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Set 2256-2258 & 3188-3191 -- Co-created by Alex Kurtzman, co-writer of the first two Kelvin Timeline films, and Creator/BryanFuller, this is set in the Prime Timeline about ten years beforeKirk's command of the Enterprise. It would be the "Action-Adventure" show in the stable. In a break from the usual Star Trek formula, the show's central protagonist is not TheCaptain: Starfleet officer [[GenderBlenderName Michael Burnham]] (Creator/SonequaMartinGreen) is a disgraced NumberOne who was demoted and reassigned to USS ''Discovery'' (NCC-1031) as the [[ScienceHero Science Officer]], experimenting with advanced tech during a period when tensions with the Klingons had escalated to full-scale war. Burnham, who was instrumental in said escalations, seeks to redeem herself.\\\

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Set 2256-2258 & 3188-3191 -- Co-created by Alex Kurtzman, co-writer of the first two Kelvin Timeline films, and Creator/BryanFuller, this is set in the Prime Timeline about ten years beforeKirk's before Kirk's command of the Enterprise. It would be the "Action-Adventure" show in the stable. In a break from the usual Star Trek formula, the show's central protagonist is not TheCaptain: Starfleet officer [[GenderBlenderName Michael Burnham]] (Creator/SonequaMartinGreen) is a disgraced NumberOne who was demoted and reassigned to USS ''Discovery'' (NCC-1031) as the [[ScienceHero Science Officer]], experimenting with advanced tech during a period when tensions with the Klingons had escalated to full-scale war. Burnham, who was instrumental in said escalations, seeks to redeem herself.\\\
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Set 2256-2258 & 3188-3191 -- Co-created by Alex Kurtzman, co-writer of the first two Kelvin Timeline films, and Creator/BryanFuller, this is set in the Prime Timeline about ten years before "Action-Adventure" show in the stable. In a break from the usual Star Trek formula, the show's central protagonist is not TheCaptain: Starfleet officer [[GenderBlenderName Michael Burnham]] (Creator/SonequaMartinGreen) is a disgraced NumberOne who was demoted and reassigned to USS ''Discovery'' (NCC-1031) as the [[ScienceHero Science Officer]], experimenting with advanced tech during a period when tensions with the Klingons had escalated to full-scale war. Burnham, who was instrumental in said escalations, seeks to redeem herself.\\\

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Set 2256-2258 & 3188-3191 -- Co-created by Alex Kurtzman, co-writer of the first two Kelvin Timeline films, and Creator/BryanFuller, this is set in the Prime Timeline about ten years before beforeKirk's command of the Enterprise. It would be the "Action-Adventure" show in the stable. In a break from the usual Star Trek formula, the show's central protagonist is not TheCaptain: Starfleet officer [[GenderBlenderName Michael Burnham]] (Creator/SonequaMartinGreen) is a disgraced NumberOne who was demoted and reassigned to USS ''Discovery'' (NCC-1031) as the [[ScienceHero Science Officer]], experimenting with advanced tech during a period when tensions with the Klingons had escalated to full-scale war. Burnham, who was instrumental in said escalations, seeks to redeem herself.\\\
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The Original Series was greenlit and produced by Creator/DesiluStudios and aired on Creator/{{NBC}}. Shortly into it's run Gulf+Western acquired Creator/ParamountPictures and Desilu, and as such all movies are released under the Paramount banner. In The Next Generation era the TV shows were produced by Creator/{{CBS}} Studios but aired in first run UsefulNotes/{{syndication}}, though later installments were used as Creator/{{UPN}} flagship shows. The Discovery era used the shows initially to bolster Creator/CBSAllAccess subscriptions, but were later folded into Creator/ParamountPlus. The exact details of international broadcasts and streamer releases vary, for some they can be found on Creator/{{Netflix}}.

