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Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4 — how to watch, trailer, cast, plot and everything we know

The animated Star Trek series is back with thrilling new stories.

Following on the heels of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 , it's time for more fun with the crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos in Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4. 

After two members of the Cerritos cast appeared in a crossover episode with Strange New Worlds , sending the animated characters from their timeline to that of the U.S.S. Enterprise centuries earlier, this season on the animated series will see the crew of the Cerritos have an interaction with the U.S.S. Voyager. We can only imagine what fun adventures will come from it. 

Here's everything we know about Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4. 

How to watch Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4 

The complete fourth season of Star Trek: Lower Decks is available on Paramount Plus in the US and the UK.

Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4 episode guide

Here's a guide to all of the episodes of Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4 that have aired:

Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4 episode 1: "Twovix" "The ordinary crew members of the USS Cerritos have been tasked with the mission of accompanying the recently refurbished USS Voyager to its new destination on Earth, where it will serve as a museum."

Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4 episode 2: "I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee" "While an enigmatic power disrupts starships and endangers peace, the Cerritos crew remain unbothered and focus on mundane tasks like avoiding evil computers and getting stuck in caves."

Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4 episode 3: "In the Cradle of Vexilon" "Boimler leads his first away mission on an alien megastructure."

Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4 episode 4: "Something Borrowed, Something Green" "Tendi is summoned back to Orion in order to attend a wedding."

Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4 episode 5: "Empathalogical Fallacies" "A trio of dangerous Betazoids cause utter chaos on the Cerritos."

Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4 episode 6: "Parth Ferengi's Heart Place" "The Cerritos visits the Ferengi homeworld."

Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4 episode 7: "A Few Badgeys More" "Three computerized villains return to cause problems for the Cerritos crew."

Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4 episode 8: "Caves" "The Lower Deckers go on a cave mission."

Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4 episode 9: "The Inner Fight" "Captain Freeman assigns the Lower Deckers an overly safe mission to try and keep a self destructive Mariner out of dancer."

Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4 episode 10: "Old Friends, New Planets" "Mariner faces her past in the season four finale."

Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4 premise

Here's the official synopsis of Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4 from Paramount Plus: 

"Created by Emmy Award winner Mike McMahan ( Rick and Morty , Solar Opposites ), the fourth season of Star Trek: Lower Decks finds the U.S.S. Cerritos ensigns being challenged in new ways and given new learning opportunities, while also learning they'll be 'lower decks' for a long time to come."

Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4 cast

The cast of Star Trek: Lower Decks returns for the fourth season, and as with previous seasons we will assume that there will be lots of special guest appearances as well. 

Take a look at the cast below:

• Tawny Newsome ( Space Force ) as Ensign Beckett Mariner
• Jack Quaid ( The Boys ) as Ensign Brad Boimler
• Noël Wells ( Mr. Roosevelt ) as Ensign D'Vana Tendi
• Eugene Cordero ( Loki ) as Ensign Samathan Rutherford
• Dawnn Lewis ( A Different World ) as Captain Carol Freeman
• Jerry O'Connell ( Stand By Me ) as Commander Jack Ransom
• Fred Tatasciore ( Team America: World Police ) as Lieutenant Shaxs
• Gillian Vigman ( Step Brothers ) as Doctor T'Ana

Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4 trailer

Take a look at the trailer for Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4 below:

And you can also check out the San Diego Comic-Con trailer below:

How to watch Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4

As a Paramount Plus original series , Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4 is available exclusively on Paramount Plus in the US and UK. You can choose one of the following subscription options below if you’re not a subscriber already, and there's a free trial of Paramount Plus if you want to see what the service is all about.

US subscribers can choose between an ad-supported and commercial-free option of the service. 

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Star Trek: Lower Decks to End With Season 5 on Paramount+

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Star Trek: Lower Decks will boldly go… where many shows have gone before it. The Paramount+ series will conclude with its previously announced fifth season, TVLine has learned. The final season is expected to be released sometime this fall, though an exact date remains TBD.

Their statement continues: “Finally, thank you for always being so creative and joyful, for filling convention halls and chanting ‘LOWER DECKS!’ We remain hopeful that even beyond season five, Mariner, Boimler, Tendi, Rutherford and the whole Cerritos crew will live on with new adventures.”

“It has been incredibly rewarding to continue to build the  Star Trek  universe, and we’re so grateful to Secret Hideout and our immensely talented casts and producers,” adds Jeff Grossman, Paramount+’s Executive Vice President of Programming. “ Star Trek: Strange New Worlds  has found the perfect blend of action, adventure and humor, and we’re elated to announce another season ahead of our season three premiere. Similarly, Star Trek: Lower Decks has brought the laughs with an ample amount of heart to the franchise across its four seasons. We can’t wait for audiences to see what is in store for the crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos   in this final season.”

Star Trek: Lower Decks follows the support crew serving on “one of Starfleet’s least important ships.” The animated series boasts a voice cast that includes Tawny Newsome, Jack Quaid, Noël Wells, Eugene Cordero, Dawnn Lewis, Jerry O’Connell, Fred Tatasciore and Gillian Vigman.

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I was hoping LD would make it to 2383/2384 chronologically so we could get a crossover with Prodigy.

Lower Decks is one of the best shows currently on TV. I will miss it when it’s gone but will definitely binge it at ever opportunity in the future. Somewhere, the great Gene Roddenberry is smiling, and is probably amazed at the impact he has had on pop culture in TV and films. “Live long and prosper.”

Noooooooo!!! This has been my favourite animated show in recent years. Was hoping it would go on for years like Fox’s animated series.

Sad to hear. I’m not certain of the time line, but hopefully we’ll get to see something of the destruction of Romulus/Remus

This is horrible news. This is one of the best shows on TV. Some of my friends are thinking on not supporting P+ anymore.

I’m disappointed at this since this is such a great show. And comedies need lots of episodes. But the show at least has been moving towards a natural conclusion creatively. I just hope there will be more Trek shows like this to come.

Great show, why only 5 seasons????

Because not every show should last as long as The Big Bang Theory or Two And A Half Men. And the crew probably knew that.

No. The showrunner asked fans to champion this series, when Prodigy was canceled.

Well, then they failed, or the showrunner realized five was enough anyway.

lol and you thought those simple words was enough to keep it running for more than five seasons? Shame

“No.” lmao

That is all.

But… why? The crossover episode with SNW really made me like this show, when they referenced “and everyone talks so quietly” because everyone on this show is ALWAYS SHOUTING!

This is a huge bummer.

I’m always glad when there is Star Trek on the air, and I am happy for all he fans that like this show, but it was definitely not for me. It is just so loud and frenzied.

LD was a Christmas / birthday / anniversary gift to the hard-core fans of Trek. The Deep Dives each episode took – from Giant Spock, to the call back to the Movies every year, to the classic “REMEMBER ME” / “Riker” moments in SNW… The show checked all the boxes for the fans.

I wish it could have had a few more seasons – so we could see their takes on “Why does God Need A Starship” and “Only Nixon can go to China”

I am not a hard core Trek guy…I have seen and know enough to get many references but sometimes find myself searching references… but it still became one of my favorite series of the last few years. And having also turned in for Picard S3 and SNW S2, last year including S4 was simply an amazing year of Trek that did make me want to watch more. Will definitely miss this one!

Lower Decks! Lower Decks! Lower Decks!

Of course they’re gonna cancel it 😠 its a great show!!! Funny and has heart and great storylines. Plus it’s Star Trek!! Netflix please pick up this fabulous creative show for a 6th season!!!

Taylor Sheridan (contract & shows cost P+ 500m a year, He’s deal goes to 2028) is single-handedly killing Star Trek on TV

Good riddance to bad rubbish. The POS is long overdue for the sh**ter. It won’t be missed.

You won’t be missed.

Who’s holding a gun to your head forcing you to watch?

This makes me so sad. Lower Decks is such an amazing show. It deserved 10 seasons.

You guys keep canceling the good shows with Star Trek it’s kind of sad

Absolutely gutted by this news. I found the show a bit overwhelming at first but have grown to love this crew, and all the deep cuts.

As a long time Star Trek fan, Lower Decks was an uncomplicated joy ride. Bring back Lower Decks!

I am absolutely devastated by this news. Lower Decks is a bastion of humor, lore, fun, and all the exciting adventure that is Star Trek.

the question is why. it’s got good viewership. it’s not as expensive as live action. are they just following the new trend of trek shows to end on season 5 like how old trek shows followed tng’s 7 season run?

Well this just sucks more than Moopsy in a skeleton factory.

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Star Trek: Lower Decks season 3 release date and time — how to watch online

The best Trek is back

One of the best Star Trek shows is back when you watch Star Trek: Lower Decks season 3 online. Yes, the Paramount Plus animated series has taken the title of Number 1 (but not reporting to any captain), to many a fan, and it returns to keep that ranking. 

Star Trek: Lower Decks season 3 premieres on Thursday (August 25) at 3 a.m. ET with the first of 10 episodes. • U.S. — Watch on Paramount Plus with the 1-week free trial • Watch anywhere — try ExpressVPN 100% risk free

But after our heroes on the Cerritos saved the Archimedes, Captain Freeman (Dawnn Lewis) was placed under arrest. How will she manage to clear her name from accusations of colluding with Klingons? It seems like her daughter Mariner (Tawny Newsome) is using this opportunity to try and be a bit cooler. 

All in all, it feels like this new season of Lower Decks looks to be a winner with the same formula that made past seasons work: with funny adventures that lovingly make fun of past Treks.

Yes, even though its whole premise is built around jokes about all things Star Trek, Lower Decks is also telling solid stories and using comedy to breathe new life into the Trek world with its irreverent tone. Who knew that a sitcom template could feel so fresh?

Fortunately, Paramount Plus is on all of the best streaming devices , so no need to worry about accessing it. So, check out this trailer and read on to find out how to watch Star Trek Lower Decks season 3 online.

How to watch Star Trek: Lower Decks season 3 online anywhere on Earth

Just because Paramount Plus isn't available everywhere (and it's expanding) doesn't mean you need to miss Star Trek: Lower Decks season 3 if you've travelled somewhere where it isn't working. Watching along with the rest of the internet can be pretty easy. With the right VPN (virtual private network), you can stream the show from wherever you go.

We've evaluated many options, and the  best VPN is  ExpressVPN . It meets the VPN needs of the vast majority of users, offering outstanding compatibility with most devices and impressive connection speeds. It's also affordable at $12.95 per month. (Signing up for longer periods of six months or a year reduces the cost even more.)

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How to watch Star Trek: Lower Decks season 3 in the U.S. for free

New subscribers can take advantage of a free 7-day Paramount Plus trial and start Star Trek: Lower Decks season 3 without paying. It arrives at 3 a.m. ET / 12 a.m. PT on Thursday (August 25). And we've got plenty of other picks for new shows and movies to watch in August ).

Paramount Plus combines what used to be CBS All Access with even more content from ViacomCBS partners. Includes Survivor and Big Brother episodes, as well as originals like Star Trek: Picard and The Good Fight.

How to watch Star Trek: Lower Decks season 3 in the U.K. and Australia

While Paramount Plus arrived in the U.K. and Australia earlier this year, Star Trek: Lower Decks season 3 won't be there. Instead, you'll need Amazon Prime Video.

Star Trek: Lower Decks season 3 episodes debut a day later on Prime Video than Paramount Plus, so expect season 3 to start Friday (August 26). 

Star Trek: Lower Decks season 3 is an Amazon Prime Video exclusive in Australia and the U.K.. The streaming service is included with a Prime subscription, which you can sample with a a one-month free trial. Prime Video's library includes original movies and series, like The Boys, Wheel of Time and Underground Railroad.

How to watch Star Trek: Lower Decks season 3 in Canada

Fortunately, our friends in Canada have a good situation with watching Star Trek: Lower Decks season 3. The VOD Crave platform will receive new episodes on the same date and time as episodes debut in the U.S..

Crave has a 7-day free trial , and starts at $19.99 per month (for all devices), $9.99 per month for just mobile.

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Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4 to Arrive on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital

Bring home 'the most hilarious crew in the galaxy' on Digital February 5 and Blu-ray and DVD on April 16!

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StarTrek.com is thrilled to reveal the "Most Hilarious Crew in the Galaxy" (Collider) is back in action, and you can bring the crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos home with the release of Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4 on Digital today, February 5, and on Blu-ray and DVD April 16.

Currently sitting at a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4 includes all 10 episodes from the latest season, plus exclusive audio commentaries from cast and crew, a featurette and more!

Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4 on Blu-ray

Created by Emmy Award winner Mike McMahan, in Season 4 of Star Trek: Lower Decks , an unknown force is destroying starships and threatening galactic peace. Luckily, the crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos isn’t important enough for stuff like that! Instead, Ensigns Mariner, Boimler, Tendi, Rutherford, and Provisional Ensign T’Lyn are keeping up with their Starfleet duties, avoiding malevolent computers and getting stuck in a couple caves — all while encountering new and classic aliens along the way.

The Starfleet crew residing in the “lower decks” of the U.S.S. Cerritos includes Ensign Beckett Mariner, voiced by Tawny Newsome; Ensign Brad Boimler, voiced by Jack Quaid; Ensign Tendi, voiced by Noël Wells; and Ensign Rutherford, voiced by Eugene Cordero. The Starfleet characters that comprise the U.S.S. Cerritos ’ Bridge crew include Captain Carol Freeman, voiced by Dawnn Lewis; Commander Jack Ransom, voiced by Jerry O’Connell; and Doctor T’Ana, voiced by Gillian Vigman.

This 2-Disc collection includes every episode and features guest stars Jack McBrayer ( 30 Rock ), Andy Richter ( Late Night with Conan O’Brien ), Wil Wheaton ( Star Trek: The Next Generation ), and more!

Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4 on Digital

Special Features

• Audio Commentary by Jack Quaid, Mike McMahan, and Brad Winters (Ep. 401)
• Audio Commentary by Tawny Newsome, Noël Wells and Gabrielle Ruiz (Ep. 404)
• Audio Commentary by Noël Wells, Eugene Cordero, Chase Masterson and Mike McMahan (Ep. 406)
• Audio Commentary by Dawnn Lewis, Tawny Newsome and Mike McMahan (Ep. 409)
• Audio Commentary by Robert Duncan McNeill and Mike McMahan (Ep. 410)
• Lower Decktionary: Setting Up Season 4
• Old Friends

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Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4 Episode 3 Release Date & Time

The release date and time for Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4 Episode 3 has been revealed. The next episode will air on Paramount Plus. So far in the series, we’ve followed the adventures of 4 low-ranking members (lower deckers) of the Starfleet starship USS Cerritos. Now, season 4 continues their story as puts them into new chaotic situations,

Here’s when the next episode is coming out.

When is the Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4 Episode 3 release date and time?

The Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4 Episode 3 release date is Thursday, September 14, 2023.

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The Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4 Episode 3 release time is:

Pacific Time (PT) – 12:00 a.m

Central Time (CT) – 02:00 a.m

Eastern Time (ET) – 03:00 a.m

United Kingdom (GMT) – 08:00 a.m

Central Europe (CET) – 09:00 a.m

To watch the upcoming Lower Decks episode, fans from different parts of the world can tune into the following streaming service at/after the aforementioned time slots as per their respective time zones.

Where to Watch Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4 Episode 3?

Viewers can stream Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4 Episode 3 on Paramount Plus.

To subscribe, you could pay $5.99 / month or $59.99 / year for a plan with ads. You could also pay $11.99 / month or $119.99 / year and watch all seasons of Star Trek: Lower Decks and several other Star Trek projects.

Starting on September 7, 2023, with a double episode, the latest season of Lower Decks will follow a weekly release pattern for the rest of the weeks. In the latest season, our favorite lower deckers Beckett Mariner, Brad Boimler, D’Vana Tendi, and Sam Rutherford continue their day-to-day menial jobs while also looking after the various sci-fi anomalies their Starship fleet constantly faces.

Lower Decks Season 4 features the voices of Tawny Newsome, Jack Quaid, Eugene Cordero, Noelle Wells, Dawnn Lewis, Gillian Vagman, Fred Taatasciore, Jerry O’Connell, and Jessica McKenna, among others.

The official synopsis of the series reads:

“STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS focuses on the support crew serving on one of Starfleet’s least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, in 2380. Ensigns Mariner, Boimler, Rutherford and Tendi have to keep up with their duties and their social lives, often while the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies.”

For more Star Trek-related content, check out  why Patrick Stewart did not initially want the whole The Next Generation crew to return for Star Trek: Picard . Also,  here is how you can watch and stream Jacob’s Ladder online .

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Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5 Release Date Rumors: When Is It Coming Out?

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Following the announcement that Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5 is in pre-production, fans of the animated sci-fi series have been curious about its release date and when will they get to see more of the lower deckers Beckett, Brad, D’Vana, and Sam and their adventures at the USS Cerritos.

Here’s all the Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5 release date information we know so far, and all the details on when it is coming out.

Is there a Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5 release date?

Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5 could likely arrive sometime in August-November 2024. However, there is no official release date at the time of writing.

The 2024 release year is because of the yearly release pattern followed by the first three seasons and the ongoing fourth season of the show. As for why the fifth season would arrive between the months of August and November, it is because the first four seasons also released during this timeframe. However, fans should also expect a delayed release to 2025 seeing as how pre-production would have likely been affected by the ongoing strikes by the Writer’s Guild of America and members of SAG AFTRA.

The August-November 2024 and 2025 dates are an estimation based on the information we have at the time of this writing.

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Star Trek: Lower Decks features the voice talents of Tawny Newsome, Jack Quaid, Noel Wells, Eugene Cordero, Dawn Lewis, Gillian Vagman, Jerry O’Connell, Fred Tatasciore, and Paul Scheer, among other cast members.

Where is Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5 coming out?

Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5 is anticipated to come out on Paramount Plus by August-November 2024, or in the event of a delay, sometime in 2025 .

The official synopsis for Star Trek: Lower Decks reads:

“The lives of the support crew serving on one of Starfleet’s least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, in 2380. Ensigns Mariner, Boimler, Rutherford and Tendi have to keep up with their duties and their social lives, often while the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies.”

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Everything we know about Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 1

The upcoming animated Star Trek series from Rick and Morty veteran Mike McMahan is gonna get weird.

Cant' wait for Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 ? What about Picard Season 2 ? Well, before those happens, CBS All Access's next trip into the Final Frontier will be 100 percent be the new animated series, Star Trek: Lower Decks .

But what is Lower Decks ? Is it a comedy? Is it Rick and Morty meets Star Trek ? Is it a prequel to Picard? A sequel to The Next Generation ? Is there a trailer? How many episodes are there? Most importantly, when does it come out?

Here's everything we know about Star Trek: Lower Decks . (No spoilers!)

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What is Star Trek: Lower Decks ?

Lower Decks is an upcoming animated series set in the Star Trek universe. The tone of the series is light and comedic. It will follow the adventures of junior Starfleet officers on the starship USS Cerritos. Though billed as a comedy, showrunner Mike McMahan insists it will nonetheless tackle real science fiction stories. McMahan elaborated on this point in a recent interview with Inverse:

"We have all the problems that a regular Star Trek show would have, which is don't do any episodes that they've already done across the series in the movies. And on top of that, you don't want to do a separate episode that happens to accidentally be similar to a Stargate Atlantis episode or to a F arscape episode. So we've got all of that, trying to make sure that what we're doing is new and interesting and fits in the canon. But then also, you know, the comedic emotional stories. There's [no character] who's dumb on Lower Decks , and there's nobody who's mean."

Because of McMahan's involvement with Rick and Morty , there's certainly reason to believe that some of that tone will carry over into Lower Decks .

Is there a trailer for Star Trek: Lower Decks ?

Yes! On July 12, 2020, CBS All Access revealed a 2-minute long trailer for the series. The trailer mostly focuses on the friendship between Ensign Brad Boimler (Jack Quaid) and Ensign Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome). In the trailer, Boilmler comes across super desperate and awkward, while Mariner seems a little more confident and self-aware. The trailer also establishes that the "Lower Decks" ensigns literally live in the "lower decks" of the starship USS Cerritos. The trailer reveals several Star Trek staples, including the holodeck, wonky shuttlecraft and, the Borg.

When will Lower Decks Season 1 come out?

As revealed on July 1, 2020, Lower Decks will be released on CBS All Access on August 6, 2020 . It will air new episodes on Thursdays.

The junior officers play poker in the original "Lower Decks."

Why is it called Lower Decks ?

The title of the show is taken from an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation called "Lower Decks." ( TNG Season 7, Episode 15. ) It focused specifically on the lives of four junior officers on board the USS Enterprise , and how they perceived the "main" characters of the series differently. The episode was not one of the "funny ones," but it did have a few light moments. Star Trek: Lower Decks is inspired by the basic premise, but instead of one episode about the junior officers of a starship, this will be an entire series told from that point-of-view. For what it's worth, although Lower Decks is a comedy, the first trailer makes it seem like the new character of Ensign Brad Boimler is very, very similar to Lt. Sam Lavelle (Dan Gauthier) in the original episode.

How many episodes will be in Lower Decks Season 1?

There will be 10 episodes in Lower Decks season 1. Season 2 has already been greenlit, too. The episodes are expected to be about 30 minutes long.

How does it fit into the Star Trek timeline?

Star Trek: Lower Decks takes place in the year 2380. This is one year after Star Trek: Nemesis , and roughly five years before the "flashbacks" in Star Trek: Picard . Basically, the Synth Attack on Mars ins in the future of Lower Decks . As showrunner Mike McMahan has made clear: this is a version of the Federation in which Voyager has returned from the Delta Quadrant. This makes Lower Decks a sequel to The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and the film Star Trek: Nemesis . It also makes it a prequel to Picard .

The command crew of the USS Cerritos

Who is in the cast?

Like the TNG episode it is based on, most of the main characters on Lower Decks are Starfleet officers who are not part of the main bridge crew of the USS Cerritos. The focus will be on the ensigns and junior officers.

• Eugene Cordero as Ensign Rutherford
• Tawny Newsome as Ensign Beckett Mariner
• Noël Wells as Ensign Tendi
• Jack Quaid as Ensign Brad Boimler
• Dawnn Lewis as Captain Carol Freeman
• Jerry O'Connell as Commander Jack Ransom
• Fred Tatasciore as Lieutenant Shaxs
• Gillian Vigman as Dr. T'Ana

Fans of Comedy Bang Bang will recognize the name Tawny Newsome . She also is a co-host on the comedy podcast Yo, Is This Racist? Meanwhile, long-time science fiction fans will almost certainly recognize the name Jerry O'Connell. H e was on the alternate universe series Sliders , and before that the star of the '90s sci-fi show a lot of us watched after school: My Secret Identity . Noël Wells is probably most famous for Master of None , Jack Quaid was in The Hunger Games , and Eugene Cordero has been on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and The Good Place .

Dawnn Lewis is the newest Captain to the Star Trek mythos, playing Captain Carol Freeman. She's best known for A Different World and Hangin' With Mr. Cooper . Fred Tatasciore is playing Lt. Shaxs, the first time a Bajoran character has been part of the regular Trek cast since Deep Space Nine . Finally, Gillian Vigman is known for her work on New Girl , and Mad TV . Her character, Dr. T'Ana is some kind of cat person, meaning she's probably a member of the Catian species from Star Trek: The Animated Series , and a few other cameo appearances in the Star Trek movies.

Who is writing and producing Lower Decks ?

Mike McMahan is the executive producer and showrunner for Lower Decks . This is not his first time writing for Star Trek. Not only was he the creator of the tongue-in-cheek TNG Season 8 Twitter account , but he also wrote the in-canon Short Treks episode, "The Escape Artist," directed by, and starring Rainn Wilson as Harry Mudd. The rest of the writing stuff includes:

• Aaron Baiers – co-executive producer
• Garrick Bernard – staff writer
• April Caputi – casting assistant
• John Cochran – staff writer
• Dave Ihlenfeld – staff writer
• Ben Joseph – staff writer
• Heather Kadin – executive producer
• Ann Kim – staff writer
• Katie Krentz – executive producer
• Chris Kula – co-executive producer
• Alex Kurtzman – executive producer

Notably, Lower Decks has also hired longtime Star Trek novelist, David Mack , as a "consultant." Mack wrote the first Discovery novel back in 2017, which was published before the series debuted, and included the first crossover between Captain Pike's Enterprise and the world of Discovery .

Lower Decks will be animated by CBS Eye Animation Productions.

The second poster for 'Lower Decks'

Is Lower Decks for kids?

Is Rick and Morty for kids? Is Star Trek: Discovery for kids? We could do this all day long. Let's put it this way, the series hasn't been marketed as a kids' show.

Lower Decks is 100 percent separate from another animated Star Trek project in development for Nickelodeon. That still-untitled show — which is aimed at children — is being developed by Dan and Kevin Hageman, famous for their work on the first Lego Movie . It's unclear which era of Trek that series will take place in, but the premise is totally different than Lower Decks . Instead of being about junior officers, that series has been described by CBS this way: "Lawless teens...discover a derelict Starfleet ship and use it to search for adventure, meaning, and salvation."

