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Requiem for Methuselah (episode)

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• 1.2 Act One
• 1.3 Act Two
• 1.4 Act Three
• 1.5 Act Four
• 2 Log entries
• 3 Memorable quotes
• 4.1 Production timeline
• 4.3 Production
• 4.5 Sets and props
• 4.6 Continuity
• 4.7 Video and DVD releases
• 5.1 Starring
• 5.2 Also starring
• 5.3 Guest stars
• 5.4 Uncredited co-stars
• 5.5 Stunt doubles
• 5.6.1 Unreferenced material
• 5.7 External links

Summary [ ]

" Do not kill. "

Its crew suffering from the deadly Rigelian fever , the USS Enterprise pays an emergency call on a supposedly barren planet , Holberg 917G , to gather ryetalyn , a rare element that is the key ingredient of the antidote. Beaming down to the planet, Kirk , McCoy , and Spock are attacked by a hovering robot called M-4 . The landing party draw their phasers to fire back, but find M-4 has somehow neutralized the weapons. An old man arrives to halt the robot's attack, and introduces himself as Flint . However, he insists to Kirk that the landing party leave at once or die.

Act One [ ]

Flint's impressive home

Kirk asks Flint to reconsider but Flint still refuses. As a result, Kirk flips open his communicator orders that Scott have the Enterprise lock phasers onto their coordinates. When the situation seems completely hopeless, Flint relents and gives Kirk two hours to obtain the ryetalyn. Flint orders M-4 to gather the ryetalyn. In the meantime, Flint invites the landing party to his impressive home.

When they arrive, Kirk, Spock and McCoy find in the living room what appears to be authentic but undiscovered specimens of Earth art, such as a score by Brahms and paintings by Leonardo da Vinci . They also come across a Gutenberg Bible and several works of Reginald Pollack . The men are unaware that a beautiful young woman wearing a long, elegant silver dress is watching them on a video screen in what appears to be the drawing room. When M-4 returns with the ryetalyn, Kirk prepares to beam back up to the ship but ultimately accepts Flint's offer to process the rare element. It is at this moment that Flint introduces the young woman from the drawing room: his beautiful, highly intelligent, but ultimately enigmatic ward named Rayna , whose beauty immediately attracts Kirk's attention.

Act Two [ ]

Flint introduces Rayna to McCoy and Spock. Her first time encountering a Vulcan , she wishes to discuss field density with him at a later time. Flint explains that Rayna's parents were in his employ and died in an accident. They placed her in his custody and she has been with him ever since. Rayna explains that the landing party are the only other men she has ever seen, which McCoy replies, " the misfortune of men everywhere and our privilege. " Flint seems to encourage encounters between Kirk and Rayna, such as having them play billiards or having them dance while Spock plays the piano .

Kirk recalls to Flint that he had said something earlier about savagery and wonders when was the last time Flint had visited Earth. Flint tells him that Kirk will probably say that it is no longer cruel but he notes that the Enterprise itself is " bristling " with weapons and its mission is to colonize, exploit, and destroy if necessary. Kirk replies that their missions are peaceful and their weapons are used strictly for defense. He notes that if they were truly barbarians, they would not have asked for the ryetalyn, they would have simply taken it. He recalls that Flint's own introduction to the landing party lacked a certain benevolence when they arrived.

Kirk is becoming closer to Rayna while they play a game of billiards, and while she teaches him some pointers on the game, Kirk tells Flint that to be Human is to be complex, the species cannot avoid ugliness from within or without. Meanwhile, McCoy returns with the report while Kirk and Rayna are dancing. He reports that the ryetalyn contains irillium in quantities sufficient enough to render the antidote useless. Flint offers to go with M-4 and collect more samples and to screen them himself. He offers to let McCoy join him.

Later, Kirk enters Flint's laboratory. He is looking around when Rayna enters. He walks over to her and notes that the room became lonely without her. She tells him that loneliness is " a thirst. A flower dying in the desert, " something Flint had said to her earlier. Kirk does not understand what she is talking about and asks what is in the room behind a closed door in the lab. Rayna does not know, as Flint has told her she must never enter that room. Kirk asks why she is here then, and she tells him she often comes to this place when she is troubled. Kirk asks why she is troubled and also if she is happy here with Flint. She says Flint is the kindest man in the galaxy, but if so, Kirk wonders, why is she troubled? As Kirk leans in to give her a kiss , M-4 arrives and prepares to attack him.

Act Three [ ]

Rayna orders the robot to stop, but it does not respond to her command. Just as M-4 prepares to fire on Kirk, Spock enters and vaporizes it with a blast from his phaser . Later, Flint tells Kirk that the robot was programmed to defend the house and its occupants; it did not anticipate Kirk looking around in the lab. However, another M-4 unit arrives in Flint's living room. He states that it is too useful a device to be without. Flint notes that Kirk should be thankful that he did not attack him, as he has twice the captain's strength, but Kirk remarks that, as Flint had said earlier, it would be an interesting test of power. Rayna is pleased that Kirk did not die in the incident and Flint states that death, when unnecessary, is tragic. He orders that Kirk wait in his study, " patiently, safely, " while McCoy analyzes the quality of the ryetalyn in the lab. He reminds Kirk that his defense systems operate automatically and not always in accordance with his wishes.

As Flint and Rayna leave, Kirk and Spock realize Flint loves Rayna and is exhibiting jealousy towards Kirk. However, Kirk points out that Flint seemed to want Rayna and Kirk to participate in activities together, which Spock notes seems to defy male logic as he understands it. Kirk contacts the Enterprise and asks for a status on the progression of the Rigelian fever. Scott tells him that the disease has infected nearly everyone on board and they are now operating with a skeleton crew . Kirk also asks for the report on a computer search on both Flint and Rayna. Uhura informs him that there are absolutely no past records of Flint and, later, of Rayna.

Kirk and Spock realize that Flint wishes for them to linger for reasons unknown. In the drawing room, Rayna and Flint are watching Kirk and Spock on the video screen. Rayna tells him that she could not have summoned M-4, as she was not frightened. She believes Flint had sent the robot there to kill Kirk, which he vehemently denies. He asks her to say her farewells before Kirk leaves. Rayna sees Kirk again, and the captain tells Spock he will see him in the lab later. She tells Kirk that she has come to say goodbye, but he does not want to. He kisses her, asks her to leave with him and leave Flint. Shortly after, Rayna runs away when Kirk tells her she loves him, not Flint.

Later, in Flint's lab, Kirk meets up with McCoy and Spock. They enter the room that is off-limits to Rayna, where they discover this is Flint has been hiding the processed ryetalyn. Searching for the antidote, the men discover three earlier versions of Rayna: one bald, one brunette, and another unseen under a sheet — indicated by signs reading RAYNA 16 , RAYNA 15 and RAYNA 14 respectively. They realize the woman Kirk loves is not human; she is an android .

