STAR TREK: PRODIGY Season 2 Beams to Netflix on July 1

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We are still waiting to learn if this will be a full-season, 20 episode drop all at once, or if Netflix is planning to roll out Prodigy Season 2 in some sort of weekly release strategy; there are even some Netflix series which release on a multiple-episodes-per-week schedule, stretching a season over a three to five-week timetable.

As soon as we have confirmation of the streamer’s scheduling plans for Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2, along with any new promotional images or trailers, we’ll be sure to update this post with that information. In the meantime, mark your calendars for the return of Dal, Gwyn, Rok-Tahk, Jankom Pog, Zero, Murf, and Admiral Janeway!

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Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 - What We Know So Far

"Star Trek: Prodigy" is the latest in a long line of excellent "Star Trek" shows, and a markedly different animated take on the sci-fi franchise than the comedic " Star Trek: Lower Decks ." It's also the first major "Star Trek" show that focuses on a bunch of complete space voyage amateurs, who stumble upon a mysterious Starfleet ship called U.S.S. Protostar, and use it to escape their less than ideal living conditions as miners on Tars Lamora.

Due to the fact that the show begins in the incredibly distant and dangerous Delta Quadrant of the galaxy, the early episodes of "Prodigy" have plenty of world-building to do for a "Star Trek" show, and it'll be interesting to see how the show progresses over the course of multiple seasons. Of course, in order to do that, the show actually needs to have more than one season. Will "Star Trek: Prodigy" become a multi-season phenomenon, or is it destined to remain a one-season wonder? Here's what we know about Season 2 of "Star Trek: Prodigy."

What's the release date of Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2?

" Star Trek: Prodigy " will indeed get a second season, and what's more, it might arrive sooner than you think. The first season's mid-season finale is only beginning to loom on the horizon, but its numbers have been impressive enough that Paramount+ has already confirmed Season 2 is incoming, according to Deadline . This, of course, is a pretty tantalizing prospect for Trekkies who don't like to wait for too long between seasons.

Considering that the Season 1 mid-season finale airs on November 18, and the back half of the ten-episode season starts airing on January 6, 2022, The season won't end until February 2022. Since Season 2 will reportedly drop at some point in 2022, this means fans should have far less than a year to wait for it.

It's highly unlikely that the seasons will air back to back, so you probably shouldn't expect "Star Trek: Prodigy" Season 2 before summer 2022 at the very earliest. If Paramount+ intends to follow the first season's evidently successful footprints, it would make sense to air the season premiere at roughly the same time of year. As such, the most logical release date of the new season would be in October 2022.

Who's in the cast of Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2?

We still don't know which characters survive the events of "Star Trek: Prodigy" Season 1, or whether someone jumps ship to explore a particularly interesting planet. As it stands, though, it's pretty easy to wager that Brett Gray's Dal R'EI is the lynchpin of the series going forward, thanks to his role as the closest thing the U.S.S. Protostar has to a captain, and his mysterious origins. Ella Purnell's Vau N'Akat youngster, Gwyn, also seems like she'll be around for a while, which means that his father, the evil Diviner (voiced by John Noble), might also continue to grace the show with his devious attempts to capture the main characters' mysterious starship with the fearsome Drednok (Jimmi Simpson).

Though it's always possible that the first season will feature a tragic death or departure, it would also be pretty surprising if Rok-Tahk (Rylee Alazragui), Zero (Angus Imrie), Jankom Pog (Jason Mantzoukas), and Murf (Dee Bradley Baker) wouldn't be around in Season 2. As with Season 1, you can probably expect so see plenty of high-profile celebrities in fun recurring or guest roles, as well.

One of the greatest characters in "Star Trek: Prodigy" is, of course, the hologram version of Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), the main character of "Star Trek: Voyager." The AI version of the character is a snarky, yet ever-present and helpful mentor figure to the main characters, which is great ... but also somewhat worrying, considering the fate such characters tend to suffer as the story progresses, and as the heroes learn to get by on their own. Hopefully, Hologram Janeway "lives" to see Season 2, but don't be surprised if this doesn't turn out to be the case.

What's the plot of Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2?

Since Season 1 is still ongoing, there's no way to know where the sophomore season of "Star Trek: Prodigy" intends to take things. Provided that the show doesn't plan to deviate from its premise too much, it's probably safe to say that the U.S.S. Protostar will continue its turbulent journey from the remote Delta Quadrant to Alpha Quadrant . Since the majority of the most famous "Star Trek" civilizations hang around in the Alpha and Beta quadrants, it's likely that the motley crew of main characters will run into more and more familiar faces as their journey progresses — think humans, Romulans, Klingons, and the like.

Due to the show's concept of starting where no man has gone before and boldly working the way back, you can probably expect the characters to bump into plenty of classic "Star Trek" civilizations as their journey progresses.

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'Star Trek: Prodigy' Assembles an All-Star Crew for a Poignant Tribute

'star trek: prodigy' finally brings the crew together in a phenomenal midseason finale, 'star trek: prodigy': ella purnell discusses why she wanted to join the star trek universe, stream it or skip it: 'star trek: prodigy' on paramount+, where a group of teen prisoners fly a federation starship, with the help of a holographic janeway.

Star Trek: Prodigy made its triumphant return today with Part 2 of Season 1 premiering on Paramount+. The show about a pick and mix group of intergalactic youngsters exploring space is aimed to charm children — while keeping the nostalgia of the franchise their parents know and love. And given the debut of the exciting midseason premiere, fans have been left speculating about the fate of Season 2, and all it entails. Read on for what we know so far:

Star Trek: Prodigy Season 1 Return:

Season 1, Part 2 of Star Trek: Prodigy premiered today with Episode 11, titled “Asylum”. Episode 12 set to air November 3. The show took an eight month break, with the midseason finale streaming back in February. Though there will be another 10 episodes, Paramount+ has yet to announce the titles or schedules for the full season (this info is usually announced the Monday before an episode streams). Still, we can expect a new episode each week, and Season 1, Part 1 can be binged on Paramount+ in order to catch up for the rest of the season.

When Is The Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 Release Date?

While Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 has been confirmed and in development, there is no news of when it will begin streaming. Following the time gaps between Part 1 and Part 2 of Season 1, we can speculate it could possibly premiere at the end of 2023, or sometime early 2024. We’ll update this once further news is announced.

Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 Cast:

Little has been said about Season 2, but we can expect the return of favorite voice actors– as well as new characters and actors introduced in Season 1, Part 2:

Dal -Brett Gray
Gwyn – Ella Purnell
Rok-Tahk – Rylee Alazraqui
Jankom Pog – Jason Mantazoukas
Zero – Angus Imrie
Murf – Dee Bradley Baker
Janeway – Kate Mulgrew

Other voice actors, including your requisite Star Trek guest stars, will be announced at a later date.

Star Trek: Prodigy Season 1 Part 2 Trailer:

While we wait in anticipation for news about Season 2, there is still a whole half season to finish! Here is the teaser trailer for the midseason return of Star Trek: Prodigy :

How To Watch Star Trek: Prodigy on Paramount+

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‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ Saved at Netflix; Season 2 to Debut in 2024

It'll begin streaming the first season by the end of 2023.

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Netflix has announced that it will be saving the short-lived Paramount+ series Star Trek: Prodigy, which recently had its second renewal order scrapped. After shopping the project, Netflix has announced it’ll soon be the new streaming home for both season 1 in 2023 and season 2 in 2024.

Aimed at younger audiences, Star Trek: Prodigy is one of many Star Trek shows (or at least was) produced exclusively for Paramount+ and what was then called CBS All Access.

20 episodes of the series have aired thus far, with season 1 being released across two parts. Season 1, part 2, was released on Paramount+ between October 2021 and February 2022, while part 2 dropped weekly between October 2022 and December 2022.

Created by Kevin & Dan Hageman, the 3D animated series followed a motley crew of young aliens finding themselves living aboard an abandoned Starfleet ship. Brett Gray, Ella Purnell, Jason Mantzoukas, Angus Imrie, Rylee Alazraqui, Dee Bradley Baker, Jimmi Simpson, John Noble, and Kate Mulgrew lent their voices to the series.

In June 2023, Paramount+ joined other streamers like Disney in purging some of its content from the platform, including the first season of Star Trek: Prodigy . In addition, it reversed the season 2 renewal order. That season was already deep into production, and reports at the time suggested that it would be allowed to be shopped to other networks.

Season 2 will be released exclusively on Netflix in 2024

Fast forward to today, and Netflix has announced it’ll be the new home for both season 1, which will drop in late 2023 (keep an eye on our coming soon section for more), and will also exclusively launch season 2 at some point in 2024.