Where can I watch it?

Lower Decks , like Picard , Discovery , and Short Treks , will air on CBS All Access in the US.

The first animated Trek: 1973's 'Star Trek: The Animated Sereis'

Is Lower Decks canon?

McMahan has made it clear that Lower Decks will be canon. While the canonicity of 1973's Star Trek: The Animated Series has been debated for quite some time, these days, most (if not all) of it is considered canon. For example, in the episode "The Counter-Clock Incident, " The Animated Series first established Captain Robert April as the Captain of the Enterprise (1701) before Captain Pike. But, it wasn't until Star Trek: Discovery that Robert April's name came up again. In Discovery Season 1, Saru read Robert April's name off a screen of famous Starfleet Captains, and in Season 2, a Captain Pike's Starfleet record clearly shows he was April's 1st Officer on the Enterprise .

Further, Star Trek: Picard made a huge reference to another cat-like alien species, "the Kzinti," who actually originated in The Animated Series episode, "The Slaver Weapon." In Picard , episode 7, "Nepenthe," Riker mentions the "Kzinti," by name. So yes, the 1973 Animated Series is canon, and so is Lower Decks.

Notably, outside of Lower Decks , the other newer animated Star Trek episodes also seem to be quasi-canon, too. In 2019, the anthology series, Short Treks , debuted two animated episodes; "The Girl Who Made the Stars," and "Ephraim and Dot." The former detailed a childhood story told to Michael Burnham by her father, and the latter explored the history of the classic Enterprise through the eyes of a space-dwelling tardigrade and a security bot.

All NINE Star Trek series, including The Animated Series and Short Treks, are streaming now on CBS All Access. Counting Short Treks, Lower Decks will be the TENTH Star Trek series overall.

This article was originally published on May 10, 2020

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Lower Decks Is Coming to the Star Trek RPG for Maximum Tabletop Shenanigans

I'd say set phasers to fun, but any lower decks campaign is probably going to find a way for those phasers to violently explode at any setting..

Lower Decks as a Star Trek show already has the huge vibes of playing a tabletop roleplaying campaign in a world far more serious than the main players . So it makes perfect sense, at long last, for Modiphus’ excellent Star Trek Adventures RPG to get on the fun in an official capacity.

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This week the TTRPG publisher announced a whole swath of content for its long-running Star Trek Adventures RPG themed around Lower Decks , bringing the animated series’ more lighthearted, zany look at the Star Trek universe to the game. Including character profiles and mission outlines themed around characters from Lower Decks , the content will culminate with an official Lower Decks campaign sourcebook for Star Trek Adventures releasing later this year.

As with past Adventures campaign guides, the Lower Decks book isn’t just a way for players to develop characters and story hooks inspired by the show, but a valuable look at how to explore the tone of Lower Decks in a table top scenario. For people whose prior TTRPG experience leans a little more to the “ disastrous people scraping their way through situations in as stupidly silly a manner as possible” experience, incorporating some of Lower Decks ’ brand of zany misadventure might come naturally, but it’s cool to see Adventures want to approach more... shall we say,   Starfleet-minded players with a way to bring what elements they do and don’t want out of Lower Decks ’ overall vibe to their games.

Digital crew packs inspired by the characters of Lower Decks in season one of the show and rules for commanding the U.S.S. Cerritos— as well as Lurkers , a standalone adventure inspired by the series— are  available now. The Star Trek: Lower Decks Campaign Guide is set to release in fall 2023.

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The state of Star Trek TV has been rapidly evolving since returning to the small screen with the first season of Discovery in 2017. Several live-action and animated Trek series have launched since then, and some have (or will soon) come to an end. In that context, the man who has overseen it all is commenting on that history and how he approaches what’s next.

Kurtzman: fans demand authenticity

Executive Producer Alex Kurtzman was the guest on the latest episode of The Ready Room , which mostly focused on the evolution of Star Trek: Discovery over the last five seasons as well as some of what it takes to make the show behind the scenes. The interview ended with host Wil Wheaton asking Kurtzman to reflect on the legacy of Discovery and how it spawned the Paramount+ Star Trek Universe of shows. The producer replied:

“It’s such an incredible gift because the truth is that when we started Discovery , I wasn’t thinking about that. I was just thinking about making a great show. And I fell so deeply in love with Discovery and with the process of making it. And I spent a lot of time that first season really kind of meditating on this incredible universe that has been around for so long, and how much more can be done with it. How many amazing stories are to tell. There’s really an infinite number of stories to tell.”

Alex Kurtzman with the season 1 cast and EPs of Star Trek: Discovery at San Diego Comic-Con 2017

Kurtzman then detailed how he approaches creating new Star Trek projects:

“I only want to make another Star Trek show if there’s something special to say. I don’t want to do it just to do more. I think that would be a huge disservice to Star Trek. It would be a huge disservice to the fans. I think the fans would feel it instantaneously. They would know this is not authentic because if there’s one thing that Trek fans know, it’s authenticity. So for me, it’s really just about figuring out a way to make sure that we take our time,  we’re deliberate, we’re thoughtful, and we deliver on the promise of something different every time.”

Season 2 publicity photo for Strange New Worlds

We do have a picture of what’s coming in the shorter term after Discovery wraps up later this month. The Star Trek: Section 31 streaming movie starring Michelle Yeoh has already completed filming, but no release date has yet been set. The third season of Strange New Worlds is currently filming, and that will arrive next year. A fourth season has already been ordered. Paramount+ has also recently decided the upcoming fifth season of the animated adult comedy Star Trek: Lower Decks (due this fall) will be the last. The animated series  Star Trek: Prodigy has moved from Paramount+ to Netflix, with the already completed season 2 expected sometime this year and no decision yet on if they will commission more. Finally, the YA-focused Star Trek: Starfleet Academy series is set to start filming later this summer, but that may not arrive until 2026.

First official image from  Star Trek: Section 31

So even compared to the streaming wars peak of a couple of years ago, there is still a significant amount of Star Trek TV lined up for the next couple of years. And Kurtzman has been teasing there are more “ surprises ” to come. Of course, fans are already weighing on that future including an effort to save Star Trek Lower Decks , and calls for Terry Matalas’ Star Trek: Legacy followup to Picard to get the green light, something Kurtzman recently said was out of his hands . Adding to all the uncertainty is the fate of Paramount+ which is in flux due to corporate drama at Paramount Global . May we live in interesting times…

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I like most of what Kurtzman has given us, though Discovery has largely been a disaster. But Starfleet Academy just sounds bad. I hope to be proven wrong.

I agree, all new Trek shows were good to great, except Discovery which somehow keeps getting worse. I’m OK with Academy show, as long as Michelle Paradise and her crew of writers stay away from it.

I think the writers need to read “The Making of Star Trek” by Stephen E. Whitfield. Because they do things that stretch credulity in its own context. Example, that stupid cone of silence over Michael’s head.

I’ve been a Trek fans since the 1970s, and Discovery is my favorite Trek out of all of them. I don’t think it’s a disaster at all. I’m looking forward to seeing both the Section 31 movie and the Academy show.

Agreed. Discovery seems like a long, drawn out therapy session while trying to save the universe, yet again, from an unknown, never before seen, mysterious force.

Discovery still feels awful to me and it just doesn’t pull me in with all the issues it has. And the lack of discussion about it this season seems to suggest even fewer people are watching it now.

Zero interest in the Academy show as well.

I am however truly loving Prodigy though. That’s really fun and inviting and oddly enough there is less crying on that show than there is on Discovery and they are all kids lol.

I’m pretty convinced a lot less people are watching it this season as well I think I had this conversation with you somewhere but the lack of any reports, official or otherwise, on views anywhere is also very telling.

Meanwhile Paramount had no problems reporting the show Knuckles from the Sonic the Hedgehog movies was the most viewed original show on that site EVER!!! A show that premiered less than two weeks ago. That means it got more views not just than Star Trek shows but also all the Taylor Sheridan shows. That’s insane lol.

We can spin stuff until the cows come home but if Discovery was getting strong views right now we would be hearing about it.

The complete silence followed by the noticable drops in discussion about it probably makes clear it’s not going out as a big hitter in its final season as Paramount probably hoped.

But so happy you are loving Prodigy! 😀

One caveat to Knuckles though – they premiered every episode all at once. So that inflates the numbers versus shows that are once a week.

Yeah that’s true but to have so many to even watch it on that level still says a lot.

But maybe Paramount should think about just doing more full season releases with other shows.

There is also the possibility Netflix may do it with Prodigy and could bold well if they do.

Me and my brother stopped watching DSC after season 2. Most of my friends and family didn’t even get that far. I know DSC had difficulties behind the scenes in those early seasons but my god they are bad. I often see comments online that say the later seasons are worse which I genuinely find unfathomable.

I like old school sci fi like TOS, TAS, Outer Limits, Sapphire and Steel through to modern stuff like The Expanse and Strange New Worlds but DSC… I wouldn’t watch it if you paid me!

Absolutely. We’ve only just scratched the surface.

Here are shows I’d like to see:

* following people traveling in space in a profession other than Starfleet: artists, actors, musicians, journalists, politicians, doctors, etc. * a show similar to TNG’s “First Contact,” in which a planet learns about the existence of aliens and that the UFP exists. * a show that takes place in the 2160s, as the UFP is just being formed, the people forming the government hire historian(s) to consult on the project, which allows that story to parallel with the unification of Earth after First Contact, in both timelines, we see the effects of the decisions made by the new government on the general public. ENT or First Contact characters could be in it. * an Earth-based series at any point in Trek history. * a show set on a colony. * West Wing: Rom

I’d also be interested in spinoffs such as:

* Wesley and Kore as Travelers * Rios, Teresa, Ricardo, and Guinan fighting for medical equality in the 2020s. * Jurati’s adventures over the course of the 400 years where she crafts her own version of the Borg collective while staying out of history’s way, waiting to emerge and reintegrate with the rest of the galaxy. * Literally anyone on La Sirena, working for the Fenris Rangers, similar to the fanfilm series Star Trek: Aurora. I suppose Worf and Elnor are free agents and have familiarity with the ship. If it’s the two of them, it could be a way for Worf to come to terms with his previous hate for Romulans, through training Elnor. I would have originally preferred Seven and Raffi, but they appear to be occupied with the Enterprise. * a show about Book’s relief efforts after the DMA attacks. * a show or miniseries that ties up the loose ends from “Calypso.” My theory is that, if “Calypso” wasn’t one of Zora’s dreams, the Discovery’s jump duplicated the ship, and that copy has been dormant and adrift up until the time when our Discovery emerged.

I actually like most of these! 🙂

Several more show suggestions: A Trek medical show, Fenris Rangers show and The Adventures of Captain Shaw.

Absolutely awful suggestions there.

A Wesley and kora show has to be the worst idea ever!

Wes yes, Kora no – terrible character and not great acting either

Yeah wasn’t a big fan of Kora either but sadly like so much of season 2 how she was developed was lacking to say the least.

Those are cool. I always wanted a show or mini-series based on Surak and how he brought logic to Vulcan and dealing with the exodus of the Romulans. Also, another show based on the adventures of Kahless in ancient Klingon. The hook for both of those would be time-traveling Starfleet historians witnessing these events.

Yeah yeah JUST GIVE US THE LEGACY SHOW ALREADY PARAMOUNT!!!!

But we know this studio has less money for Star Trek these days. He can flower it up as much as possible but when four out of your five shows are cancelled, the last three in one year alone, things aren’t humming along as he’s trying to make it out to be. And let this sink in, four shows gone, but only one official replacement so far.

i suspect we won’t even hear about another show, Legacy or otherwise, until whoever the new overlords of the studio will be and they can just chuck it if the franchise isn’t pulling enough of its own weight.

There are plenty of Trekkies like myself who are not thrilled by the idea of Legacy.

I don’t need to keep seeing sequels to characters from 30 years ago. And more of the same, rather than something truly different and new, is not exciting to me.

I liked the idea of a Seven/Fenris Rangers show. But Seven, Captain of the Enterprise? Meh.

As much as Picard seasons 1-2 weren’t all that great, and often bad, I appreciate that they tried something different than just a sequel to TNG.

Personally I like when decades-old franchises take risks and those “big swings” that so many banal Trekkies hate.

If we got all the stuff fans are asking for you’d all hate it, and it would almost certainly be terrible.

Hey that’s cool… but I really really want it personally!

And I have no problem if they tried other things, it’s why I love both LDS and PRO. I was super excited about the first two seasons about Picard as well. It’s not because it was different I didn’t like it. I didn’t like it because it was bad… really bad. 🙄

And I have faith if Matalas made it. Sure can still be bad but I trust him much more over others.

