CNN.com September 25, 2017 Despite being outfitted with some interesting wrinkles, Star Trek: Discovery is an unspectacular addition to the existing fleet of Trek-branded ser...
The Guardian September 28, 2017 Above all, Star Trek: Discovery is a Star Trek for our times.
The Guardian November 14, 2017 It feels of a piece with the show’s apparent mission: to boldly disrupt – and hopefully re-energise – all the Trek lore that h...
The Atlantic September 25, 2017 As the medium of television evolves, it’s comforting to know that Star Trek is there to evolve right along with it.
theplaylist.net September 25, 2017 The show couples pure "Star Trek" spirit and references that will make fans grin, but it has enough action and compelling characters to draw i...
Newsday September 25, 2017 The actor playing this mysterious Gabriel Lorca – Jason Isaacs – also happens to be a major talent who instantly lifts Martin-Green&rsquo...
Daily Telegraph September 25, 2017 For now, the new Star Trek feels less like a reboot than an attempt to turn sci-fi’s most cerebral property into a glum Star Wars clone.
Star Trek is best when it’s hopeful, but hope shines brightest amid horror. On some level, Discovery knows both of those things, and that&rsq...
The Guardian September 25, 2017 [A show is] only as progressive as its writers think their audience is. Maybe that’s why the latest version, Star Trek: Discovery, is more de...
Hollywood Reporter September 25, 2017 Discovery has to stand as Discovery and this is a disorienting start… So that really puts everything on Sonequa Martin-Green, at least for me...
Variety September 25, 2017 Though Discovery has a number of patches of leaden exposition, the mentoring relationship between the two women is nicely sketched out by Yeoh...
The real problem with Discovery is not its tone or visuals, but that it still needs to earn its place among the rest of the franchise. Everything w...
Times (UK) December 29, 2017 Star Trek doesn’t leave any gaps. Nor, I expect, will it. We will see the aliens, see the distant worlds. Nothing will be figurative, nothing...
USA Today September 25, 2017 With its level of talent and commitment, Star Trek: Discovery has a decent chance of getting on course to complete its mission.
New York Times October 19, 2017 Discovery feels like it’s adrift between the adventure-of-the-week format of its network-TV predecessors and the kind of complex serial favor...
The Ringer November 14, 2017 Going into the second half of its season, Discovery has kinks to work out, but it’s laid the all-important groundwork for a rich and tig...
Salon.com September 26, 2017 Happily Star Trek: Discovery strikes a balance between what diehard Trekkies love about Roddenberry’s universe and what J.J. Abrams inje...
Vulture September 25, 2017 This is light years removed from being a perfect TV show, but it already shows signs of being a great one.
indieWire September 25, 2017 While Discovery is fundamentally quite different from much of the Trek that’s come before, its engagement with the franchise, and willingness...
New Statesman September 29, 2017 It’s got enough good stuff to keep me watching. Nonetheless, it feels a bit too obsessed with Star Trek for its own sake, rather than as...
The Australian September 29, 2017 In short, [Discovery] announces a series of high ambition, fit for purpose for the golden age of TV.
Los Angeles Times September 25, 2017 If I had any criticism of what is after all a giant gift horse, it would be that a certain lightness is missing from the initial episodes...
It had everything you wanted in a big spectacle TV show – action, betrayal and things going kaboom, while managing to be smart and though...
New Yorker September 28, 2017 Star Trek has always marvelled at the eccentricities, habits, and feelings of ordinary people, which persist even in a high-tech future; these...
This feels like a show struggling to find its heart. But at least Martin-Green gives it a pulse.
