How to Watch Star Trek in Order: The Complete Series Timeline

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Ever since 1966’s premiere of the first episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, the entertainment world has never been the same. This franchise that has boldly gone where no property has gone before has captured the hearts and minds of millions around the world and has grown into a space-faring empire of sorts filled with multiple shows, feature length films, comics, merchandise, and so much more. That being said, the amount of Star Trek out in the world can make it tough to know exactly how to watch everything it offers in either chronological or release order so you don’t miss a thing. To help make things easier for you, we’ve created this guide to break down everything you need to know about engaging with this Star Trek journey.

It used to be a bit trickier to track down all the Star Trek shows and movies you’d need to watch to catch up, but Paramount+ has made it a whole lot easier as it has become the home of nearly all the past, present and future Star Trek entries.

So, without further ado, come with us into the final frontier and learn how you can become all caught up with the adventures of Kirk, Picard, Janeway, Sisko, Spock, Pike, Archer, Burnham, and all the others that have made Star Trek so special over the past 56 years.

And, in case you're worried, everything below is a mostly spoiler-free chronological timeline that will not ruin any of any major plot points of anything further on in the timeline. So, you can use this guide as a handy way to catch up without ruining much of the surprise of what’s to come on your adventure! If you’d prefer to watch everything Star Trek as it was released, you’ll find that list below as well!

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1. Star Trek: Enterprise (2151-2155)

Star Trek: Enterprise is the earliest entry on our list as it takes place a hundred years before the adventures of Kirk, Spock, and the rest of the crew of Star Trek: The Original Series. The show aired from 2001 to 2005 and starred Scott Bakula as Jonathan Archer, the captain of the Enterprise NX-01. This version of the Enterprise was actually Earth’s first starship that was able to reach warp five.

While the show had its ups and downs, it included a fascinating look at a crew without some of the advanced tech we see in other Star Trek shows, the first contact with various alien species we know and love from the Star Trek universe, and more.

2. Star Trek: Discovery: Seasons 1 and 2 (2256-2258)

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This is where things get a little bit tricky, as the first two seasons of Star Trek: Discovery take place before Star Trek: The Original Series but Seasons 3 and 4 take us boldly to a place we’ve not gone before. We won’t spoil why that’s the case here, but it’s important to note if you want to watch Star Trek in order, you’ll have to do a bit of jumping around from series to movie to series.

As for what Star Trek: Discovery is, it's set the decade before the original and stars Sonequa Martin-Green’s Michael Burnham, a Starfleet Commander who accidentally helps start a war between the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire. She gets court-martialed and stripped of her rank following these events and is reassigned to the U.S.S Discovery.

3. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2259-TBD)

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds also begins before the events of Star Trek: The Original Series and is set up by Star Trek: Discovery as its captain, Anson Mount’s Christopher Pike, makes an appearance in its second season. If that name sounds familiar, it’s because Pike first appeared in the original failed pilot episode “The Cage” of Star Trek: The Original Series and would later become James T. Kirk’s predecessor after the original actor, Jefferey Hunter, backed out of the show.

Fast forward all these years later and now we get to learn more about the story of Christopher Pike and many other familiar faces from The Original Series alongside new characters. It’s made even more special as the ship the crew uses is the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701, the very same that would soon call Kirk its captain.

4. Star Trek: The Original Series (2265-2269)

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The fourth Star Trek series or movie you should watch in the order is the one that started it all - Star Trek: The Original Series . Created by Gene Roddenberry, this first Star Trek entry would kick off a chain reaction that would end up creating one of the most beloved IPs of all time. However, it almost never made it to that legendary status as its low ratings led to a cancellation order after just three seasons that aired from 1966 to 1969. Luckily, it found great popularity after that and built the foundation for all the Star Trek stories we have today.

Star Trek: The Original Series starred William Shatner as James T. Kirk and Leonard Nimoy as Spock, but the rest of the crew would go on to become nearly as iconic as they were. As for what the show was about? Well, we think Kirk said it best during each episode’s opening credits;

“Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise . Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.”

5. Star Trek: The Animated Series (2269-2270)

While Star Trek: The Original Series may have been canceled after just three seasons, its popularity only grew, especially with the help of syndication. Following this welcome development, Gene Roddenberry decided he wanted to continue the adventures of the crew of the Enterprise NCC-1701 in animated form, and he brought back many of the original characters and the actors behind them for another go.

Star Trek: The Animated Series lasted for two seasons from 1973 to 1974 and told even more stories of the Enterprise and its adventures throughout the Milky Way galaxy.

6. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (2270s)

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The first Star Trek film was a very big deal as it brought back the crew of Star Trek: The Original Series after the show was canceled in 1969 after just three seasons. However, even it had a rough road to theaters as Roddenberry initially failed to convince Paramount Pictures it was worth it in 1975. Luckily, the success of Close Encounters of the Third Kind and other factors helped finally convince those in power to make the movie and abandon the plans for a new television series called Star Trek: Phase II, which also would have continued the original story.

In Star Trek: The Motion Picture, James T. Kirk was now an Admiral in Starfleet, and certain events involving a mysterious alien cloud of energy called V’Ger cause him to retake control of a refitted version of the U.S.S. Enterprise with many familiar faces in tow.

7. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (2285)

Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry had a sequel to Star Trek: The Motion Picture written, but Paramount turned it down after the reception to that first film was not what the studio had hoped for. In turn, Paramount removed him from the production and brought in Harve Bennett and Jack B. Sowards to write the script and Nicholas Meyer to direct the film.

The studio’s decision proved to be a successful one as Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is considered by many, including IGN, to be the best Star Trek film. As for the story, it followed the battle between Admiral James T. Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise vs. Ricardo Montalban’ Khan Noonien Singh. Khan is a genetically engineered superhuman and he and his people were exiled by Kirk on a remote planet in the episode ‘Space Seed’ from the original series. In this second film, after being stranded for 15 years, Khan wants revenge.

8. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (2285)

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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock continues the story that began in Wrath of Khan and deals with the aftermath of Spock’s death. While many on the U.S.S. Enterprise thought that was the end for their science officer, Kirk learns that Spock’s spirit/katra is actually living inside the mind of DeForest Kelley’s Dr. McCoy, who has been acting strange ever since the death of his friend. What follows is an adventure that includes a stolen U.S.S. Enterprise, a visit from Spock’s father Sarek, a run-in with Klingons, and so much more.

9. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (2286 and 1986)

While it is undoubtedly great that Kirk and his crew saved Spock, it apparently wasn’t great enough to avoid the consequences that follow stealing and then losing the Enterprise. On their way to answer for their charges, the former crew of the Enterprise discover a threat to Earth that, without spoiling anything, causes them to go back in time to save everything they love. The Voyage Home is a big departure from the previous films as, instead of space, we spend most of our time in 1986’s San Francisco.

10. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (2287)

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Star Trek V: The Final Frontier once again brings back our favorite heroes from Star Trek: The Original Series, but it’s often regarded as one of the weakest films starring Kirk, Spock, McCoy, etc. In this adventure, our crew’s shore leave gets interrupted as they are tasked with going up against the Vulcan Sybok, who himself is on the hunt for God in the middle of the galaxy.

11. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (2293)

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country is the final movie starring the entire cast of Star Trek: The Original Series, and it puts the Klingons front and center. After a mining catastrophe destroys the Klingon moon of Praxis and threatens the Klingon’s homeworld, Klingon Chancellor Gorkon is forced to abandon his species' love of war in an effort to seek peace with the Federation. What follows is an adventure that calls back to the fall of the Soviet Union and the Berlin Wall and serves as a wonderful send-off to characters we’ve come to know and love since 1966, even though some will thankfully appear in future installments.

12. Star Trek: The Next Generation (2364-2370)

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After you make it through all six of the Star Trek: The Original Series movies, it’s time to start what many consider the best Star Trek series of all time - Star Trek: The Next Generation . The series, which starred Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard, ran from 1987 through 1994 with 178 episodes over seven seasons.

There are so many iconic characters and moments in The Next Generation, including William Riker, Data, Worf, Geordi La Forge, Deanna Troi, and Dr. Beverly Crusher, and many of these beloved faces would return for Star Trek: Picard, which served as a continuation of this story.

While we are once again on the U.S.S. Enterprise in Star Trek: The Next Generation, this story takes place a century after the events of Star Trek: The Original Series. However, there may just be a few familiar faces that pop up from time to time.

13. Star Trek Generations (2293)

While Star Trek Generations is the first film featuring the Star Trek: The Next Generation crew, it also features a team-up that many had dreamed of for years and years between Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Captain James T. Kirk.

Our heroes are facing off against an El-Aurian named Dr. Tolian Soran, who will do whatever is necessary to return to an extra-dimensional realm known as the Nexus. Without spoiling anything, these events lead to a meeting with these two legendary captains and a heartfelt-at-times send-off to The Original Series, even though not every character returned that we wished could have.

14. Star Trek: First Contact (2373)

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Star Trek: First Contact was not only the second film featuring the crew from Star Trek: The Next Generation, but it also served as the motion picture directorial debut for William Riker actor Jonathan Frakes. In this film, the terrifying Borg take center stage and force our heroes to travel back in time to stop them from conquering Earth and assimilating the entire human race.

This movie picks up on the continuing trauma caused by Jean-Luc Picard getting assimilated in the series and becoming Locutus of Borg, and we are also treated to the first warp flight in Star Trek’s history, a shout-out to Deep Space Nine, and more.

15. Star Trek: Insurrection (2375)

Star Trek: Insurrection, which unfortunately ranked last on our list of the best Star Trek movies, is the third film starring the Star Trek: The Next Generation crew and followed a story involving an alien race that lives on a planet with more-or-less makes them invincible due to its rejuvenating properties. This alien race, known as the Ba’Ku, are being threatened by not only another alien race called the Son’a, but also the Federation. Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his crew disobey Federation orders in hopes to save the peaceful Ba’Ku, and while it sounds like an interesting premise, many said it felt too much like an extended episode of the series instead of a big blockbuster film.

16. Star Trek: Nemesis (2379)

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The final Star Trek: The Next Generation movie is Star Trek: Nemesis , and it also isn’t looked at as one of the best. There are bright parts in the film, including Tom Hardy’s Shinzon who is first thought to be a Romulan praetor before it’s revealed he is a clone of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, but it also features a lot of retreaded ground. There are some great moments between our favorite TNG characters, but it’s not quite the goodbye many had hoped for. Luckily, this won’t be the last we’ll see of them.

17. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2369-2375)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is the fourth Star Trek series and it ran from 1993 to 1999 with 176 episodes over seven seasons. Deep Space Nine was also the first Star Trek series to be created without the direct involvement of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, but instead with Rick Berman and Michael Piller. Furthermore, it was the first series to begin when another Star Trek Series - The Next Generation - was still on the air.

The connections between The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine don’t end there, as there were a ton of callbacks to TNG in Deep Space Nine, and characters like Worf and Miles O’Brien played a big part in the series. Other TNG characters popped up from time to time, including Captain Jean-Luc Picard, and certain Deep Space Nine characters also showed their faces in TNG.

Deep Space Nine was a big departure from the Star Trek series that came before, as it not only took place mostly on a space station - the titular Deep Space Nine - but it was the first to star an African American as its central character in Avery Brooks’ Captain Benjamin Sisko.

Deep Space Nine was located in a very interesting part of the Milky Way Galaxy as it was right next to a wormhole, and the series was also filled with conflict between the Cardassians and Bajorans, the war between the Federation and the Dominion, and much more.