Very much agree dear!

I still very much want Legacy but Star Trek seems to be greatly slowing down these days. Although I never watched it even I was a bit surprised LDS got cancelled because fans seem to really like it. There is way more outcry over its cancellation than there was for Discovery’s.

Sadly the problem seems to be none of these new shows are attracting new fans like the older shows did. Even my long time Trek friends only seen a few of the new shows. For so many to be cancelled is telling. I remember the big shock when Enterprise got cancelled. It felt like such a big deal. Now it’s feeling very common unfortunately.

All true. I think a lot of things are currently in an impasse right now. Star Trek isn’t going anywhere but same time I don’t know if it’s going to be the leading franchise either like it originally was through 2021 at least.

This year could sadly be the most Trek we will ever have going forward now that Discovery, Prodigy and LDS are having their swan songs and SNW will probably be the only new Trek in 2025 unless they push to get SFA up and running by then.

I still think the Legacy show will ultimately happen but as said probably not until Paramount gets a new buyer and they decide the level of commitment they want to make to the franchise.

As far as Enterprise I’m still convinced way more people watched that show in its last season than any season of Discovery.

But yeah things are very different today

I think what so many seem to think of those of us that want Legacy, is for the TNG cast to continue on, and for it to match the tenor of Picard S3. I like the idea of characters we know popping in to a new show on occasion, but more than that, I want new adventures, with the new crew, and I think Malalas’ philosophy of how to approach Star Trek and the characters is the right one to propel that forward. He has demonstrated that he gets it.. while not letting his fandom run away from him just so he can play in the sandbox of his youth. He has the right reverence.. which is something no one on SNW has. I want the promise of SNW, in a new show.

Someday I hope somebody does a book, article, or documentary about what really happened behind the scenes in developing Discovery. Why did Bryan Fuller get fired? Why did the show go through multiple showrunners in the first seasons?

We now have some of the historical perspective on why similar things happened in the beginning of TNG.

I am also curious about how big of an involvement (if any) Nick Meyer had at the beginning and development of Discovery.

I’m pretty sure he was a part of the writers room, and got some producing credit.I believe he had some strong input in the first two episodes on the Shenzou, and key story points of his survived into the finished product. When Fuller was ousted, he was sidelined if not outright removed as well. He showed up at a couple of conventions or something to help promote it, so it wasn’t completely negative. As I recall, he was pretty business like about it… not bent out of shape, but he was honest about it.

I think we know some of the issues.. I think the big one was Fuller having another show in development, and having divided interests. I don’t think that’s the only reason, though and it’ll be interesting to hear some detail on that.

Yeah I would be very curious about what happened with Fuller and how that impacted the development of the series. Some things I think we know came from him, the visual changes to things like Klingons and ship design stuff, unless I’m misremembering.

Also IIRC the showrunners after fuller got fired because of going over budget on season two premiere and being terrible and yelling at the writers?

I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s eventually a third volume to the 50 Year Mission behind-the-scenes duology covering 2009-2034. I suppose the title “50 Year Mission” wouldn’t quite work anymore though haha.

Yes, exactly. There are infinite stories. Which is why it’s so frustrating that nearly all of the Kurtzman era has been built upon hamfisted references, callbacks, and legacy characters, and relied on fans emotion connection to those to get them invested in a weak story and weak characters.

It makes sense in the context of Picard and to some extent Lower Decks but why is Discovery taking a trip down memory lane with those memories aren’t their own?

I don’t care about Legacy, but I would like to see a Lagasse series.

If you’re going to plagiarize Daren Dochterman, at least properly cite him.

I think Star Trek has lost its way. What made it special and unique is gone. The allegorical story telling, the positive vision of the future, the mix of science and exploration. I have no interest in Section 31, nor in a Starfleet Academy show.

Like a lot of fans, I enjoyed Picard Season 3. But this seems to have been a flash in the pan.

I agree about losing its way. Just the other day I realized that the exploration aspect has largely disappeared. Star Trek crews still discover, but usually because they are thrown at it, not because they ventured out to get to see new challenging things to be fascinated. It would be fun again to see a crew that has a sense of wonder, discovering something that nobody has seen before, something scientific. SNW comes close to that, but I think every ST show should spearhead that idea. Remember all the astro-or other phenomenons that came up during TNG that posed a moral or otherwise challenging dilemma for characters? Maybe an academy show is the best vehicle to get back to that again.

Kurtzman is all about making Star Trek accessible to a new generation of viewers. Do some more Sci along with the Fi.

TOS used real science fiction writers, but that is probably considered too expensive nowadays, so we get a small room full of cut-rate clowns and you get what you pay for showing up in the quality of the shows. This really sad, especially when you only get 10 episodes instead of 30.

And although SNW is closest to the Star Trek we miss, the show feels more fantasy and less sci fi. Instead of good sci-fi we are getting Buffy style stories like the musical.

We get a character assassination of Spock, as he is ridiculed and all the human characters are teaching him and responsible for the stuff that made Spock, the character we grew up loving on TOS.

The dialogue is too modern and I think the current writers don’t grasp a chain of command.

DSC has crew members dealing with emotional issues during a crisis, moments that they have to be put aside.

If a bomb was having to be defused and there were mere minutes, you wouldn’t stop to have a discussion over a relationship or a job

Like all modern, serialized stories today, it’s more character than plot driven.. more like a soap opera than sci-fi. Even with the episodes I like, I find the rewatchability factor to be low. That’s because of two things. The characters aren’t that interesting, and there is a central conceit each season, that once revealed, makes these season long arcs not very interesting either. Without that desire to discover the season’s mysteries… there really is very little there.

There isn’t even much to the main character since they decided to make her perfect in all things. There’s really no struggle, hardship, or failings for the character to endure and overcome to keep the audience invested in her journey from mutineer to the greatest captain of all time. Those two points in her life should have been the bookends for the entire series. The idea of her character was compelling, but they really messed up with her development.

They fabricate conflict and imperfection to blatantly show how great she is at rising above. No subtlety or nuance. I hate it.

I agree with this. I just rewatched Discovery seasons 1-4 in preparation for season 5. I was ok, I guess, with how they handled the season premise, but I didn’t buy the premise. Season 1 (Klingon war and Spock’s sister we’ve never heard of), season 2 (red angel), season 3 (the burn – was actually ok until we got to the solution) and season 4 (giant aliens beyond the barrier and rogue Book). Didn’t like the premise. I’ll admit I’m actually enjoying season 5, and I think it’s because I like the premise, I always thought “The Chase” deserved a follow up.

100%. Although I thought species 10-C were a cool idea. But it’s not an original one. Not sure if if was Arthur C Clarke, or Carl Sagan or someone else that theorized those type of creatures initially as possible inhabitants of the gas clouds of Jupiter.. but they lacked sentience. Trek gave them that for this story. I kind of liked where they ended up, even though I didn’t like how they got there, if that makes sense. Season long arcs are tough because the idea at the end needs to be big enough to match your imagination. It hasn’t ever been on modern Trek for me.

Clarke wrote it in the 2010 novel (not sure if it was totally his idea, but that’s where I first came across it)

I saw it in a National Geographic book prior to that novel, and thought it was cool to see it used in Clarke’s sequel to 2010… and it was a great use of a scientific hypothesis of how life could exist.. cool to see it used in DSC as well.

Watching a TOS episode and Berman-era episode back-to-back is jarring, but the biggest similarities were the professionalism and intelligence of the crew. We were watching smart people doing smart things in weird situations. However, the Kurtzman-era Trek does not display this. They “say” they are smart, but it they are pretending. And professionalism is out the door. I agree that Picard Season 3 had that in spades, but it was, as you said, a “flash in the pan.”

I think the important bit you mention here is “they say”. This is exactly true, characters seem to act according to other characters. I mean do you really need that much praise for basically just doing your job. Yes, its good to get the occasional praise or pat in the back, but to constantly praise or be emotional about something that is basically your job seems a bit childish to me honestly. This is why I appreciated characters like Shaw or Jellico, sometimes you gotta stop with the bs and just get the job done. We knew Kirk, Spock and Bones were best of friends, but we never saw and didn’t need to see them complementing each other all the time on the bridge or saying how much they love each other. It was obvious they loved each other, it was seen through their actions, we didn’t need to constantly hear it mentioned or like you say the characters didn’t need to say it. Saying something too much doesn’t make it happen, in fact the opposite it cheapens the intended emotion or effect.

I remember sitting with my friends watching a talk show and most the guests were gushing with complements for each other, and we started laughing and one of my friends said, “No one here would ever act like that, what a bunch of phonies.”

You nailed it, James. Good post.

I couldn’t agree more.

Agreed! The absence of allegorical science fiction and believable characters was a deal breaker for me too. And I’ve had to accept that the Star Trek I fell in love with no longer exists. But, if people like Disco and SNW, or want to watch S31 and SFA, that’s cool. It’s not for me. It’s not my canon. But, I do love LDS/Prodigy.

I wouldn’t say it lost it’s way moreso the mandate had slightly changed.

Again you could really see that in the early days of both Discovery and Picard. It was feeling less like a show of exploration and ideas and more one of character driven stories and big villains. It all felt too dark and not enough optimism and yeah, discovery.

There was a big debate a few months back when some people thought Discovery was a better show in its first two seasons than now. On one hand I kind of understood that argument but on the other completely disagreed with it because the show just felt too far away from what gave Star Trek it’s heart. I’m not talking about how visually jarring it felt or way too advanced for it’s time period, it just didn’t feel like Star Trek enough. It was trying to feel like a more contemporary show which I understood but it just missed the mark of what Star Trek was. It was spending waaay too much time trying to be edgy instead of intriguing or engaging.

Now season 2 was certainly better and it’s clear they listened to the complaints but the show still relied too much on on it feeling dark and big villains like Control. There was still a lack of exploration a show literally named Discovery should have.

But yeah I do feel TPTB at the time felt Trek as a franchise just felt out of step with show’s today. It can’t be more TOS, TNG or ENT, it has to be more dark and serialized to grab people today. Even other fans thought you can’t do that anymore. It has to be more like Lost or GOT. And yeah it had very mixed results to say the least.

But I do feel we have more of the Trek of old again. Yes maybe not as strong as it should be but certainly an improvement over the first few years and I mean all the new shows not just Discovery.

And I always wonder even if people feel these things could be stronger overall I personally feel LDS, PRO and definitely SNW is doing that. Yes can all be better but they all inherently feel like Star Trek of old to me.

“I only want to make another Star Trek show if there’s something special to say. I don’t want to do it just to do more. I think that would be a huge disservice to Star Trek.”

Sounds like he’s directly referencing Legacy, which basically is just “more”.

And an elderly starship crew is definitely not ‘authentic’.

Kurtzman would have been better off saying nothing. It’s laughable just how clueless this braintrust is.

But it isn’t laughable how TPTB keep writing him checks and letting him soil the playing field.

He’s a producer.. saying producer things. He gets the checks because he delivers content on time and within budget.. not because he keeps the fanbase happy. If they’re making money, he’ll be retained.

Yes, exactly Heyberto.

I say the same thing about Trek fans on Internet forums like this every day. Including right now.

The problem is he didn’t really say anything anyway. I’m not even sure what was the point of bringing him on other than to say “We’ll make more shows when we can.” That was the gist. And we all know he has very little control of that since he admitted before green lighting Legacy is out of his hands.

Exactly.. but I also feel like he’s just drumming up a word salad with no real understanding of what makes Trek authentic. Which isn’t a surprise or revelatory. When he and Orci wrote the Kelvin movies, he was the one who knew nothing/very little about Trek. What he does know is just what these creatives that work for him tell him.

if Tilly is not in Starfleet Academy I will watch, if she is in it this may be the first live action show i pass on, she is insufferable

My god just give us a series set in the TOS Movie Era! It’s all I ever wanted.

They’re not going to do that, because it makes total sense. The whole period between the TOS movie era and TNG has been blatantly ignored.

It makes sense, despite the vast majority of fans saying they should stay away from sequels.

Look, you’re better off saying nothing, it’s incredible how clueless you are, to quote another commenter.

Paine’s comment makes total sense, and as usual, is far from clueless. To your comment, I’d say it doesn’t have to be a sequel to what we’ve seen, just stories told in that era with that look and maybe even that sensibility.

Many thanks, Kmart.

I actually got a good chuckle out of this, thanks.

It is interesting to see where they choose to mine the past, and where they don’t. BUT… it seems you may get your wish with when the Section 31 movie is set. For me, I’m much more interested in eras that aren’t directly tied to the past. The reason I wanted SNW was because of how they got Captain Pike right in Disco S2, and I thought they’d be focused on exploration and new adventures. But I’d much rather seem them push forward as opposed to filling gaps.

