With the exception of TOS, all of the Star Trek series took the first three seasons to sort themselves out and become interesting. That was one thing that really bothered me about Enterprise. They arrived at season 4, and gave the keys to the series over to Manny Coto, who took a couple of episodes to kill the stupid time travel plot, and then the series took off. And then it was cancelled. It was as if no one in charge had ever seen seasons 4 through 7 of every other Star Trek series.
A couple of things that I would like to see.
1) Ignore the abomination that was Voyager.
2) Less involvement from Brannon and Braga.
3) The Universe is a big place. Let's go in another direction than left (Klingons), right (Romulans), or ahead (Cardassians). Let's try back, up or down.
4) Cumulative effect of actions.
5) Take on uncomfortable social issues. A Star Trek version of the Middle East would be crazy, and relevant. How about starting the series with a migrant crisis from a previously ignored or unknown sector?
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