Act Four [ ]

Flint then arrives and reveals his other secret; he is an ancient immortal, born almost four millennia before Christ , in 3834 BC. Over the course of his long lifetime, Flint has taken on many names, such as Brahms and da Vinci. Eventually, he acquired enough wealth to purchase Holberg 917G and work on a perfect, ultimate – and equally immortal – woman. Kirk had provided the final step in her creation, stirring her emotions to life. Flint presses a button on a small remote control device, and the Enterprise vanishes from the planet's orbit — reappearing the size of a model on a table. An astounded Kirk looks inside the three-foot 'model' starship (his face appearing on the bridge's viewscreen as he does so) and sees the crew members on the bridge going about their duties but frozen like statues. Flint says he has put the Enterprise and its crew into suspension and will do the same to Kirk, Spock and McCoy, keeping them and the Enterprise in that state for a thousand years or more, as Rayna's emotions turn to him. Despite Flint's intent to keep her creation a secret, Rayna enters the room and learns the truth — forcing Flint to use his remote control to release the ship. The 'model' Enterprise vanishes from the table, and the full-sized starship reappears in orbit.

" Forget. "

Flint and Kirk fight over Rayna, stopped only by the emergence of Rayna's emotions. However, her new feelings and suddenly having to choose between Flint and Kirk overwhelms her, and she shuts down — collapsing to the floor.

Back aboard ship, the plague is stopped and Kirk finally falls asleep at the desk in his quarters after ruefully reflecting on what had happened. McCoy enters and informs Spock that the full tricorder readings on Flint indicate he is aging and will eventually die of natural causes. By leaving Earth, he had sacrificed his immortality. After commenting about love and Spock's eschewing of that emotion, the doctor looks at Kirk and wishes the captain could forget Rayna. As McCoy leaves, Spock moves over to his sleeping captain, and places one hand on Kirk's temple. Spock then proceeds to grant McCoy's wish by whispering " Forget " and using a Vulcan mind meld to erase Kirk's memory of Rayna — therefore easing his captain's pain.

With the Enterprise 's crew now cured of the plague, the starship flies on through space toward new adventures.

Log entries [ ]

• Captain's log, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), 2269

Memorable quotes [ ]

" If you do not leave voluntarily, I have the power to force you to leave – or kill you where you stand. "

" Are you a student of history, sir? " " I am. "

" What is loneliness? " " It is thirst. It is a flower dying in the desert. "

" Do you think the two of us can handle a drunk Vulcan? "

" Flint is my teacher. You are the only other men I've ever seen. " " The misfortune of men everywhere. And our privilege. "

" To be human is to be complex. You can't avoid a little ugliness from within and from without. "

" I have married a hundred times, Captain. Selected, loved, cherished. Caressed a smoothness, inhaled a brief fragrance. Then age, death, the taste of dust. "

" At her age, I rather enjoyed errors with no noticeable damage. "

" I know death better than any man. I have tossed enemies into his grasp. And I know mercy. Your crew is not dead, but suspended. "

" Stay out of this! We're fighting over a woman!" " No, you're not. For she is not. "

" She's human. Down to the last blood cell, she's human. Down to the last thought, hope, aspiration, emotion, she's human. The human spirit is free. "

" I was not human. Now I love. I love. "

" The joys of love made her Human. And the agonies of love destroyed her. "

" A very old and lonely man. And a young and lonely man. We put on a pretty poor show, didn't we? "

" You see, I feel sorrier for you than I do for him because you'll never know the things that love can drive a man to. The ecstasies, the miseries, the broken rules, the desperate chances, the glorious failures, the glorious victories. All of these things you'll never know simply because the word love isn't written into your book. "

Background information [ ]

Production timeline [ ].

• Story outline by Jerome Bixby , 6 September 1968
• Revised story outline, 24 September 1968
• Second revised story outline, 2 October 1968
• First draft teleplay, 4 November 1968
• Second draft teleplay, 18 November 1968
• Final draft teleplay by Arthur Singer , late- November 1968
• Revised final draft teleplay by Fred Freiberger , 26 November 1968
• Additional page revisions by Freiberger, 29 November 1968 , 2 December 1968 , 6 December 1968
• Day 1 – 2 December 1968 , Monday – Paramount Stage 5 : Int. Central room
• Day 2 – 3 December 1968 , Tuesday – Paramount Stage 5 : Int. Central room
• Day 3 – 4 December 1968 , Wednesday – Paramount Stage 5 : Int. Central room , Rayna's quarters
• Day 4 – 5 December 1968 , Thursday – Desilu Stage 10 : Ext. Planet surface , Int. Flint's lab
• Day 5 – 6 December 1968 , Friday – Desilu Stage 10 : Int. Flint's lab ; Desilu Stage 9 : Int. Life lab
• Day 6 – 9 December 1968 , Monday – Desilu Stage 9 : Int. Life lab
• Day 7 – 10 December 1968 , Tuesday – Desilu Stage 9 : Int. Life lab , Bridge , Kirk's quarters
• Original airdate: 14 February 1969
• Rerun airdate: 2 September 1969
• First UK airdate (on BBC1 ): 30 December 1970
• First UK airdate (on ITV ): 29 July 1984
• Remastered episode airdate: 21 June 2008
• This episode's title is a dual allusion: first to a ritualistic liturgy of Roman Catholicism (and other related religions), the "Requiem" being a Mass for the dead, and second to Methuselah , son of the Biblical prophet Enoch and paternal grandfather to Noah , who was the longest-lived Human being in the Bible (in Genesis 5:21-27) having lived 969 years; existing for nearly a millennium, Methuselah's lifespan has historically become a proverbial reference for longevity.
• In a story outline (dated 2 October 1968 ) the 8,000-year-old Flint was also Ludwig van Beethoven . Spock enabled Kirk to forget Rayna by using mental suggestion from a distance, while Kirk was in his cabin and Spock was on the bridge. In the final scene in the episode, Spock causes Kirk to forget but not from a distance, but by touching his head and telling him to forget.
• Bixby wanted Flint (originally depicted by him as a Neanderthal ) to have been Beethoven, because, according to him, " Beethoven had a kind of Neanderthal cast to his face ". However, in staff rewrites, it was changed to Johannes Brahms . ( These Are the Voyages: TOS Season Three , p. 572)
• In Bixby's first-draft script, Flint is revealed to have been Jesus , Moses and Pablo Picasso as well. The former two aliases were nixed due to a request by NBC 's Broadcast Standards, who were concerned this would "bring repercussions" from viewers with orthodox religious views. Picasso was eliminated as well, because the artist was still alive at the time, and researcher Joan Pearce warned that "attributing fictitious work of art to a living artist can bring legal repercussions". ( These Are the Voyages: TOS Season Three , p. 575). In addition, it would be contradictory if Flint had been said to be both Lazarus and Jesus, the latter of which had resurrected the former.
• An element from Bixby's story – that of an immortal man who became several of Earth's historical figures – was mirrored in his final screenplay, which became the film The Man from Earth [1] which featured Trek alumni John Billingsley, Tony Todd, Richard Riehle, and David Lee Smith.
• According to the Star Trek Encyclopedia  (4th ed., vol. 1, p. 402), " Rayna Kapec was named for Czechoslovakian writer Karel Čapek , who first coined the term " robot " in the classic science-fiction play entitled R.U.R. . "
• Kirk's second log entry has a stardate with two decimal numbers. This is the only episode in The Original Series that used this stardate format.