Yes its a big gap 75 years if I’m correct

if you wanted to do the prime Enterprise crew, then a serious (not Lower Decks….) animated series would be the way to go. Honestly, the animation is probably the thing to do regardless; it would let you keep the TMP aesthetic without it feeling wildly outdated in live-action. Same for the TNG era – could revisit TNG post-Nemesis but pre-Picard – or a cell-shaded Titan show (adapt the novels!) would be great

I liked it when the ship was also a main character we cared about. TOS and TNG got this. Leonard Nimoy understood one of the Star Trek Formulas. The show’s formula involved using the ship’s technology and the crew’s skills to solve the dilemmas creatively. That’s why TWOK worked so well, although it cost Spock his life. Technology, Vulcan mysticism and the crew’s sacrifice eventually saved him. We need HEROS along with mirrors. We want to see ourselves in the crew and what we all wish we could aspire to be. Strong female characters are important. It does a disservice to them when male characters get emasculated to make the female crew look competent. This is OBVIOUS in DSC. As a father of a daughter and grandfather of a toddler, I want them to see that they can be whoever they aspire to be. I wonder who my 1-year-old Grandson would look up to if he gets interested in Star Trek. Taylor Sheridan, the creator of Yellowstone, understands this. All the male and female characters are fleshed out; they have their strengths and flaws. I think that’s why it’s a juggernaut. I rewatch Yellowstone more than I do DSC. To be clear, I wake up every Thursday at 3:00 AM to watch the latest DSC episode. I’m a fan of it. We need some of the main characters to have a shorthand with each other: A glance, a word or a shrug. Case in point: Pike was caught flat-footed in the S2 cliffhanger. It should have been Una: “Orders, Captain?” Pike and Una glance at each other, and she and Pike know what he must do. It’s unspoken. Una does not need to repeat herself: “Orders, Captain?” We should have seen Pike turn to give the impossible order and… “TO BE CONTINUED…” Leaving him there frozen doesn’t make sense and denigrates his character. SFA is strictly a vehicle to bring the coveted younger college demographic into the show. I applaud it. I’ll watch it to support the franchise A lot of us watched TNG through our college years. I keep my Par+ sub active all year long and tell Par+ why. Trek is expensive to produce, and I understand that. But when they see a one—or two-month sub, they binge Trek? It’s hard, business-wise, to justify keeping any expensive show in production. I also have friends who work on the various Trek shows.

The other thing about the Enterprise as a ship we cared about.. it helped that we had so much time with it.. that we were ourselves endeared to it much as Kirk was. His reverence for it was passed on to us, and that was cool. The problem with destroying it in the Kelvin movies was, we never felt that Kelvin Kirk gave a crap about it. There was one little pause in his voice as he gave the command to abandon ship in ST:Beyond. Certainly the creatives behind it took it on faith that it would mean something to the audience, but it really didn’t. Watching that ship descend into the atmosphere over that great Giachinno score meant nothing to me. It rang hollow.

“ A lot of us watched TNG through our college years.” – and yet there was nary a college or anything really related to anything like that, yet it still drew you in with good cast and good stories. No gimmicky pandering…fancy that.

I’m upset that they canceled Lower Decks…maybe Netflix will get it like Prodigy (assuming we ever see that…if only I was in France!). Section 31 doesn’t sound super interesting to me. Starfleet Academy in the 32nd century is definitely not for me. If I was gonna see a Starfleet Academy show I’d want it to be about characters I care about, like a young Kirk or Picard or something like that.

I’ve enjoyed Strange New Worlds though…it’s been great…Disco not so much, and even this new season, which might be one of the better ones, lacks much depth…but him saying that Star Trek needs to be authentic just kind of urks me for some reason. Mostly because so far all of the authentic Treks have been getting canceled. I mean Prodigy and Lower Decks by the way. Despite being animated they have been the best. And of course although I did enjoy Picard, it’s over as well. Honestly I don’t have much interest in Legacy assuming it’s gonna be about Seven of Nine and Captain Picard Jr. I have no interest in that…I’d rather see a Q comedy series…I’m serious…that actually might be good. And if it’s section 31 I’d want Sloan in it. We’ll see…I hope they don’t dissapoint.

Aviod any space cadet shows at all cost.

There are indeed an infinite number of stories to tell. This is why it’s baffling as to why they take 10 episodes to tell a story that should only take 2 hours.

Flaming dumpster fires.

Not even 1st season next gen got this much toxic heat.

Just kill star trek for 10 years, then bring it back when people have buried this pdst era in the past.

For the love of god, execs, don’t do this.

Strangely enough, the new season of Discovery feels like a 25th century show, mostly because it nicely uses Berman Era canon so seamlessly. I no longer feel the urgent need for a Legacy show if they write more like this for all shows. I’m just not into TOS stuff nearly much because the universe seems so much more confined, but the more campy energy of TOS Star Trek suits SNW so well and it’s way more accessible and charismatic.

Discovery had a pretty terrible start, an under-developed ensemble cast and a premise that caused huge conflicts with storytelling. I don’t think they were ever able to fix it unfortunately, but I still enjoy it all the same. I don’t blame Kurtzman for that, although the terrible bungling of the Picard S1 and S2 is on his shoulders, but I know it’s REALLY hard to make this stuff, especially with all the compromises that came with pulling off the show and convincing the talent to participate. But we got some incredible stuff, like Lower Decks, Prodigy, Picard S3, and SNW. I’m looking forward to more, still a pretty packed outlook. And I’m thankful for what we’ve had, really is a blessing for a long starving Star Trek fan.

My only request, PLEASE fix the microphones and audio mixing for the Toronto shows! Some of the worst onset audio I’ve ever heard for any show.

They really seemed to study Picard S3 for how to do fan service while telling a new story. other problems still exist, but I have to give credit for them dialing back, and using it more subtly and in a more organic way. Doesn’t feel like they’re getting too cute with it. They picked a good TNG episode to follow up on as well.

I give credit where credit is due and it looks like they finally learned to make it closer to what Picard season 3 did and tie the show closer to canon and fan service but still can still tell an intriguing new story.

I don’t think the season has been amazing so far so far but it’s at least been decent. That’s high praise for Discovery! 😂

Agree on all counts.

Wow you literally just said everything I feel as well! 😀

As someone who has thought Discovery has been downright awful every season so far, I am truly enjoying this season more and I think a big part of that is just how well they been connecting it to old school canon. It was a great idea to tie it to a very popular TNG episode and expand that story. But I also like they brought the Breen back which was as exciting as Picard bringing the Changelings back.

And also love LDS, PRO and SNW. As for SNW like you I’m a much bigger 24th century fan, always will be because the universe feels much bigger and lived in. With the exception of the Romulans literally all my favorite species exists in the 24th century. And of course the Romulans can’t even show up very much pre TOS which is why prequels really really sick. 🙄

But SNW is making me enjoy that era more and feels like a more modern day TOS. It’s what I thought Discovery would be like but ironically nothing about it remotely felt like TOS to me. Nothing. It felt like it belonged in a completely different time period. So it was very jarring at first and glad they moved it.

And while SNW isn’t perfect either it does feel like it actually belongs there and just feel like classic Star Trek again. It’s tied with Enterprise for me.

It starts with great characters.

This interview feels different. Wheaton looks forcibly overjoyed. Kurtzman sounds completely burned out. Really hope better news come up in the upcoming months.

I don’t think Kurtzman has an inkling of a clue what good Star Trek is. These new shows and the awful reboot movies doesn’t spend much time on understanding the human condition. There is hardly any exploration done at least in the live action shows. There is no real gravitas like you got in the classic shows and people who felt like real adults and professionals. Everyone feels like college interns instead of adults making big decisions. It’s a big reason why I couldn’t take his movies very seriously either along with just more forgetful villains trying to take down the Federation for very vague reasons.

I have heard Discovery is better this season but I couldn’t get past the first episode. It still felt like the same melodrama and schlock where everyone is constantly discussing their feelings instead of focusing solely on the mission.

I don’t know if we’re ever going to get the Star Trek of the past where there was just more thoughtful and mature story telling and they tried to tackle complex issues more often. It doesn’t mean it was always success certainly but there was a real attempt.

I think Picard season 3 was the only time they got close to it and that was far from perfect as well.

Agree 100% with you, Legacy.

He talked a lot but said very little.

I don’t think anything new will be discussed or greenlit until Paramount is sold or merges with another company. And even then it’ll likely take a minute to get things approved and started, although announcements are easily done and are free so we might here about what’s coming well before we get it.

No mention of ST: Legacy but that’s not surprising. I think this’ll happen, once a sale is finalized. The fan desire is there and Picard Season 3 was very well received enough, both in terms of critical reception, viewing numbers and industry relevant awards. I only hope Matalas and Co. are available to head and staff the show, if it is greenlit. I know there are some who think this will simply be a rehash of previous Berman era Trek, but I think, for many, that points to a fundamental lack of understanding about what Picard season 3’s mission and overall goal was, and what Matalas has said in terms of his vision for St: Legacy, what it would be, and where it would go.

As for other Star Trek shows I’d like to see, something involving the federation after its founding could be interesting. I’d personally like to see more of an alternate history approach taken with this time period, something that mirrors Robert A. Heinlein’s future history. Robert A. Heinlein was a very popular science fiction writer from the late 1930’s to the mid 1980’s. I think a more rough and tumble star fleet, beset by growing pains, conflict, and ideology vs pragmatism could really illuminate the time and the journey of humans from Archer’s time to Kirk’s; a less sanitized and gleaming future where the federation and star fleet make some serious missteps and are very much learning how to move through their part of the galaxy, to say nothing of the inherent danger in space travel and exploration that would be heightened during this time. We could even see some diversity of space exploration agencies, some geared more toward profit and less concerned with any prime directive/general order one. Eventually these would disappear or be rolled into Starfleet, but before that occurs, seeing competing interests among human institutions could bear some fascinating fruit.

Given Discovery’s strong 5th season, I’m sorry to see it go, so maybe at some point we could meet up with most of these characters again, maybe in a miniseries or individual specials that then lead to a big event.

I think Star Trek has numerous stories to tell and as long as the fans show up we will continue to get new stories.

I just wish SNW had more episodes per season.

Sorry but to me Kurtzman said a whole lot of nothing. It just sounds like he was trying to excuse why there is becoming less and less shows.

This was sadly just more a puff piece. I know that’s all The Ready Room sadly is and why I haven’t watched hardly any of it this season. I honestly just fast forward to see next week’s clip and maybe if the segments dealing with past Star Trek history is interesting enough but that’s really it.

It would’ve been nice to discuss actual details and things like LDS cancellation (although this was probably shot before that but I doubt it would’ve been discussed regardless) or just something more about Section 31 or SFA. It’s strange there was more info in the Vanity Fair article a month ago than what we got here but whatever.

And I have been one of Kurtzman’s biggest supporters here. Picard and Discovery has been mixed to say the least but loved Picard season 3 and enjoying the last season of Discovery so far even if I haven’t loved all the episodes. I’m really hoping the show ends on a high note and it’s been more good than bad at least, so staying positive.

But I thought LDS, PRO and SNW were all great out of the gate. Just feeling more like classic Trek and the Berman era again. They all been fun shows with solid characters and generally good stories. I have some criticisms for all of them (actually none for Prodigy lol) but I recognize they are good Trek shows even with flaws.

But yes I obviously see the criticisms all these shows still has and that they are not focusing on bigger ideas and when they DO like honestly Discovery has tried every season it falls flat with more tedious melodrama and truly bad plotting and twists. And I do miss the gravitas of the old shows others pointed out. When I turn on an episode of TOS, TNG or even VOY you feel a real sense of officers and scientists at work. All the characters could be light and playful who joked around at appropriate times but there wasn’t a lot of holding hands and crying either. When there was a crisis everyone had their game face on.

But that was a different time obviously and I don’t think these new shows will ever surpass what we got on the past. But that’s solely my opinion of course and I’m happy if others do like this era more today.

And at the end of the day it’s not a competition. We all want more Star Trek and more importantly good Star Trek. I’m just not sure how much we will of either though the way things are going at Paramount these days but I will support whatever comes next regardless as I have always done.

For me Star Trek will always be the most important entertainment franchise out there. It is a little sad not many new or young people are into this franchise today but as long as it still thrives I’ll be watching at least.

An elderly starship crew isn’t authentic so Legacy is not going to happen, folks.

