Star Trek’s longtime NASA adviser grades the Discovery premiere

“Discovery” had a hard gestation process, and so there are a number of narrative hiccups, likely resulting from the departure of original showrunner Bryan Fuller while Season One was still being mapped out. New episodes of the series are added to the streaming service outside of the USA the day after they air on CBS and/or CBS All Access. Remarkable CEO Simon Powell said his company worked with CBS’ assets of the ship to put together the visual effect.

CBS will look to further engage Star Trek fans with After Trek, the show’s live companion after-show hosted by Matt Mira.

“Star Trek: Discovery” stars, from left, Doug Jones as Lieutenant Saru, Sonequa Martin-Green as First Officer Michael Burnham, and Michelle Yeoh as Captain Philippa Georgiou.Jan Thijs/ CBS InteractiveTelevision has changed a lot since the last time a Star Trek show was on the air.

Star Trek: Discovery launched across the world on Monday, and in celebration a new Klingon trailer for the series was released by Netflix.

You’d be forgiven for not spotting this (we certainly didn’t originally), but if you look closely at the books in Captain Georgiou’s quarters they’re nearly all named after Original Series episodes. “After Trek” hits CBS All Access at 9:30 p.m. ET.

What would become “Star Trek: Discovery” was initially announced on November 2, 2015 with a premiere set for January 2017.

It’s a unique and daring intro.

While I appreciate that TV Trek grew stiff and insular over the last few shows – the last show, Enterprise, spent four years mired in an increasingly incomprehensible master plot about an invasion from the future, short-changing the characters in the process – this feels like the wrong kind of fan service.

Martin-Green and Yeoh are both experienced actors who do their best with what they have to work with here, including some of the stiffest dialogue we’ve heard in a while.

The first scenes of Star Trek: Discovery were jaw-dropping, not just for the cinematic production, but the two women of color filling up the screen. The show doesn’t go where no man has gone before, but it’s still good to be back inside the ship. Whether things take a different course over the next 13 episodes remains to be seen, although by all accounts the war with the Klingons will dominate this first season.

But that plan is looking a lot less insane now, because early reactions to Discovery are trickling in, and they’re overwhelmingly positive.

Have you watched Star Trek: Discovery yet?

CBS aired its premiere on the company’s regular broadcast network; immediately afterward, the second episode became available exclusively on CBS All Access – the company’s $6 per month streaming service.