18. Star Trek: Voyager (2371-2378)

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Star Trek: Voyager is the fifth Star Trek series and it ran from 1995 to 2001 with 172 episodes over seven seasons. Star Trek: Voyager begins its journey at Deep Space Nine, and then it follows the tale of Kate Mulgrew’s Captain Kathryn Janeway (the first female leading character in Star Trek history!) and her crew getting lost and stranded in the faraway Delta Quadrant.

The episodes and adventures that follow all see the team fighting for one goal: getting home. Being so far away from the Alpha Quadrant we were so used to letting Star Trek be very creative in its storytelling and give us situations and alien races we’d never encountered before.

That doesn’t mean it was all unfamiliar, however, as the Borg became a huge threat in the later seasons. It’s a good thing too, as that led to the introduction of Jeri Ryan’s Seven of Nine, a character who would continue on to appear in Star Trek: Picard and become a fan favorite.

19. Star Trek: Lower Decks (2380-TBD)

Star Trek: Lower Decks debuted in 2020 and was the first animated series to make it to air since 1973’s Star Trek: The Animated Series. Alongside having that feather in its cap, it also sets itself apart by choosing to focus more on the lower lever crew instead of the captain and senior staff.

This leads to many fun adventures that may not be as high stakes as the other stories, but are no less entertaining. There have already been three seasons of Star Trek: Lower Decks, and the fourth season is set to arrive later this summer.

The series is also worth a watch as it is having a crossover with Star Trek: Strange New Worlds that will mix the worlds of live-action and animation.

20. Star Trek: Prodigy (2383-TBD)

Star Trek: Prodigy was the first fully 3D animated Star Trek series ever and told a story that began five years after the U.S.S. Voyager found its way back home to Earth. In this series, which was aimed for kids, a group of young aliens find an abandoned Starfleet ship called the U.S.S. Protostar and attempt to make it to Starfleet and the Alpha Quadrant from the Delta Quadrant.

Voyager fans will be delighted to know that Kate Mulgrew returns as Kathryn Janeway in this animated series, but not only as herself. She is also an Emergency Training Holographic Advisor that was based on the likeness of the former captain of the U.S.S. Voyager.

The second season of Star Trek: Prodigy was set to arrive later this year, but it was not only canceled in June, but also removed from Paramount+. There is still hope this show may find a second life on another streaming service or network.

21. Star Trek: Picard (2399-2402)

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Star Trek: Picard is the… well… next generation of Star Trek: The Next Generation as it brings back not only Partick Stewart’s Jean-Luc Picard, but also many of his former crew members from the beloved series. The story is set 20 years after the events of Star Trek Nemesis and we find Picard retired from Starfleet and living at his family’s vineyard in France.

Without spoiling anything, certain events get one of our favorite captains back to work and take him on an adventure through space and time over three seasons and 30 episodes.

The show had its ups and downs, but the third season, in our opinion, stuck the landing and gave us an “emotional, exciting, and ultimately fun journey for Jean-Luc and his family - both old and new - that gives the character the send-off that he has long deserved.”

22. Star Trek: Discovery: Seasons 3 and 4 (3188-TBD)

While Star Trek: Discovery begins around 10 years before Star Trek: The Original Series, the show jumps more than 900 years into the future into the 32nd Century following the events of the second season. The Federation is not in great shape and Captain Michael Burnham and her crew work to bring it back to what it once was.

Star Trek: Discovery is set to end after the upcoming fifth season, which will debut on Paramount+ in 2024.

How to Watch Star Trek by Order of Release

  • Star Trek: The Original Series (1966 - 1969)
  • Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973 - 1974)
  • Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
  • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
  • Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
  • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1984)
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987 - 1994)
  • Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
  • Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
  • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993 - 1999)
  • Star Trek: Generations (1994)
  • Star Trek: Voyager (1995 - 2001)
  • Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
  • Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
  • Star Trek: Enterprise (2001 - 2005)
  • Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
  • Star Trek (2009)
  • Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
  • Star Trek Beyond (2016)
  • Star Trek: Discovery (2017 - Present)
  • Star Trek: Picard (2020 - 2023)
  • Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020 - Present)
  • Star Trek: Prodigy (2021 - TBA)
  • Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022 - Present)

For more, check out our look at the hidden meaning behind Star Trek’s great captains, why Star Trek doesn’t get credit as the first shared universe, if this may be the end of Star Trek’s golden age of streaming, and our favorite classic Star Trek episodes and movies.

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S6.E1 ∙ Time's Arrow, Part II

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S6.E2 ∙ Realm of Fear

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S6.E3 ∙ Man of the People

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S6.E4 ∙ Relics

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S6.E5 ∙ Schisms

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S6.E6 ∙ True Q

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S6.E7 ∙ Rascals

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S6.E8 ∙ A Fistful of Datas

LeVar Burton and Ellen Bry in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

S6.E9 ∙ The Quality of Life

Ronny Cox and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

S6.E10 ∙ Chain of Command, Part I

Marina Sirtis, Ronny Cox, Patrick Stewart, and Tracee Cocco in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

S6.E11 ∙ Chain of Command, Part II

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S6.E12 ∙ Ship in a Bottle

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S6.E13 ∙ Aquiel

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S6.E14 ∙ Face of the Enemy

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S6.E15 ∙ Tapestry

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S6.E16 ∙ Birthright, Part I

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S6.E17 ∙ Birthright, Part II

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S6.E18 ∙ Starship Mine

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S6.E19 ∙ Lessons

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S6.E20 ∙ The Chase

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S6.E21 ∙ Frame of Mind

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S6.E22 ∙ Suspicions

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S6.E23 ∙ Rightful Heir

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S6.E24 ∙ Second Chances

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S6.E25 ∙ Timescape

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S6.E26 ∙ Descent

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Star Trek: The Next Generation - Episode Guide - Season 6

In 1992, Star Trek: The Next Generation heading in to season 6 – while another show called Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was about to launch (so to speak) its initial episodes. This expansion of the ST universe resulted in a few changes for the flagship enterprise (sort of) for TNG.

Among these were definitely a more somber tone for the series in general, as well as more personal-type of storytelling, as opposed to the cosmic politics and ruling-class machinations of the Klingon civil war story arc.