Legacy isn’t about the TNG crew. In fact at the moment there isn’t any TNG cast members rumored to be in it. It will be about Seven and her MUCH younger crew mates on the Enterprise G who warped out with her in the finale.

The problem with Kurtzman era Trek is they all feel like parody or a hollow manifestation of something else. None feel like actual real new Star Trek. The closest being Lower Decks, but even that can get too callback-y and outlandish, though that can be forgiven due to being a comedy/animation.

But the live action stuff feels like Star Trek that is a copy, but a copy that doesn’t really understand the original entity that it is being copied from. Very nudge nudge, wink wink. It’s so odd. I think to myself “oh that’s like such and such”. Though I never feel I am seeing new adventures within the universe between 1966-2005. It feels so disconnected. Sorry, just how I see it.

Though, Kurtzman was never the right man for this universe, looking back at his previous works and his admittance of not being a fan of the franchise. Bob Orci was the fan within the old writing due, therefore found it very puzzling he was given the keys to the kingdom by CBS and now Paramount. Hollywood, a funny ol’ place. What did Kevin Smith say during the Superman Lives shenanigans? You fail upwards? That is VERY evident.

The only thing I want to hear from Kurtzman is that a Terry Matallas lead Star Trek Legacy is greenlit.

Star Trek Adventures’ Second Edition adds playable Klingons, Romulans and Strange New Worlds this summer

Boldly roll where you’ve gone before.

Star Trek Adventures, the tabletop RPG set in the universe of the venerable sci-fi series, will release its second edition this summer. A refreshed core rulebook themed around recent The Original Series prequel show Strange New Worlds will polish up the game’s 2d20 system, as well as introducing expanded character creation options, while staying compatible with older supplements.

Star Trek Adventures first released back in 2017 as the latest tabletop adaptation of the long-running science-fiction franchise. Powered by publisher Modiphius’ twin d20 gameplay rather than the likes of Dungeons & Dragons 5E’s d20 system, Adventures sought to put players in the cockpit of Kirk, Picard and other Starfleet captains and officers as they explored strange new worlds and encountered new life and new civilisations.

In the seven years since, Star Trek Adventures has seen the release of supplements and campaigns inspired by the many iterations of Star Trek, from The Original Series and The Next Generation through to animated adult comedy Lower Decks.

Those expansions have also included the release of dedicated rules for solo roleplaying in last year’s Captain’s Log and a separate core rulebook dedicated to making Klingons a playable species , with the original rulebook having relegated the faction of tradition-upholding warriors to NPCs. At the time, Modiphius claimed that The Klingon Empire marked the first time a dedicated Klingon tabletop RPG had been available in over three decades.

Klingons will see an even greater presence in Star Trek Adventures: Second Edition, with the species confirmed to be an option during character creation in the new core rulebook. Joining them will be Romulans, who were similarly included in a basic form in the first-edition rules rather than offering a fully fleshed-out playable option for players. Modiphius said that “other [species] present across the franchise” would also make an appearance in the second-edition rules, expanding further beyond the original RPG’s focus on Starfleet.

“Since Star Trek presented a diverse setting from the very beginning, I felt it important the core rulebook present a more diverse spread of character possibilities beyond just the Federation,” said project manager Jim Johnson. “You’ll see a selection of fully playable non-Federation species in the core, expanding your group’s gameplay possibilities right from the start.”

The new core rulebook will be based on recent TV series Strange New Worlds - a prequel story following Captain Christopher Pike, his Number One Una Chin-Riley and Spock from The Original Series in the decade before Kirk took the helm of the USS Enterprise - with artwork inspired by the latest addition to the setting.

Star Trek Adventures’ Second Edition core rulebook will release at US convention Gen Con at the beginning of August, with a starter set planned to follow this autumn. The second-edition rules will support supplements and expansions released for the first edition, with Modiphius confirming its plans for more expansions in the future - including books based on Strange New Worlds and kids’ cartoon Star Trek: Prodigy.

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All Roads Lead to Discovery: The Full Star Trek Timeline, Explained

Star Trek: Discovery takes place at the furthest point in the franchise timeline. Here is the stardate for each major entry in the series.

Star Trek: Discovery Season 5, the final season, is currently underway. The series debuted in 2017 and was used as the launch title for the streaming service CBS All Access, now rebranded Paramount+. It was also the first Star Trek series on television in 12 years following the conclusion of Star Trek: Enterprise back in 2005. While Paramount has spent nearly a decade trying to get Star Trek 4 out of development hell , the franchise has been going strong on Paramount+ with various series on the streaming service at different times of the year. Now, there is almost always a Star Trek series on the air at any given point.

Star Trek: Discovery is a fascinating case for the franchise, as it was originally conceived as a prequel to Star Trek: The Original Series , but following the conclusion of Season 2 and starting in Season 3, the series jumped far into the future, the farthest point in the franchise history. Star Trek: Discovery now takes place in a universe built on years of stories. Here is a breakdown of the Star Trek timeline across television and film and how it all leads to Star Trek: Discovery .

Star Trek: Enterprise (2151-2155)

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The last television series on air before Star Trek: Discovery is also the first in the timeline as Star Trek: Enterprise takes place over 100 years before the adventures of Kirk and Spock in Star Trek: The Original Series . The series follows Jonathan Archer, the captain of the Enterprise NX-01 which was Earth’s first starship able to reach warp five. Major events in the series are around first contact with alien species like the Klingon and the Xindi. The series also featured the true formation of the United Federation of Planets.

The series also established the Temporal Wars, a conflict that stretched across time and space and resulted in the creation of multiple timelines as agents from various factions in the 32nd century were sent back in time to move history in their favor. This eventually resulted in an all-out war, and while it was resolved, it later had some major ramifications for the franchise. The first was that all-time travel technology became outlawed or destroyed in the 32nd century, so when the crew of Discovery jumped forward in time, they had no way of returning home. The other was a way for the writers to fix continuity errors , like moving up the date of Khan's rise and the Eugenics wars from the 1990s, as established in The Original Series , to the 2010s.

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

When Star Trek: Discovery first premiered, it was pitched as a prequel to Star Trek: The Original Series , taking place nine years before the events of the series. It introduced Sonequa Martin-Green as Michael Burnham, the never-before-mentioned adopted sister of Spock who ended up starting the war between the Federation and the Klingons, one that would have repercussions for the franchise for years. Star Trek: Discovery dealt with a threat from the Mirror Universe , a faction that would come into play in Star Trek: The Original Series , while season two brought on fan-favorite versions of characters from the original Star Trek pilot in the form of Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount), Number One (Rebecca Romijln), and Spock (Ethan Peck).

Star Trek: Discovery season two ended with the crew of the Enterprise making the decision to jump forward 1000 years in the future to save the galaxy from an artificial intelligence threat. This resulted in Pike, Spock, and Number One telling Starfleet that Discovery was destroyed in the battle and vowing never to speak of it or the crew again to prevent another incident like the rouge AI Control from happening. This was done to explain why nobody in the later series of Star Trek mentioned any of the characters on Discovery or the advanced technology the ship had as the first and only one of its kind to use an experimental spore drive.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2259-TBD)

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is both a spin-off of Star Trek: Discovery , following Captain Pike and the crew of the USS Enterprise, introduced in that series, as well as a continuation of the original pilot for Star Trek: The Original Series "The Cage." Now that Captain Pike knows the fate that awaits him by the time Star Trek: The Original Series happens, he and the crew of the Enterprise begin exploring strange new worlds. The series is notable for featuring not only Spock but also his first-ever meeting with Captain Kirk (Paul Wesley) and the first missions of Uhurua (Celia Rose Gooding). Other members of the original crew, like Nurse Chapel (Jess Bush) and Doctor M'Benga (Babs Olusanmokun), while Season 2's finale introduces a young Scotty (Martin Quinn).

Star Trek Movies in Order: How to Watch Chronologically and by Release Date

It also adds a new wrinkle to the lore: La'an Noonien-Singh (Christina Chong), who is a descendant of villain Khan Noonien Singh. The series has so far fleshed out the alien race, The Gorn, and features the foundation of the Prime Directive rule, one that forbids a Starship from interfering with the development of an alien planet. It also features time travel in two key episodes. The first was when La'an and another version of Kirk traveled to 2020 Toronto, where La'an has a chance to kill a young Khan when he was just a boy but doesn't due to him not being guilty of any crime yet, and the other involved the crew of Star Trek: Lower Decks traveling back in time and arriving back 100 years before their time.

Star Trek: The Original Series (2265-2269)

The one that started it all, Star Trek: The Original Series , follows the crew of the USS Enterprise in their five-year mission to explore strange new worlds and go where no one has gone before. Under the guidance of Captain Kirk (William Shatner), his first officer Spock (Leonard Nimoy), and friend and ship doctor Leonard "Bones" McCoy (DeForest Kelly), the crew of the USS Enterprise are the most important characters in the Star Trek franchise. Decisions and events here have major ripple effects on the entire franchise.

There are far too many to name, but the biggest ones include in 2267 when the crew finds and uncovers the body of Khan Nooniegn-Signh, and after he attempts a mutiny, they leave him on a planet to begin a new life, an action that will have repercussions decades later.

Star Trek: The Animated Series (2269-2270)

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Star Trek: The Animated Series was made in 1973, four years after Star Trek: The Original Series was canceled. It featured the continuing adventures of the crew of the Enterprise's five-year mission. It lasted for two seasons and helped round out the stories of Captain Kirk, Spock, and the rest of the USS Enterprise.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (2271)

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While no official stardate is mentioned in Star Trek: The Motion Picture and is only identified as the 2270s, supplementary material for the film dates it one year after the crew of the Enterprise's five-year mission. The film sees the crew of the Enterprise reunite to investigate a mysterious and powerful alien cloud known as V'Ger, which is destroying everything in its path as it approaches Earth. While not stated in the film, subsequent Star Trek material has suggested that V'Ger is the progenitor of the Borg, one of the franchise's most popular recurring enemies.

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (2285)

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The most iconic Star Trek film, The Wrath of Khan , picks up 15 years after the events of the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Space Seed." The time since the planet Khan was marooned on , it became a wasteland after one of the planets near it was destroyed and altered the atmosphere. Khan now seeks revenge on Kirk and does so by going after the planet-terraforming machine called the Genesis device, a machine created by Kirk's ex, Carol Marcus, and his son, David Marcus. Kirk is able to defeat Khan but at a price, as Mr. Spock is forced to give his life to save the crew of the Enterprise. Spock's death will have major repercussions on the franchise that will be felt for years.

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (2285)

Star trek iii: the search for spock.

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock picks up just months after The Wrath of Khan , as the crew of the Enterprise discovers that there is a way to revive Spock. They go against Starfleet's orders and steal the Enterprise to return Spock's body and mind to Vulcan so that he can be reborn. The crew must also face off with hostile Klingons, led by Kruge (Christopher Lloyd), who is bent on stealing the secrets of the powerful terraforming Genesis.

Here’s How Much Each Star Trek Movie Made at the Box Office Upon Release

The film features some major hallmarks of the franchise. The first is the destruction of the Enterprise, a ship that had been with the franchise for years and would be absent in the following film. The second was establishing the core characters as fugitives from the United Federation of Planets, which would set up clearing their names in the follow-up. It also featured Spock being resurrected but at another cost for Kirk, the death of his son, which would begin to drive Kirk's prejudice against Klingons for many films.

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

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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home sees the former crew of the USS Enterprise discover that Earth is in grave danger from an alien probe attempting to contact now-extinct humpback whales. The crew travels to Earth's past to find whales who can answer the probe's call. The first and final part of the movie takes place one year after The Search for Spock , but the majority of the movie takes place in 1986, the present day for moviegoing audiences. While Star Trek had done time travel stories before, this one set a template for future entries in the franchise. By the end of the film, Kirk and his crew had been reinstated and cleared of all charges.

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (2287)

Star trek v: the final frontier.

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier deals with the crew of the new USS Enterprise-A as they confront renegade Vulcan Sybok, who is searching for God at the center of the galaxy. Sybok is Spock's half-brother , and he is from his father's previous relationship with a Vulcan woman. This makes the second chronological secret member of Spock's family and the first introduced in the series in order of release.

Sybok's presence was actually hinted at in the series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds when his lover, Angel, attacks his half-brother's ship. The entry is also the first to allude to a higher power in the Star Trek franchise, and while God would not be revealed in the series, the idea of someone being the creator of life in the galaxy would be picked up years later in Star Trek: The Next Generation and is now the main storyline for the final season of Star Trek: Discovery.

