chase it to Hulu. I refuse to pay any more money for TV. I have a DirecTV dish and that costs plenty already. I'm sure that there are a lot of people like myself that are fans of the program that won't be watching it on Hulu. In my opinion - that will kill the show.

I agree. The best option is what happened with Discovery and CBS Total Access. After the show ran its course they allowed access to the full and completed episodes. So we saw them all in just one month.

but I understand it captures the spirit of Star Trek better than anything going on in the ST shows.

I guess it is enough different to avoid IP lawsuits.

I should give it a watch.

trajectory of space travel fiction. Bigger emphasis on developing characters (think soap opera), more comedy and, yes, it uses its storyline, and especially its alien characters, to make social statements.

I lost Lucifer that way as well.