"Star Trek: Starfleet Academy" has officially docked on Paramount+. It's the latest expansion in a franchise that has more time hops than Doc Brown's delightful DeLorean, but this show might be the most puzzling addition yet.
At some point in time, every Trekkie has imagined what it must be like to be a cadet and learn all the various disciplines required to join the Starfleet. Writer Gaia Violo recognized this as well, envisioning a series following an influx of new cadets set after the events of the divisive "Star Trek: Discovery," while producers Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau put their names behind it as showrunners. In typical Hollywood fashion, though, a spin on the concept just had to be shoehorned in here.
