Prodigy Doubled the Janeways
Sure, Prodigy debuted at the tail end of 2021, but it brought in 2022 with an end to the first half of its debut season—which is about to wrap up just as the year ends—by revealing that its crew of alien teens, corralled into being Starfleet Acadamy potential by their prototype ship’s holo-Captain Janeway, were being pursued by the actual Admiral Janeway.
It’s always good when a show literally doubles the amount of Kate Mulgrew in itself in a single moment, but the two Janeways—one desperate to find her former Number One, Chakotay, the other equally desperate to safeguard these children and shape them into heroes worthy of Starfleet—gave Mulgrew a ton of excellent work to chew on when Prodigy returned for the back of its first season this fall, reminding us all why Janeway is such a beloved Trek hero.