Season six also plays as a bit of a “greatest hits” compilation at times. Returning to the Enterprise to take over an episode or two are Lt. Barclay, Q, Alexander Son of Worf, sentient hologram Moriarty and Klingon badass Gowron. Crossing over from Deep Space Nine is Dr. Bashir, and beaming in (literally) from the original Enterprise crew is Montgomery Scott.

1. Time's Arrow, Part II – The time-travel romp concludes in satisfying enough, though not particularly deep, fashion. The crew gets some funny bits as fish out of water in the 1890s and Lt. Commander Data saves the day while literally getting his head blown off. Minus points for Jerry Hardin’s Mark Twain, which descends into cartoonishness with a one-note, nearly shrill interpretation. ***

2. Realm of Fear – Lt. Reginald Barclay, the timidest dude ever to serve on a starship (how did this guy get through Starfleet Academy, anyway…?), is also afraid of transporters. While using one in routine fashion, he sees strange worm-like beings living in the transporter stream – or are they merely hallucinations…? ***

3. Man of the People – As a Lumerian ambassador and his posse are en route to a negotiation, said ambassador’s aged wife dies. He then gets with Troi, who begins acting wantonly and dangerously before beginning to age rapidly. **

4. Relics – Montgomery Scott of the Enterprise (repeat after me: No bloody A, B, C or D) is found within a repeating transporter signal near a crash site on a Dyson sphere. The Enterprise becomes trapped in the sphere, a ridiculous feat of engineering that houses an entire solar system in order to exploit all possible energy. Despite knowledge a century behind the times, Scotty finds his inner miracle worker once again … ***

5. Schisms – Wait a minute … an alien abduction story in a series set aboard a starship? Come on, now. *

6. True Q – Everyone’s favorite otherly-dimensional trickster is back on the Enterprise, this time revealing that a newly boarded intern is in actuality a member of the Q. And she’s hot for Wesley Crusher. This subplots may or may not be related. ***

7. Rascals – Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Ensign Ro Laren, Keiko O’Brien and Guinan are magically turned into children via a transporter accident (no, really) – and then the ship is taken by Ferengi pirates. Episodes of this sort within any TV series depend on the humor value of the cute kiddoes; there just ain’t much here. *

8. A Fistful of Datas – Some neat use of the Holodeck in this episode, plus much chance for Brent Spiner to flex the ol’ thespiary muscles for our amusement. Lt. Commander Worf, his son Alexander and Counselor Troi spend some quality time playing out a Western on the holodeck when LaForge and Data’as experiments go awry, causing the holodeck to – get this – malfunction. ****

9. The Quality of Life – Mining tools called Exocomps have become sentient, thereby inspiring Data to lead a quasi-worker’s revolution against mining interests who would exploit them. **

10. Chain of Command, Part I – This midseason 2-parter starts intriguing enough, with Picard sent on an undercover mission in Cardassian territory, but it’s the completely different concluding episode that everyone remembers. ****

11. Chain of Command, Part II – Regarded as a class, despite the extremely dark storyline and dependence mostly on a conversation between torturer and tortured reminiscent of the final act of George Orwell’s 1984. But maybe that’s what does it: Patrick Stewart and David Warner, old Royal Shakespeare Company comrades, are incredible, and the dialogue they’re given is amazing. Even when Warner’s Cardassian is explaining his culturally-relative normal belief in racism to his daughter, the viewer cannot take his/her eyes off. *****

12. Ship in a Bottle – The sentient Moriarty character again takes over the holodeck and finds a way to manipulate the Enterprise itself. A couple of neat twists, including the capping scenes, keep things interesting. ***

13. Aquiel – One of the primary rules of The Next Generation is this: LaForge Does Not Get Any. Apparently by season six, ol’ Geordi still hasn’t learned this fundamental fact and herein gets interested in the title character, who seemingly offs a traveling companion shortly after getting aboard. She’s exonerated but, when given an offer to join the Enterprise crew by LaForge, she turns him down. **

14. Face of the Enemy – Counselor Troi is given an undercover assignment aboard a Romulan vessel, but stealing the show from the go by Commander Toreth, who gets some fantastic dialogue vis-à-vis Romulan culture and what it’s like to serve the Empire. Probably the best Troi-centric episode. ****

15. Tapestry – Nearly an entire episode primarily devoted to banter between Picard and Q? Yes, please! In this episode, Q offers to help Picard correct foolish mistakes he made in the past, once again finding that any gift from Q is a double-edged sword at very best. *****

16. Birthright, Part I – Crossover episode! Well, sort of. While docked at Deep Space Nine, Dr. Bashir assists LaForge and Data in investigating a mysterious bit of hardware and Data’s “dreams.” In a parallel plot line, one Jaglom Shrek provides Worf with the location of a Romulan base where his father is held captive. ***

17. Birthright, Part II – Definitely one for Klingon fans. In the prison camp, Worf finds two generations’ worth of Klingons, including a younger generation which knows nothing of Klingon culture, traditions, bloodlust, etc. Worf teaches a bit but more importantly leads a peaceful (!) revolt against their Romulan taskmasters. ***

18. Starship Mine – An episode that’s equal parts funny and suspenseful. While attempting to escape a diplomatic meeting, Picard unwittingly stumbles upon a plot to plunder the Enterprise. Whether it’s Data developing a “small talk subroutine” or Picard outwitting the bad guys while racing against time as a deadly baryon sweep sub-atomically cleans the Enterprise, this is good stuff. ****

19. Lessons – Schmaltz reported dead ahead red alert, shields up! Picard falls for an attractive Lt. Commander who almost becomes a Red Shirt, but survives a dangerous away mission long enough to bid Picard adieu and leave the ship. Pretty pointless. *

20. The Chase – In a case of unofficial canon becoming official canon, several prominent Alpha Quadrant races, including the humans lead by an archaeology enthusiast Picard, learn something about their ancestry thanks to a stunning find. ***

