

[Tuskin38]

Which hasn't been a huge limiting factor, so I don't think this must be accepted as inevitable.

It has been a limiting factor.

 

[Ronald Held]

Would it before than a reset, the actual way they will transition to TOS?

 

[ITDUDE]

Since it would be the worst way to end this first season arc, and will piss off half the fandom, I'm going to say yes, the reset button will be pushed.

Looking at results of my very unscientific poll 30% would be happy with a reset and about 57% would be pissed off (EDIT: not just pissed, that would be close to 100% ). (and those who don't care, well, they don't care).
So since Trek has never been about satisfying the majority, this must mean reset then.

 

[ITDUDE]

Even TrekMovie is predicting a 30% chance of reset. Until I hear otherwise, I am going to assume they based their estimates on the results of my poll!!

 

[Spot's Meow]

While I think there are some positives to the idea of a reset with everyone remembering, it has to be via the Discovery as a whole traveling back in time and altering the timeline, and still continuing to exist afterward (either in its home universe, or somewhere else). I say that because while "spore magic" could theoretically do everything, if people are just jumped back into their bodies from the time of BotBS we're not going to have a Discovery. Saru and Burnham will be on the Shenzhou. Tilly will still be at Starfleet Academy (presumably she could ask to be assigned with them upon graduation). Stamets won't be in Starfleet at all. Ash Tyler still exists, but he's the "real Ash" and has no memories of what happened. Voq would presumably have those memories instead, but of course he won't end up serving with the main cast.

Maybe season two will be about them all finding their way back to each other? They all start in separate places, trying to go on with normal lives, then something happens (related to the spore on Tilly's shoulder?) and they must reconvene to save the universe somehow. I'm just making this shit up!

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned what I think is the biggest indicator that we will have a reset - the death of Culber. When he died they made sure to comfort us by saying that it was basically no big deal and would make sense in their grand plan somehow. The easiest way to bring him back would be to go back to a time before he died.

 

[Tuskin38]

about 57% would be pissed.

The option doesn’t say pissed off though

 

[Lord Garth]

Even TrekMovie is predicting a 30% chance of reset. Until I hear otherwise, I am going to assume they based their estimates on the results of my poll!!

Geez. This sounds like a weather report. "There's a 30% chance of rain!"

Or crusty talking heads on the news. "Pundits put the odds of re-election at 30%! It's not looking good for the Incumbent!"

 

[ITDUDE]

This sounds like a weather report. "There's a 30% chance of rain!"

Sorry, couldn't resist

 

[ITDUDE]

The option doesn’t say pissed off though

I see what you did there.

 

[AndorianAle]

Wait, didn't the Discovery destroy the Charon to save all life in the multiverse? If Lorca hadn't brought them to the MU, all life would have been extinguished. So if they reset everything, won't that destroy all life?