STAR TREK: DISCOVERY SEASON 1

Out 19 NOVEMBER / Cert 15 / TBC

twelve years Star Trek had been off our televisions before Discovery. twelve long years where the memory of Enterprise stood as the headstone to Gene roddenberry’s original vision. there have been movies, but it wasn’t until Discovery that Star Trek finally returned to our living rooms. And what a homecoming it is. As cinematic as J.J. Abrams’ big-screen reboot, injected with an edge-of-the-seat episodic structure and a high-stakes plot, it elevates tv Trek to a whole new level. Sonequa Martingreen’s passionate, maverick lead and Jason Isaacs’ ruthless captain head up a Trek franchise with spine as well as heart, its unflinching attitude and battles reminiscent of DS9’S Dominion War at its peak. Discovery arrives doing warp nine with shields up, photon torpedoes flying and with brilliantly reimagined Klingons, to boot. this is essential Trek, but with enough crossover to woo the uninitiated as well.