Production [ ]

• The Brahms paraphrase that Spock plays was written especially for this episode by Ivan Ditmars . The sheet music shown is from Brahms, his 16 Walzes, Op. 39.
• The TOS Season 3 DVD release incorrectly spells Rayna's name "Reena" in the end credits. Her name is shown in the episode very clearly as RAYNA during the reveal of the multiple versions of the android. The correct spelling could be seen in the end credits on the earlier LaserDisc and VHS releases, and was later restored for the TOS-R Season 3 DVD collection. Each version of the caption used a different shot of Spock playing 3D chess : the correct spelling shows Spock apparently contemplating his next move, while the incorrect spelling shows Spock moving a black chess piece.
• In the third season blooper reel, there is a shot of the M-4 on its dolly mount, being wheeled toward William Shatner by its operator. There is also a clip of Leonard Nimoy rocking his head sarcastically while "fill-in" elevator music plays during the scene where Spock plays Brahm's waltz for Kirk and Rayna. Ivan Ditmars' performance was dubbed in later.
• This episode apparently had a scene deleted which contained an appearance by John Buonomo as an orderly .
• Cinematographer Al Francis was absent for the first three days of production due to illness. He was replaced by John Finger (working on Gomer Pyle, USMC at Desilu at the time) for the first two days, then by veteran cameraman Ernest Haller (who also shot the second pilot, " Where No Man Has Gone Before ") for the third. Francis is solely credited as director of photography for the episode. ( These Are the Voyages: TOS Season Three )
• When cast for this episode, Louise Sorel , a theater actress, did not take Star Trek all that seriously. " They put me in this funny costume – I stood still and they just wrapped fabric around me – and I had an Annette Funicello bouffant and Dusty Springfield eye make-up. James Daly and I thought of ourselves as these two very serious theater actors and we kept looking at each other, 'Why on Earth are we doing this?' Eventually, we just started saying, 'Christmas money, Christmas money, Christmas money.' " Overall, however, Sorel remembered the episode as " really very sweet. I loved working with Shatner . We had played lovers once before. In the story, Flint forgot to give Rayna the tools to survive emotionally, and – when he and Kirk started fighting over her – she couldn't bear the pain. It was really very touching. " ( Star Trek 30 Years , p. 77)
• Louise Sorel and William Shatner appeared together on an episode of Route 66, " Build Your Houses With Their Backs to the Sea " that aired in 1963. Curiously, also starring in this show was Glenn Corbett, who played Zefram Cochrane in TOS : " Metamorphosis ".

Sets and props [ ]

• Flint's castle is a reused matte painting of the Rigel VII fortress from " The Cage ". The Rigel VII fortress image was replaced in the remastered version by a Hans Gabl digital model and matte painting of a completely different, Italianate -style "fortress."
• Flint's viewscreen appears to be the Beta III lighting panel seen in " The Return of the Archons ". It is also similar to the one seen in " Where No Man Has Gone Before ".

The Enterprise three-foot model

• This episode includes the newest footage of the Enterprise seen since " Mirror, Mirror ", utilizing the three-foot model built to demonstrate the Enterprise shape in 1964.
• Captain Kirk peers into the bridge of the Enterprise through the viewscreen, much like Q does when Quinn shrinks the USS Voyager to the size of a Christmas ornament in VOY : " Death Wish ".
• Some of the furnishings in Flint's castle are recognizably recycled from previous episodes. Spock sits in the ornate chair used by Korob and Sylvia in " Catspaw ". In the outer room of Flint's laboratory, just in front of the vertical grill, is the female Romulan commander's "communications box" from " The Enterprise Incident ". In the same room, the back walls are lined with the consoles from the Elba II control room in " Whom Gods Destroy ". One of the wall ornaments in the game room was previously used in " The Cloud Minders " in the Stratos reception room (although "The Cloud Minders" was filmed prior to "Requiem for Methuselah," it wasn't broadcast until after it).
• The undercarriage of Flint's robot, M-4, is a reused portion from the upper carriage of Nomad from " The Changeling ".

Continuity [ ]

• This episode is referenced in the Star Trek: Voyager fourth season episode " Concerning Flight ", in which Captain Kathryn Janeway mentions that Captain Kirk claimed to have met Leonardo da Vinci. This would leave one to conclude that Spock's mind touch at the end of the episode only erased Kirk's memory of Rayna, and not necessarily the whole encounter.
• Whereas Spock uses the mind meld at the end of the episode and tells Kirk, " Forget ", in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan he uses the technique on McCoy and tells him, " Remember ".
• Doctor McCoy states that alcohol easily makes Vulcans drunken. This is contradictory to his reply to Kirk's question about how well Spock would handle whiskey in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier , in that instance he predicts alcohol would have little effects on Spock, due to his Vulcan metabolism . It seems yet possible McCoy was merely teasing Spock in this episode, as Spock himself was in the film more concerned about his Human half.
• In TNG : " The Offspring " Lal , the android created by Lt. Cmr. Data , also died after experiencing and being overwhelmed by love.

Video and DVD releases [ ]

• Original US Betamax release: 1988
• UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video ): Volume 39 , catalog number VHR 2435, 18 March 1991
• US VHS release: 15 April 1994
• UK re-release (three-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 3.7, 2 February 1998
• Original US DVD release (single-disc): Volume 38, 27 November 2001
• As part of the TOS Season 3 DVD collection
• As part of the TOS-R Season 3 DVD collection

Links and references [ ]

Starring [ ].

• William Shatner as Capt. Kirk

Also starring [ ]

• Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock
• DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy

Guest stars [ ]

• James Daly as Flint
• Louise Sorel as Rayna Kapec
• James Doohan as Scott
• Nichelle Nichols as Uhura

Uncredited co-stars [ ]

• William Blackburn as Hadley
• Roger Holloway as Roger Lemli
• Sally Yarnell as command lieutenant
• Unknown actress as sciences crew woman

Stunt doubles [ ]

• Paul Baxley as stunt double for William Shatner
• David Sharpe as stunt double for James Daly

References [ ]

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Unreferenced material [ ]

External links [ ].

