Spoilers Season 2 as a Whole [spoilers up until the credits of 220!]

[James Cole]

Lord Garth has created "as a whole" threads for a few NuTrek seasons to discuss them in their entirety as part of a rewatch. Considering PRODIGY is the first (and so far only) season of Star Trek to be released with the all-at-once binge model, it makes sense to have a wholistic thread here to discuss the season for people that are viewing the entire thing in the span of a few days.

I just finished season 2. I'd argue that it's the second best season of NuTrek produced (with PICARD season 3 taking top honors). It definitely stuck the landing, and massively overperformed any expectations that might be attached to a "kids show". My fear with all the time travel was that some kind of reset button might be involved, but they made a predestination paradox work and just lampshaded why the post-2371 and AGT combadges were in use at the same time.

While still being the most annoying character, Dal did mature. The others all had great arcs.

It'd be great if a season 3 happens, but at the very least the PRODIGY we have already received will be there for more VGR fans to eventually discover.

I'm already looking forward to more detailed episode by episode rewatch, perhaps with the subtitles on the entire time! Dialog in the audio mix is sometimes muddled.

 

[alex08060]

Hopefully It's a success and we get more seasons on Netflix like the Jurassic world cartoons that Steven Spielberg is co producing.

 

[NCC-73515]

Watched it 3 months ago and think it's tied with PIC S3 and perhaps SNW S1 to some degree as the best of all the new seasons.

Everything is just so beautiful! The visuals, the music, the ideas... Way ahead of the other shows. This is the one show that I want them to continue more than any of the others.

trekcore says:

Building on the franchise’s past, they sneakily made some of the best Trek in decades right under our noses, all under the guise of a ‘kid’s show’ — and to say that the end of Season 2’s storyline “sticks the landing” might be the understatement of the year.

 

[tomalak301]

This was an excellent season of Star Trek. If this is it, Prodigy has become a top tier Star Trek show for me. I am a little confused about the Protostar and the Paradox, but the way they left it with the USS Prodigy and connecting it to the Mars Attack was a pretty ballsy move. That ending when they found out about the Mars Attack brought me back to the Children of Mars Short Trek. The only thing that was missing was Peter Gabriel.

 

[James Cole]

Kinda ironic that PRODIGY season 2 managed to connect to each season of PICARD in a better way than the respective seasons of the later's own series. Granted, having everything retrospectively in the can helps.

 

[thribs]

Pretty good. Would have liked some more solo episodes and the Voyager A design could have been better.
Funny to think that this show could have been on before season 3 of Picard which would have made that reveal at the end more surprising.

 

[James Cole]

Funny to think that this show could have been on before season 3 of Picard which would have made that reveal at the end more surprising.

If current Paramount+ trends had continued, we'd likely have gotten season 2, part 1 in November/December of 2023 and then season 2, part 2 at the tail end of this year.

PICARD season 3 was already halfway through principal photography when PRODIGY premiered.

 

[Lord Garth]

I'm currently hanging out in DS9 Land, but I'll be watching the first 10 episodes of the new season as soon as I have a day off (besides the 4th of July). Then, on another day off, I'll watch the other 10. I'm hearing good things about it.

My 11-year-old niece also really likes Prodigy.

 

[GothicPudding]

Robert Picardo, Jameela Jamil, and Wil Wheaton were not added to the opening title sequence until after their first episode of the season, which maintained the surprise if you paid attention to the titles.

They remained in the opening titles for all subsequent episodes, whether or not they appeared in the episode.

 

[Macintosh]

I quite liked PRO season one, but I have absolutely loved season two. I've always been dissmissive of Chakotay as a character because most of the time in VOY he's basically self-propelled scenery that occasionally gets a line, but he was great here.

 

[Firebird]

For me, Prodigy season 2 blows Picard season 3 out of the water because it has a much more coherent season arc, uses fan service only as the plot requires it, and it managed to tie together the entirety of Prodigy's forty episodes and even other series without conveniently ignoring or retconning the decisions of other showrunners.