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The Original Series was greenlit and produced by Creator/DesiluStudios and aired on Creator/{{NBC}}. Shortly into it's run Gulf+Western acquired Creator/ParamountPictures and Desilu, and as such all movies are released under the Paramount banner. In The Next Generation era the TV shows were produced by Creator/{{CBS}} Studios Paramount Domestic Television but aired in first run UsefulNotes/{{syndication}}, UsefulNotes/{{syndication}} (many which were Creator/{{CBS}} affiliates), though later installments were used as Creator/{{UPN}} flagship shows. The Discovery era used the shows were produced by Creator/{{CBS}} Studios and used initially to bolster Creator/CBSAllAccess subscriptions, but were later folded into Creator/ParamountPlus. The exact details of international broadcasts and streamer releases vary, for some they can be found on Creator/{{Netflix}}.
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The Original Series was greenlit and produced by Creator/DesiluStudios and aired on Creator/{{NBC}}. Shortly into it's run Gulf+Western acquired Creator/ParamountPictures and Desilu, and as such all movies are released under the Paramount banner. In The Next Generation era the TV shows were produced by Creator/{{CBS}} Studios but aired in first run {{syndication}}, though later installments were used as Creator/{{UPN}} flagship shows. The Discovery era used the shows initially to bolster Creator/CBSAllAccess subscriptions, but were later folded into Creator/ParamountPlus. The exact details of international broadcasts and streamer releases vary, for some they can be found on Creator/{{Netflix}}.

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The Original Series was greenlit and produced by Creator/DesiluStudios and aired on Creator/{{NBC}}. Shortly into it's run Gulf+Western acquired Creator/ParamountPictures and Desilu, and as such all movies are released under the Paramount banner. In The Next Generation era the TV shows were produced by Creator/{{CBS}} Studios but aired in first run {{syndication}}, UsefulNotes/{{syndication}}, though later installments were used as Creator/{{UPN}} flagship shows. The Discovery era used the shows initially to bolster Creator/CBSAllAccess subscriptions, but were later folded into Creator/ParamountPlus. The exact details of international broadcasts and streamer releases vary, for some they can be found on Creator/{{Netflix}}.
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The Original Series was greenlit and produced by Creator/DesiluStudios and aired on Creator/{{NBC}}. Shortly into it's run Gulf+Western acquired Creator/ParamountPictures and Desilu, and as such all movies are released under the Paramount banner. In The Next Generation era the TV shows were produced by Creator/{{CBS}} Studios but aired in first run {{syndication}}, though later installments were used as Creator/{{UPN}} flagship shows. The Discovery era used the shows initially to bolster Creator/CBSAllAccess subscriptions, but were later folded into Creator/ParamountPlus. The exact details of international broadcasts and streamer releases vary, for some they can be found on Creator/{{Netflix}}.

As the franchise enlarged it became prudent for some organization and structure, much of which has been handled at the studio level. Encyclopedias, Chronologies, Technical Manuals and {{Universe Bible}}s have all been produced for fan reference, and several fan sites [[TheWikiRule coalesced into the wiki]] called [[https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Portal:Main Memory Alpha]] that has been used as an official production resource. One thing of note is that each TV show is given an acronym for ease of reference, with ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' labeled '''TOS'''.

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It is, for the most part, ''way'' on the idealistic side of the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism, at least partially because of its solid allegiance to the Enlightened side of RomanticismVersusEnlightenment. While the ships and officers of Starfleet can wield FrickinLaserBeams, DeflectorShields, {{Photoprotoneutron Torpedo}}es and essentially ''invented'' {{Technobabble}}, the main way they solve problems is by ''talking'', and by finding out the CommonalityConnection between us humans and the MonsterOfTheWeek. That said, there are still shades of a more cynical future. In general, ''Star Trek'' portrays a future you hope will come true, albeit after humanity [[EarnYourHappyEnding endured terrible troubles]] like the Eugenics Wars led by the [[BewareTheSuperman genetically enhanced conqueror]] Khan Noonien Singh, and [[WorldWarIII a third world war]], and rose above them. All series have sought to show that while you may think the world is falling apart and there is no chance of global unity, all this crap will eventually work itself out. However, that future will of course [[RuleOfDrama still have serious problems like hostile interstellar powers and horrific threats like deadly alien monsters and diseases]] to deal with -- though it's nothing that Starfleet can't handle.