• "Requiem for Methuselah" at StarTrek.com
• " Requiem for Methuselah " at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• " Requiem for Methuselah " at Wikipedia
• " "Requiem for Methuselah" " at MissionLogPodcast.com , a Roddenberry Star Trek podcast

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Review: ‘Star Trek Coda: Oblivion’s Gate’ Brings Trek’s Lit-Verse To An Action-Packed, Emotional Conclusion

| November 30, 2021 | By: Dénes House 17 comments so far

For those of you who came in late…

With the launch of Star Trek: Picard in 2019, it became clear to the writers and editors of the post- Nemesis Star Trek novels that the continuity they had painstakingly and lovingly built over almost twenty years would not fit into the new canon coming from the new series, including Lower Decks and even Discovery . But authors David Mack, Dayton Ward, and James Swallow concocted a way to give the post- Nemesis literature universe (aka “lit-verse”) a heroic send-off, for it to continue to have meaning for Trek fans, even after the lights were turned off for the final time.

The result has been Star Trek Coda , a three-book epic adventure across time, space, and dimensions, weaving together the canonical and non-canonical characters, ships, and situations that had proliferated in the lit-verse into one last hurrah. Book 1, by Dayton Ward , set up the premise: a hostile alien force was somehow pruning alternate timelines from the main branch of the Prime Universe, collapsing them and absorbing the death energies of an entire universe of life-forms to feed their insatiable hunger. And unless they were stopped, they would gain sufficient power to collapse the Prime Universe itself, feeding on the death throes of all existence. Book 2, by James Swallow , detailed the last-ditch plan, hatched by Jean-Luc Picard, Benjamin Sisko, Ambassador Spock, and their associates, to stop these hostile aliens before they could end every life in every universe. And it also outlined the cost – our heroes determined that their timeline was not the Prime one, and would need to be sacrificed to make this work.

Now, in Book 3, by David Mack, our heroes battle impossible odds and fight to their last drop of blood to make their sacrifice a meaningful one, making it possible for countless billions to live.

Spock answered without hesitation… “Nothing we do or fail to do at this point will prevent the imminent demise of our cosmos. The only questions that remain before us now are: Shall we cling to selfishness and die in vain? Or shall we take up the mantle of heroes, and die so that others may live? Any questions beyond those are now, I fear, entirely moot.”

Star Trek Coda: Oblivion’s Gate

By David Mack Published by Simon & Schuster in paperback, ebook, and audiobook

Before I delve deeply into spoiler territory, here’s my top-level opinion: Oblivion’s Gate is a rousing tear-jerker of an action story that shows many of the characters we have loved for 55 years at their finest hour–making the ultimate sacrifice. There are a surfeit of last stands, noble gestures, expressions of love, and grand goodbyes. The result is impressive, emotional, and satisfying, and brings the post- Nemesis Star Trek lit-verse to a fitting conclusion. And it all ends with a capstone that will make the heart of every Star Trek fan rejoice–and about that, I will say no more, not even in the spoilers below .

“And if I may ask…who am I to you?” There was something in Worf’s eyes – fear? No, that wasn’t it. She looked deeper while the man summoned his courage. It was sorrow. No, deeper than that – grief. “You were the first…the greatest…love of my life. And the mother of my son.” …Worf looked at her, his eyes full of hope but all K’Ehleyr felt was horror.

Oblivion’s Gate contains great scenes between Picard and Crusher, Data and Lal, Geordi and Data, Sisko and Bashir, Spock and Saavik, Riker and Troi, and so many more. But by far, my favorite storyline was the rekindling of the romance between Lit-verse Worf and Mirror-Universe K’ehleyr. Somehow, without knowing it, that was the resolution I needed, and David Mack gave it to me, in spades. K’ehleyr is without a doubt one of my favorite Trek recurring characters, even though she only appeared twice in TNG. Here, we get the romance we never really had on TV, the family that never was, and the conclusion that they absolutely had to have.

The plot is impossible really to summarize, and frankly, it’s not really the point. The main characters need to travel to three different locations in space-time and launch a coordinated attack to collapse the Devidians’ ability to absorb the death energies of the universes they are devouring, and they have to do it before the Lit-verse timeline is itself pruned and absorbed, something that in the opening pages of the book, we learn is just about to take place. There’s a ticking clock, and formidable obstacles, and the need for our people to fight to the bitter end, make hard choices, and ultimately give their lives for the greater good.

How will each character meet their end? This is a question that the onscreen Trek canon rarely has the chance to answer since the characters need to live to appear in the next episode of the next series. Occasionally our characters die and are resurrected, but in this book, all of them–every man, woman, boy, and girl–is facing their final hour, and know it. How will they go out? David Mack has thought this through.

“I know we’ll have to cut this off in a moment, Data, but I…I just want to say…after all this time, and all we’ve been through…I just…” As always, Data came to his rescue. “I love you too, Geordi.”

Like any David Mack novel, Oblivion’s Gate is packed with action and lore, but it still finds time for key character moments, both light and dark. Admiral River’s insanity, which was terrifying in Book 2 and is horrifying here, is cured in time for Will and Jean-Luc to fight back to back before the end. I cried over a dozen times in the second half of the book. It’s that effective. There’s even a Michael Burnham reference, and a cross-dimensional “Shut up, Wesley!” Scene.

And after the story climaxes, and we drift through a montage of scenes from Jean-Luc Picard’s life, past, present, and future, across all dimensions, Mack draws the whole thing to a final and surprisingly satisfying… coda. But I won’t say more about that, you’ll have to read it for yourself.

Perhaps it’s impossible in just three novels to do justice to every question. Most notably, Kathryn Janeway and most of her crew–aside from brief appearances by Paris, Torres, and Tuvok–are absent from the Coda story. The big question I had from the beginning, ‘What are Trek’s super-beings (like Q, Trelane, the Metrons, the Organians, and the Prophets) doing about all this?’ is only glancingly mentioned. But in the midst of the fantastic stuff that is in this trilogy, those turn out to be small lapses.

Bottom line, this series does what could only be done in novel form, and only in a situation like this. And it does it in a way that’s exciting, moving, and that fulfills the promise of Star Trek in a powerful way. Thanks, Ward, Swallow, and Mack. You done good.

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It sounds like Avengers End Game for Star Trek. I found the first 75 pages tasking and then put it down. Full disclosure: I’m a big original series fan and all the aspects of that – I found TNG also frequently tasking as I’m NOT a straight, white, suburban boy…

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🤔 TNG dealt with a lot of universal themes, easy to relate to good characters and plots.

I’m interested. I avoided the spoilers. My one question is…when does any type of Defiant as of the DS9 Defiant show up?

