This Star Trek article contains spoilers for Section 31.
Does it interpret coming together to mean arguing about who is the dumbest?
But thats still a coming together and that communal spirit is at the heart ofStar Treks ethos.
Sure, it continues the story began inStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
And sure, its bookended by a plot about communicating with a strange probe from deep space.
But at its heart,The Voyage Homeis a comedy set in 1986.
Director Leonard Nimoy also gives his castmates more attention than theyve ever received before.
So engrained intoTrekis this ensemble approach that fans reject modern series that focus more on a single protagonist.
Conversely, fans embraceLower DecksandStrange New Worldsin part because they have such vibrant casts.
They also embodyTreks values.
Star Trekexpresses this perspective with the central tenet of Vulcan philosophy: IDIC or Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations.
Spock answers, And the ways our differences combine to create meaning and beauty.
Time and again,Star Trekcomes back to this principle.
Bad, but Bad Together
To be clear, none of the characters inSection 31are interesting.
Fuzz outdoes Neelix (creepy season one version) and Malcolm Reed as the most irritating character inTrekhistory.
The mech-suit wearing Zeph could be plucked out of the movie and dropped into a nondescriptHalosequel without changing anything.
Omari Hardwick does his best to bring gravitas to Aloks Augment backstory, but even that feels half-baked.
Nothing better captures our hope for the future like seeing a diverse community.
And, on that note (and possibly only that note),Section 31succeeds.
Star Trek: Section 31 is now streaming on Paramount+.