The series has also had a profound impact on modern culture and media. Everyone with any exposure to Western pop culture has heard of the starship ''Enterprise'', and the series predicted (and possibly inspired) the PC, tablet, automatic doors, cell phones, natural-language AI and more, decades before their invention. The first African-American woman in space, Dr. Mae Jemison, was inspired to become an astronaut because of Creator/NichelleNichols' pioneering role as Lt. Uhura, and the prototype Space Shuttle was named after the iconic starship NCC-1701,[[note]]While the ''Enterprise'' OV-101 did not fly in space, it did make atmospheric test flights, and was used for numerous other test purposes[[/note]] as is Virgin Galactic's first commercial spacecraft.

Finally, while there were previous antecedents (such as the case of Franchise/SherlockHolmes and ''Series/TheManFromUncle''), ''Star Trek'' effectively gave rise to {{Fandom}} as we know it: when ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' began to pick up steam in syndication, fans organized conventions, wrote [[FanFic fanfiction]], [[{{Cosplay}} dressed in costume]], and generally made lots of noise. Case in point, the Space Shuttle prototype was going to be named the ''Constitution'' until then-President UsefulNotes/GeraldFord received "hundreds of thousands of letters" from Trekkies who had different ideas on the subject. A similar letter-writing campaign granted ''The Original Series'' a third season. Every fandom since has taken its cues from that original outpouring of activity and devotion.

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It is, for the most part, ''way'' on the idealistic side of the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism, at least partially because of its solid allegiance to the Enlightened side of RomanticismVersusEnlightenment. While the ships and officers of Starfleet can wield FrickinLaserBeams, DeflectorShields, {{Photoprotoneutron Torpedo}}es and essentially ''invented'' {{Technobabble}}, the main way they solve problems is by ''talking'', and by talking; finding out the CommonalityConnection between us humans and the MonsterOfTheWeek. That said, there are still shades of a more cynical future. In general, ''Star Trek'' portrays a future you hope will come true, albeit after humanity [[EarnYourHappyEnding endured terrible troubles]] like the Eugenics Wars led by the [[BewareTheSuperman genetically enhanced conqueror]] Khan Noonien Singh, and [[WorldWarIII a third world war]], and rose above them. All series have sought to show that while you may think the world is falling apart and there is no chance of global unity, all this crap humanity will eventually work itself out. However, that figure things out and explore the cosmos. There are still shades of a more cynical future, humanity [[EarnYourHappyEnding endured terrible troubles]] in [[WorldWarIII multiple future will of course wars]] only to rise above them but [[RuleOfDrama still have serious problems problems]] like hostile interstellar powers and horrific threats like deadly alien monsters and diseases]] to deal with -- though it's nothing lingering reminders that Starfleet can't handle.

HumansAreFlawed. These issues are mitigated by the optimism of Starfleet, [[CompetencePorn each officer is an experienced professional]] who will find a solution using [[GuileHero any means at their disposal]].

The series has also had a profound impact on modern culture and media. Everyone with any exposure to Western pop culture has heard of the starship ''Enterprise'', and the series predicted (and possibly inspired) the PC, tablet, automatic doors, cell phones, natural-language AI and more, decades before their invention. Finally, while there were previous antecedents (such as the case of Franchise/SherlockHolmes and ''Series/TheManFromUncle''), ''Star Trek'' effectively gave rise to {{Fandom}} as we know it: when ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' began to pick up steam in syndication, fans organized conventions, wrote [[FanFic fanfiction]], [[{{Cosplay}} dressed in costume]], and generally made lots of noise. The first African-American woman in space, Dr. Mae Jemison, was inspired to become an astronaut because of Creator/NichelleNichols' pioneering role as Lt. Uhura, and the prototype Space Shuttle was named after the iconic starship NCC-1701,[[note]]While the ''Enterprise'' OV-101 did not fly in space, it did make atmospheric test flights, and was used for numerous other test purposes[[/note]] as is Virgin Galactic's first commercial spacecraft.