In this book! :) Sorry, don’t want to spoil it for you.

sounds like Worf may get a nice ending in the love department. Lit Worf has a had a *rough* go

I haven’t finished Oblivion’s Gate yet, but there’s one thing I don’t get. If the Starfleet crews can visit other realities and timelines to seek help, why don’t they recruit their old friends, the X-Men?

Good suggestion!

Are you kidding? This entire set has been a slap in the face to book fans who kept the franchise alive for nearly 2 decades while there was no TV or movies. ‘Kill em all and let Q sort em out’ is b.s. There is no reason they couldn’t have tied up the various ongoing threads and given rides off into the sunset for characters we supported through dozens of books. Instead they just flat out murdered everyone. The money involved in the books is a rounding error compared to the shows and movies, but it was our rounding error and we deserve better than this.

Boy, I couldn’t disagree with you more. I think these were great stories, with stakes, and dramatic and important moments for all our favorite characters. Sure, there were other ways to end the series – there are always other ways – but this way, the way they chose, they did well.

I hated what Lucasfilm did to the Star Wars tie-in novels. Suddenly all those characters and stories I invested myself in reading never happened? There was no Mara Jade? No Joruus C’baoth? I was very upset. This was a FAR better way to end a tie-in series than that was.

Disney Star Wars is official fanfiction as well. The entire concept of canon is dubious at best. I understand Disney not wanting to manage two different timelines and have competition in the brand. But slapping a legends label on one book, or canon on the other doesn’t make it any more real. And honestly they haven’t done anything with post ROTJ and Luke Skywalker they left that era barren after erasing the EU.

Also interesting how they( as in kurtzman) seem to forget the period of 2005 and 2009 where was no new Trek coming out on screen and the books were keeping the franchise going. As shame too, as a lot good shows and movies were made 2005-2009 and would have been interesting to see how the latest Trek would have been.

I would have settled for a UPN/CW Academy show with “hot” actors.

All of that would certainly have been better than anything from Kurtzmantrek.

Shame, not the biggest fan of the lit, too many characters repeating previous lines which doesn’t make any sense, but it was far superior to any Kurtzmantrek.

I read all three books, finishing the third one today. It very much held my interest all the way through, but I found the ending to be very disappointing. Also, I felt that it was too long — not that I have a problem reading long books. There were various places where I thinking, “All right, enough already.”

Noob question: what’s the status of Spock in this, is it before he left for the Kelvin verse? and if so does that mean the Kelvin verse (and Countdown comics) is not (parallel) canon with those novels?

Ahsoka, these books take place before Spock left for the Kelvin-verse. But the Spock in these books is from the lit-verse timeline, which is revealed to not be the Prime timeline, so the Prime timeline Spock is untouched.

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The first plot details have been revealed for the upcoming ‘Star Trek: Coda’ trilogy from authors Dayton Ward, James Swallow, & David Mack. We also have some details on the new DS9 book ‘Revenant’ from Alex White

Last week we shared the first look at the upcoming Star Trek: Picard book, ‘Rogue Elements’ which follows the exploits of Captain Rios during his time with Starfleet. Within that article we also touched on a new trilogy of books tentatively called the ‘C’ Trilogy, from writers Dayton Ward , James Swallow and David Mack , at the time we published, very little was known about these books. However, following our article and numerous similar posts by other outlets, more details were revealed by the writers themselves via their online websites and Twitter and we learnt that the trilogy was in fact called ‘Star Trek: Coda’.

Fellow New York Times bestselling authors @DaytonWard , @jmswallow , and I have been collaborating on the development of a Star Trek trilogy titled CODA. It is set in the late 24th century, as part of the Trek literary continuity that has been going since 2001 with DS9: AVATAR. pic.twitter.com/aORcXdWuKT — David Mack (@DavidAlanMack) February 20, 2021

Very little information was given besides the title and that the three authors have been working together collaboratively to create this new trilogy. Now we can reveal initial plot details for each of the upcoming ‘Star Trek: Coda’ trilogy of books and the characters on which they will focus.

“The crews of Jean-Luc Picard, Benjamin Sisko, Ezri Dax, and William Riker unite to prevent a cosmic-level apocalypse—only to find that some fates really are inevitable.”

Star Trek: Coda Book 1 – Moments Asunder By Dayton Ward

REALITY ITSELF IS UNDER ATTACK.

The epic ‘Star Trek: Coda trilogy’ begins when the unexpected arrival of an old friend triggers a desperate mission to avert a fast-spreading temporal disaster.

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THE FUTURE IS AT WAR WITH THE PAST.

The epic ‘Star Trek: Coda’ trilogy continues as friends become foes, the Temporal Apocalypse accelerates, and the catastrophe’s true cause is revealed.

Star Trek: Coda Book 3 – Oblivion’s Gate by David Mack

THEIR MOST DAUNTING MISSION WILL BE THEIR FINEST HOUR.

The epic ‘Star Trek: Coda’ trilogy comes to a shattering conclusion as the Temporal Apocalypse forces Starfleet’s greatest heroes to make the greatest sacrifices of their lives.

Unfortunately, no covers have been revealed at this stage, but we will update you as and when they become available. As you might expect, the brief details above don’t give anything away but offer some tantalising opportunities for speculation.

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We also learned of a new book set in Deep Space Nine from author Alex White which was also in the pipeline, due to be released later in 2021. Again like ‘Star Trek: Coda’ no details where readily available except the title and its focus would be on Jadzia Dax. Below is the synopsis for ‘Revenant’:

Jadzia Dax has been a friend to Etom Prit, the Trill Trade Commissioner, over two lifetimes. When Etom visits Deep Space Nine with the request to rein in his wayward granddaughter Nemi, Dax can hardly say no. It seems like an easy assignment: visit a resort casino while on shore leave, and then bring her old friend Nemi home. But upon arrival, Dax finds Nemi has changed over the years in terrifying ways…and the pursuit of the truth will plunge Dax headlong into a century’s worth of secrets and lies!

Again no cover is available but we hope to bring you that soon.

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Dayton Ward is the New York Times bestselling author or co-author of nearly forty novels and novellas, often working with his best friend, Kevin Dilmore. His short fiction has appeared in more than twenty anthologies, and he’s written for magazines such as NCO Journal , Kansas City Voices , Famous Monsters of Filmland , Star Trek , and Star Trek Communicator , as well as the websites Tor.com, StarTrek.com, and Syfy.com. A native of Tampa, Florida, he currently lives in Kansas City, Missouri with his wife and two daughters. Visit him on the web at DaytonWard.com.