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (2293)

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The final time the entire crew of the USS Enterprise would be together was in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country . The Klingons seek to form an alliance with the Federation after years of fighting due to their planet suffering a major catastrophe, but Kirk is still bitter after the death of his son at the Klingon's hands in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock . Kirk and Bones are framed for the murder of a high-up Klingon official, which threatens the peace accords, and they, alongside the rest of the crew of the Enterprise, must work to clear their names.

This final entry for most of the original cast marks a turning point in the franchise. It marked the end of the Federation and Klingon conflict, setting up Star Trek: The Next Generation , featuring the character Worf in a prominent role as part of the crew. The film takes place 28 years after Star Trek: The Original Series, and through one live-action show, an animated series, and six films, audiences saw a massive epic unfold for these characters, but the story was far from over as a new era began for the franchise and the next generation began.

Star Trek: The Next Generation (2364-2370)

Star trek: the next generation.

Star Trek: The Next Generation takes place a century after the events of Star Trek: The Original Series . The series follows Captain Jean Luc-Picard and the crew of the USS Enterprise-D as they continue to explore strange new worlds and seek out new life and new civilizations. For many audiences, this was their Star Trek and introduced a whole new host of concepts to the franchise, with the most iconic being the villain, The Borg.

Star Trek: The Next Generation might be one of the most important in terms of how it connects to Star Trek Discovery. The first is the episode "Unification," in which Spock looks to bring peace between the Vulcans and Romulans. Not only is this paid off as Spock's vision of a united Romulus and Vulcan comes true in the form of the planet Ni'Var in Star Trek: Discovery , but his work with the Romulan people will lead to the events that create the alternate Kelvin timeline of Star Trek , Star Trek Into Darkness and Star Trek Beyond .

Yet the most important element is in the episode "The Chase," which reveals that the reason various alien life in the galaxy looks so similar is due to sharing a common ancestry from an ancient species that crafted life in their image. This revelation forms the backbone of Star Trek: Discovery 's final season as the crew looks to find the technology of the species that created life, now dubbed the Progenitors. The episode debuted in 1993, and now, 31 years later, the series is finally going to delve into some answers.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2369-2375)

Star trek: deep space nine.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine broke from franchise conventions as instead of being focused on a starship, it was set on a space station Deep Space Nine, located adjacent to a wormhole connecting Federation territory to the Gamma Quadrant on the far side of the Milky Way galaxy. The series begins one year before the events of Star Trek: The Next Generation come to a conclusion and is firmly connected to the events of that series as Benjamin Sisko, head of Deep Space Nine, is mourning the death of his wife, who was killed by the Borg at the Battle of Wolf 359 seen in the episode "The Best of Both Worlds Part II" from The Next Generation and has a difficult time seeing the face of Jean-Luc Picard as that was the face he saw leading the Borg that lead to the death of his wife.

The biggest event of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is The Dominion Wars, a massive story arc that ran over the course of the series. It involved all major powers of the Alpha and Gamma Quadrants, organized into two opposing military alliances, the Federation Alliance and the Breen-Dominion Alliance, which resulted in the deadliest conflicts in the galaxy. It would begin the drive for the Federation to become a more militarized organization.

Star Trek Generations (2371)

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Star Trek: Generations occupies an interesting place within the timeline. It is set one year after the events of The Next Generation and two years into Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in the year 2371. Yet the film's beginning takes place shortly after the events of Star Trek VI: The Final Frontier, which sees Captain Kirk stuck in a pocket dimension, allowing him to meet Captain Jean-Luc Picard of The Next Generation nearly a century later into his future. This film marked the death of Captain Kirk , who died the way he lived, a man of adventure.

Star Trek: First Contact (2373)

Star trek: first contact.

Star Trek: First Contact is another time travel movie, similar to Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home . Set six years after being assimilated by the Borg in Star Trek: The Next Generation , Captain Picard and his crew travel through a time portal to pursue the Borg to April 4, 2063. This is the date before the historic warp drive flight that leads to humanity's first encounter with alien life, and the Borg are looking to alter the future so humans never make contact. The film's date of April 5th has now become an unofficial Star Trek holiday known as First Contact Day .

Star Trek: Insurrection (2375)

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Star Trek: Insurrection is notable as the film is set in 2375, the same year as the final season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Trying to take the renegade Starfleet team element from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock , the crew of the USS Enterprise -E rebels against Starfleet after they discover a conspiracy with the Son'a species to steal the peaceful Ba'ku's planet for its rejuvenating properties.

Star Trek: Voyager (2371-2378)

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Star Trek: Voyager begins in 2371, the same year as Star Trek: Generations . It follows the adventures of the USS Voyager as it attempts to return home to the Alpha Quadrant after being stranded in the Delta Quadrant on the far side of the galaxy. This entry is key for introducing two characters to the franchise that will play major roles in future installments. The series introduced Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), the first female Captain in the franchise, who will later have a major role in Star Trek: Prodigy .

The second is Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan), a former Borg drone that was born Annika Hansen before being assimilated by the Borg at age six in 2356, eight years before the start of Star Trek: The Next Generation . Seven of Nine plays a major role in Star Trek: Picard as the series delves more into the Borg's history and culture.

Star Trek: Nemesis (2379)

Star trek: nemesis.

Star Trek: Nemesis takes place fifteen years after the events of Star Trek: The Next Generation and deals with a threat from a clone of Captain Picard named Shinzon (Tom Hardy), who has taken control of the planet Romulus and was created by the Romulan Empire originally to create a spy within the Federation but the plans were abandoned likely due to the events of "Unification" and the clone child was left on die as a slave on the Romulan controlled planet Remus. The film marked the final film for the crew of The Next Generation as it marked many landmarks, including the wedding of Commander Will Ryker and Deanna Tori and the death of Data, all elements that lead into Star Trek: Picard .

Star Trek: Lower Decks (2380-TBD)

Star trek: lower decks.

Star Trek: Lower Decks is a comedic spin on the Star Trek franchise . This animated adventure follows the low-ranking support crew of the starship Cerritos and begins one year after the events of Star Trek: Nemesis . Star Trek: Lower Decks crossed over with Star Trek: Strange New World in that series' second season episode, "Those Old Scientists," which saw Tawny Newsome and Jack Quaid get the chance to play their roles of Beckett Mariner and Brad Boimler, respectively, in live-action.

The series just announced its fifth and final season, meaning both it and Star Trek: Discovery will come to a close in 2024, and fans are certainly hoping to hear a mention of the characters of Lower Decks in Discovery just to know these lowly crew members did become big names with the Federation history.

Star Trek: Prodigy (2383-TBD)

Star trek: prodigy.

Star Trek: Prodigy was an attempt to create a new starting point for young kids to get into the Star Trek franchise. Set in 2383, it follows a group of young aliens from the Delta Quadrant who find the abandoned starship Protostar and learn about Starfleet with the help of the ship's computer, an AI of Captain Janeway from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . This young crew of kids makes their way to the Alpha Quadrant while discovering what it means to be a crew and what being part of Starfleet is all about.

The series features plenty of cameos and references to the past Star Trek series but does so in a way that invites the young viewer to learn more about them. The series was canceled at Paramount+ after one season but was then picked up by Netflix, where it will have a second season.

Kelvin Timeline (2387, 2255 - 2263)

This is where things get a bit tricky. In the year 2387, a supernova destroys the planet Romulus. For those in the original timeline, the destruction of Romulus kicks off the events of Star Trek: Picard, but a major event happens that none of the characters are aware of at the time: the creation of a new timeline.

In an attempt to stop the supernova, an elder Spock launches a piece of red matter into the supernova that creates a black hole that sucks both him and the Romulan villain Nero (Eric Bana) through it and back in time. Nero arrives first in the year 2233, which results in the destruction of the USS Kelvin and the death of Geroge Kirk on the birth of his son James T. Kirk's birth, creating a new branching timeline that is the Kelvin timeline, which is where the events of Star Trek , Star Trek Into Darkness and Star Trek Beyond take place. This means that while the events of the Kelvin timeline take place earlier, they are doing so in a separate timeline that is built off the events of the prior stories. So 2009's Star Trek is both a reboot, a prequel, and a sequel to the franchise.

Due to the timeline changing, the events of the Kelvin timeline actually take place earlier than in Star Trek: The Original Series . 2009's Star Trek takes place in 2255, while Into Darkness takes place four years later in 2259, and Beyond is set in 2263, roughly four years into the crew's five-year mission. This is notably two years before Star Trek: The Original Series begins. By the 31st century of Star Trek: Discovery season three, the Prime Timeline is aware of the Kelvin timeline. They established a Starfleet officer named Yor, a time soldier who originated from another timeline and referenced the events of 2009's Star Trek .

Star Trek: Picard (2399-2402)

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Star Trek: Picard takes place 20 years after the events of Star Trek: Nemesis in the year 2399. In the years since the series concluded, the Federation has become more isolationist. Following the destruction of Romulus, the Romulan people have become scattered; meanwhile, an attack on a Starfleet operation has led to a ban on synthetics. Season one focuses on Picard discovering more about the syncs with the discovery of Data's daughter Soji while also exploring more into the Borg culture as Romulans have begun mining Borg technology.

Season 2 takes place two years later, in 2401, and sees an old adversary named Q, an extra-dimensional being, traping Picard and his new crew in an alternate reality which forces them to travel back in time to Los Angeles 2024 to save the future while exploring more about Picard's own family origin. Finally, season three takes place one year later, in 2402, as Picard reunites with his old crew from The Next Generation , as well as his long-lost son, for a final showdown with the Borg.

Star Trek: Discovery: Seasons 3-5 (3188-TBD)

Now, finally, it's time to loop back to Star Trek: Discovery . Season 3 sees the crew of Discovery travel to the year 3188 to discover the Federation fragmented and investigates the cause of a cataclysmic event known as the "Burn" as they attempt to rebuild Starfleet. Burnham is promoted to captain at the end of the season, and in season four, the crew helps rebuild the Federation while facing a space anomaly created by unknown aliens that causes destruction across the galaxy, similar to the plot of Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

The fifth and final season sees Discovery faced with its biggest task yet. They embark on a journey to uncover the mystery of The Progenitors, the species that The Next Generation revealed created multiple sentient lifeforms in the universe. The final season of Star Trek: Discovery , the series set furthest in the Star Trek timeline, is now taking the franchise to answer the oldest question in the cosmos: where do we come from, and what is our purpose?

With humans making first contact with aliens on April 5, 2063, to the events of Star Trek: Discovery in 3188, the story of Star Trek is one that spans 1,125 years. It is an epic tale filled with heroes, villains, and worlds filled with imagination and hope. Star Trek continues forward as there are plenty more stories to tell.

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Every Voyager Character Who Has Returned In Star Trek (& How)

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• Aside from Tuvok, Star Trek: Voyager featured another Vulcan character in the form of Ensign Vorik.
• Vorik's introduction added depth to Voyager's crew and impacted major storylines like Tom and B'Elanna's relationship.
• Vorik's character was influenced by his predecessor Taurik from Star Trek: TNG's "Lower Decks," also played by Alexander Enberg.

Star Trek: Voyager 's Vulcan Ensign Vorik (Alexander Enberg) became a recurring character in season 3 and had a surprising connection to Star Trek: The Next Generation . Voyager 's cast of characters was one of the most diverse in the franchise at the time of its airing in 1995, and also included the first main character Vulcan since Star Trek: The Original Series in the form of Lieutenant Commander Tuvok (Tim Russ). However, Tuvok was not the only Vulcan introduced as a member of Voyager 's crew .

Throughout Voyager 's seven seasons, the show relied heavily on its supporting characters in addition to the main cast. Except for maybe Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , other Star Trek TV shows before Voyager focused on their main characters or a select few leads within that group . However, Voyager kept things interesting by introducing memorably recurring characters like Naomi Wildman (Scarlett Pomers) or Icheb (Manu Intiraymi) throughout the series. Within the cadre of guest stars Voyager brought onboard, Alexander Enberg's Vorik stood out in some surprising ways.

Star Trek: Voyager's beloved characters have returned in Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Lower Decks, and especially Star Trek: Prodigy.

Star Trek: Voyager’s Vulcan Ensign Vorik Explained

Voyager's other vulcan became an important recurring character.

Vorik was a Vulcan Engineering Ensign first introduced in Voyager season 3, episode 13, "Fair Trade." Creating the character helped flesh out Voyager 's crew complement, and adding another Vulcan was a smart choice given how little Vulcans had been represented in Voyager 's sister shows, TNG and DS9 . Vorik was instrumental in some very important storylines, including arguably being the catalyst for Tom Paris (Robert Duncan McNeill) and B'Elanna Torres' (Roxann Dawson) future relationship after he infected B'Elanna with Pon Farr in the season 3 episode "Blood Fever."

