Thread by @damonayoung

I ought to be delighted that Jean-Luc Picard is returning.

But there's always the danger that the whole show will be Junior Lieutenant Picard; the one who avoided the Nausicaan. #StarTrek

Star Trek has had an enduring problem: playing it safe, avoiding nasty consequences, cheating death and grief of their consequence.

The whole of Voyager should've been "Year of Hell". Instead, we got a space drama/sitcom, and Moore made BSG.

Of course there've been some good episodes. Some *great* episodes.

But Star Trek peaked with mid-to-late TNG and DS9, and the rest was stale gagh.

So, look. I trust Patrick Stewart. He's given the role incredible dignity.

I'm just wary of the studios and their concessions to the comfortable.

Also, this is *not* a request for grimdark edgy crap. Look what DC did to their superheroes. Yeah nah.

Just make it thoughtful, plausible, curious, visually enchanting--and *ethical*.