Finally, while there were previous antecedents (such as the case of Franchise/SherlockHolmes and ''Series/TheManFromUncle''), ''Star Trek'' effectively gave rise to {{Fandom}} as we know it: when ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' began to pick up steam in syndication, fans organized conventions, wrote [[FanFic fanfiction]], [[{{Cosplay}} dressed in costume]], and generally made lots of noise. Case in point, the
Uhura. The Space Shuttle prototype was going to be named the ''Constitution'' until then-President UsefulNotes/GeraldFord received "hundreds of thousands of letters" from Trekkies who had different ideas on the subject.subject [[note]]While the ''Enterprise'' OV-101 did not fly in space, it did make atmospheric test flights, and was used for numerous other test purposes[[/note]], and the Virgin Galactic's first commercial spacecraft followed suit. A similar letter-writing campaign granted ''The Original Series'' a third season. Every fandom since has taken its cues from that original outpouring of activity and devotion.
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With the Kelvin Timeline movies reaffirming Star Trek to the general public, writer/producer Alex Kurtzman was charged to spearhead a collection of new Star Trek TV shows and short films, all handled through his production company [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Hideout Secret Hideout]]. What most characterizes this era is the wider focus of productions: "''Star Trek''" is treated as a sort of super-genre and every show is largely independent from each other in terms of the creative team, with any given premise being essentially, RecycledWithAGimmick, with the "gimmick" being "in ''Star Trek''".

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With the Kelvin Timeline movies reaffirming Star Trek to the general public, writer/producer Alex Kurtzman was charged to spearhead a collection of new Star Trek TV shows and short films, all handled through his production company [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Hideout Secret Hideout]]. What most characterizes this era is the wider focus of productions: "''Star Trek''" is treated as a sort of super-genre and every show is largely independent from each other in terms of the creative team, with any given premise being being, essentially, RecycledWithAGimmick, with the "gimmick" being "in "as a ''Star Trek''".Trek'' show".



Set 2399-2402 -- Creator/PatrickStewart returns to the titular role of Jean-Luc Picard after 17 years. It ran for three seasons and 30 episodes. It is the "Gritty Character Drama" show, giving each season its own StoryArc. The first season starts 20 years after we last saw Picard in ''[[Film/StarTrekNemesis Nemesis]]''. It takes place after the [[EarthShatteringKaboom Romulan supernova]] that kicked off JJ Abrams's Kelvinverse, and explores some of the ramifications. Picard is long since retired from Starfleet due to [[NotWhatISignedOnFor ideological differences]] but gets dragged back into space by a cry for help from a young woman with ties to Data and Picard rallies a new crew to unravel this mystery.\\\
The second and third seasons continue the theme of revisiting old wounds, the second season features an AlternateTimeline plot instigated by the TricksterMentor Q and the third season finds Picard needing to call upon his old crew to investigate a conspiracy within Starfleet. All three seasons feature a few new characters but with [[RoleReprise returning characters]] and picks up on story arcs that have gone silent since the conclusion of TNG and its' movies.

