10 Star Trek Plot Twists That Nobody Saw Coming

While Star Trek has never relied solely on big reveals and shock value, that doesn’t mean that Star Trek has not seen its fair share of plot twists and turns. Since Star Trek: The Original Series began airing in 1966, the franchise has made use of many different storytelling techniques. While TOS often led into commercial breaks with cliffhangers or dramatic reveals, shocking twists became more prevalent in the television landscape as shows began focusing more on serialized storytelling. Still, almost every Star Trek series has at least one big reveal.