@mklopez
I find this a rather weird take by CBR.
I’ll concede that *Prodigy*, due to its STEM-forward educational emphasis for family viewing, was absolutely the best show in the new era in working in science concepts.
That said, saying that *Prodigy* recapured episodic television in the style of TNG is completely bizarre.
Did CBR even watch the second season?
*Prodigy* was the most intensely and successfully serialized of all the shows. It had a very strict arc in each of its two seasons. It even tightly landed a complex timey-wimey multiverse story locking back into detail from the earliest episodes — something that’s rarely achieved in science fiction.
What made *Prodigy* stand out was the serialization that worked. Part of this was the discipline imposed by the long forward preparation demanded by the process of animation. Another part was the 20 episode seasons that enabled the show to breathe, the science and character stories to take the forefront while always moving the broader arcs.
Better late than never. I’ve finally started watching Star Trek Prodigy and yeah, it’s pretty good! Very bingeable too.
And that little Caitian is very cute.