On October 11th, Netflix Tweeted :

“Star Trek: Prodigy is coming to Netflix! Season 1 of the animated series launches onto Netflix later this year while a brand new Season 2 is slated to debut in 2024”

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In a joint statement on Alex Kurtzman’s social pages, they thank the fans of the show and state that “they can’t wait to share it [season 2] with the amazing fans around the world.”

Statement by Alex Kurtzman and Dan & Kevin Hageman on the Star Trek: Prodigy revival

Aaron J. Waltke, a producer and screenwriter on Star Trek: Prodigy , posted shortly following the announcement with the hashtag “WeSavedStarTrekProdigy,” saying:

“At last, we can share the news… Star Trek: Prodigy has landed! Our show is beyond thrilled to be joining NETFLIX for the ongoing adventures of the Protostar crew. Star Trek fans across the galaxy — and young cadets in the making — have been granted the chance to see our series, many for the very first time. With a truly global audience, it is an extraordinary opportunity to grow our already formidable fanbase. It is in no small part thanks to you, the fandom — who demonstrated through your extraordinary efforts that the stories of Starfleet, and the outsiders who aspire to it, will endure. We are so deeply humbled and grateful beyond words. Many on the Prodigy team, including myself and the Hagemans, have created some exceptional television with Netflix — and we very much look forward to doing so again. The possibilities are endless now that the world can see all 40 episodes of Prodigy’s first and second seasons in one place which our passionate cast and crew have worked so tirelessly on – with the potential for more as we boldly go and seek out this new horizon. If you wish to see more Dal and Gwyn and Rok-Tahk and Zero and Jankom and Murf, viewing the show on Netflix as soon as it drops – and telling others the good news, to do the same — is unequivocally the way. There’s not much more to say. Other than… Go fast. Spread the word. Together… …We Saved Star Trek: Prodigy. Set a course for home.”

This is part of a recent strategy shift from Paramount Global, which has been much keener on licensing titles, to places like Netflix. Earlier in 2023, we saw them shop Ripley to Netflix, which was originally due to be released on Showtime. That’s in addition to other licensing, such as Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber being licensed in the US in October 2023 after being yanked from Paramount+.

On the kid’s side, we’ve also seen them license some of its Nickelodeon content to the service in recent years and work on a brand new Original Spongebob movie scheduled for 2024. We also see Nickelodeon titles arrive exclusively on Netflix from the 2019 output deal that includes the Erin & Aaron, slated for a November release .

At one point, Netflix was streaming home to the majority of older Star Trek shows. It had the complete collection of Deep Space Nine , Voyager, Enterprise, The Next Generation , and even The Animated Series for a period of time, but they slowly departed throughout 2021 and into 2022 .

Internationally, Netflix was also the distributor for Star Trek: Discovery until late 2021, when the first three seasons (marked as Netflix Originals) were unceremoniously removed , with all future seasons exclusive to Paramount+.

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'Star Trek: Prodigy' Is Back for the Second Half of Season 1 — Details on the Episode Schedule and More

Oct. 27 2022, Published 5:41 p.m. ET

Space. The final frontier. Or in this case, it's the second half of Season 1 of Star Trek: Prodigy , at least. The animated Paramount Plus series is finally back after a lengthy season hiatus.

This Star Trek spinoff follows the adventures of the crew of the U.S.S. Protostar, a haphazard bunch who had to learn how to work together in tandem in order to meet their desired destination — the Alpha Quadrant.

Now that Star Trek: Prodigy is back, what is the episode release schedule? Here's what to know about the new episodes.

What is the 'Star Trek: Prodigy' episode release schedule? And what else do we know about the new episodes?

New episodes of the second half of Star Trek: Prodigy Season 1 drop Thursdays on Paramount Plus, starting on Oct. 27 with Episode 11. There are nine more episodes to go after that, for a total of 20 episodes .

If the show follows the one-episode-a-week release schedule until the Season 1 finale, that means fans will get one new episode a week until the very last day of 2022.

However, Paramount Plus could delay episode releases to account for holidays or to stretch out Star Trek: Prodigy's Season 1 episode release schedule all the way until January 2023. We'll just have to trust the crew to take us to the right destination!

New cast members for Star Trek: Prodigy were also announced during Star Trek Day 2022 (that's Sept. 8!).

So who will be joining the crew of the U.S.S. Protostar? Per the official Star Trek website, Billy Campbell will be reprising his Star Trek: The Next Generation role of Thadiun Okona for the second half of Star Trek: Prodigy Season 1.

Other new, enterprising cast members include Hamilton star Daveed Diggs as Commander Tysess, She-Hulk star Jameela Jamil as Ensign Ascencia, Jason Alexander as Doctor Noum, and Robert Beltran as Captain Chakotay.

So, will there be a second season of 'Star Trek: Prodigy,' or is this really the final frontier for the show?

We've got even more good news for Star Trek: Prodigy fans! The popular Paramount Plus series has already been renewed for a second season, which is currently in development.

However, there has been no officially confirmed release date yet for Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2. That makes sense, though, given that we still have quite a ways to go before the Star Trek: Prodigy Season 1 finale.

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Star Trek Day 2022 | Star Trek: Prodigy Returns with New Episodes on October 27

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Still of Dal and Holo Janeway aboard the Protostar

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Paramount+ today announced that Season 1 of original animated kids’ series Star Trek: Prodigy will have its mid-season return on Thursday, October 27, exclusively for Paramount+ subscribers in the U.S., Latin America, Australia, South Korea, and the U.K. It will air later in the year in Germany, Italy, France, Austria, and Switzerland.

The announcement was made during the Star Trek: Prodigy conversation that took place at today’s global live-streamed Star Trek Day celebration. A mid-season return first-look clip was also revealed, featuring the U.S.S. Protostar crew and beloved character Murf as he completes his “metamurfosis.”

Star Trek Day 2022 | Star Trek: Prodigy - Metamurfosis First Look

In addition, it was announced and revealed in the first look clip that Billy Campbell will be joining the Season 1 voice cast with a recurring role. Campbell will reprise his Star Trek: The Next Generation role as Thadiun Okona, a roguish space captain who’s constantly outrunning trouble caused by his own tactics. When he runs into the young, impressionable Protostar crew, he’ll soon discover they are in more hot water than he is. Campbell joins previously announced recurring voice cast members Daveed Diggs (Commander Tysess), Jameela Jamil (Ensign Asencia), Jason Alexander (Doctor Noum), and Robert Beltran (Captain Chakotay).

“From early on in the writers' room, we knew we wanted Captain Thadiun Okona to return and become a questionable guide to our impressionable crew,” said executive producers Kevin and Dan Hageman. “It was so much fun to not only explore where Okona’s outrageous life has taken him in his later years, but to also work with Billy Cambell who effortlessly fell back into the role of Okona like he had never left.”

In the remaining Star Trek: Prodigy Season 1 episodes, as the hopeful crew makes their way towards Starfleet, their dreams are threatened when they discover the U.S.S. Protostar harbors a weapon designed to tear the United Federation of Planets apart. To make matters worse, the real Vice Admiral Janeway is on a manhunt for the Protostar , eager to uncover what happened to her missing former First Officer Chakotay. With these two ships on a collision course and destruction on the horizon, the fate of the Alpha Quadrant hangs in the balance.

The Star Trek: Prodigy conversation at today’s Star Trek Day celebration featured series voice cast members Kate Mulgrew and Brett Gray.

This year's Star Trek Day celebration is available for fans to live-stream worldwide for free at StarTrek.com/Day and on YouTube (Paramount+ and Star Trek Official pages), Facebook (@StarTrek), Twitter (@StarTrekonPPlus) and TikTok (@ParamountPlus). It will also be available to stream for free in the U.S. only on Paramount+’s Twitch page. After the initial airing, the conversation portions of the event will be available on-demand on Paramount+.

Developed by Emmy® Award winners Kevin and Dan Hageman ( Trollhunters , Ninjago ), the CG-animated series Star Trek: Prodigy is the first Star Trek series aimed at younger audiences, and follows a motley crew of young aliens who must figure out how to work together while navigating a greater galaxy, in search of a better future. These six young outcasts know nothing about the ship they have commandeered – a first in the history of the Star Trek franchise — but over the course of their adventures together, they will each be introduced to Starfleet and the ideals it represents.

