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Star Trek: Discovery's Final Adventure to Premiere Globally on April 4

The thrilling fifth and final season is almost here!

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Paramount+ today revealed Star Trek: Discovery 's highly anticipated final adventure will premiere globally on April 4. The first two episodes of the series’ 10-episode final season will be available to stream at launch, with new episodes dropping weekly on Thursdays.

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

Star Trek: Discovery | Season 5 Sneak Peek

Star Trek: Discovery  Season 5 cast members include Sonequa Martin-Green (Captain Michael Burnham), Doug Jones (Saru), Anthony Rapp (Paul Stamets), Mary Wiseman (Sylvia Tilly), Wilson Cruz (Dr. Hugh Culber), David Ajala (Cleveland “Book” Booker), Blu del Barrio (Adira) and Callum Keith Rennie (Rayner). Season 5 also features recurring guest stars’ Elias Toufexis (L’ak) and Eve Harlow (Moll).

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When does the final season of 'Star Trek: Discovery' come out? Release date, cast, where to watch

It's time for U.S.S. Discovery's final mission.

Paramount+'s hit TV series "Star Trek: Discovery" is returning for its fifth and final season this week and there is a lot to look forward to.

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

"Star Trek: Discovery" debuted in 2017 and is the seventh in the Star Trek series. Here's everything you need to know about the final season of the series.

When does 'Star Trek: Discovery' Season 5 premiere?

The finale season of "Star Trek: Discovery" is scheduled to premiere on Paramount+ on Thursday, April 4.

The first two episodes will be available to stream on the premiere date, with new episodes dropping weekly on Thursdays. Paramount+ did not specify what time the episodes will be available on their platform.

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'Star Trek: Discovery' Season 5 episodes

Season 5 of "Star Trek: Discovery" has 10 episodes in total. The first two will be available to stream on April 4, with the remaining dropping weekly on Thursday on Paramount+.

'Star Trek: Discovery' Season 5 cast

Season 5 of "Star Trek: Discovery" brings back new and old faces along with recurring guest stars. Cast members include:

• Sonequa Martin-Green as Captain Michael Burnham
• Doug Jones as Saru
• Anthony Rapp as Paul Stamets
• Mary Wiseman as Sylvia Tilly
• Wilson Cruz as Dr. Hugh Culber
• David Ajala as Cleveland “Book” Booker
• Blu del Barrio as Adira
• Callum Keith Rennie as Rayner.
• Elias Toufexis as L’ak
• Eve Harlow as Moll

'Star Trek: Discovery' Season 5 trailer

Paramount+ dropped the official trailer for Season 5 on Feb. 23.

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Star Trek: Discovery co-showrunner Alex Kurtzman previously told TVLine that the sci-fi drama's fifth and final season was dependent on a "very significant" Star Trek Easter egg , and we finally know what he meant by that.

The season's first two episodes, which are now streaming on Paramount+, sent the Discovery crew on one last adventure to find the missing clues spread throughout the galaxy that will lead them to the ancient device used by an ancient species, known as the Progenitors, to create life as we know it.

So, who are the Progenitors? In the Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 episode "The Chase," Captain Picard (played by Sir Patrick Stewart) assembled Cardassian and Klingon representatives on a remote, uninhabited planet to combine their DNA samples with that of the final piece of a strange puzzle. A scan of the object then unlocked a hidden message from the Progenitors, who revealed that they were responsible for all life in the Alpha Quadrant.

That came into play in the premiere , as outlaws Moll ( Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Eve Harlow) and L'ak ( Shadowhunters ' Elias Toufexis) stole a tan zhekran - a traditional Romulan puzzle box; Narek (Harry Treadaway) used one as a thinking aid in Star Trek: Picard Season 1 - from an 800-year-old Romulan science vessel.

The Federation was also heavily invested in finding this mystery box, and Dr. Kovich and Admiral Vance remained tightlipped while briefing Burnham on a secretive mission to retrieve it. Captain Burnham nearly caught Moll and L'ak aboard the science vessel but they escaped to the Dune -like planet Q'mau.

There, the fugitive duo convinced a Synth dealer named Fred to open the box under the guise of selling it along with other timeless treasures, including a self-sealing stem bolt (frequently mentioned throughout Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , though their specific use is unclear) and an old tricorder (a hand-held sensor issued by Starfleet that can be used for scanning, recording and analyzing data). 

Naturally, the deal fell apart once Fred opened the box and revealed the diary hidden inside. We later learn that it belonged to Dr. Vellek, a Romulan who was present when Picard & Co. unlocked that message from the Progenitors.

Dr. Vellek found the ancient humanoids' life-creating device and recorded everything he knew about it in that diary. He then hid the device sometime before disappearing 800 years ago, and the diary contains important clues - such as the drawing of two moons - to find it.

Book and Burnham tracked Moll and L'ak to Q'mau, where they came upon Fred's lifeless body. As they continued pursuing the outlaws, Culber, Stamets and Saru examined Fred aboard Discover y and realized that he was built from one of Dr. Soong's designs.

Dr. Noonien Soong (Brent Spiner) created several android prototypes, including Data, Lore and B-4 - all portrayed by Spiner throughout TNG's seven-season run.

L'ak and Mall again evaded Burnham & Co., but not before starting a catastrophic avalanche that forced the Discovery captain and a frustratingly aggressive Captain Raynor ( The Umbrella Academy's Callum Keith Rennie) to refocus their efforts on saving a nearby settlement.

