Universe got muddied down for almost the majority of the series, trying to be too much like BSG.

Somewhere towards the end-ish I think of its run? Not sure actually when, but at some point the show actually managed to pitch a really fascinating core premise: That the Discovery's real core mission was to try to investigate what the Ancients had discovered was some kind of pattern embedded into the universe's background radiation, that seemed to be of intelligent design.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHmr80Bf0zg

That's the kind of hook that should've been in the show nearly from the start.

Universe got muddied down for almost the majority of the series, trying to be too much like BSG. Somewhere towards the end-ish I think of its run?

Not sure actually when, but at some point the show actually managed to pitch a really fascinating core premise. That the Discovery's real core mission was to try to investigate what the Ancients had discovered was some kind of pattern embedded into the universe's background radiation, that seemed to be of intelligent design.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHmr80Bf0zg

That's the kind of hook that should've been in the show nearly from the start.