Alexander Enberg, who played Vorik, had a strong connection to Voyager before he even appeared on the show as the son of Executive Producer Jeri Taylor. Outside of Star Trek , Enberg has done many small parts in other movies and TV shows, and more recently has worked in the special effects departments for a handful of projects. In addition to Voyager , however, Enberg appeared on another Star Trek series, playing a very similar character to Vorik.

Vorik Has A Surprising Connection To Star Trek: TNG’s “Lower Decks”

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Before Voyager , Enberg's first appearance in the Star Trek franchise was on Star Trek: TNG , where he played the Vulcan Ensign Taurik in the season 7 episode "Lower Decks." The episode focused on a group of junior officers aboard the USS Enteprise-D and was a departure from TNG 's usual storytelling in that it featured a group of largely unknown characters rather than the series leads. "Lower Decks" would go on to inspire the hit animated show Star Trek: Lower Decks which will air its fifth and final season in late 2024.

Given the similarities between the two characters, it's hard not to think that Taurik was the blueprint for Vorik on Star Trek: Voyager . According to the Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion , Taurik was the breakout character from "Lower Decks" and there was even talk about making him a recurring character had TNG continued for an eighth season. Jeri Taylor also suggested that Vorik and Taurik could be twins , according to Star Trek: The Next Generation 365 . Although this was a joke, it would be a good way to tie the two series together and explain Enberg playing both roles.

Source: Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion , Star Trek: The Next Generation 365

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The fifth entry in the Star Trek franchise, Star Trek: Voyager, is a sci-fi series that sees the crew of the USS Voyager on a long journey back to their home after finding themselves stranded at the far ends of the Milky Way Galaxy. Led by Captain Kathryn Janeway, the series follows the crew as they embark through truly uncharted areas of space, with new species, friends, foes, and mysteries to solve as they wrestle with the politics of a crew in a situation they've never faced before. 

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation is the third installment in the sci-fi franchise and follows the adventures of Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew members of the USS Enterprise. Set around one hundred years after the original series, Picard and his crew travel through the galaxy in largely self-contained episodes exploring the crew dynamics and their own political discourse. The series also had several overarching plots that would develop over the course of the isolated episodes, with four films released in tandem with the series to further some of these story elements.

• Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Episode 6 Is A Welcome Classic TNG Episode Reminder

• "Whistlespeak" in Star Trek: Discovery pays homage to TNG's "Darmok" with a unique language element.
• Despite a promising setup, Discovery's use of whistlespeak was abandoned early in the episode.
• The episode missed an opportunity to use whistlespeak creatively to resolve the story's conflict.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 6, "Whistlespeak" contains a welcome reminder of a classic episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation . Discovery season 5 is a sequel to TNG season 6, episode 20, "The Chase", and so connections to the iconic Star Trek show are expected. Discovery season 5, episode 6, written by Kenneth Lin and Brandon Schultz, and directed by Chris Byrne, is a reminder of a completely different TNG episode , however. In "Whistlespeak", Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and Lt. Sylvia Tilly (Mary Wiseman) visit the pre-warp planet of Halem'no, where Burnham's forced to break the Prime Directive.

While the story of a pre-warp society forming a religion around failing technology is a well-worn Star Trek trope now, Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 6 makes a good stab at bringing something new to the table. One of the most interesting aspects of "Whistlespeak" is the titular language spoken by the Halem'nites. At the start of the episode, Burnham explains to Tilly that the Halem'nites have two languages, a phonetic language for day-to-day interactions, and whistlespeak for communication across distances. This completely alien language is a reminder of Star Trek: The Next Generation season 5, episode 2, "Darmok" .

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How star trek: discovery season 5, episode 6 recalls tngs darmok.

In Star Trek: The Next Generation season 5, episode 2, "Darmok", Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) is stranded on an alien world with a Tamarian captain whose complex language of metaphors is incompatible with the universal translator. It's only through unpicking the alien language of Captain Dathon (Paul Winfield) that Picard can find a way off the planet. "Darmok" is one of Captain Picard's best TNG episodes , and a wonderful Star Trek story about the importance of communication, no matter how alien the other person's language is.

"Darmok" marked Starfleet's official First Contact with the Tamarians, leading to at least one member of the species, Kayshon, becoming a Starfleet officer in Star Trek: Lower Decks .

From the opening, it appeared that Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 6, "Whistlespeak" was going to tell a similar story. However, Burnham and Tilly's universal translators quickly translate the Halem'nites' second language before they even beam down to the surface . It's odd that understanding and using Halem'nite whistlespeak isn't a key part of the story, especially as Tilly becomes stranded inside the High Summit weather station with Ravah (June Laporte). Despite this great distance, Burnham doesn't deploy any whistlespeak to help Ravah and Tilly with their predicament , instead opting to beam directly into the weather station's control room.

Why Discovery Season 5, Episode 6 Didnt Do More With Whistlespeak

Star Trek 's Tamarians unique language of metaphors was certainly easier to write in the script for Star Trek: The Next Generation 's "Darmok". Lines like " Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra " are more poetic and enigmatic than increasingly complicated whistling. It's likely for this reason that Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 6 abandoned whistlespeak almost immediately, barring the coda at the end of the episode. There was perhaps a feeling among Discovery 's writers that having Burnham and Tilly communicate purely by whistling would undermine the life-threatening drama of the situation.

The weather station in which Tilly and Ravah were trapped was designed by Star Trek: Enterprise 's Denobulans, who installed them on Halem'no to help its people cope with the punishing dust storms.

Given that the whistespeak was a unique element of Star Trek: Discovery 's formulaic pre-warp planet, it feels disappointing that the episode didn't do more with it. Burnham could have saved herself from breaking the Prime Directive by using whistlespeak to communicate some means to stop the weather tower from suffocating Ravah and Tilly to death. Instead, "Whistlespeak" opted for an abrupt conclusion that just beamed Burnham into the heart of the action to save the day. However, given that Star Trek: The Next Generation 's "Darmok" is an unimpeachable classic, it may have been wise for Star Trek: Discovery to avoid remaking it.

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Star Trek: Discovery

Star Trek: Discovery is an entry in the legendary Sci-Fi franchise, set ten years before the original Star Trek series events. The show centers around Commander Michael Burnham, assigned to the USS Discovery, where the crew attempts to prevent a Klingon war while traveling through the vast reaches of space.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation is the third installment in the sci-fi franchise and follows the adventures of Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew members of the USS Enterprise. Set around one hundred years after the original series, Picard and his crew travel through the galaxy in largely self-contained episodes exploring the crew dynamics and their own political discourse. The series also had several overarching plots that would develop over the course of the isolated episodes, with four films released in tandem with the series to further some of these story elements.

‘My Adventures With Superman’: What To Expect From Season 2

The sophomore season is promising: more action, more villains, and even more Kryptonians.

It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's a second season of one of the best DC animated shows ever made, My Adventures with Superman ! Adult Swim's not-so-adult reimagining of the Man of Steel was widely praised by critics and fans alike when it premiered in 2023, finally bringing Clark Kent ( Jack Quaid ) to his wholesome, friendly roots. The show truly could not have come at a better time. We've been in the midst of an age of evil Superman archetypes through shows like The Boys and Invincible (both of which are excellent shows; they just aren't the most lighthearted). Plus, the Superman mythos is set to be dramatically reshaped with James Gunn and David Corensweet 's highly anticipated feature film that will start an all-new cinematic universe.

Season 1 of My Adventures with Superman somehow fulfilled the impossible by making the universally known origin story of Clark Kent feel fresh and original. While he learns of his dramatic heritage linked to the planet Krypton, Clark also forms lifelong bonds with his best friend, Jimmy Olsen ( Ishmel Sahid ), and the love of his life, Lois Lane ( Alice Lee ). The prior season saw Superman come into his own by fighting a wide variety of villains, but all of them pale in comparison to the threats he may face in Season 2 .

To learn more about the return of DC's acclaimed anime-inspired series, as well as its cast, trailer, release date, and more, here is everything we know so far about My Adventures with Superman Season 2 .

My Adventures With Superman

Clark Kent builds his secret Superman identity and embraces his role as the hero of Metropolis, while sharing adventures and falling in love with Lois, a star investigative journalist, who also takes Jimmy Olsen under her wing.

When is 'My Adventures with Superman' Season 2 Coming Out?

Superman and his super friends will officially return when My Adventures with Superman Season 2 begins with a two-episode premiere , airing Saturday, May 25, 2024, on cable and Sunday, May 26 on streaming in the U.S.

Where Can You Watch 'My Adventures with Superman' Season 2?

Just like Season 1, My Adventures with Superman Season 2 will first be premiering on the Adult Swim channel on May 25th. Those who don't have access to a live-television subscription do have an alternative, as new episodes of My Adventures with Superman Season 2 will be available to stream and watch on Max one day after they premiere on Adult Swim. May is priming up to be a very big month for Adult Swim and Max, as it's also the same month where the hit surreal animated comedy Smiling Friends will also be returning for its second season .

Does 'My Adventures with Superman' Season 2 Have a Trailer?

Adult Swim finally gave us our first long-awaited look at My Adventures with Superman Season 2 with a new trailer on May 31st, teasing more than a few exciting developments. The trailer itself seems to be trying to emulate that of a classic superhero show trailer one would see on late-90s/early 2000s Cartoon Network, which is fitting since My Adventures with Superman is premiering during Adult Swim's Toonami block. The trailer also reveals that many of the foes Clark faced in Season 1 will be coming back, but it seems that some familiar faces from Superman lore will be arriving as well. A few bombshells dropped in the footage teases Alex's ( Max Mittelman ) true identity as Lex Luthor, the arrival of Brainiac ( Michael Emerson ), and the dramatic reveal of Clark's cousin Supergirl.

Who Stars in 'My Adventures with Superman' Season 2?

Much of the voice cast of Season 1 will be returning for Season 2, starting with Jack Quaid as Clark Kent, also known as Kal-El, also known as Superman. Known for playing fun-loving and lovable protagonists (except that one time in the fifth Scream movie), Quaid is arguably best known for his work in a much different and much darker superhero show as Hughie Campbell from The Boys . Quaid is also known for starring in the sadly recently cancelled Star Trek: Lower Decks and the Best Picture-winning Oppenheimer .

My Adventures with Superman is also unique in how it focuses on Superman's companions, starting with whipsmart and dedicated reporter Lois Lane, voiced by Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist star Alice Lee. Along with her is Clark's best friend Jimmy, voiced by Jury Duty star Ishmel Sahid. Other side characters we could see appear are History's Crazy Rich Ancients star Darrell Brown as Perry White and The Man in the High Castle star Joel de la Fuente as Generaal Sam Lane.

Many members of Superman's rogue's gallery are set to appear , including but not limited to the following:

• Jake Green ( The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild ) as Parasite
• Zehra Fazal ( How to Get Away with Murder ) as Livewire
• Debra Wilson ( Star Wars Jedi: Survivor ) as Amanda Waller
• Chris Parnell ( Rick and Morty ) as Deathstroke
• Max Mittelman ( One Punch Man ) as Lex Luthor
• Michael Emerson ( Fallout ) as Brainiac

No word yet on who will be voicing Supergirl or General Zod, both of whom have been heavily teased.

What is the 'My Adventures with Superman' Story So Far?

My Adventures with Superman Season 1 began with Clark and Jimmy beginning their journalism careers at the Daily Bugle. There, Clark meets and immediately falls for Lois Lane, but a conflict forms as Lois seeks to expose the vigilante superhero known as Superman. During his early days as the Man of Steel, Superman does battle with more than a few villains, such as Parasite and Livewire. However, some of the biggest threats he ends up doing battle with are Amanda Waller, Deathstroke, and a mysterious figure known as "The General" ( the latter of whom is later revealed to be Lois' father ).

Along this journey, Clark's secret identity as Superman is eventually revealed to Lois and Jimmy, and while it takes them some time to adjust, they still love their friend. Clark also learns more about his heritage as a Kryptonian, decoding some strange messages from his real-life father, Jor-El ( Jason Marnocha ). Season 1 ends with a direct tease of Brainiac having a conversation with a masked Kryptonian Warrior, who immediately becomes connected to General Zod when they say the people of Earth will "kneel".

Will 'My Adventures with Superman' Get a Season 3?

With My Adventures with Superman completed and ready for release, many fans may be wondering if the show will be renewed for Season 3. No renewal has been announced at this time , but if Season 2 is a success, then My Adventures with Superman Season 3 is a real possibility. Until then, if you're among those who have yet to experience the beloved show, My Adventures with Superman Season 1 is currently available to stream on Max in the U.S.

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