# Starfleet Academy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, star-trek-paramount\ **Created:** [July 29, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfleet-academy/1021470 "2025-07-29T15:51:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfleet-academy/1021470/21 "2025-10-12T07:24:04Z")
That second trailer looks far more melodramatic than _90210_. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfleet-academy/1021470/22 "2025-10-12T07:46:49Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > DS9 showed how to do Trek in a single location, but they had galactic politics to lean on and expand the scope. And even then starting in season 3 the adventures of the Defiant off running around the galaxy became half the show. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfleet-academy/1021470/23 "2026-01-15T16:52:03Z")
I’ve now watched the first two episodes, and I didn’t hate it. It is definitely a kind of generic CW-type YA show wedged into the Star Trek universe, and there were some weak spots but it isn’t actively awful. It managed to go the whole 135 minutes without whisper-talking, crying, therapy sessions, or Starfleet officers having group hugs. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfleet-academy/1021470/24 "2026-01-15T17:12:58Z")
I haven’t watched the show yet, but I plan to. Mostly because Tig Notaro (who plays Jett Reno) is awesome and was the best thing about _Star Trek: Discovery_. (Low bar, I know, as that show was pretty weak, but still, every scene that she was in was fantastic because of her.) I got the impression that she would have more of a role in this show which I find very encouraging. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfleet-academy/1021470/25 "2026-01-15T17:30:03Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Here is an interview with the showrunners where they describe how it was really hard to make a “Star Trek” show set at Starfleet Academy because the characters are students who never go anywhere or do anything other than attend class. Can we get an episode that is an in-depth examination of the rules for (and consequences of…) inter-species synthohol pong? Do Klingons have to get drunk _before_ playing, to offset their metabolism? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfleet-academy/1021470/26 "2026-01-15T17:31:04Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I got the impression that she would have more of a role in this show which I find very encouraging. She gets a little screen time in the 2nd episode, but not a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfleet-academy/1021470/27 "2026-01-15T17:33:08Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > She gets a little screen time in the 2nd episode, but not a lot. Well that stinks! ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfleet-academy/1021470/28 "2026-01-15T18:17:12Z")
At least one brief reference each to _Lower Decks_ and _Prodigy_. A Brikar (the big rock person species from _Prodigy_) and an exocomp named Almond Basket (named only in the credits, voiced by the Peanut Hamper actress). ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfleet-academy/1021470/29 "2026-01-15T18:18:56Z")
I saw the exocomp flying by, and laughed. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfleet-academy/1021470/30 "2026-01-15T18:37:29Z")
The first time I missed that there was dialog, and that it was in the turbolift with the hologram, the Lanthonite, and the Jemhalingon. Note around 9:50 to 10:00 in episode 2. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfleet-academy/1021470/31 "2026-01-15T18:46:41Z")
The last few posts (clicked through spoilers) are encouraging to me. 🙂 I loved _Lower Decks_. _Prodigy_, not so much, but it’s not like I hated it, I just didn’t like it and couldn’t watch past a handful of episodes (though I really tried). I will see if I have time to watch at least the first episode today. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfleet-academy/1021470/32 "2026-01-15T18:50:52Z")
Another laugh, one of the background cadets is a Cheronian. The black on one side and white on the other species from TOS, Let That Be Your Last Battlefield s3e15. Which now feels very hamfisted, but was pushing the TV envelope at the time. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfleet-academy/1021470/33 "2026-01-15T18:56:35Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I loved _Lower Decks_. _Prodigy_, not so much, but it’s not like I hated it, I just didn’t like it and couldn’t watch past a handful of episodes Loved Lower Decks, also the only Star Trek show my daughter likes. Prodigy did work for me and I gave up sooner than you. First long episode of Academy was uneven but overall worked. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfleet-academy/1021470/34 "2026-01-15T19:08:39Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Another laugh, one of the background cadets is a Cheronian. The black on one side and white on the other species from TOS She’s a black on the right side one, which was the oppressive group on TOS. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfleet-academy/1021470/35 "2026-01-15T19:14:51Z")
I think they got over that, it was a thousand ago I believe. At least I hope they did. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfleet-academy/1021470/36 "2026-01-15T19:24:06Z")
I believe TNG ended in the year 2370, and Academy starts in 3191. So not quite a thousand years but close; over 800 years at least. Looking at it from our perspective, that would be the equivalent of going from around the year 1200 to today’s time in terms of societal change. That’s a lot of time. Who knows what might have happened to their culture? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfleet-academy/1021470/37 "2026-01-15T19:33:25Z")
What’s the gap from TOS to TNG? The episode was final season TOS. So probably closer to 900? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfleet-academy/1021470/38 "2026-01-15T19:53:33Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > What’s the gap from TOS to TNG? The episode was final season TOS. Crap you’re right. The gap from the end of TOS to the end of TNG is almost exactly 100 years (2269-2370). So yeah, add 100 to the time gap. And you’re now comparing today to 1100. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfleet-academy/1021470/39 "2026-01-15T19:59:33Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > > [@What\_Exit](#): > > > > Another laugh, one of the background cadets is a Cheronian. The black on one side and white on the other species from TOS > > She’s a black on the right side one, which was the oppressive group on TOS. I thought all but two members of the entire species were wiped out, and they were both male. How’d they swing _that?_ And why the hell do we have a female Jem’Hadar on this show? They need to explain that to my satisfaction, as a DS9 fan. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfleet-academy/1021470/40 "2026-01-15T20:05:26Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > exocomp named Almond Basket It’s not a mathematically perfect name. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfleet-academy/1021470.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfleet-academy/1021470.md?page=3)