3 of the biggest mistakes of Star Trek's Nu Trek Era

Revealing the Breen

Discovery didn't do anyone any favors during its five-season run. The show was supposed to be this new beacon for Star Trek, but many fans left the first two episodes feeling utterly betrayed. The final four seasons didn't help matters either. The show opted to address a few long-standing storylines, one involving a race of aliens that allegedly created a bulk of the alien races in the galaxy, and one involving the Breen.

The former's storyline was a bad idea, but only because the concept it was based on was a joke. So there was no saving it. The Breen's story, however, was made worse by the new writers trying to explore them. Originally introduced in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, they were a mysterious race that had everyone guessing about their true identity. Ideas that worked better than what we got from Discovery's fifth season.

Shrouded in mystery, the Breen was one of the more interesting villains in Trek, as they could either be a singular race, with a horrific design or a race that doesn't exist. Instead, aliens could have banded together from around the galaxy to join the Breen, almost like a version of The Borg, but where everyone voluntarily joins.

The mystery of one of Star Trek's coolest aliens was ruined by the revelation of the Breen. Thus proving that sometimes mysteries shouldn't be resolved, ask Robert Kirkman.