IN SPACE, NO ONE CAN HEAR
We're So Close To Seeing Weird Alien Sex On 'Star Trek'
The relationship between these two thirsty aliens may not be the most important part of "Star Trek Discovery" season five, but it sure is fun.
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The Lede
As we're all well aware by now, "Star Trek" is at its best when it’s horny. After all, if you dump a group of people on a tin can floating through space, you can bet they're going to knock space boots. With its return after a two-and-a-half year hiatus, it's a message that "Star Trek Discovery" now appears to understand — and it only took until its final season.
Key Details
- In season five, Michael Burnham and Book find themselves on an awkward break, having hogged the romance limelight in previous seasons. In response, "Discovery" gives us not one, but two other couples to sustain us.
- Things are more charged this time around, maybe even sexier; but whether it's face bumps, pointy ears or that weird flat-face makeup they kept using in the '90s, "Star Trek" has always skewed toward human-looking love interests. Honestly, it feels overdue.