A new trailer for Star Trek: Discovery ups the stakes for season 2

CBS has released a new trailer for its upcoming second season of Star Trek: Discovery, highlighting the peril that will face the crews of the USS Discovery and USS Enterprise when the show returns in January. After the show teased his appearance in two earlier trailers, Ethan Peck’s bearded Spock is front and center, telling his half-sister, disgraced Starfleet officer Michael Burnham, that they’re facing a major challenge — one that could be a “defining moment for multiple civilizations, [and] billions of lives.” Their actions, he says, might determine the future of the galaxy — a fair statement, since Discovery is a prequel set before the original Star Trek TV series. This season’s main threat seems to be seven mysterious red bursts... Continue reading…