21. Frame of Mind – Commander Riker’s dark head trip: Kinda like “Future Imperfect” but more mysterious and creepy. Riker cannot tell whether he’s in a play about a mental patient, *is* a mental patient and/or has awoken some 20 years in the future. ****

22. Suspicions – Dr. Crusher hosts a test demonstration of a new shield technology by a Ferengi scientist. When the first test pilot, Jo'Bril, dies due to a test flight, Dr. Crusher plays detective in hopes of clearing her friend’s name of accusations of murder. A pretty decent detective story with a clever twist or two. ***

23. Rightful Heir – At a Klingon holy site, Worf meets with a warrior resembling and claiming to be the legendary Kahless. ***

24. Second Chances – Season 6 of The Next Generation may definitely be considered the greatest season’s worth of transporter-malfunction episodes – until Voyager, when the damn things never seemed to work. In this one, a malfunction results in a duplicate Riker aboard the Enterprise, which certainly gets Troi thinking along interesting lines … *

25. Timescape – An away mission finds itself in an area of space in which time moves at varied rates in different areas. With time frozen from their perspective as an away team, Picard, Data and LaForge note what appears to be a Romulan ship firing a lethal blow at the Enterprise. A wacky time paradox sorta episode, even by ST:TNG standards. ****

26. Descent, Part I – After Stephen Hawking smokes Data, Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein in a hand of holodeck poker, an away team is accosted by a guerilla army of Borg; Data, apparently feeling anger, kills one. Another attack happens in which a Borg individual manipulates Data’s emotions again. Ultimately, an away team of Picard, LaForge and Troi, in a quest for Data on an uninhabited planet, is captured by the Borg and their leader, Lore. ****

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The sixth season of Star Trek: The Next Generation was produced and aired in 1992 and 1993 .

Episodes [ ]

  • " Time's Arrow "
  • " Realm of Fear "
  • " Man of the People "
  • " Schisms "
  • " Rascals "
  • " A Fistful of Datas "
  • " The Quality of Life "
  • " Chain of Command "
  • " Ship in a Bottle "
  • " Face of the Enemy "
  • " Tapestry "
  • " Birthright "
  • " Starship Mine "
  • " Lessons "
  • " The Chase "
  • " Frame of Mind "
  • " Suspicions "
  • " Rightful Heir "
  • " Second Chances "
  • " Timescape "
  • " Descent "

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  • 1 Odyssey class
  • 2 Ferengi Rules of Acquisition
  • 3 Galaxy class

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Jonathan Frakes

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Season Six: Under Siege

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The new fleet menu showing fleet holdings

Season Six: Under Siege was released on July 12, 2012. It introduced a major expansion of end-game content with the Fleet Advancement System and several associated group missions.

Systems [ | ]

Fleet Marks

Ships [ | ]

Fleet Ship Module icon

Missions and Events [ | ]

New currency, fleet marks , can be earned from the following missions:

  • “No Win Scenario”
  • “Colony Invasion”
  • “Starbase Blockade”
  • “Starbase Incursion”
  • “Starbase Fleet Defense”
  • “Fleet Alert”
  • Tholian Incursion on Nukara Prime (fleet marks only rewarded during event)

During the new two-hours Fleet Marks Event all these missions reward bonus fleet marks.

  • TNG 25th Anniversary Event (July 19-24, 2012)

Locations [ | ]

Fleet starbase construction

A Fleet Starbase

  • Fleet starbase (including fleet hub interiors, lower storage compartments and associated star systems for Federation and Klingon fleets )
  • Nukara Prime ( Nukara System , Eta Eridani Sector Block )

The Foundry [ | ]

  • Many bugfixes and UI improvements
  • New NPC behaviour settings
  • New backdrops
  • Bajor/Hathon
  • Bortas Bridge
  • Earth Spacedock - newer version
  • Cardassian Galor Bridge
  • Defiant Bridge 02
  • Defiant Ship Interior
  • Ferengi D'Kora Bridge
  • Drozana Station - 23rd Century
  • Facility 4028
  • Jem'Hadar Bridge
  • Nopada Desert
  • Odyssey Bridge
  • TOS Ship Interior
  • Sol System - newer version

Test Weekend [ | ]

Season Six was first released on Tribble 23 May 2012. Cryptic held a Tribble Test Weekend from 6 to 9 July 2012 prior to the release of Season Six. Players who participated will receive a Fleet Tribble and Ang the Vicious duty officer as a reward.

See Also [ | ]

  • Engineering reports
  • Release notes

External link [ | ]

  • Season 6 Dev blog entries at the Official website .
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  • 3 Federation playable starship

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All 6 star trek characters played by ds9's marc alaimo.

Marc Alaimo played four different characters on TNG before he began portraying one of Star Trek's best villains on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

  • Marc Alaimo's career in Star Trek began with antagonistic roles on TNG, influencing the franchise's future storylines and characters.
  • Alaimo portrayed memorable characters such as Badar N'D'D, Commander Tebok, Gul Macet, and Frederick La Rouque in TNG before becoming Gul Dukat in DS9.
  • As Gul Dukat, Alaimo delivered a complex and riveting performance, solidifying his place among Star Trek's most compelling villains.

Before he took on the role of Gul Dukat in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , Marc Alaimo played multiple characters on Star Trek: The Next Generation . Alaimo not only has the distinction of playing one of Star Trek's best villains in Dukat, but he also portrays one of the first Romulans to appear in TNG and the first Cardassian to appear in the franchise. Alaimo appeared as four different characters in TNG , all of whom played a somewhat antagonistic role. With his distinctive voice and undeniable screen presence, it's no surprise Star Trek's producers kept finding more roles for Alaimo.

