Star Trek: Prodigy
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Our Review
The best Star Trek show of the modern era that nobody watched, because it premiered on Nickelodeon and died in the Paramount+ shuffle. Six young outcasts. Dal, Gwyn, Jankom Pog, Zero, Rok-Tahk, and Murf, find a buried Starfleet ship and a holographic Janeway (Kate Mulgrew returning), and the show becomes the perfect Trek gateway: a makeshift family learning what Starfleet’s ideals actually mean, one training program at a time.
The animation is movie quality, the serialized storytelling is confident enough for kids and adults, and season 2’s time travel arc brings the real Janeway and the Voyager legacy in with weight. The show’s earnestness, ideals taught, not preached, is the most Roddenberry thing in decades. Canceled twice, saved by Netflix for its final season; the story completes.
Verdict: Watch it with kids or alone. The gateway Trek, and genuinely great Trek, full stop.