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Set 2399-2402 -- Creator/PatrickStewart returns to the titular role of Jean-Luc Picard after 17 years. It ran for three seasons and 30 episodes. It is the "Gritty Character Drama" show, giving each season its own StoryArc. The first season starts 20 years after we last saw Picard in ''[[Film/StarTrekNemesis Nemesis]]''. It takes place after the [[EarthShatteringKaboom Romulan supernova]] that kicked off JJ Abrams's Kelvinverse, and explores some of the its ramifications. Picard is long since retired from Starfleet due to [[NotWhatISignedOnFor ideological differences]] but gets dragged back into space by a cry for help from a young woman with ties to Data and Picard rallies a new crew to unravel this mystery.\\\
The second and third seasons continue the theme of revisiting old wounds, the wounds. The second season features an AlternateTimeline plot instigated by the TricksterMentor Q and the third season finds Picard needing to call upon his old crew to investigate a conspiracy within Starfleet. All three seasons feature a few new characters but with [[RoleReprise returning characters]] and picks up on story arcs that have gone silent since the conclusion of TNG and its' movies.



The show is ultimately unique in that it forgoes a season-long plot arcs of contemporary shows -- if we go by the "RecycledWithAGimmick" premise, then, yes, [[RevisitingTheRoots this show is indeed]] "''Star Trek'', but in ''Star Trek''". While there are ongoing stories, recurring themes and character arcs, the show is content to let each episode largely stand alone.

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The show is ultimately unique in that it forgoes a season-long plot arcs of contemporary shows -- if we go by the "RecycledWithAGimmick" premise, then, yes, [[RevisitingTheRoots this show is indeed]] "''Star Trek'', but in as a ''Star Trek''".Trek'' show". While there are ongoing stories, recurring themes and character arcs, the show is content to let each episode largely stand alone.
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With the Kelvin Timeline movies reaffirming Star Trek to the general public, writer/producer Alex Kurtzman was charged to spearhead a collection of new Star Trek TV shows and short films, all handled through his production company [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Hideout Secret Hideout]]. What most characterizes this era is the wider focus of productions: "''Star Trek''" is treated as a sort of super-genre and every show is largely independent from each other in terms of the creative team, with any given premise being essentially, RecycledAsAGimmick, with the "gimmick" being "in ''Star Trek''".

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With the Kelvin Timeline movies reaffirming Star Trek to the general public, writer/producer Alex Kurtzman was charged to spearhead a collection of new Star Trek TV shows and short films, all handled through his production company [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Hideout Secret Hideout]]. What most characterizes this era is the wider focus of productions: "''Star Trek''" is treated as a sort of super-genre and every show is largely independent from each other in terms of the creative team, with any given premise being essentially, RecycledAsAGimmick, RecycledWithAGimmick, with the "gimmick" being "in ''Star Trek''".
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Set 2259-ongoing -- This show stars Captain Pike (Creator/AnsonMount), Number One (Creator/RebeccaRomijn), and Spock (Creator/EthanPeck), picking up after the events of ''Discovery'' season 2, and features their adventures on the USS ''Enterprise'' prior to the events of ''The Original Series''. This does not mean that other familiar characters from ''The Original Series'' don't appear; Creator/JessBush plays Nurse Christine Chapel, Celia Rose Gooding appears as EnsignNewbie Nyota Uhura, and Creator/PaulWesley takes on the guest-star role of Lt. James Kirk.\\\
The show is ultimately unique in that it forgoes a season-long plot arcs of contemporary shows -- if we go by the "RecycledInSpace" premise, then, yes, [[RevisitingTheRoots this show is indeed]] "''Star Trek'', but in ''Star Trek''". While there are ongoing stories, recurring themes and character arcs, the show is content to let each episode largely stand alone.

