I could be wrong (and I'm not fully caught up on Disco yet) but other than the Lower Decks Peanut Hamper one off I can't remember an episode of the Paramount + series to sideline its main character to such a degree. There's barely been an episode of Disco where Burnham wasn't in the A plot (let alone where she only appeared in one scene)…
I could be wrong (and I'm not fully caught up on Disco yet) but other than the Lower Decks Peanut Hamper one off I can't remember an episode of the Paramount + series to sideline its main character to such a degree. There's barely been an episode of Disco where Burnham wasn't in the A plot (let alone where she only appeared in one scene) and it sure didn't happen in Picard. Giving an episode over to the ensemble wasn't out of place in the TNG era but the "X hour movie"/limited number of episodes approach to the streaming era limits those opportunities.
It's heartening to see SNW sticking to its mission statement of functioning as a throwback Trek series in spite of the way the industry has changed. While Pike is great and it's a bit distressing to think that there are only nine episodes left in the season and he's barely appeared, it shows how confident the SNW team is in their format, their cast, and their characters that they can do something so defiantly old fashioned and pull it off so well.
I could be wrong (and I'm not fully caught up on Disco yet) but other than the Lower Decks Peanut Hamper one off I can't remember an episode of the Paramount + series to sideline its main character to such a degree. There's barely been an episode of Disco where Burnham wasn't in the A plot (let alone where she only appeared in one scene) and it sure didn't happen in Picard. Giving an episode over to the ensemble wasn't out of place in the TNG era but the "X hour movie"/limited number of episodes approach to the streaming era limits those opportunities.
It's heartening to see SNW sticking to its mission statement of functioning as a throwback Trek series in spite of the way the industry has changed. While Pike is great and it's a bit distressing to think that there are only nine episodes left in the season and he's barely appeared, it shows how confident the SNW team is in their format, their cast, and their characters that they can do something so defiantly old fashioned and pull it off so well.
Between this and Poker Face, favorite genre of TV is rapidly becoming "old-school TV show with familiar formula updated for modern era."