Why 'Star Trek Discovery' Season 1 was a cosmic dud

This post contains spoilers for the season finale of Star Trek Discovery— but also points out why you may not want to bother watching it. 

From the moment its name was unveiled to a packed Comic-Con crowd at a panel of Starfleet alumni, I was personally rooting for Star Trek: Discovery to succeed. 

What we had here, CBS told us, was a true 21st century Trek, fit for the new Golden Age of streaming television. A Trek that could proudly stand alongside Game of Thrones and Black Mirror. Not to mention a Trek that would justify the cost of subscribing to CBS All Access, a channel that otherwise had nothing you couldn't see on terrestrial TV.  Read more...