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Set 2259-ongoing -- This show stars Captain Pike (Creator/AnsonMount), Number One (Creator/RebeccaRomijn), and Spock (Creator/EthanPeck), picking up after the events of ''Discovery'' season 2, and features their adventures on the USS ''Enterprise'' prior to the events of ''The Original Series''. This does not mean that other familiar characters from ''The Original Series'' don't appear; Creator/JessBush plays Nurse Christine Chapel, Celia Rose Gooding Creator/CeliaRoseGooding appears as EnsignNewbie Nyota Uhura, and Creator/PaulWesley takes on the guest-star role of Lt. James Kirk.\\\
The show is ultimately unique in that it forgoes a season-long plot arcs of contemporary shows -- if we go by the "RecycledInSpace" "RecycledWithAGimmick" premise, then, yes, [[RevisitingTheRoots this show is indeed]] "''Star Trek'', but in ''Star Trek''". While there are ongoing stories, recurring themes and character arcs, the show is content to let each episode largely stand alone.

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With the Kelvin Timeline movies reaffirming Star Trek to the general public, writer/producer Alex Kurtzman was charged to spearhead a collection of new Star Trek TV shows and short films, all handled through his production company [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Hideout Secret Hideout]]. What most characterizes this era is the wider focus of productions: "''Star Trek''" is treated as a sort of super-genre and every show is largely independent from each other in terms of the creative team, with any given premise being essentially, RecycledInSpace, with the "IN SPACE" part being "in ''Star Trek''".

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With the Kelvin Timeline movies reaffirming Star Trek to the general public, writer/producer Alex Kurtzman was charged to spearhead a collection of new Star Trek TV shows and short films, all handled through his production company [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Hideout Secret Hideout]]. What most characterizes this era is the wider focus of productions: "''Star Trek''" is treated as a sort of super-genre and every show is largely independent from each other in terms of the creative team, with any given premise being essentially, RecycledInSpace, RecycledAsAGimmick, with the "IN SPACE" part "gimmick" being "in ''Star Trek''".



Set 2383-ongoing -- An AllCGICartoon aimed at children, co-produced with Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}. Set in the Delta Quadrant, it focuses on a group of alien teenagers who escape from a prison colony in an abandoned Starfleet ship, the USS Protostar (NX-76884). Creator/KateMulgrew reprises her ''Voyager'' role as Kathryn Janeway – a holographic version of Janeway, to be exact, who is the ship's Emergency Training Hologram. Nickelodeon, which gave it a two-season order, was initially set to air it alone, until it was announced that the episodes would be streamed on Paramount+ first before landing on the cable network. It was aired in two parts for its first season; however, it was canceled by Paramount, the third such ''Trek'' series to meet this fate, with its second season mostly complete. Both seasons were subsequently picked up by Netflix.

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Set 2383-ongoing -- An AllCGICartoon aimed at children, co-produced with Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}. Set in the Delta Quadrant, it focuses on a group of alien teenagers who escape from a prison colony in an abandoned Starfleet ship, the USS Protostar (NX-76884). Creator/KateMulgrew reprises her ''Voyager'' role as Kathryn Janeway – a holographic version of Janeway, to be exact, who is the ship's Emergency Training Hologram. This series focuses on aliens and alien worlds away from familiar territory, making it lean more into {{Xenofiction}} than ''Star Trek'' normally does.\\\
Nickelodeon, which gave it a two-season order, was initially set to air it alone, until it was announced that the episodes would be streamed on Paramount+ first before landing on the cable network. It was aired in two parts for its first season; however, it was canceled by Paramount, the third such ''Trek'' series to meet this fate, with its second season mostly complete. Both seasons were subsequently picked up by Netflix.



The show is ultimately unique in that it forgoes a season-long plot arcs of contemporary shows -- if we go by the "RecycledInSpace" premise, then, yes, [[RevisitingTheRoots this show is indeed]] "''Star Trek'', but in ''Star Trek''". While there are recurring themes and character arcs, the show is content to let each episode largely stand alone.

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The show is ultimately unique in that it forgoes a season-long plot arcs of contemporary shows -- if we go by the "RecycledInSpace" premise, then, yes, [[RevisitingTheRoots this show is indeed]] "''Star Trek'', but in ''Star Trek''". While there are ongoing stories, recurring themes and character arcs, the show is content to let each episode largely stand alone.

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