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Marc Alaimo began his career in theater, playing bad guys even then, including Iago in Shakespeare's Othello , one of the Bard's most conniving villains. After moving to Los Angeles, Alaimo appeared in many television series throughout the 1970s and 1980s, often portraying antagonistic characters. Alaimo also appeared in several films throughout this time, most notably portraying Captain Everett in 1990's Total Recall . Alaimo left his mark on the Star Trek franchise in more ways than one. Not only did he make Dukat a memorable and complicated Star Trek villain , but he also influenced the look of the Cardassians, as makeup supervisor Michael Westmore based the Cardassian's neck ridges on Alaimo's prominent neck muscles.

6 Badar N'D'D

Star trek: the next generation season 1, episode 7 - "lonely among us".

In his first Star Trek appearance, Marc Alaimo portrays Badar N'D'D, the chief delegate of the Antican species, in an uncredited role on Star Trek: The Next Generation season 1.

In his first Star Trek appearance, Marc Alaimo portrays Badar N'D'D, the chief delegate of the Antican species, in an uncredited role on Star Trek: The Next Generation season 1 . In "Lonely Among Us," the USS Enterprise-D is transporting a delegation of Anticans and a delegation of their rivals, the Selay, to a conference on a planet called Parliament. Both species wish to join the United Federation of Planets, but the Federation insists they resolve their own issues first. As the Enterprise crew does their best to keep the two deligations apart, a non-corporeal alien entity begins possessing certain crew members. Alaimo is unrecognizable in the Antican alien prosthetics, and makeup designer Michael Westmore used the cast of Alaimo's head when designing the look of the Cardassians.

Although it was written in the script, the name Badar N'D'D is never spoken on screen, so its pronunciation is unclear.

5 Commander Tebok

Star trek: the next generation season 1, episode 26 - "the neutral zone", star trek: the next generation.

Marc Alaimo's next appearance comes in the final episode of TNG season 1, where he plays the Romulan Commander Tebok. When the USS Enterprise-D investigates destroyed outposts along the Federation/Romulan Neutral Zone, they soon encounter a Romulan Warbird commanded by Tebok. Tebok demands to know why the Enterprise has breached the Neutral Zone and reveals that Romulan outposts have also been destroyed. Alaimo succeeds in making Tebok menacing, despite not getting much to do beyond sitting on his ship. Before plans were derailed by the 1988 Writers Strike, "The Neutral Zone" was meant to be the first part of a two-part story that would have seen the Enterprise and the Romulans work together to fight the actual culprits behind the destroyed outposts — the Borg.

4 Gul Macet

Star trek: the next generation season 4, episode 12 - "the wounded".

In TNG's "The Wounded," Marc Alaimo plays Gul Macet, the first Cardassian to ever appear on-screen.

In TNG's "The Wounded," Marc Alaimo plays Gul Macet, the first Cardassian to ever appear on-screen. Macet commanding the warship Trager when he responds to an attack on a Cardassian outpost by the Federation vessel, the USS Phoenix. Macet and his men are brought on board the Enterprise, as Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his crew pursue the Phoenix and its commanding officer, Captain Benjamin Maxwell (Bob Gunton), who has apparently gone rogue. "The Wounded" not only sets up the Cardassians as the main antagonists of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine but also reveals more about Chief Miles O'Brien (Colm Meaney) , who will, of course, become one of DS9's main characters.

Chief O'Brien served under Maxwell on the USS Rutledge during the Cardassian War, and shares Maxwell's distrust of Cardassians.

3 Frederick La Rouque

Star trek: the next generation season 5, episode 26 - "time's arrow".

In the first part of TNG's "Time's Arrow" two-parter, Marc Alaimo portrays Frederick La Rouque, a professional card shark from 19th-century New Orleans. When Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner) travels back in time to 19th-century San Francisco, he encounters La Rouque at a poker table. To explain his odd appearance, Data proclaims himself to be a Frenchman, prompting La Rouque to speak to him in French. Data responds in kind and then joins the next round of the poker game to win money for supplies. La Rouque expects Data to be an easy mark, but Data has years of experience playing poker on the Enterprise . Data then wins all of La Roque's money and returns to his hotel room wearing La Roque's vest.

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2 gul dukat, star trek: deep space nine.

In his most well-known Star Trek role, Marc Alaimo portrays Gul Dukat in 35 episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . During the Cardassian's occupation of Bajor, Dukat served as the commander of Terok Nor (the space station that would come to be known as Deep Space 9). Despite committing numerous atrocities against the Bajoran people, Dukat saw himself as a compassionate leader and hated the Bajorans for not recognizing his supposed mercy. Throughout DS9 , Dukat was often antagonistic but occasionally worked with Captain Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks). Thanks in no small part to Alaimo's incredibly compelling portrayal, Dukat became one of Star Trek's most complex and interesting villains.

In DS9's series finale, Dukat was thrown into the Fire Caves, the eternal prison that houses the Pah-wraiths.

Dukat eventually became head of the Cardassian Union and allied with the Dominion, later retaking control of Deep Space 9 and plunging the Federation into the Dominion War. After the death of his daughter, Tora Ziyal (Melanie Smith), and the loss of the Dominion War, Dukat slowly descended into madness, allowing himself to be possessed by a Pah-wraith. While possessed, Dukat visited the Bajoran Temple on Deep Space Nine and killed Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell) simply for being in his way. After an intense confrontation with Sisko, the Emissary of the Prophets, in DS9's series finale, Dukat was thrown into the Fire Caves, the eternal prison that houses the Pah-wraiths.

1 Burt Ryan

Star trek: deep space nine season 6, episode 13 - "far beyond the stars".

In one of DS9's best episodes, Captain Benjamin Sisko imagines himself as a science fiction writer from the 1950s named Benny Russell. The other actors from DS9 appear as the rest of the humans in Sisko's imagined version of 20th-century New York. Marc Alaimo plays Burt Ryan, a racist police officer who, along with his partner Kevin Mulkahey (Jeffrey Combs), harasses Benny Russell. Officers Ryan and Mulkahey are also responsible for the death of Jimmy (Cirroc Lofton), a young street kid, and Russell suffers a beating trying to come to the aid of his friend. Not only is "Far Beyond The Stars" a phenomenal episode of television, but it also exemplifies the kind of social commentary at which Star Trek excels, with a powerful message that remains relevant today.