Star Trek: Prodigy is from CBS’ Eye Animation Productions, CBS Studios’ new animation arm; Nickelodeon Animation, led by President of Animation Ramsey Naito; Secret Hideout; and Roddenberry Entertainment. Alex Kurtzman, Heather Kadin, Aaron Baiers, Katie Krentz, Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth serve as executive producers, alongside co-showrunners Kevin and Dan Hageman. Ben Hibon directs, co-executive produces and serves as the creative lead of the all-new animated series. Aaron Waltke and Patrick Krebs also serve as co-executive producers.

Star Trek: Prodigy voice cast includes Kate Mulgrew (Hologram Kathryn Janeway), Brett Gray (Dal), Ella Purnell (Gwyn), Rylee Alazraqui (Rok-Tahk), Angus Imrie (Zero), Jason Mantzoukas (Jankom Pog), Dee Bradley Baker (Murf), John Noble (The Diviner) and Jimmi Simpson (Drednok).

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Star Trek: Prodigy Season 1 is available to stream on Netflix outside of markets including Canada where it is available on CTV.ca and the CTV App, France on France Televisions channels and Okoo, in Iceland on Sjonvarp Simans Premium, as well as on SkyShowtime in the Nordics, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Central and Eastern Europe. Star Trek: Prodigy is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

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If you were to jump directly from the first episode of Star Trek: Discovery to its finale — which just debuted on Paramount Plus — the whiplash would throw you clear out of your seat like your ship had suffered an inertial damper malfunction. Since its first two chapters premiered on CBS All Access in 2017, the series has moved to a different ship and a different century, and has acquired an almost entirely different set of characters. Moreover, Discovery has received a radical tonal refit, evolving in fits and starts from a dark and violent war story to a much sunnier action-adventure serial.

Though it never won the mainstream attention or critical acclaim of its spinoff, Strange New Worlds , nor the gushing fan adulation of Picard ’s Next Gen reunion , Discovery spearheaded Star Trek’s return to television , the franchise’s maiden voyage into the frontier of premium streaming content. Like any bold pathfinder, Discovery encountered obstacles, suffered losses, and made some major course corrections. But, if you ask the cast and crew, the adventure has been more than worth the tumultuous journey.

Tacking into the wind

“We were on wobbly legs for a long time,” admits star Sonequa Martin-Green, whose character, Michael Burnham, has had the rug pulled out from under her a number of times over the course of the series. In the first season and backstory alone, Burnham lost her parents, saw her mentor murdered, was tried for mutiny, discovered that her first love is a Klingon sleeper agent, and was betrayed by not one but two Mirror Universe doppelgängers of trusted Starfleet captains.

Move over, Deep Space Nine — this was instantly the grimmest canonical depiction of the Star Trek universe on screen. Season 1 of Discovery was rated TV-MA and featured more blood and gore than the franchise had ever seen, not to mention an instance of graphic Klingon nudity. (Actor Mary Wiseman recalls seeing her co-star Mary Chieffo walking the set wearing prosthetic alien breasts and thinking, What the hell? ) The corpse of Michelle Yeoh’s character is cannibalized by Klingons off screen, and her successor, portrayed by Jason Isaacs, turns out to be a manipulative psycho from the Mirror Universe who tries to mold Burnham into his plaything.

Sonequa Martin-Green as Burnham, midflip as she tries to escape from someone’s hold

The bleak, adult-oriented tone was not the only sticking point with Star Trek purists, as Discovery would take place a decade before the original 1960s Star Trek but have a design aesthetic much closer to that of the 2009 movie reboot, leading to some irreconcilable clashes with continuity. The show’s serialized, season-long arcs were a far cry from the familiar “planet of the week” stories of most previous incarnations of the franchise. Then there was Burnham’s backstory as the never-before-mentioned human foster sister to Trek’s iconic Vulcan Spock , a creative decision that has “clueless studio note” written all over it. Even ahead of its debut, Discovery faced vocal opposition from the fan base for straying so far from their notion of what Star Trek was supposed to be. (Not to mention the revolting but quite vocal faction of fans who were incensed that Star Trek had “gone woke,” as if it hadn’t been that way the whole time.) Many of Discovery ’s detractors flocked toward The Orville , a Fox series starring and created by Seth MacFarlane that was essentially ’90s-style Star Trek with the occasional dick joke thrown in. The Orville offered fans alienated by Discovery ’s vastly different approach to Star Trek a more familiar (but far less ambitious) alternative.

The grim Klingon War story was the brainchild of co-creator Bryan Fuller, who had been a member of the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Voyager writers rooms before creating cult series like Pushing Daisies and Hannibal . Fuller would end up departing Team Discovery before production even began, asked to resign after a string of creative differences with the studio. New showrunners Aaron Harberts and Gretchen J. Berg carried out a version of Fuller’s plans without him, and then oversaw the show’s first major pivot. Discovery ’s second season was immediately brighter, more colorful, and cozier with established Star Trek lore. (This is the arc that would introduce the versions of Pike , Spock , and Number One who now lead Strange New Worlds .) But things weren’t so sunny behind the scenes — Harberts and Berg were fired midway through the season after writers accused the duo of creating an abusive work environment.

As different as Discovery would eventually stray from the HBO-style drama of its first season, co-creator Alex Kurtzman feels that the mission of the series has never changed.

“One of the things that we set up in season 1 is that we knew that Burnham would start as a mutineer and end up a captain,” says Kurtzman. “What was exciting about that is that we knew it would take time.”

Captain on deck

Lt. Nhan (Rachael Ancheril); Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green); Captain Pike (Anson Mount); Linus (David Benjamin Tomlinson); Saru (Doug Jones); and Lt. Connolly (Sean Connolly Affleck), all standing in an elevator on the ship

It was after Harberts and Berg’s departure that Kurtzman, who had remained involved but been primarily occupied with the development of the growing television Star Trek franchise as a whole, took the helm of Discovery himself. Before long, he would promote writer and co-executive producer Michelle Paradise to the role of co-showrunner, which she would retain for the remainder of the series. Just as the late, great Michael Piller did during the third season of The Next Generation , Paradise brought a sense of stability and confidence to Discovery , which reverberated onto set.

“I commend Michelle Paradise and the rest of the writers because this show evolved ,” says Martin-Green. “Our initial showrunners, Aaron Harberts and Gretchen Berg, they made their impact and that’ll never be erased, but landing where we did with Michelle co-showrunning with Alex Kurtzman, jumping farther than any Trek had gone before, I feel that’s when our feet were solid on the ground and when we really established our identity.”

Season 2 fell into a steady rhythm that felt more in tune with Kurtzman’s “movie every week” philosophy, never far in tone from the reboot film trilogy on which Kurtzman served as a writer and producer. The steady presence of Michelle Yeoh’s deliciously amoral Emperor Georgiou was a major boon, essentially becoming Star Trek’s answer to Buffy ’s Spike or Dragon Ball Z ’s Vegeta. However, Discovery was also undeniably borrowing clout from legacy characters Pike and Spock, and the constant friction with established canon wasn’t sitting well with Kurtzman or the audience.

The season ended with a surprising twist that resolved the continuity problems but also changed the entire nature of the show. The titular starship and its crew would be propelled 930 years into the future, past the furthest fixed point in Star Trek’s continuity. No longer forced to tiptoe around the sacred canon, Discovery was free to sprint in a bold new direction. Once again and in a more tangible way, it was a whole new show.

“If the folks who came in had sort of taken us off the rails that would have been a very different experience,” says Anthony Rapp, who portrays the prickly Commander Paul Stamets. “But Michelle Paradise came through as such a shining light and a beautiful presence in our lives. She took the show into this territory of being able to have the heart in its center in a way that felt very grounded and meaningful, and really helped us to make that transition.”

An open sky

Anthony Rapp, Michelle Yeoh, Mary Wiseman, and Sonequa Martin-Green on the bridge of the Discovery in Star Trek: Discovery

Season 3 of Discovery offered Kurtzman, Paradise, producing director Olatunde Osunsanmi, and the rest of the creative team a rare opportunity to completely rewrite Star Trek’s galactic map . Not since the launch of The Next Generation in 1987 had a writers room been able to venture onto such “fresh snow,” as Paradise puts it. In the 32nd century, beyond the furthest point explored in the established Trek canon, the righteous United Federation of Planets has all but collapsed in the aftermath of “the Burn,” a mysterious space calamity. Some longtime friends are now adversaries, and even Earth has become an isolationist state. The USS Discovery, displaced in time, becomes the means by which to reconnect the shattered galaxy. It’s not hard to read this as a mission statement for Star Trek as a whole — a relic from another time, back to offer hope to a bleak present.

