I found the show utterly baffling to watch and did not care for it one bit. I thought it was a surprising decision for the show to use an established setting and premise only to reinvent what that premise meant and change the setting entirely. That decision felt like it was a bit on the nose of an indicator that it was searching for a new audience. That was confusing to me as I get the impression there’s already an established audience eager for more Star Trek that isn’t… like what this was. BUT I’ve just officially aged out of the youth demographic so maybe my eyes and interest just isn’t valuable or desirable to networks anymore. C’est la guerre.

That all said, it’s a damn shame to hear there is no more Star Trek in production. And a bit surprising to see this one canceled so early. From what I saw, it was critically well-received and the fans of the Kurtzman-era stuff really seemed to like this one quite a bit.

Like Enterprise being the end of the Berman and Braga era of Trek, it seems like this might be marking the end of the Kurtzman-era of Star Trek. I’m really glad we got Lower Decks out of it and much of Strange New Worlds was fun to watch.

Perhaps it makes sense, but it feels a bit weird to see Star Trek live or die by the vision of but a few showrunners. I would have thought that there’d be more opportunities for varied hands to give it a go.