History Awesome / StarTrekDiscovery

* Tilly's magnificent (though slightly miscounted) [[TheReasonYouSuck rant to Captain Rayner ]]. The "twenty words" part also doubles as a funny moment.

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* A meta one when the universal translator goes haywire and all the actors begin to speak in different languages, which you have to admire the sheer difficulty in pulling off.

** Not just the bridge, but the corridors as well, with the coloured panels and sections of grid between corridor segments. On the Meta level, overall a brilliant job on updating the classic ''Enterprise'' design to a more modern appearance without sacrificing the original look. Even the flat-panel displays on the bridge at Spock's station have graphics replicating those from the original show and the little screen-viewer he would use all the time.

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* In the run up to the show's premiere, a series of face shot posters were released to advertise various characters, each one displaying the logo of the respective interstellar power (the Starfleet crest for Federation characters, and the Klingon Empire crest for Klingon characters) as an inverted silhouette. Though this alone was visually a nice touch, each of the Federation characters also has their name and rank featured, but that's not the awesome part. What's really impressive is that the Klingons, instead of their ranks above their names, have their [[https://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/images/a/ab/Star_Trek_Discovery_Season_1_L%27Rell_poster.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170802030656&path-prefix=en names in proper]] [[https://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/images/1/17/Star_Trek_Discovery_Season_1_T%27Kuvma_poster.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170802031000&path-prefix=en Klingon alphabet underneath]] [[https://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/images/b/b5/Star_Trek_Discovery_Season_1_Voq_poster.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170802031129&path-prefix=en their readable names]]. One can find that either awesome or terrifying.
* Some of the trailers can even get into this at times, especially when the ''Discovery'' first appears on screen and goes to warp. To some extent, it's Creator/JasonIsaacs' [[TheWorldIsJustAwesome delivery]] that seals it:
--> '''Capt. Lorca:''' We are creating a new way to ''fly''.
* Jason Isaacs telling the white nationalists complaining about the show's black female lead to [expletive] off via Twitter.
* The first episode got at least 8 million views when it aired on CBS; keep it mind it only aired as a way to get people enticed to sign up for Creator/CBSAllAccess. In Canada, [[http://www.bellmedia.ca/pr/press/star-trek-discovery-sets-audience-record-in-canada/ the first two episodes scored the highest numbers of any scripted show, ever, on cable television in Canada.]]
* The series has [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome utterly spectacular special effects]], demonstrating the advances in technology that have come in the last few years in bringing science-fiction to life on both the big screen and the small screen.
* After numerous false starts over the past 50 years, [[Franchise/StarTrek the franchise]] is ''finally'' giving us a TV show with a gay major character.
** On top of that, there's also the fact that the word "gay" is actually used to describe this character - in the 23rd century it may be a difference that makes no difference, but to the audience in the 21st century, it's a tangible indicator that in the future, gay people do (and have) existed. Considering that this franchise's history with LGBT issues is... mixed at best, it's a pretty solid affirmation.
* Only six episodes into the first season, and the series has been [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/star-trek-discovery-renewed-season-2-cbs-all-access-1051003 renewed for a second!]]
** Indeed, Discovery's renewals have consistently come either before the seasons air or shortly in to the season's run. Given that there is a vocal minority who express nothing but vitriol towards the show, to the point of spreading false rumors that the show has been "unofficially cancelled" (after season three, there were even "reports" (unverified and unsourced from anyone official, of course) that the sets had been torn down. For a show that's been cancelled several times over, Discovery seems to be doing pretty well.
* A big one for the producers. The early pre-release stories that Shazad Latif was originally supposed to play Kol but instead was recast as Tyler, supposedly because of allergic reaction to the Klingon makeup, provided cover for possible leaks about the Tyler[=/=]Voq reveal; a rumor that connected Latif to playing a Klingon could be dismissed as a mix-up about that earlier story, and by making it Kol, he'd be further connected to an important Klingon...just not the right one.
* For a series that was accused of being too dark to be Star Trek, the season ends on an uplifting note with the main characters taking a moral stand, not only saving the Federation but giving the Klingons a chance to save themselves in the process and not compromising their ideals to do it, very much in the mindset of what people believe Star Trek should be. And to hammer that point home, it ends with the ''Enterprise'' herself showing up and Alexander Courage's classic theme for the credits.
** For bonus points, the first season's final shot of both ships seems to be a ShoutOut to the RealLife meeting of their namesake Space Shuttles, the only such meeting to ever occur. Even the positions of the starships (''Enterprise'' on the left, ''Discovery'' on the right) matches the famous picture of the shuttles.
* Season 3 sees the audience and the Trek-verse boldly go where no-one has gone before: ''1000'' years into the future after the [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries the original series]]. While references in [[Series/StarTrekVoyager other]] [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise series]] have made mention of time periods like the 29th century, this is the further than anyone (in and out of universe) has gone.
* Anson Mount's Captain Christopher Pike was so well received fans ''demanded'' a spin-off featuring him in command of this era's ''Enterprise'', and [[Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds it's happening]]! A far cry from the "Star Trek fatigue" that partly doomed ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'': ''Discovery'', ''Series/StarTrekPicard'', and ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'' are already all in production (with ''Star Trek: Section 31'' also planned), and the fans want '''more'''.
* The fact that this series is the very first VFX-heavy series to do the entire post-production, some motion-capture shots, and soundtrack recording [[https://www.slashfilm.com/star-trek-discovery-post-production/ from home]].
* Mere days before Season 4 was to be released, it was announced that Netflix had dropped the series and international fans would have to wait until 2022 for Paramount+ to be released internationally. Outcry from both the fans and the cast lead to Paramount coming up with a plan to air ''Discovery'' though other means, including the free streaming service [=PlutoTV=].
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacey_Abrams Stacy Abrams]] cameoing as the President of United Earth in the Season 4 finale.
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* Anson Mount's Captain Christopher Pike was so well received fans ''demanded'' a spin-off featuring him in command of this era's ''Enterprise'', and it's happening! A far cry from the "Star Trek fatigue" that partly doomed ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'': ''Discovery'', ''Series/StarTrekPicard'', and ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'' are already all in production (with ''Star Trek: Section 31'' also planned), and the fans want '''more'''.