Season 3’s 13-episode arc restored a bit of Star Trek’s space Western roots, with warp drive a rare and costly luxury in the ravaged 32nd century and half the galaxy dominated by a vast criminal empire known as the Emerald Chain. Michael Burnham spent much of the season out of uniform, having found a new purpose as a more roguish freelance courier alongside the sweet and savvy Cleveland Booker (David Ajala). This is arguably the most interesting version of the show, as Michael questions whether or not Starfleet — the institution whose trust she has worked so hard to restore — is still her home.

By the end of the season (and right on schedule with Fuller and Kurtzman’s original plans), Michael Burnham finally accepts her destiny and becomes captain of Discovery. More subtly, this altered the premise of the show for a third time, as the central question of “Will Michael ever become captain?” had been answered in the affirmative. But, since she’d already been the central character and a figure of improbable cosmic import, the change was mostly cosmetic. And symbolic — Martin-Green considers her presence “being Black, and a woman, and a captain sitting in that chair” to be her greatest contribution to Star Trek. After three seasons of struggle and uncertainty, Burnham could now be as aspirational a character as Picard , Sisko, or Janeway .

The tone on which the show settled at the end of season 3 would be the one that finally stuck. Where the series had initially been bloody and brooding, it was now squarely an adventure show featuring a cast of characters with a boundless and demonstrative love for each other. The crew would face mortal danger each episode and a galactic-level threat each season, bolstered by very expensive-looking visual effects and a rousing score. At the same time, many conflicts both large and small would eventually be resolved by characters talking through their feelings and finding common ground. This was exhausting as often as it was compelling, but it was consistent. For its final two seasons, viewers could finally know what to expect from Star Trek: Discovery .

Discovering itself

This “feelings over phasers” approach was not for everyone, but it was never intended to be. Even from the outset, before Paramount began pumping out more Star Trek series to target different facets of the fan base, Discovery was never meant to be a definitive Star Trek experience that checked every box.

“You’ll never be able to be everything to everybody,” says Michelle Paradise. “The goal was always to make the best version of Discovery . It’s a different kind of Star Trek. It’s serialized, it’s fewer episodes, it’s a movie every week. That’s a thing that will appeal to many people, and for some people it won’t be their cup of tea.”

Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) sits in the captain chair in the season 3 finale of Star Trek: Discovery

Discovery has bounced up and down my personal ranking of Star Trek series a number of times during its run, more than any of its past or present siblings. I have begun each season of the show with great excitement, and that excitement is frequently exhausted by season’s end. Most Trek series have good years and bad years. To me, Discovery suffers from being simultaneously brilliant, innovative, lazy, cringe, inspiring, and eye-rolling at all times, only in different measures. It features the franchise’s strongest lead actor since Patrick Stewart, and a supporting cast that has never been leveraged to my satisfaction. In my career, I have written more words about Star Trek: Discovery than any other television series, and I still haven’t made up my mind about it. For as many cheerleaders and haters as the show must have, I imagine there are many more viewers who feel the way I do — it’s a show that I wanted to love, but never fully fell in love with.

As Discovery disappears in the aft viewport, some will bid it a fond farewell, some will be blowing it raspberries, and some will turn away with total disinterest. But regardless of how well Discovery itself is remembered in the coming years, it has already made a substantial impact on the franchise. It paved the way for every Trek series that followed, including three direct spinoffs. Its second season was the incubator for Strange New Worlds , now the most acclaimed Trek series in a generation. Michelle Yeoh had such fun in her recurring role on Discovery that, even after winning an Academy Award , she was still keen to return for the upcoming Section 31 TV movie . Discovery ’s 32nd-century setting will continue to be explored in the new Starfleet Academy series , leaving the door open for some of its characters to return.

Even the new shows that have no direct relationship to Discovery have benefitted from the precedent it set by being different from what came before. Lower Decks is an animated sitcom, Prodigy is a kid-targeted cartoon , Picard is… a bunch of different things that don’t work together , but they are all different shows. Star Trek was one thing, and beginning with Discovery , it became many things. And for Star Trek, an institution that preaches the value of infinite diversity in infinite combinations, that’s a legacy to be proud of.

Star Trek: Discovery is now streaming in full on Paramount Plus.

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How To Watch All Star Trek TV Shows In Timeline Order

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Star Trek: Discovery ending after season 5 marks a significant shift in the Star Trek universe on Paramount+.
Discovery's success set the stage for new series like Picard, Lower Decks, and Prodigy on Paramount+.
The decision to end Discovery is part of the evolving business landscape of streaming services like Paramount+.

Star Trek: Discovery ending with season 5 came as a surprise and causes a ripple effect to the Star Trek franchise on Paramount+. On March 2, 2023, the announcement came that Discovery season 5 will be its final season , with heartfelt statements made by executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Michelle Paradise, series lead and producer Sonequa Martin-Green, who portrays Captain Michael Burnham, Paramount chief programming officer Tanya Giles, and David Stapf of CBS Studios all praising the success of Star Trek: Discovery .

Star Trek: Discovery launched on the CBS All-Access streaming service in 2017 and was originally a prequel series set before Star Trek: The Original Series. Discovery jumped 930 years into the future of Star Trek' s canonical timeline at the end of season 2. Discovery was not met with overwhelming love from hardcore Star Trek fandom since its inception, but it endured and found its creative footing. Discovery 's success became the cornerstone of Star Trek 's expansion into an entire universe of new series streaming on Paramount+, which includes Star Trek: Picard , the animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks and Star Trek: Prodigy (which is now on Netflix), and Discovery 's direct spinoffs, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and the upcoming Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.

Star Trek: Section 31 , the first made-for-streaming Star Trek movie on Paramount+, is also a spinoff of Star Trek: Discovery.

The Star Trek TV franchise has existed for 57 years and consists of 12 shows (and counting). Here's how to watch them all in timeline order.

Why Star Trek: Discovery Is Ending With Season 5

A five-year run is an achievement in the streaming era.

The reasons for Star Trek: Discovery ending reportedly has to do more with the overall business of streaming and the landscape of the marketplace. A detailed analysis by TrekMovie examined the pressures Paramount Global is under to cut costs and make the Paramount+ streaming service profitable, which is an issue every streamer, including Netflix, HBO Max, and Disney+, is dealing with. Paramount CFO Naveen Chopra announced that 2023 was their "peak year" in streaming investment, which means the company is trimming its bottom line. Star Trek: Discovery ending seems to be a result of the changing business of streaming.

Paramount is now in the midst of a sale with conglomerates like Sony and Skydance negotiating to take over the studio.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 was not intended to be the end of the series. Following the cancelation, Paramount+ allowed the cast and crew of Star Trek: Discovery to return to Toronto for 3 additional days of filming. Star Trek: Discovery 's series finale, "Life Itself", directed by Olatunde Osunsanme and written by showrunner Michelle Paradise, is an extended episode that concludes with a special coda to wrap up the series and Discovery 's major character arcs. Paradise promised fans Star Trek: Discovery would not end with a frustrating cliffhanger that would never be resolved.

Discovery Ends As A Star Trek Success Story

Star trek owes its renaissance to discovery.

Star Trek: Discovery has its share of loyal fans and detractors, but there is no arguing that there would be no Star Trek universe on Paramount+ without Michael Burnham's show leading the way. Discovery helped keep the nascent CBS All-Access streaming service afloat in its early years before its rebranding into Paramount+. The two live-action and two animated Star Trek shows that launched since 2020 were made possible by Discovery . Star Trek: Discovery was the franchise's first foray into serialized prestige television, and i t raised the bar for Star Trek series in terms of cinematic visuals and production values .

Discovery opened the door for LGBTQ+ representation in the other Star Trek series.

Further, Star Trek: Discovery broke important ground for diversity, inclusiveness, and LGBTQ+ representation . Sonequa Martin-Green is the first Black female lead of a Star Trek series, and Burnham subsequently became the first Black female Captain to lead a Star Trek series. Anthony Rapp's Paul Stamets and Wilson Cruz's Dr. Hugh Culber were the first openly gay couple in a loving marriage portrayed in Star Trek. Discovery season 3 added Blu del Barrio's Adira Tal and Ian Alexander's Gray as Star Trek 's first non-binary and transgender stars. Discovery opened the door for LGBTQ+ representation in the other Star Trek series, like Jesse James Keitel portraying the non-binary Captain Angel in Strange New Worlds .

What Happens To Star Trek After Discovery Ends?

Star trek will keep on going with tv series and movies.

