m_s0 gets it. That’s what I meant. The writers of the show need to be confident in their own ideas, not worry about the fans, and not worry about how to target some demo. Discovery, from everything I’ve seen, does not seem very confident, especially with the very different tone I’m getting from the S2 trailer.

This is very different from TNG, which also had a shaky few first seasons, but those were as a result of someone (cough Roddenberry cough) perhaps being a little too confident in their ideas. The issue there was that it created an environment in which the really good ideas were not able to grow and be fostered on the show. I’m not convinced there’s a similar situation here with Discovery at all. It feels far too cynical.