Star Trek Starfleet Academy juust posted its last episode of the first season, and my take on the series overall has been: meh. I was never crazy about The Burn, which was a hoary plot device that was introduced in Star Trek: Discovery where the Federation lost the ability to warp around the galaxy. It felt like the writers were trying to blend Trek with Mad Max, and it didn't work. SA, being a sequel series, just leaned into the failures of Discovery. This is a place where people must stop and talk about their feelings, even if they have to be tricked into doing it through performing a play. Ugh.
The fact that the lead character, played by the always great Holly Hunter, goes barefoot is very nice. But it's not enough to make this one of my favorite Trek series. Everything else about it just never jelled for me, because SA is so eager to just borrow too much from Discovery that it ultimately falls flat. While SA is not the worse of the Treks, it's still not the best, either. And, for the record, that list (for me) would look like this:
The Best Treks:
Star Trek: The Classic Series.
Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Star Trek: Picard (the third season).
Star Trek: Lower Decks.
The Fun Treks
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
Star Trek: Enterprise.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.
Star Trek: The Animated Series.
The Really Bad Treks
Star Trek: Voyager.
Star Trek: Discovery.
Star Trek: Picard (seasons one & two).
Star Trek: Prodigy.
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