Star Trek on Paramount+ had a historic 2022 where all five Star Trek series aired new episodes, resulting in a new episode of Star Trek nearly every Thursday throughout the year. Star Trek entered 2023 with much the same hoopla but Star Trek: Discovery season 5 both not premiering until 2024 and ending, along with Star Trek: Picard season 3 being its final season, casts a pall over the franchise, although Picard season 3 and Strange New Worlds season 3 were huge successes with critics and audiences .

Star Trek: Prodigy season 1 is available on Netflix and season 2 is awaiting its premiere date, with the future of the all-ages animated series dependent on its streaming performance.

Star Trek: Lower Decks ending with season 5 later in 2024 accompanied the news of Strange New Worlds ' season 4 renewal. When Discovery and Lower Decks are over, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, which is targeting a 2026 release, will join Strange New Worlds as the two remaining Star Trek series on Paramount+. However, after spinning off 5 new series and a made-for-streaming movie, Star Trek: Section 31 , Star Trek: Discovery' s run can be considered a success by any measure , and its positive impact on Star Trek will continue to be felt into the future.

Will Star Trek: Discovery Return For Season 6 Or Movies?

There are always possibilities..

Star Trek: Discovery planted numerous seeds for the Star Trek on Paramount+ franchise to continue to grow, but there is no indication that Discovery itself will continue with a season 6 after its season 5/series finale . Discovery 's 32nd-century timeline will be continued by Star Trek: Starfleet Academy , with the potential for some Discovery characters to appear in the new series. A Star Trek: Discovery streaming movie on Paramount+ might be possible (depending on how Star Trek: Section 31 performs) but not any time in the near future with the general uncertainty surrounding Paramount's sale.

Star Trek 's theatrical side is ramping up after nearly a decade since Star Trek Beyond premiered in theaters in 2016. Paramount Pictures announced an Untitled Star Trek Origin movie directed by Toby Haynes will start production later in 2024 for a 2025 or 2026 release. X-Men producer Simon Kinberg is reportedly negotiating to oversee the Star Trek theatrical franchise the way Alex Kurtzman runs Star Trek on Paramount+. And the ever-rumored Star Trek 4 produced by J.J. Abrams hopes to one day reunite the USS Enterprise cast led by Chris Pine. Star Trek: Discovery was a new beginning for Star Trek on television, and Captain Michael Burnham's series undoubtedly leaves Star Trek better than it found it.

Star Trek: Discovery is streaming on Paramount+

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All 20 Episodes Of ‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ Season 1 Now Available Digitally

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There is good news for fans of Star Trek: Prodigy who are missing the show since it was removed from streaming on Paramount+.

Prodigy available digitally now

Episodes 11-20 from the first season of Star Trek: Prodigy were released this morning digitally and are now available for purchase at Amazon , Google , Apple , and elsewhere in the USA. This is the first time all of season 1 has been available since the show was removed from Paramount+ in June . This has been confirmed for the USA, but may also be the case in other countries. [NOTE: The two-part series premiere is considered a single episode, which is why some digital sellers list the season as having only 19 episodes.]

Blu-ray news next?

Volume 2 of Prodigy season 1 (with episodes 11-20) showed up for pre-order earlier this month on Amazon and other retailers but was subsequently removed. We are awaiting more details about the release, but with the digital release now available, hopefully, an official announcement will arrive soon.

Still waiting for new streaming home for Prodigy

Work on the second season of Prodigy is still underway. Paramount has committed to licensing both seasons of the show to another outlet; however, there is no news yet on where or when this will happen.

Earlier in the week, c0-executive producer Aaron Waltke tweeted about working on post-production for one of the season 2 episodes, teasing how it ties together Trek lore.

Can’t give any spoilers due to NDA… But I just watched down the final mix of a new #StarTrekProdigy episode that ties together 56 years of Star Trek canon, lore, and legacy… The world needs to see this. — Aaron J. Waltke (@GoodAaron) July 15, 2023

Keep up with news about the Star Trek Universe at TrekMovie.com .

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FYI if you purchased the first season through VUDU before this, the 11-20 episodes are considered purchased as well so you don’t have to pay extra!

I think this means they’ve made a deal somewhere. Just as a note I immediately pre-ordered it on Amazon and they may have hidden the listing but it still shows in my account as pre-ordered with a 9/27 delivery.

Cool. I already got the first blu-ray, and ai pre-ordered the second blu-ray, so I’ll try to be patient and not pay for them again digitally.

Most encouraging.

FTM I’m still planning on getting the Blu-ray upon its presumably impending release in September, but I’ll be closely following all Prodigy news and adjusting plans accordingly.

Don’t do it. If they can’t sell the show after finishing season 2 they’ll end up writing it off for taxes like with final space and it’ll vanish from your library even though you bought it.

It just depends. It seems more in danger of that while NOT being available. Purchasing it digitally will show streamers it is more popular than Paramount figured on. But yes, buy physical media. Thing is season 2 is NOT on physical media … yet. It may never be but to encourage it, it seems we need to SHOW the interest in it.

Season 2 isn’t on any media, physical or otherwise. We won’t get to see it at all until they find another platform for it.

Disney wouldn’t sell a Star Wars series to another streamer if the numbers were less than expected. That’s because they know the value of the IP as a whole and they understand respecting the fan base is something that needs to be factored in for the long term health of the franchise (Note that they have cheesy and cringeworthy 80s Star Wars cartoon content on D+ for completists to watch) The P+ team is simply made up of third tier people who couldn’t get hired at Disney, won’t be at P+ long term and only see Trek as a short term numbers thing and not the long term value of the franchise as a whole. What’s next? Selling off lower performing episodes of various series to other streamers? Visionless bean counters and desperately dumb anthropomorphic LinkedIn pages come to life.

I’m pretty sure Star Wars shows were sold and aired to CN and Warner Bros even though there was the Disney Channel.

The whole idea of streaming channels only selling shows to themselves has proven to not be profitable. Max is already going back to the old model of producing shows and licensing them to other networks.

Star Trek: Discovery Season 6 Or Movie - Everything We Know

Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Discovery's Series Finale - "Life, Itself"

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 concludes the series with multiple endings for Captain Burnham and the USS Discovery crew.
There are no plans for Star Trek: Discovery season 6, but a Paramount+ streaming movie continuation is a possibility.
Future Star Trek projects include spinoffs from Discovery, upcoming series, and movies on Paramount+.

Star Trek: Discovery has ended, but will the flagship Star Trek series on Paramount+ return for season 6 or a streaming movie? Star Trek: Discovery began in 2017 and helped launch the CBS All-Access streaming service, which later rebranded as Paramount+. Discovery was the first new Star Trek series in 12 years and brought the franchise into the streaming era with cinematic visuals and serialized storytelling. Discovery 's success led to multiple Star Tre k spinoffs , including Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Star Trek: Prodigy, and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , as well as the upcoming series Star Trek: Starfleet Academy and the made-for-streaming Star Trek: Section 31 movie.

Although Star Trek: Discovery season 5 wasn't produced as the final season, after the cast and crew learned the series was ending, Paramount+ allowed them to film new scenes to wrap up Star Trek: Discovery with an epilogue to the series finale, "Life, Itself". Star Trek: Discovery season 5 turned out to be one of the show's strongest seasons, with an adventurous tone that delivered thrills and poignant moments. Discovery season 5 also contained multiple callbacks to past Star Trek series to better tie the 32nd century-set saga with the franchise's legacy. But now that Star Trek: Discovery is officially over, will Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and the USS Discovery return for season 6 or a movie on Paramount+?

Star Trek' s next live-action Paramount+ series and movies, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds seasons 3 and 4, Star Trek: Section 31 , and Star Trek: Starfleet Academy season 1 are all spinoffs of Star Trek: Discovery.

Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Returning Cast & New Character Guide

As Burnham seeks the universe's greatest treasure in Star Trek: Discovery season 5, she'll need help from a host of new and returning characters.

Will Star Trek: Discovery Season 6 Happen?

Discovery has taken its last ride..

There are no known plans for Star Trek: Discovery season 6. Star Trek: Discovery season 5 contained multiple endings that concluded the story of Captain Burnham and the USS Discovery. The original ending of Star Trek: Discovery season 5 consisted of the wedding of Ambassador Saru (Doug Jones) and President T'Rina (Tara Rosling) while Captain Burnham and Cleveland Booker (David Ajala) resumed their love story just in time for their next adventure. Star Trek: Discovery 's series finale epilogue flashed forward decades to send off the USS Discovery to its ultimate destiny.

Paramount Studios is up for sale, which will inevitably affect future Star Trek projects.