Star Trek: The Next Generation & Star Trek: Deep Space Nine are available to stream on Paramount+.

Star Trek is one of pop culture's biggest multimedia franchises, spanning multiple movies, TV shows, books, comics, video games, and various other media. The franchise was created by Gene Roddenberry and started with the 1960s TV series starring William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. Over the decades, several equally popular series have come out since as Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Discovery.

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is the tenth overall Star Trek spin-off series, and the first direct spin-off of Star Trek: Discovery that was announced on 15 May 2020 . It was produced by CBS Studios and stars Anson Mount as Christopher Pike , Ethan Peck as Spock , and Rebecca Romijn as Una Chin-Riley .

  • 2.1 Starring
  • 2.2 Special guest stars
  • 2.3 Recurring roles
  • 3.1 Season 1
  • 3.2 Season 2
  • 3.3 Season 3
  • 4.1 Inception
  • 4.2 Development
  • 4.3.1 Products
  • 5 Related topics
  • 7 External links

Premise [ ]

The official announcement stated that "the series will follow Captain Pike, Science Officer Spock, and Number One in the decade before Captain Kirk boarded the USS Enterprise , as they explore new worlds around the galaxy." [1]

Executive Producer and Co-creator Akiva Goldsman told Variety , " We're going to try to harken back to some classical 'Trek' values, to be optimistic, and to be more episodic. Obviously, we will take advantage of the serialized nature of character and story building. But I think our plots will be more closed-ended than you've seen in either Discovery or Picard . ... I imagine it to be closer to The Original Series than even DS9 . We can really tell closed-ended stories. We can find ourselves in episodes that are tonally of a piece. " [2]

When talking to Deadline on 16 August 2020 Co-executive Producer Alex Kurtzman elaborated, " I think Strange New Worlds , under the guidance of [showrunners] Henry Myers and Akiva Goldsman, it's going to be a return in a way to TOS [ Star Trek: The Original Series ] . We are going to do stand-alone episodes. There will be emotional serialization. There will be two-parters. There will be larger plot arcs. But it really is back to the model of alien-of-the-week, planet-of-the-week, challenge-on-the-ship-of-the-week. With these characters pre-Kirk's Enterprise ... I think what people responded so much to in all three characters is this kind of relentless optimism that they have. And that they are at the young phase of their careers. " [3]

Starring [ ]

  • Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike
  • Ethan Peck as Science Officer Spock
  • Jess Bush as Nurse Christine Chapel
  • Christina Chong as La'an Noonien-Singh
  • Celia Rose Gooding as Ensign Nyota Uhura
  • Melissa Navia as Lt. Erica Ortegas
  • Babs Olusanmokun as Dr. Joseph M'Benga
  • Bruce Horak as Hemmer (Season 1)
  • Rebecca Romijn as Number One

Special guest stars [ ]

  • Eugene Cordero as Sam Rutherford (voice)
  • Tawny Newsome as Beckett Mariner
  • Jerry O'Connell as Jack Ransom (voice)
  • Jack Quaid as Brad Boimler
  • Noël Wells as D'Vana Tendi (voice)
  • Paul Wesley as James T. Kirk

Recurring roles [ ]

  • Shawn Ahmed as Shankar
  • Rong Fu as Jenna Mitchell
  • Adrian Holmes as Robert April
  • Jennifer Hui as Christina
  • Dan Jeannotte as George Samuel Kirk
  • André Dae Kim as Kyle (Season 1)
  • Gia Sandhu as T'Pring
  • Melanie Scrofano as Marie Batel
  • Carol Kane as Pelia (Season 2)

Episode list [ ]

Season 1 [ ].

SNW Season 1 , 10 episodes:

Season 2 [ ]

SNW Season 2 , 10 episodes: [4]

Season 3 [ ]

SNW Season 3 , 10 episodes: [5]

Production history [ ]

When the news of showrunner Alex Kurtzman 's five-year Star Trek development deal with CBS All Access was announced on 19 June 2018, a show dealing with Christopher Pike, Spock, and the USS Enterprise was not considered for inclusion in any Star Trek line-up. [6]

Star Trek: The Original Series characters, Christopher Pike , Number One , and Spock , were introduced for season two of Discovery and were signed only for that season. [7] [8] It prompted Anson Mount to quip with a "#WillActForFood" hashtag on his Twitter account, making it known that he and Spock performer Ethan Peck were on the job market again shortly after live-action production on season two had wrapped. [9] Following the positive reception to the second season of Star Trek: Discovery , fans circulated a petition in support more appearances of Mount as Captain Pike and Peck as Spock, including the idea of a full new series. [10] Mount expressed support for the fan petition, stating he felt "humbled and deeply touched by this amount of love" in an 14 April 2019 Facebook entry. [11] [12] Peck also expressed interest in returning to the role of Spock. [13]

Mount, Romijn, and Peck reprised their roles in three late 2019 season two episodes of Star Trek: Short Treks .

Inception [ ]

In January 2020, Kurtzman confirmed he and Akiva Goldsman were having "active conversations" about a new series involving the crew of the Enterprise . [14]

On 15 May 2020, CBS announced a new series "based on the years Captain Christopher Pike manned the helm of the USS Enterprise ." [15] The announcement included that Strange New Worlds would feature Anson Mount as Captain Pike, Ethan Peck as Spock, and Rebecca Romijn as Number One, all reprising their roles from the second season of Star Trek: Discovery .

Development [ ]

TRR : " Hide and Seek " presented " The Cage " as the pilot to this series, as opposed to Star Trek: The Original Series .

