... Excerpt from Star Trek: Discovery Never Worked And It’s Because Of One Key Reason:

Recently, enterprising fans received the surprise news that the Paramount+ flagship show Star Trek: Discovery would be ending with its upcoming fifth season. This was not originally conceived as a final season for the show, meaning that the actors had to come back and shoot additional scenes to wrap things up, and actors and fans alike found themselves asking why this flagship show was getting unceremoniously canceled like this. But here’s a truth even blunter than Michael Burnham’s “Vulcan hello” … Star Trek: Discovery never fully worked because it never fully embraced the core ideas that made Star Trek resonate with so many fans from The Original Series to The Next Generation and beyond.

... Excerpt from Star Trek: Discovery Never Quite Worked – Because It Rejected Core Star Trek Ideas:

So, ultimately, the central error of "Discovery," and the reason many Trekkies didn't connect with it, is that it attempted to eliminate trekking from its own formula. In so doing, it eliminated a variety of missions. It eliminated a need to establish protocol and a group dynamic among the crew. It eliminated the need for diplomacy. There were no ethical dilemmas to work through. It was all violence and sadness. And while violence and sadness have their place in "Star Trek," it shouldn't have been its basis.

I would, however, be remiss if I didn't state some of the things "Discovery" did amazingly right. In terms of representation and depicting a utopian crew of varied humanity, "Discovery" was first-rate. In addition to featuring a Black woman in the lead, there are no less than four openly queer characters. Dr. Culber (Wilson Cruz) and Lt. Stamets (Anthony Rapp) are happily married, and have adopted a non-binary child named Adira (Blu Del Barrio) who is, in turn, in love with a young man named Gray played a trans/masc actor (Ian Alexander) who uses they/them pronouns. Trek wasn't always great about queer representation. Here, they are happy to be open about it. This was done 100% right.

... Comment from Reddit:

Hilarious/tragic now it's ending people are finally free to talk what they really thought about it.

Half the star trek subs and media outlets were calling people all kinds of names for not liking it