However, Star Trek: Discovery s eason 5's ending doesn't preclude season 6 were it to be greenlit by Paramount+. Discovery 's finale epilogue scenes simply mean audiences learn what happens to Michael Burnham and the USS Discovery in the far future, but there is plenty of time before that to tell more stories about the USS Discovery and its crew. Star Trek: Discovery has wrapped, but it's possible the cast and crew could reunite for season 6 after some time has passed.

What Star Trek: Discovery Season 6 Would Have Been About

Discovery's epilogue was an abbreviated version of season 6's story.

If Star Trek: Discovery season 6 happened, showrunner Michelle Paradise indicated that its focus would have been tying the series into Star Trek: Short Treks' "Calypso". Star Trek executive producer Alex Kurtzman wanted to make sure the lingering question about whether "Calypso" is Star Trek: Discovery canon is definitively answered. Instead, Star Trek: Discovery 's finale coda delivered the link that leads directly into "Calypso".

Michelle Paradise also told Screen Rant in our exclusive interview that "we hadn't gotten far enough down the road to know what would happen" to Commander Rayner (Callum Keith Rennie) and Moll (Eve Harlow), two of Star Trek: Discovery season 5's new additions who proved popular with audiences. Both Moll and Rayner ended Discovery season 5 with hints that they would stay on into season 6 , had it happened. Perhaps what's next for Rayner and Moll will be revealed in the next Star Trek series, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.

Star Trek: Discovery Showrunner Answers The Series Finale's Burning Questions

Screen Rant interviews Star Trek: Discovery showrunner Michelle Paradise about the biggest questions left behind by the series finale.

Will Star Trek: Discovery Get A Paramount Plus Streaming Movie?

Five seasons... and a movie.

A streaming movie on Paramount+ is a potential option for a continuation of Star Trek: Discovery . A plan to feature a new Star Trek movie on Paramount+ every 2 years kicks off when Star Trek: Section 31 starring Academy Award-winner Michelle Yeoh premieres on the streamer. Reuniting the cast of Star Trek: Discovery for a Paramount+ movie is a definite possibility. However, there are no known plans for a Star Trek: Discovery movie and the future of Star Trek streaming movies depends on how Section 31 performs on Paramount+.

Star Trek: Section 31 is being eyed for a possible sequel if the film is a success.

What Star Trek TV Series & Movies Are Coming After Discovery Ends?

Star trek will still be going strong..

Star Trek will continue to go boldly after Star Trek: Discovery ends, with multiple announced Star Trek projects in various stages of production and development. (Executive producer Alex Kurtzman, who oversees all of Star Trek on Paramount+, says there are more unannounced Star Trek projects in the works.) Star Trek: Lower Decks will stream season 5, which is also its final season, on Paramount+ in fall 2024. Netflix is also going to premiere Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 sometime in 2024. Star Trek: Section 31 is awaiting a Paramount+ premiere date, and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds wrapped filming season 3 with season 4 greenlit. Star Trek: Starfleet Academy will also start production in late summer 2024.

Paramount Pictures ' Star Trek movie franchise is also ramping up after nearly a decade of development hell. Paramount announced an Untitled Star Trek Origin movie directed by Toby Haynes will begin production later in 2024 for a 2025 or 2026 theatrical release. X-Men producer Simon Kinberg is reportedly signing on to oversee the Star Trek theatrical movies similar to how Alex Kurtzman runs Star Trek streaming on Paramount+. Producer J.J. Abrams is also reportedly trying to launch Star Trek 4 and reunite the USS Enterprise cast led by Chris Pine. As Star Trek: Discovery heads off to its final frontier, it leaves Star Trek stronger than how it found it.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 is available to stream on Paramount+

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Writers Alex Kurtzman

Directors Jonathan Frakes, Olatunde Osunsanmi

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The Big Picture

Captain Burnham makes a bold decision regarding Progenitors' tech in the Star Trek: Discovery finale, ensuring it stays out of dangerous hands.
Saru ties the knot with his Vulcan fiancée in a romantic ceremony, while Burnham and Book rekindle their romance.
A character from another show is revealed to have secret ties to Star Trek: Discovery , linking the series to past storylines.

Star Trek: Discovery has reached the end of its journey. After premiering in 2017, Discovery managed to run for five seasons — which is becoming a rarity in the streaming age (and ironically marks the length of time for a five-year mission under Starfleet). Discovery also helped kickstart the Star Trek renaissance on television , with series including Star Trek: Picard and the spin-off Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , so seeing it end after all this time is rather bittersweet.

Despite the circumstances, Discovery was determined to end its final voyage in style as Captain Michael Burnham ( Sonequa Martin-Green ) tracked down technology that belonged to the Progenitors, a race of beings who seeded the universe with intelligent life. Further complicating matters is the fact that the crew of Discovery is finding themselves being pulled in different directions : Saru ( Doug Jones ) is now an ambassador for the Federation of United Planets, Hugh Culber ( Wilson Cruz ) has a literal out-of-body experience that he struggles to come to terms with, and Burnham must deal with her lingering feelings for Book ( David Ajala ), especially as the two separated. How does it all come together in Discovery's final episode, "Life, Itself?"

Star Trek: Discovery

Taking place almost a decade before Captain Kirk's Enterprise, the USS Discovery charts a course to uncover new worlds and life forms.

Captain Burnham Makes a Decision Regarding the Progenitors’ Tech

"Life, Itself" begins with Burnham waking up on a platform that serves as the bridge to multiple worlds, alongside Moll ( Eve Harlow ), who had been seeking the Progenitors' technology. After the duo strike a truce, they discover an interface that will let them speak to the Progenitors, leading Moll to betray Burnham and try to access the interface, only to get frozen for her troubles. Burnham eventually does talk to one of the Progenitors, who offers her a choice: Either she becomes the steward of the Progenitor tech or leave it behind. Burnham takes a third option and uses the Discovery's tractor beam to send the tech into the event horizon of a black hole , making sure no one can access it.“It’s too powerful for one person or one culture to access or control,” she tells the rest of the crew.

While Burnham is on another plane of existence, the Discovery is fending off an attack by the Breen and manages to defeat them using a combination of intellect and intimidation. Commander Rayner ( Callum Keith Rennie ) teleports a Breen dreadnought into the far reaches of space, while Saru intimidates the Breen primarch into calling off the rest of their forces by implying he'd bring a force unlike anything the Breen saw upon their heads. The moment was a full circle for both of them because Rayner finally grew into a commander who could lead Discovery in dangerous situations and Saru proved that he could engage in aggressive negotiations (to borrow a phrase from that other science fiction franchise).

A Wedding and No Funerals for ‘Star Trek: Discovery’s Series Finale

"Life, Itself" also has another major moment: Saru finally gets married! The Kelpian ties the knot with his Vulcan fiancée T'Rina ( Tara Rosling ), with the entire crew of Discovery in attendance. As if Saru getting married wasn't already romantic enough, Burnham and Book rekindle their own romance . "Let's see what the future holds," Burnham tells Book, right before the episode leaps forward a few decades to showcase said future. Not only are the two married, but Burnham is now a Starfleet admiral and is ready to congratulate their son Leto ( Sawandi Wilson ), who's recently become a captain himself.

A ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Character Has Secret Ties to Another ‘Star Trek’ Show

When Discovery made the leap to the 32nd century in Season 3, Burnham and her crew made a number of new allies while trying to rebuild the Federation. One of them was Dr. Kovich ( David Cronenberg ), a mysterious scientist who almost always seemed to know more than he lets on. The reason for this was finally revealed: Kovich is the temporal agent Daniels, who first appeared in Star Trek: Enterprise . Daniels and other temporal agents were tasked with keeping history intact during a "temporal cold war." Daniels also tells Burnham that he's been to "other places," with his office containing objects from different points in Star Trek history . Among them is the baseball that Benjamin Sisko ( Avery Brooks ) held in his office in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , and the VISOR used by Star Trek: The Next Generation engineer Geordi La Forge ( LeVar Burton ). It is another full circle moment for Discovery , especially since Season 5 drew from the plot of a Next Generation episode that set up the Progenitors .

Here's What 'Star Trek: Discovery' Season 6 Was Going To Be About

They were going to take a long trek back to a Short Trek.

The ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Finale Pays Off a Plot Thread From ‘Short Treks’

"Life, Itself" even manages to tie up one dangling plot thread that stretches back to Discovery 's beginning. Burnham is tasked with one final mission of warping Discovery to a mysterious point in space where it's meant to stay as a "time capsule" for future generations to explore. This sets up the events of the Star Trek: Short Treks episode "Calypso," where a human soldier ( Aldis Hodge ) discovers Discovery centuries in the future; his only companion is Zora, the Discovery's sentient computer. Zora was uploaded to Discovery in the Season 3 episode "Forget Me Not," hinting that the show would tackle this plot thread sooner or later. Showrunner Michelle Paradise even hinted that Discovery would have touched on this plot thread if it was renewed for Season 6, telling Variety : “The story, nascent as it was, was eventually going to be tying that thread up and connecting ‘Discovery’ back with ‘Calypso.'"

