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Beckett Mariner and Michael Burnham, two good people, good at their jobs, who’ve guided us on some glorious
Star Trek adventures for the past five-and-a-bit months.
Image: CBS
Star Trek has appeared on CBS All Access, delivering us
Discovery. A lot happened in nearly half a year of boldly going, but looking back, all I can think about was how refreshing it was to watch people enjoy being good at their jobs.
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Even in its most devil-may-care days,
Star Trek has always kind of been a workplace drama about people who are really into their work. It just so happened that their workplace happened to be a starship, and the work so happened to be boldly going where no office drone had gone before—and maybe sometimes phasering the bejesus out of something. But it was still