James Swallow is a New York Times and Sunday Times (UK)bestselling author, BAFTA-nominated screenwriter, and the only British writer to have worked on a Star Trek television series. His Star Trek fiction includes The Latter Fire , Sight Unseen , The Poisoned Chalice , Cast No Shadow , Synthesis , Day of the Vipers , The Stuff of Dreams , Infinity’s Prism: Seeds of Dissent , and short stories in Seven Deadly Sins , Shards and Shadows , The Sky’s the Lim­it , and Distant Shores . His other works include the Marc Dane thriller series and tales from the worlds of 24 , Doctor Who , Star Wars , Halo , Warhammer 40,000 , and more. He lives and works in London.

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Paramount is planning another entry in the Star Trek cinematic franchise. Here's everything we know about Star Trek 4, from its release date to story.

• Star Trek 4 is finally happening with new writers and a new director, after a series of false starts and different ideas.
• While details on the story and cast are still unknown, the film has the potential to explore various aspects of the Star Trek universe, including the Kelvin timeline and the Prime universe.
• The release date for Star Trek 4 is set for June 9, 2023, but it is subject to change depending on the progress of production.

Star Trek 4 is finally happening, and here's everything we know about it, from its potential release date to the story details. The current iteration of the big screen Star Trek film franchise began in 2009 with J.J. Abrams' quasi-reboot Star Trek , starring Chris Pine as a younger, alternate universe version of Captain James T. Kirk . That first film and its sequel, 2013's Star Trek Into Darkness , were box office and critical hits. And while 2016's Star Trek Beyond was greeted warmly by critics and fans, it struggled at the box office, and Trek 's future has been in question ever since.

While the movie wing of the Star Trek franchise has been faltering, the TV side has been flourishing. Star Trek: Discovery kicked off the modern era of Trek shows in 2017, followed by the hit Star Trek: Picard , and the adult animated comedy Star Trek: Lower Decks . Along with more seasons for all three series, more shows are on the horizon, as Star Trek becomes a foundational portion of the new streaming service Paramount+ (rebranded from CBS All Access).

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But just because things are moving smoothly on TV, that doesn't mean Paramount isn't looking to transfer some of that success to the big screen. There have been some false starts on the film side over the past few years, with a handful of different Star Trek 4 ideas being thrown around, but it seems that the sequel is finally back on track with a new writer and direction.

Star Trek 4 Is Happening

It was previously announced that Star Trek: Discovery writer Kalinda Vasquez - who was actually named after a character on Star Trek: The Original Series - would write Star Trek 4. However, that's since changed, as Lindsey Beer and Geneva Robertson-Dworet are now set to pen the script. Beer is set to write and direct a Pet Sematary prequel for Paramount too, while Robertson-Dworet was a co-writer on Captain Marvel . Abrams will return to produce, but directing duties are being handed to Matt Shakman , who helmed Marvel's WandaVision show as well as working on episodes of Game of Thrones . This follows a few false starts, including ideas from Quentin Tarantino and Fargo and Legion mastermind Noah Hawley. Tarantino seems to have steadily lost interest in the idea, and Hawley admitted the studio wanted to go in a different direction than what he had planned.

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It's not yet clear if the cast from the three previous films will return. At one point, the plan was absolutely to have the cast back in a time travel story that would have included Chris Hemsworth's George Kirk from 2009's Star Trek , but that was several iterations ago. Hawley's story likely would not have included Pine and friends, since it was going in a new direction with a new cast. As for what era of Star Trek Beer and Robertson-Dworet's story takes place in, it's simply too early to tell.

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There are no concrete story hints at this point. Now that Star Trek is under one corporate umbrella again, virtually the entire Star Trek mythos would be open to exploring in a feature film, be it the Kelvin timeline films with Pine and company, or something set in the Prime universe that can expand on Picard , Discovery , or other shows. Of course, Paramount and crew could also boldly go in a new direction no writer or director has gone before.

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Paramount has dated Star Trek 4 's theatrical bow for June 9, 2023. Seeing as how it's only in the script stage and no cast or official title have been announced, a two-plus year wait for fans from now seems about right. Typically, past Star Trek movies took that long when moving through development and into production, then post-production. Of course, should there be any major delays in getting production moving, that far away release date gives Paramount wiggle room to push it back if need be, with little likely backlash.

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So… we’ve reached the end.

Taking the baton from James Swallow and Dayton Ward , David Mack , now a 29-time Star Trek novelist, has the enormous task of bringing home the end of the Star Trek literary universe.

If you’re reading this review, you probably know that the Star Trek: Coda trilogy is a way to do just that: bring the post-2005 Star Trek novel universe to a close, an effort that the trilogy’s authors thought necessary considering the ongoing on-screen Star Trek projects like Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Picard along with the upcoming Star Trek: Strange New Worlds series.

What we appreciated about Oblivion’s Gate is that it’s clear the stakes are deeply personal, despite the universe-spanning story. The multi-universe threat our heroes face thanks to The Next Generation ‘s one-time enemy, the Devidians, is the overarching plot sure, but Mack certainly doesn’t shy away from digging deeply into intense loss and personal suffering. Taken at face value, we know our heroes need to make the ultimate sacrifice to stop the threat facing them – that is, erasing themselves and their entire universe from existence – and that the road to that solution isn’t an easy one. But having interpersonal risk associated with the threat certainly helps bring the stakes closer to home as the Temporal Apocalypse gets underway.

“Good or bad – it no longer matters, Beverly. This is our last stand. We must hold this ground until our task is done, or else we lose everything. Not just all we’ve had, but all that anyone, anywhere, anywhen , has ever had, or ever will have.” Jean-Luc Picard to Beverly Crusher

Those who have finished the second book in this trilogy know that our heroes had to take shelter in the Mirror Universe to escape Admiral William Riker, who is being influenced by some kind of temporal personality disorder. Oblivion ‘s Gate hits the ground running, and soon enough we are introduced to even more familiar characters, such as the captain of the CSS Enterprise , Jean-Luc Picard, and Director Savvik of Memory Omega, a scientific facility that houses all kinds of advanced technology. While in the Mirror Universe, our heroes learn a fascinating truth about their existence: they are actually not part of the most stable – and therefore most important – timeline, the Prime Timeline, but rather merely a branch of it.

“Prime Timeline” should be a familiar term to fans, who know that it refers to canonical Star Trek — the stuff we’ve seen on the large and small screen. This is a jarring discovery for the book’s heroes, who realize that they must sacrifice their own timeline – what they call the First Splinter timeline – to ensure the Prime Timeline survives the Devidians’ attack. Indeed, the Prime Timeline is the only timeline that can survive the Temporal Apocalypse. Without giving anything away, we were quite pleased with how Mack introduces the First Splinter and Prime Timelines to the lit-verse characters, and as you learn about how the First Splinter timeline was created, you’ll never look at a particular event from a certain Star Trek movie the same way again.