Despite Discovery ending, future Star Trek projects are slated to explore elements it set up . Starfleet Academy will be set in the 32nd century, while the Star Trek: Section 31 movie centers on Burnham's former commanding officer/Mirror Universe refugee Philippa Georgiou ( Michelle Yeoh ). Star Trek: Discovery , much like Burnham and her crew, weathered trials and tribulations while serving as the foundation for the Star Trek renaissance, and it serves as a worthy chapter in the Trek franchise.

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The Paramount+ sci-fi drama came to an end on May 30, offering closure for the crew of the USS Discovery

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The crew of the U.S.S. Discovery served on one last mission together after five jam-packed seasons of adventures across time and space. Star Trek: Discovery ’s series finale — which aired on Thursday, May 30 — picked up where the penultimate episode left off. After disappearing through a portal, Captain Michael Burham ( Sonequa Martin-Green ) awakened on a suspended platform that stretched into eternity, offering infinite gateways that led to other exotic worlds. She encountered Moll (Eve Harlow), and after trading punches, the two begrudgingly teamed up to find the Progenitors’ technology, which was used to create humanoid life.

“I need you to trust me … I give you my word,” Michael pleaded.

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Michael and Moll eventually discovered the Progenitors’ inner sanctum: a surreal pasture of yellow flowers with a mysterious interface atop a pedestal. When a fuzzy voice communication from Book (David Ajala) came through for Michael, Moll knocked the distracted Starfleet captain unconscious and fiddled with the interface. She clearly did something wrong, because she's engulfed in energy, unable to move.

With Michael and Moll in the Progenitors’ realm, Discovery fought off a swarm of Breen combat fighter ships by firing a slew of photon torpedoes that ignited the surrounding area. Saru (Doug Jones), meanwhile, bluffed his way through a tense conversation with Breen primarch Tamal, threatening to call upon formidable allies — allies he didn’t actually have — to attack Tamal’s military bases.

“Look into my eyes and tell me if you see even the slightest glimmer of doubt,” Saru said menacingly, before Tamal stood down.

When Michael regained consciousness, she pulled Moll away from the pedestal and learned how to correctly use the alien interface. After being transported to yet another plane, she met one of the Progenitors, who explained in their own enigmatic way that everything around them was actually created by another even more ancient race. The Progenitor also gave Michael the unenviable task of deciding what happens to all this advanced alien technology. Should she become its steward or leave it all behind and return to her ship?

On Discovery, Commander Rayner (Callum Keith Rennie) cooked up a creative solution for getting rid of the giant Breen dreadnought ship that loomed nearby. By using Discovery’s unique spore drive, which could transport them virtually anywhere in the universe, the crew transported the Breen dreadnought to a far-flung area of space, where it would take decades for the ship to find its way back.

When Michael returned to Discovery, she explained to her bewildered crew what had happened to her and why the alien technology must be sent far away. “It’s too powerful for one person or one culture to access or control,” she explained. Then, Discovery used its tractor beam to steer it beyond the event horizon of a black hole, which made it unreachable to everyone but the Progenitors themselves.

The remaining half-hour of Star Trek Discovery’s oversized finale was a love letter to the show’s loyal viewers. Returning to Starfleet headquarters, Michael caught up with Dr. Kovich (David Cronenberg), who revealed his real identity: temporal agent Daniels, who appeared in a previous Star Trek series, Star Trek: Enterprise.

On a tranquil alien beach, as lights floated in the air, Saru and T’Rina (Tara Rosling) tied the knot surrounded by friends and family. Away from the wedding reception, as the waves gently lapped up against the sand, Michael and Book had a heart-to-heart. The on-again, off-again couple resolved to spend the rest of their lives together.

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“You should know I never stopped… I love you,” she confessed, eventually adding, “Let’s see what the future holds.”

Decades later, Book and Michael, now a silver-haired Starfleet admiral, embraced in their stunning rustic house of wood and stone. (If Architectural Digest existed in the 31 st century, surely their home would be in it.) A space shuttle descended on their lawn steered by their grown-up son Leto (Sawandi Wilson), who was recently promoted to captain. Leto transported his mom to Discovery, which was ready to embark on its last mission.

As Michael made her way around Discovery’s bridge, she and the ship’s computer Zora conversed. Discovery, it seems, will travel to coordinates in space and stay put for a long, long time, basically acting as a time capsule.

“All right. Are you ready, Zora? One last time, then,” said Michael, before commanding the ship to get a move on. “Let’s fly. ”

As Discovery departed the space dock, it was flanked by Federation starships and shuttles on either side in a fitting send-off. Discovery used its spore drive once more, transporting itself to a resting place, where one day, it will be found by a new generation of explorers with dreams of finding new life and boldly going where no one has gone before.

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‘Star Trek: Discovery’ is over. Now Alex Kurtzman readies for ‘Starfleet Academy’ and ‘Section 31’

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In “Star Trek” terms, and in the real world of “Star Trek” television, Alex Kurtzman, who oversees the 21st century franchise, might be described as the Federation president, from whose offices various series depart on their individual missions. Indeed, to hear him speak of it, the whole enterprise — honestly, no pun intended — seems to run very much on the series’ ethos of individual initiative and group consensus.

The first series to be launched, “ Star Trek: Discovery, ” has come to an end as of Thursday after five seasons on Paramount+. Others in the fleet include the concluded “ Picard, ” which brought “The Next Generation” into a new generation; the ongoing “ Strange New Worlds, ” which precedes the action of what’s now called “The Original Series,” from which it takes its spirit and several characters; “Lower Decks,” a comedy set among Starfleet service workers; and “Prodigy,” in which a collection of teenage aliens go joyriding in a starship. On the horizon are “Starfleet Academy,” with Holly Hunter set to star, and a TV feature, “ Section 31, ” with Michelle Yeoh back as Philippa Georgiou.

I spoke with Kurtzman, whose “Trek” trek began as a writer on the quantum-canonical reboot movies “ Star Trek ” (2009) and “ Star Trek: Into Darkness ” (2013), at Secret Hideout, his appropriately unmarked Santa Monica headquarters. Metro trains glide by his front door unaware. We began the conversation, edited for length and clarity here, with a discussion of his “Trek” universe.

Alex Kurtzman: I liken them to different colors in the rainbow. It makes no sense to me to make one show that’s for everybody; it makes a lot of sense to make a lot of shows individually tailored to a sect of the “Star Trek” audience. It’s a misnomer that there’s a one-size-fits-all Trekkie. And rather than make one show that’s going to please everybody — and will almost certainly please nobody — let’s make an adult drama, an animated comedy, a kids’ comedy, an adventure show and on and on. There’s something quite beautiful about that; it allows each of the stories to bloom in its own unique way.

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Do you get pushback from the fans?

Absolutely. In some ways that’s the point. One of the things I learned early on is that to be in love with “Star Trek” is to engage in healthy debate. There is no more vocal fan base. Some people tell you that their favorite is “The Original Series,” some say their favorite is “Voyager” and some say their favorite is “Discovery.” Yet they all come together and talk about what makes something singularly “Trek” — [creator] Gene Roddenberry‘s extraordinarily optimistic vision of the future when all that divides us [gets placed] in the rearview mirror and we get to move on and discover things. Like all great science fiction, you get to pick your allegory to the real world and come up with the science fiction equivalent. And everybody who watches understands what we’re talking about — racism or the Middle East or whatever.

What specific objections did you find to “Discovery”?

I think people felt it was too dark. We really listen to our fans in the writers’ room — everybody will have read a different article or review over the weekend, and we talk about what feels relevant and what feels less relevant. And then we engage in a healthy democratic debate about why and begin to apply that; it seeps into the decisions we make. Season 1 of “Discovery” was always intended to be a journey from darkness into light, and ultimately reinforce Roddenberry’s vision. I think people were just stunned by something that felt darker than any “Trek” had before. But doing a dark “Star Trek” really wasn’t our goal. The show is a mirror that holds itself up to the times, and we were in 2017 — we saw the nation fracture hugely right after the election, and it’s only gotten worse since then. We were interpreting that through science fiction. There were people who appreciated that and others for whom it was just not “Star Trek.” And the result, in Season 2, Capt. [Christopher] Pike showed up, Number One showed up, Spock showed up, and we began to bring in what felt to people more like the “Star Trek” they understood.