Prior to its premiere, Paramount+ specifically suggested that viewers could prepare for the launch of the new series by checking out the following DIS Season 2 episodes:

  • Episode 1 - " Brother "
  • Episode 8 - " If Memory Serves "
  • Episode 12 - " Through the Valley of Shadows "
  • Episode 14 - " Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2 "

StarTrek.com presented its own list of episodes to watch before the premiere. In addition to the aforementioned Discovery episode "Through the Valley of Shadows", this list of original series episodes served more as a primer for familiarizing or refamiliarizing viewers with the series' cast:

  • " The Menagerie, Part I "+" The Menagerie, Part II "
  • " Space Seed "
  • " Journey to Babel "
  • " Mirror, Mirror "
  • " The Deadly Years "
  • " A Private Little War "

Promotion [ ]

Teaser poster

Products [ ]

In March 2021 , Eaglemoss/Hero Collector 's Star Trek Universe: The Official Starships Collection premiered at retail. A new starship miniatures partwork and product line, it would have featured Strange New Worlds starships, combined with ships from Star Trek: Discovery (after the release of issue 33 of the DIS partwork ) and Star Trek: Picard . The line's manager indicated that CGI assets of SNW's starships had not yet been received from the show's producers, as of February 2021, which was not that surprising as actual production on the new series had yet to start at that point in time. [16]

Eaglemoss' bankruptcy on 5 August 2022 thwarted all intents to release Strange New Worlds starships and none were, save one. Replicas of Pike's USS Enterprise though, had previously been produced by the company as part of the Discovery partwork collection, as it had already debuted in that series.

Related topics [ ]

  • SNW directors
  • SNW performers
  • SNW studio models
  • SNW writers
  • Star Trek: Strange New Worlds novels
  • Star Trek: Strange New Worlds comics
  • Star Trek: Strange New Worlds on DVD
  • Star Trek: Strange New Worlds on Blu-ray

External links [ ]

  • Star Trek: Strange New Worlds at Wikipedia
  • Star Trek: Strange New Worlds at the Internet Movie Database
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Watch the bittersweet trailer for 'Star Trek: Discovery's final season (video)

The end is nigh when Paramount+'s flagship space fantasy series returns April 4 for a 10-episode run.

It's been a long and somewhat bumpy road for Paramount Plus' " Star Trek: Discovery " since it first touched down on the streaming platform back in 2017 as the first "Star Trek" small screen enterprise in 12 years. It's taken a couple of seasons to moderate its tone and style but it seems on track to bring it all home safely starting on April 4, to stick the landing and satiate most temperamental fans.

Now with the turbulent events of season 4 in the rear view mirror after finally confronting the Dark Matter Entity, it's time for one last heroic mission for Captain Michael Burnham and her valiant crew into the cold inky abyss of deep space to try and locate a powerful treasure as this latest sentimental trailer explains. (Check out our Star Trek streaming guide to see when and where to catch the latest Trek shows.)

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Here's the official synopsis:

"The fifth and final season will find Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery uncovering a mystery that will send them on an epic adventure across the galaxy to find an ancient power whose very existence has been deliberately hidden for centuries. But there are others on the hunt as well — dangerous foes who are desperate to claim the prize for themselves and will stop at nothing to get it."

"Star Trek: Discovery's" season five cast contains 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 Callum Keith Rennie (Rayner).

In this final preview for the endgame season, USS Discovery captain Michael Burnham acknowledges that "It has been a helluva journey, but everything ends someday." As the entire crews gathers for one last adventure, Starfleet's Kovich (David Cronenberg) warns that "the greatest treasure in the known galaxy is out there. It's more important that you can imagine."

That's the basic launch point of a cosmic scavenger hunt to locate a puzzle box that looks like something right out of director Luc Besson's "The Fifth Element," and is described by Burnham as "one of the greatest powers ever known," while various competing factions attempt to claim this priceless universal artifact for themselves, including imposing foes L'ak (Elias Toufexis) and Moll (Eve Harlow).

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Paramount Plus' sci-fi series is produced by CBS Studios in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment. Alex Kurtzman, Michelle Paradise, Heather Kadin, Aaron Baiers, Olatunde Osunsanmi, Sonequa Martin-Green, Frank Siracusa, John Weber, Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth serve as "Star Trek: Discovery's" executive producers, with Alex Kurtzman and Michelle Paradise as co-showrunners.

"Star Trek: Discovery's" fifth and final season debuts on Paramount Plus on April 4, with a two-episode premiere, followed by new episodes each Thursday.

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‘Star Trek: Discovery' Sets Final Season Premiere Date at Paramount+

"Star Trek: Discovery" has a premiere date for Season 5, which will also be the show's last.

The fifth and final season of the series will premiere with two episodes on April 4 on Paramount+ in the U.S., the UK, Switzerland, South Korea, Latin America, Germany, France, Italy, Australia, Austria, and Canada. New episodes will then drop weekly on Thursdays. The final season will consist of 10 episodes.

The official description of Season 5 states, "The fifth and final season will find Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery uncovering a mystery that will send them on an epic adventure across the galaxy to find an ancient power whose very existence has been deliberately hidden for centuries. But there are others on the hunt as well…dangerous foes who are desperate to claim the prize for themselves and will stop at nothing to get it."

It was announced in March 2023 that "Discovery" would be coming to an end. "Discovery" has been the flagship modern "Star Trek" series since it launched in 2017, at a time when Paramount+ was still known as CBS All Access. The series kicked off the rebooted "Star Trek" TV universe and led to the successful spinoff "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds," which is currently prepping its second season. The show also chalked up a number of firsts for the franchise, including having a Black female protagonist. It also prominently featured LGBTQIA+ characters in a way not previously seen in a "Star Trek" show.

The Season 5 main cast includes: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, David Ajala, Blu del Barrio, and Callum Keith Rennie. Elias Toufexis and Eve Harlow will appear in recurring guest star roles.

Alex Kurtzman and Michelle Paradise serve as co-showrunners on "Discovery." Both also serve as executive producers along with Heather Kadin, Aaron Baiers, Olatunde Osunsanmi, Martin-Green, Frank Siracusa, John Weber, Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth. The series is produced by CBS Studios in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment.

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