Captain Kirk’s Violent Aggression Gets Justified

Honestly, this was the last message we expected to get from NuTrek. When the first season of Star Trek: Discovery ended with Burnham deciding to spare the Klingon homeworld, we began to wonder if this kinder, gentler Star Trek universe still had room for mavericks like Captain Kirk. Now, however, Strange New Worlds has become the de facto flagship show for Paramount, and that series went out of its way to justify Kirk’s violent aggression out on the cosmic frontiers.

Congrats, Jim: winning everyone back over like this was the real no-win scenario. We’re just left with one big question for Paramount. When the heck are we going to give William Shatner his own Kirk standalone series?