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You’re ending the series after five seasons. Was that always a plan?

You know, we were surprised we didn’t continue, and yet it feels now that it was right. One of the things that happened very quickly as streaming took off was that it radically changed watch patterns for viewers. Shows that used to go 10, 12 seasons, people would tap out after two — like, “I got what I want” — so for any show to go five seasons, it’s a miracle. In ways I don’t think we could have predicted, the season from the beginning feels like it’s the last; it just has a sense of finality. The studio was wonderful in that they recognized we needed to put a button on it, we needed a period on the end of the sentence, and so they allowed us to go back, which we did right before the strike, and [film] the coda that wraps up the series.

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“Discovery” is a riot of love stories, among both heroes and villains.

There’s certainly a history of that in “Star Trek.” Whether or not characters were engaged in direct relationships, there was always a subtext of the love between them. I believe that’s why we love the bridge crew, because it’s really a love story, everyone’s in a love story, and they all care for each other and fight like family members. But ultimately they’re there to help each other and explore the universe together. If there’s some weird problem, and the answer’s not immediately apparent, each of them brings a different skill set and therefore a different perspective; they clash in their debate on how to proceed and then find some miraculous solution that none of them would have thought of at the outset.

One of the beautiful things about the shows is that you get to spend a long time with them, as opposed to a two-hour movie where you have to get in and out quickly and then wait a couple of years before the next one comes along. To be able to be on their weekly adventures, it affords the storytelling level of depth and complexity a two-hour movie just can’t achieve in that way.

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It’s astonishing how much matter you got into these things. Some storylines that only lasted an episode I remembered as seasonal arcs.

The sheer tonnage of story and character we were able to pack into “Discovery” every episode was kind of incredible. The thing to keep in mind is that “Discovery” was made as streaming was exploding, so what I think you’re also seeing there is a lot of writers who were trained in the network world with an A, B and C story applying it suddenly to a very different kind of storytelling in a much more cinematic medium. And when you have that kind of scope it starts to become really, really big. Sometimes that works really, really well and sometimes it was too much. And we were figuring it out; it was a bunch of people with flashlights in the dark, looking for how to interpret “Star Trek” now, since it had been 12 years since it had been on a television screen.

Are you able to course-correct within a season?

Sure. You get people you really trust in the room. Aaron Baiers, who runs Secret Hideout, is one of my most important early-warning systems; he isn’t necessarily in the room when we’re breaking stories, but he’s the first person who’ll read an outline and he’s the first person who’ll read a script. What I value so much about his perspective is that he’s coming in cold, he’s just like, “I’m the viewer, and I understand this or I don’t understand it, I feel this or I don’t feel it.” The studio executives are very similar. They love “Star Trek,” they’re all die-hard fans and have very strong feelings about what is appropriate. It then goes through a series of artists in every facet, from props to visual effects to production design, and they’re bringing their interpretations and opinions to the story.

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Did “Strange New Worlds” come out of the fact that everybody loved seeing Christopher Pike in “Discovery?”

I really have to credit Akiva Goldsman with this. He knew that I was going to bring Pike into the premiere of the second season of “Discovery,” and said, “You know, there’s an incredible show about Capt. Pike and the Enterprise before Kirk takes over; there’s seven years of great storytelling there” — or five years, depending on when you come into the storyline. I said, “We have to cast a successful Pike first, so let’s see if that works. Let’s figure out who’s Number One, and who Spock is,” which are wildly tall orders. I hadn’t seen Anson Mount in other things before [he was cast as Pike], and when he sent in his taped audition it was that wonderful moment where you go, “That’s exactly the person we’re looking for.” Everybody loves Pike because he’s the kind of leader you want, definitive and clear but open to everyone’s perspective and humanistic in his response. And then we had the incredibly tall order of having Ethan [Peck] step into Leonard [Nimoy’s] and [Zachary Quinto’s] shoes.

He’s great.

He’s amazing, just a delight of a human being. And Rebecca Romijn‘s energy, what she brings to Number One is such a contemporary take on a character that was kind of a cipher in “The Original Series.” But she brings a kind of joy, a comedy, a bearing, a gravitas to the character that feels very modern. Thank God the fans responded the way they did and sent that petition [calling for a “Legacy” series], because everybody at CBS got the message very quickly. Jenny Lumet and Akiva and I wrote a pilot, and we were off to the races. Typically it takes fans a minute to adjust to what you’re doing, especially with beloved legacy characters, but the response to “Strange New World” from a critical perspective and fan perspective and just a viewership perspective was so immediate, it really did help us understand what was satisfying fans.

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What can you tell me about “Starfleet Academy?” Is it going to be Earth-based or space-based?

I’m going to say, without giving anything away, both. Right now we’re in the middle of answering the question what does San Francisco, where the academy is, look like in the 32nd century. Our primary set is the biggest we’ve ever built.

So you’re setting this —

In the “Discovery” era. There’s a specific reason for that. As the father of a 17-year-old boy, I see what my son is feeling as he looks at the world and to his future. I see the uncertainty; I see all the things we took for granted as given are not certainties for him. I see him recognizing he’s inheriting an enormous mess to clean up and it’s going to be on his generation to figure out how to do that, and that’s a lot to ask of a kid. My thinking was, if we set “Starfleet Academy” in the halcyon days of the Federation where everything was fine, it’s not going to speak to what kids are going through right now.

It’ll be a nice fantasy, but it’s not really going to be authentic. What’ll be authentic is to set it in the timeline where this is the first class back after over 100 years, and they are coming into a world that is only beginning to recover from a cataclysm — which was the Burn, as established on “Star Trek: Discovery,” where the Federation was greatly diminished. So they’re the first who’ll inherit, who’ll re-inherit, the task of exploration as a primary goal, because there just wasn’t room for that during the Burn — everybody was playing defense. It’s an incredibly optimistic show, an incredibly fun show; it’s a very funny show, and it’s a very emotional show. I think these kids, in different ways, are going to represent what a lot of kids are feeling now.

And I’m very, very , very excited that Holly Hunter is the lead of the show. Honestly, when we were working on the scripts, we wrote it for Holly thinking she’d never do it. And we sent them to her, and to our absolute delight and shock she loved them and signed on right away.

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And then you’ve got the “Section 31” movie.

“Section 31” is Michelle Yeoh’s return as Georgiou. A very, very different feeling for “Star Trek.” I will always be so grateful to her, because on the heels of her nomination and then her Oscar win , she just doubled down on coming back to “Star Trek.” She could have easily walked away from it; she had a lot of other opportunities. But she remained steadfast and totally committed. We just wrapped that up and are starting to edit now.

Are you looking past “Starfleet” and “Section 31” to future projects?

There’s always notions and there are a couple of surprises coming up, but I really try to live in the shows that are in front of me in the moment because they’re so all-consuming. I’m directing the first two episodes of “Starfleet Academy,” so right now my brain is just wholly inside that world. But you can tell “Star Trek” stories forever; there’s always more. There’s something in the DNA of its construction that allows you to keep opening different doors. Some of that is science fiction, some of it has to do with the combination of science fiction and the organic embracing of all these other genres that lets you explore new territories. I don’t think it’s ever going to end. I think it’s going to go on for a long, long time. The real question for “Star Trek” is how do you keep innovating, how do you deliver both what people expect and something totally fresh at the same time. Because I think that is actually what people want from “Star Trek.” They want what’s familiar delivered in a way that doesn’t feel familiar.

With all our showrunners — Terry Matalas on “Picard,” the Hagemans on “Prodigy,” Mike McMahan on “Lower Decks,” Michelle Paradise, who has been singlehandedly running “Discovery” for the last two years, and then Akiva and Henry Alonso Myers on “Strange New Worlds” — my feeling is that the best way to protect and preserve “Star Trek” is not to impose my own vision on it but [find people] who meet the criteria of loving “Star Trek,” wanting to do new things with it, understanding how incredibly hard it is to do. And then I’m going to let you do your job. I’ll come in and tell you what I think every once in a while, and I’ll help get the boat off the dock, but once I hand the show over to a creative it has to be their show. And that means you’re going to get a different take every time, and as long as those takes all feel like they can marry into the same rainbow, to get back to the metaphor, that’s the way to keep “Star Trek” fresh.

I take great comfort because “Star Trek” really only belongs to Gene Roddenberry and the fans. We don’t own it. We carry it, we try to evolve it and then we hand it off to the next people. And hopefully they will love it as much as we do.

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