In our experience, this book was incredibly emotionally draining; we imagine that feeling would multiply the more you’ve been invested in the Star Trek lit-verse. This emotional turmoil was mainly due to the enormous existential threat our characters face, and how each person deals with their impending and inevitable erasure from existence. To his credit, Mack manifests existential conversations between a myriad of relationships, such as father and daughter (Data and Lal), husband and wife (Jean-Luc Picard/Beverly Crusher or William Riker/Deanna Troi), star-crossed lovers (Worf and K’Ehleyr), and even extra-natural entities (Wesley and… other versions of Wesley). One can’t help but reflect on humans’ “normal” existential fears while reading this book, and we credit Mack for really digging into this aspect of the human condition to help tell his story.

“Forgive me, Rene. In all of history, there have been few good deaths, but a great many bad ones. I fear are all about to share in the latter.” Picard to his son.

We can only imagine the kind of pressure David Mack was under in writing this entry of the Coda trilogy. How does one end an entire library of Star Trek lore? While this book may not satisfy everybody’s expectations (we’re sure that no book could have), for our money Mack accomplishes his mission with grace. We can’t help but imagine him writing this book as if he were a choreographer for a dance, where the dancers gracefully complete their complex moves around the stage as they head upbeat toward their grand finale.

Importantly, this grand finale is given room to breathe. It may not surprise you that at 422 pages, Oblivion’s Gate is Mack’s longest book, and only rarely do we consider some parts of this novel unnecessary or filler. Rest assured that your favorite Star Trek lit-verse characters are treated with respect in their final moments, and we were largely happy with how Mack chose to bring ends to these characters. And speaking of ends, we want to mention that the grace note at the end of the book – a short chapter that helps frame the lit-verse and future canonical Star Trek as equally notable works of art – will make you crack a smile and marvel at Mack’s creativity.

The only major criticism we want to level against Oblivion’s Gate is Mack’s penchant for overwhelming technobabble. This may seem like a strange critique for a Star Trek production, but in this book, Mack really seems to indulge in the highly technical and fantastical sci-fi explanations for what’s happening to our characters. For even those who are veterans of Star Trek ‘s inherent use of sci-fi silliness, this book leans way too much into it. Sometimes, you might read a few sentences about the temporal things that are happening, and then pause and ask yourself, “what did I just read?” Of course, oftentimes a character will swoop in with a convenient analogy or comparison to help reorient lost readers, but we can’t help all this could have been accomplished less verbosely. It does help a little that Mack has some characters equally perplexed by the temporal jargon, but such self-reflexive writing doesn’t erase our complaint.

One minor criticism against this book is that sometimes it seems that Mack has a hat from which he pulls various character names, and then tries to insert them in this story. For example, Mirror Savvik’s inclusion as director of Memory Omega just seems like fan service. Never is a reason given why it’s her who heads that project. We know the Mirror Universe is not supposed to be exactly like the Prime Timeline, but it seems too convenient to include the aging Vulcan there. The same thing can be said of K’Ehleyr (Prime-Worf’s deceased wife) as the CSS Enterprise ‘s first officer. We get that this trilogy is a celebration of Star Trek ‘s literary efforts over the past couple of decades and you would naturally want to include as many people as possible (on that front Mack does include some cameos and references that long-time fans will enjoy), but just know that sometimes it may not make too much narrative sense when certain characters pop up.

Gripes aside, we want to give kudos to the three authors of this trilogy for having the urge to end Star Trek’ s non-canonical presence in as legitimate a way as possible. Like Dayton Ward explained when his book, Moments Asunder , kicked off the trilogy, he and his fellow novelists wanted to spare Star Trek fans the kind of existential agony that Disney produced for Star Wars fans when that company struck all expanded universe canon from the record. In our opinion, Ward, Swallow, and Mack have earned the thanks of many Star Trek fans.

As you finish this excellent trilogy, here are two pieces of advice: one, read the Acknowledgements! And two, and more importantly, block out time in your day to read through the last 40 or so pages uninterrupted. To return to the choreographed dance analogy from before, you wouldn’t want to get up and walk out of the theater as the last dance number is underway, would you? Mack has delivered a literary effort worthy of such undivided attention, and as you turn the last page of this book, it’s okay to feel exhaustion, sadness, and even grief at having the lit-verse as we know it come to end. But don’t forget to feel happy for the gift that is the Star Trek lit-verse – dozens of books filled with new and familiar characters, countless memorable moments, and lessons and themes that continue the Star Trek spirit. No matter what form Star Trek ‘s novel future entails, we’re sure these elements will be ever-present.

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November 30, 2021 at 4:42 pm

Thanks for this review.

Just FYI, with regard to your remarks about the Mirror Universe characters and their roles in the story: I didn’t “pull them out of a hat.”

All of their roles in the story were logical continuations of their long-running story arcs from the Mirror Universe novels and short stories that have been published by Pocket Books since 2009, starting with the anthologies GLASS EMPIRES and OBSIDIAN ALLIANCES; continuing in the short-story anthology SHARDS AND SHADOWS; and further expanded upon in my later novels THE SORROWS OF EMPIRE, RISE LIKE LIONS, and Section 31: DISAVOWED.

Those tales fully account for how and why Saavik heads Memory Omega, why K’Ehleyr is the XO of Luc Picard’s jaunt-ship, and everyone else we see in the Mirror Universe parts of OBLIVION’S GATE.

As for your dislike of my technobabble … to each their own. It’s like spice in a recipe; everyone has a level of flavoring they prefer. Some like it hot, others not so much. YMMV.

LLAP, David Mack

Max Fountain

December 10, 2021 at 5:06 pm

I appreciate the in depth review, and indeed the tremendous effort that went into the novels. Yet I can’t see the way ST has gone – starting with Enterprise, through the gun-wielding time-wrecking absurdities of the PineKirk movies, to the radically incoherent plotting of Picard, and always subtly drifting to starboard – as anything but a sad, chaotic cash grab in phases of increasing artistic and philosophical bankruptcy. Prodigy – wtf? The novels were the caretakers of GRs vision. Now we lose that too. Okay, but don’t expect me to buy the things.

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Star Trek: Discovery Reveals First Look at Season Four!

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Paramount+ today revealed a teaser trailer for season four of its hit original series Star Trek: Discovery . The teaser trailer was introduced by series star Sonequa Martin-Green following the “Women In Motion” panel during today’s virtual global First Contact Day celebration, which also revealed that season four will premiere in 2021.

A Star Trek: Discovery First Look at Season Four

The free First Contact Day virtual panels will be available to view on-demand on Paramount+’s YouTube Channel and on Paramount+ in the U.S., following their initial airing on StarTrek.com/FirstContact today from 12:00-2:45 PM, PT/3:00-5:45 PM, ET.

Season four of Star Trek: Discovery finds Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery facing a threat unlike any they’ve ever encountered. With Federation and non-Federation worlds alike feeling the impact, they must confront the unknown and work together to ensure a hopeful future for all.

