Star Trek: Discovery is forcing me to make a galactic decision

Broadcast television paywalls: The final frontier. This is my three-day mission, to seek out new entertainment and payment options and to boldly do what I have never done before.

You laugh, but this is the Khann!!!-level angst I’ve been going through, trying to justify paying $6 a month just so I can watch Star Trek: Discovery on the new streaming service CBS All Access.

As a life-long Star Trek fan, I’ve been anxiously awaiting the oft-delayed broadcast premier of the first new Star Trek series in a dozen years. I cleared my Sunday night schedule, waiting through an NFL overtime and Oprah Winfrey’s 60 Minutes debut just so I could feel the wonder again. If you’ve never watched Star Trek in any form, you might not understand. Read more...