Other recent “Trek” shows have had a bit more luck out of the gate. “Strange New Worlds” was met with an almost rapturous response from many fans. /Film’s review of the show’s second season declared it was as good as “Star Trek” has ever been. That wasn’t the case with “Discovery” though. Be that as it may, Martin-Green does feel the show found its footing in the third season. Speaking further, she explained:
“I feel personally that we found our distinct identity in season 3 when we separated from the timeline, when we jumped ahead past where any ‘Trek’ had ever gone. We were able to establish ourselves in a new way at that point. I really appreciate where we were placed. I appreciate all those connected tissues, but I also appreciate that we were able to build anew, because I believe every ‘Trek’ has a responsibility to do that.”
“Discovery” season 2 ended on a high note for fans with “Such Sweet Sorrow: Part 2.” That helped tee up the ball for a major time jump in season 3, which takes place roughly 900 years after the events of the original series. That allowed it to truly gain an identity without the baggage of all those many decades of “Trek” that came before. For Martin-Green, that notion of pressing forward was essentially to the DNA of the franchise:
“If you want to hold true to the essence of ‘Trek’ itself then you have to keep pressing forward. You have to keep encouraging people to look forward, look forward, look forward. So I feel that we really sunk into who we were supposed to be by season 3. We built off seasons 1 and 2. I even love how we stay connected, even through seasons 3, 4 and 5 — we never lost it. We never lost where we came from. But we also found so many new things. We found new life.”
“Star Trek: Discovery” season 5 is currently streaming on Paramount+.
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