Star Trek: Discovery season four cast members include Sonequa Martin-Green (Captain Michael Burnham), Doug Jones (Saru), Anthony Rapp (Paul Stamets), Mary Wiseman (Sylvia Tilly), Wilson Cruz (Dr. Hugh Culber), David Ajala (Cleveland “Book” Booker), Blu del Barrio (Adira) and Ian Alexander (Gray).

Star Trek: Discovery streams exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S., and the series is distributed concurrently by ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group on Netflix in 190 countries and in Canada on Bell Media’s CTV Sci-Fi Channel and streams on Crave. The series is produced by CBS Studios in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment.

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While plot details are being kept under wraps, the upcoming feature will be an origin story that is set decades before 2009’s “Star Trek,” as well as an expansion of the “Star Trek” universe. J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot is producing.

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Haynes recently directed six episodes of the “Star Wars” series “Andor,” starring Diego Luna as the titular role. He also helmed the “Star Trek”-inspired episode of “Black Mirror,” titled “USS Callister.” Haynes is repped by WME and attorney Peter Nelson.

Grahame-Smith is best known as the author of the best-selling novels “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” and “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.” He also wrote and produced 2017’s “The Lego Batman Movie.” Grahame-Smith is repped by WME and attorneys PJ Shapiro and Wendy Kirk.

Deadline was first to report the “Star Trek” news.

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How to watch Star Trek: Discovery season 4 online from anywhere – Captain Burnham returns from mid-season break

Annihilation looms as Captain Burnham makes first contact with Species 10-C

Over a month is a long time to wait to learn the fate of the galaxy. But we’re finally back on the bridge as Star Trek : Discovery season 4 returns from its mid-season snooze. It’s going to be a high-octane race through space as Captain Michael Burnham, Booker, and her crew pursue that galaxy-gobbling Dark Matter Anomaly, so read on below we explain how to watch Star Trek: Discovery season 4 online now.

When: Thursdays, from February 10 (US, Canada, Australia)

Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, David Ajala, Chelah Horsdal.

Creators: Bryan Fuller and Alex Kurtzman

Stream: Paramount Plus with a 7-day FREE trial (US, Aus) | Crave / CTV (Can)

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Episode 7 “But to Connect” saw The United Federation of Planets convene to agree on a course of action regarding the DMA: a highly destructive gravitational force controlled by an unknown race dubbed “Species 10-C”.

Romulans, Orions, and Vulcans lent Captain Burnham their ears as she advocated for diplomacy and peace. But Cleveland Booker, whose home planet had been annihilated by the deadly phenomena, ignored the Federation’s decree and took off with the spore drive to take direct action.

With Booker on the run, it’s left to Burnham to track down her partner and persuade him to abort his dangerous plans. The consequences of not doing so are huge. As Federation President Laira warns, they risk “provoking a highly advanced species capable of destroying us all.”

Ready to make contact with Species 10-C? Our how-to-watch Star Trek: Discovery season 4 online guide explains how to stream all episodes now. US viewers will require a Paramount Plus subscription.

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How to watch Star Trek: Discovery season 4 from outside your country

If you’ve left the galaxy – or are even just traveling to another country – when new episodes of Star Trek: Discovery season 4 land, you’ll be unable to watch the series'  thrilling return due to annoying regional restrictions.

Luckily, there’s an easy solution. Downloading a  VPN will allow you to stream Star Trek: Discovery season 4 online no matter where you are. It's a simple bit of software that changes your IP address, meaning that you can access on-demand content or live TV just as if you were at home.

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How to watch Star Trek: Discovery season 4 FREE on Paramount Plus in the US

New episodes of Star Trek: Discovery arrive on Paramount Plus , on Thursday, February 10 after a mid-season hiatus. These are available to stream from 3 am ET / 12 am PT and will be added to the platform weekly until the season finale on March 10. 

You can purchase a subscription to the great-value Paramount Plus for just $4.99 a month - and better still, you can get a FREE 7-day Paramount Plus trial right now.

The service features new originals and is ideal for Trekkies, as it's also home to Picard, the animated series Prodigy, and Strange New Worlds. Additionally, it’s bursting with top shows like Kamp Koral, reality TV smash Survivor, and the Rugrats 2021 revival, CBS's live sports action, and it will be the place to watch the Frasier reboot.

Outside of the US? You can take the subscription services you pay for at home with you anywhere - all you’ll need is a reliable VPN .

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How to watch Star Trek: Discovery season 4 online in Canada

In the words of Captain Burnham, let’s fly! CTV Sci-Fi will broadcast brand-new episodes of Star Trek: Discovery from Thursday, February 10 in line with their US release, airing at 6 pm PT and 9 pm ET.

Missed some of the intergalactic action? Catch-up through CTV's on-demand service – though bear in mind you’ll need to provide your cable login details to do that. And, in addition to all season 4 episodes, you can stream seasons 1-3 in their entirety too.

If you’ve cut the cord, you can also use an OTT service to stream Star Trek: Discovery season 4. And Crave is the place to go, with episodes available just one day after their TV premiere. A monthly subscription costs $9.99 a month for one stream, but there’s a 7-day FREE Crave trial for new subscribers to enjoy before committing.

Canadians out of the country right now will encounter geo-blocks preventing them from connecting to their usual streaming platforms - but a solution is available! Just download a VPN and you’ll be free to watch your favorite shows wherever you are.

How to watch Star Trek: Discovery season 4 online in the UK

While Brits could once watch Star Trek: Discovery on Netflix,  Paramount Plus has exclusive rights in every region , resulting in Star: Trek being pulled from international Netflix libraries days before season 4 premiered across the Atlantic.

Until Paramount Plus launches in the UK, it’s Pluto TV to the rescue! The service is throwing Trekkies a lifeline by airing new episodes of Star Trek: Discovery completely free and with no registration process required. Each episode is aired several times a week – on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday – at 9 pm GMT.

If you’re planning on a winter break abroad in the UK but don’t want to miss all-new Discovery, don’t fear.  Purchasing a VPN   means you can connect to your streaming service from absolutely anywhere. Impressive, right?

How to watch Star Trek: Discovery season 4 online in Australia

The USS Discovery is returning to Australia! While the precise dates haven’t been announced, last year's new episodes began synching with the US schedule, so we anticipate Star Trek: Discovery season 4 will return to   Paramount Plus on Thursday, February 10 too – the same day as in Canada and the US.

Paramount Plus is available to Australian viewers for AUS$ 8.99 a month (or $89.99 a year) and includes an enticing 7-day free trial for new subscribers.

Temporarily waving goodbye to the Antipodes? You’ll be relieved to know that a VPN will let you watch the new Star Trek: Discovery season 4 online from anywhere – even far, far away from Federation space!

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