Would you say Picard is prime timeline or part of the Discoverse?

[Sci]

I used to view Star Trek as where the main story was about the Enterprise. TOS was the Original, TNG was the Sequel, ENT was the Prequel, and then DS9, VOY, and DSC were all spin-offs based on the Star Trek Universe.

So, if you treat the main story of Star Trek as being on the Enterprise, then Picard is a Star Trek Spin-Off. But, if you look at TNG in and of itself, and Picard is the lead character, then Picard is a sequel to that character's life and a sequel to what was started in TNG.

So, I think Picard is both: a Star Trek Spin-Off and a TNG Sequel at the same time. In the case of it being a TNG Sequel, it's like going from Alien to Aliens. You still have Ripley, but she's with another crew and she's carried her experiences from the previous installment with her.

I would just say that I don't think Star Trek has a "main story." I would argue that Star Trek is a collection of stories, not a unified story in and of itself; a setting, not a saga. Star Trek is not Star Wars or Battlestar Galactica or Babylon 5 or Firefly in that regard.

 

[The Old Mixer]

Think of the show Lou Grant. They brought back a beloved character in an entirely new setting and circumstances years after we saw him last. It was in no way meant to be a continuation or sequel to The Mary Tyler Moore show which it spun-off from, but the character was still Lou Grant. Just older and wiser.

Actually, Lou Grant started the season after Mary Tyler Moore ended.

 

[Turtletrekker]

Actually, Lou Grant started the season after Mary Tyler Moore ended.

Huh. So it did. The tricks memories play.

 

[Lord Garth]

I would just say that I don't think Star Trek has a "main story." I would argue that Star Trek is a collection of stories, not a unified story in and of itself; a setting, not a saga. Star Trek is not Star Wars or Battlestar Galactica or Babylon 5 or Firefly in that regard.

"Used to" being the operative words in my last post.

Now that CBS All Access calls everything under the Star Trek Banner the "Star Trek Universe", I think it's akin to the Marvel or DC Universe. Which is what I think they're going for.

That being the case, Discovery encountering the Enterprise at the end of the first season finale of DSC is like Batman meeting Superman.

So within Star Trek Universe, you just have Star Trek series. Some of these series are more connected to each other than others. TNG, DS9, and VOY are like siblings close in age. DSC and PIC are like cousins, also close in age, but one based off TOS and the other based off TNG.