* Adira, the TeenGenius Inspector who sabotages ''Discovery'' in order to investigate the ship and confirm whether or not they were Starfleet. It turns into a major case of TheBusCameBack for a species when it's revealed that she's a human with a [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Trill symbiont]]!

* Georgiou's interrogator proves to be her match in wits, easily deconstructing her manipulations and even getting one over on her by revealing that the Terran Empire is gone and that she likely joined the crew for personal reasons.

* For the franchise as a whole, Saru being made captain of ''Discovery'': the series is now the first to feature an '''alien''' captain of the ship the it features around.
* Adira, the TeenGenius Inspector who sabotages ''Discovery'' in order to investigate the ship and confirm whether or not they were Starfleet. It turns into a major case of TheBusCameBack for a species when it's revealed she's a human with a [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Trill symbiont]]!

* Tilly is well on her way to the captain's chair. We see her confidently firing off instructions to the engineering crew and working her holo-PADD like she was born with it, followed by her one-on-one with Saru: she admits she loves Michael and might have gone on that mission herself, but understands what needs to be done for the good of ''Discovery'' and Starfleet.

* Just the fact that the Vulcans and the Romulans ''finally'' put aside their mutual differences, estrangement, enmity and paranoia to reunite after centuries, if not millennia, on their homeworld (now renamed Ni'Var). It also shows a ''much'' better outcome for both civilizations than the planetary destruction showcased in [[Film/StarTrek2009 the 2009 film]] set in the "Kelvin timeline" -- and, even better, [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Spock]] is forever recognized for his efforts in bringing both civilizations back together.

* Adira coming out as non-binary. For a few episodes, a lot of fans had been worried that the big deal the producers had been making about introducing the franchise's first non-binary character was only referring to the Trill symbiote, but instead they confirm that they've ''never'' identified as female even before it, and after enough time with the crew feel comfortable revealing it, which Stamets easily accepts.

* Georgiou revealing that while she wanted to trust Burnham, she knew better. Cue Owo and Killy bursting in to the rescue, confirming their status as the episode's 'good' bad guys.

* Upon "dying" in her return trip to her time in the Mirror Universe, Georgiou awakens to find herself back on the remote world where she went back three months prior. Burnham explains that from her point of view, she simply walked through the door and collapsed for a minute. Georgiou finds that there's three months worth of bio-data on her on a device on her wrist, confirming that it all happened. Dumbfounded as to how these two events could reconcile with each other, they ask Carl who - or what - he really is.

** Following this, the simple wooden door Carl stood next to ''explodes'', and reforms into the familiar off-center ancient stone archway from the original series.

* The episode features Tilly's first episode as acting captain and having her face against [[TheDreaded Osyraa]], the leader of the Emerald Chain, and does not disappoint.
** When Osyraa first shows up, Tilly is naturally nervous but when the former hails ''Discovery'' she not only keeps her composure, Tilly verbally ''flips her off''. All while the bridge crew are grinning at their acting captain.

* Tilly proves she has what it takes to make the toughest decisions when she asks Owo to take the oxygen mask and complete the mission to disable the warp nacelle. And Owo is able to complete the mission and is saved by a DOT-23 Sphere data bot rescuing her.
* Zareh has Book on the ropes and read to knock him off the turbolift when he makes the mistake of threatening and insulting Grudge. Book gets his HeroicSecondWind and kicks Zareh off, proclaiming "She... is a ''queen''!"
* At the end of the episode, we see the healing has begun now that the Burn's mystery is solved and the Emerald Chain in disarray. We see that the Federation has begun to rebuild, with the Trill quickly rejoining and Ni'Var possibly returning. Saru has left to help Su'Kal adjust to a brand new life, thus Admiral Vance has made Burnham captain of the ''Discovery''-A with its new mission to help deliver dilithium mined from the planet to worlds starved for it. And after poor Saru spent so long being unable to push forward a unique warp command, Burnham gives a glorious one:

* A joint MOA for Dr. Culber and 32nd century science (and a posthumous one for [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Noonien Soong]]), as they build a new synthetic body to house Grey's consciousness.

* Tyler can pilot a Klingon ship. Lord knows how he learned that particular skill. Talk about being CrazyPrepared.
** [[WMG/StarTrekDiscovery Maaaaybe.]]

* The SceneryPorn panning of the Discovery, the ship that saves Burnham and her other passengers from dying.

'''"Carl":''' Really?... '''I AM THE GUARDIAN OF FOREVER.'''

** For bonus points of awesome, Carl's declaration is overlaid with Bart [=LaRue=]'s dialogue saying the same thing from TOS episode.
* Georgiou revealing that while she wanted to trust Burnham, she knew better. Cue Owo and Killy bursting in to the rescue, confirming their status as the episode's 'good' bad guys.
** Owo and Killy are accompanied by Saru and another Kelpian. During the fighting, Saru grabs Culber and tosses him straight into the ceiling.