"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds"

If you are a superfan of TOS (otherwise known as Star Trek, "The Original Series"), you are going to love this.  It may be called "Strange New Worlds" but it hits very familiar notes.  There is a brash captain with a certain bemused sense of humor.  There are also some familiar faces, so to speak.  A very young Spock, Nurse Chapel and Uhura.  There is a lot of "put the ship in danger" and species we know ... Andorians, Klingons, Vulcans and the like.  And Gorn.  Lots of Gorn.  There are serious episodes, funny episodes, and a little "alternative universe" stuff.  The interesting twist is how this series comes down from the tech in Discovery to the Enterprise which started it all.  The producers work it in well in ways which make perfect sense.  That's kind of true for the whole series.  Care is taken to maintain yet build on existing threads.  There are more females on the bridge and there is significantly more back-story for those characters.  The mini-skirts with black nylons are replaced by tunic-like garments with black leggings.  It appears the women on this version of the show get to make some choices in dress.  I have yet to see a single outfit which had to be glued on.  The series is streaming, so the violence is more visceral and yes, there is sex.  But the framework is very (very) recognizable.  Took me a while to buy in, though.  Needed to connect with the characters and move past all the space battles.  I got there.  And went back and re-watched the first two seasons, feeling that I had a foundation to get what was going on.  I would strongly recommend that people watch the first two seasons of Discovery before launching in (pun intended).  Season two of Discovery is the kick-off for this show and much of the beginning of the series is grounded in events from that show.  It's worthwhile.  And a bit nostalgic.  The actors get kudos for picking up the daunting task of taking on icons, and doing it with aplomb.  Looking forward to season three.