 

[OCD Geek]

I’m one of the weirdos that genuinely feels there hasn’t been a bad Star Trek show yet. But Prodigy, Lower Decks and Strange New Worlds are the best Trek content since TNG, Deep Space Nine and the Shatner/Nimoy movies.

Prodigy might legit be tied with Deep Space Nine as my all time favorite Trek show.

 

[firehawk12]

As I said in the finale thread, it's probably my favourite series in the franchise. Just a wonderful love letter to the the past and the current slate of Trek shows.
Also perhaps the best crew in Trek that really captured the found family feeling so naturally.

 

[Skyshadow]

There were a few easter eggs in the form of lines from previous episodes and similar. The scene where (fake) Janeway dies was reminiscent of Dinobot in Code of Hero from Beast Wars. Quite a few scenes are really triggering flashbacks to things I've seen elsewhere either being homaged or ripped off. The Loom are something I've seen before I am sure but where I cannot put my finger on.

Overall a huge improvement on season 1 and a very fun watch with some interesting plot twists and developments.

 

[NCC-73515]

Matrix sentinels with legs (and the Infinity reminds me of the Matrix ship Nebu...whatever )

 

[Skyshadow]

Matrix sentinels with legs (and the Infinity reminds me of the Matrix ship Nebu...whatever )

Yes that could be it, just watched the latest Matrix movie recently so this could be where it is so familiar from.

 

[Farscape One]

To say this was an excellent season might be an understatement.

I only rated two episodes a 7... all others were an 8, 9, or 10. PICARD season 3 was the best arc based season the current era has produced... until now. From beginning to end, this season kept the pace well, the excitement high, and most importantly... the season had breathing room episodes that still connected to the season, but didn't feel like it dragged down the season. In fact, one of them was a perfect 10... "IS THERE IN BEAUTY NO TRUTH?" This was a perfect example of a character episode that still connects to the rest of the season. Excellent breathing room episode. Truthfully, quite possibly THE best episode of the franchise of the current era. (It also helps that Zero is my favorite character of PRODIGY. ) And if that were not accomplishment enough... they FULLY stuck the landing!

I have said in the past (many times) that DS9 season 4 is the closest thing to a perfect season the franchise ever got. As a massive DS9 fan, I do not say this lightly... PRODIGY season 2, in my view, equals that DS9 season.

If we don't get a third season, it would be a horrendous crime. But if it does end here... ending a series on this kind of a high note is something all current and future shows should take notes on.

 

[Blackout]

yeah there were some obvious inspirations throughout the season and I found them pretty entertaining, and their applications enhanced the scenes they were applied to

as mentioned above, there were some scenes obviously inspired by The Matrix in this season of prodigy and I thought that was neat. specifically the USS Infinity getting upgraded into something resembling the Nebuchadnezzar or Logos, flying around tunnels with a similar electricity aesthetic, and then getting attacked by sentinels/drones with red lasers trying to cut it open.

also the obvious Doctor Who parallels with Wesley. His demeanor, attire, his machine resembling a tardis console, even the sound of the cloister bell when he transported the crew to safety. I like Wesley more here than I ever did before. Oh, and the "timey whimy" line earlier in the season too.

 

[NCC-73515]

and most importantly... the season had breathing room episodes that still connected to the season, but didn't feel like it dragged down the season. In fact, one of them was a perfect 10... "IS THERE IN BEAUTY NO TRUTH?" This was a perfect example of a character episode that still connects to the rest of the season. Excellent breathing room episode.

 

[Citiprime]

I really liked this season. All of the characters had great moments, but especially Dal, Gwen, and Zero. Those 3 have huge character moments where they make mistakes, suffer consequences, and grow from them.

I also thought this season was visually beautiful. The episode where the Protostar “sails” through the sky just looked amazing.

Finally, I love the bits of context this adds to “Picard” season 1 and how for all the Jellico fans from TNG’s “Chain of Command” it makes you reconsider whether Riker might have been right. I do find it telling of the depths that Picard must have despised Jellico and those in charge given the decisions after the synth attack, that Starfleet can force Janeway off her farm and out of retirement (presumably from the same reserve activation clause that McCoy got hit with in “The Motion Picture”), but somehow allowed Picard to resign in protest.