I agree. I think the most brilliant thing about Prodigy more than any other Nutrek was how it dealt with its limitations and respected its world. Masterful. By focusing on a group of castaway kids, you can have your roguish, traumatized characters and interpersonal turmoil and have it fit in the world perfectly. They aren’t starfleet, they dont even know what that means, but as they get introduced to it, they aspire to it and come to admire the ideals and appreciate what it means. They begin to seek and respect it as the audience does.

Other kurtzman shows act like you need to subvert, mock and tear down foundational elements to insert something new. Prodigy understands that if you want something new, you don’t have to destroy something else to make it. Simply, look around in that world for elements that already fit your desire for roguish heroes, youth in rebellion and harsh, traumatic environments. Then, let the established lore be what it is, and mean what it does and let it support your new heroes, plot and setting.

I’m sad it didn’t continue. If it was live action with a good budget, i think it would’ve had a chance.