Star Trek: Discovery is coming to a surprise end with the upcoming season 5, and time is running out to address some of its long-lingering flaws. Discovery relaunched Star Trek on television in 2017 after a long hiatus, focusing on the disgraced Starfleet mutineer Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and her journey from outcast to Captain of the USS Discovery. Despite some high-profile growing pains, Discovery's success paved the way for the rapid expansion of Paramount+'s Star Trek Universe.
Since its earliest days, Star Trek: Discovery has been one of the most polarizing series in the history of the franchise. Some of that criticism has been deeply unfair, like the show's efforts to earnestly represent the LGBTQ+ community onscreen and the decision to center the show on a morally complex Black female lead in Captain Burnham. That said, there are plenty of warranted criticisms of the show as well, and with only one season remaining, the clock is ticking for Discovery to resolve some of its remaining issues.