When the dust settled, Saru, who'd been mulling an offer to leave Discovery and become a Federation ambassador, accepted the new position to stay close to President T'Rina. That was met with a surprising proposal from T'Rina, who politely suggested they codify their mutual commitment in a more official capacity.

But not everyone was in a celebratory mood. In Episode 2 , Federation officials - including President Villak and Admiral Vance - opened an inquiry into Raynor's actions on Q'mau and the avalanche that caused a messy cleanup. When pressed, Burnham admitted to disagreeing with how Raynor handled things and Raynor called the meeting a waste of time.  

While the Federation mulled his future, Discovery embarked on a trip to Lyrek in search of another clue. The uninhabited planet was used by the Promellians as a burial ground before the species went extinct. (In the TNG episode "Booby Trap," we learned that early Federation starships were influenced by their design.)

In their exploration of the forest-heavy planet, Burnham and Saru accidentally tripped a complex security system which launched droids that immediately opened fire. Saru leaped into action, though, drawing the killer bots away and buying Tilly enough time to disarm them. He and Burnham then reached their target location, where they uncovered a Romulan revlav, aka a message in a poem.

While all of that was happening, Book reached out to Moll and L'ak about buying the diary, which he knew would be a hot commodity in the galaxy. But his conversation with the fugitives revealed something else. Studying Moll's image later on, Book figured out why Moll seemed so familiar. Her real name was Malinne and she was the daughter of his mentor Cleveland Book IV, making her the closest thing to family he has left.

Back on Lyrek, the looming threat of the security system acting up again forced Burnham and Saru to bail, but they did recover an important piece of the puzzle. Burnham hypothesized that it was part of a map that was broken into five portions. With the first one in their possession, they needed to find the remaining pieces before L'ak and Moll. Their next destination? Trill.

But first, Burnham needed to secure a new Number One. She turned to Raynor, who'd been asked by Vance to retire. In offering him Saru's old role, she was giving him a second chance - one that had been granted to her back in Season 1.

What did you think of the first two episodes of Star Trek: Discovery's final season? Grade them below, and share your thoughts about the overarching mystery in the comments.

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'Star Trek: Discovery' opens its 5th and final season in unremarkable fashion (Red Directive recap)

Hello smartmatter, my old friend, I've come to watch you once again. Because no item is impossible, it makes the story unbelievable... ♬

Warning: Spoilers ahead for "Star Trek: Discovery" season 5, episode 1

Well, here we are. Again. It's the fifth and final time around for "Star Trek: Discovery" and the single biggest question every sci-fan will be asking themselves is, will this season actually be any good. The tragic thing is, no one can really remember what happened in season 4 and that speaks directly to the fact that "Discovery" is not exactly a high-scoring show when it comes to rewatchability.

It's been two years and two weeks, give or take a day, since we last saw the crew of the USS Discovery risk everything to save all life in the universe, again. During that time, we've seen a lot of sci-fi, both awesome and awful, including two seasons of " Picard " and " Strange New Worlds ," the third and final season of " The Orville ," season 1 of " Andor ," "The Book of Boba Fett," "Ahsoka" and the less said about "Obi-Wan Kenobi," the better. If you're wondering where to see all that Trek, check out our Star Trek streaming guide for Paramount Plus and more.

Not to mention, the vastly underrated second season of "Invasion" and "Halo" seasons 1 and 2, plus, the first mind-blowing season of "Silo" the second and sadly last season of " Avenue 5 " and two seasons of " For All Mankind ." The point is that the standard has, for the most part, been refreshingly high. And frankly before we even get into season 5 of "Discovery," it's worth remembering that what executive producers and showrunners Alex Kurtzman  and Michelle Paradise have given us up until now, has not exactly been a consistently high quality of sci-fi writing. In fact, it's been rather disappointing.

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Are we in-store for another cookie-cutter season of what's-in-the-box plot threads that deliver misdirected build ups with unsatisfying pay offs...you know like we have for the past two seasons plus all three seasons of "Picard"..? Even "Andor," despite its peak and trough-style of repetitive set-piece storytelling, was impressive and that was down to how well those set pieces had been fleshed out along with well written character development and dialogue. Less can very easily be so much more. 

Moreover, now we're in the 32nd century and we've seen that transporter technology can be used to replace stairs and even change outfits, so to be perfectly honest, there really isn't a single story idea that cannot be solved by a simple combination of transporter and replicator technology. Not to mention smartmatter. Ah, hello smartmatter, my old friend. Because this is what happens when you throw three seasons of a "Star Trek" series 1,164 years into the future.

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Regardless, it would seem that within the story, between four and six months have passed since the events of last season , where you may remember, the United Federation of Planets was desperately trying to save all life as we know from being accidentally exterminated by species 10-C, all while Ruon Tarka (Shawn Doyle) was still hell bent on using the illudium Q-36 explosive space modulator to destroy the dark matter anomaly. Book (David Ajala) gets killed when his ship explodes then bought back to life before he faces repercussions for siding with Tarka. General Ndoye (Phumzile Sitole) seems to get away scot-free despite sabotaging the Discovery's warp drive and everyone lives happily ever after. 

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Coming in at nearly 60 minutes long, the premiere episode is titled "Red Directive" and drops at the same time as the second episode, entitled "Under The Twin Moons." Michelle Paradise wrote the former, which could explain why it's so dull, and Olatunde Osunsanmi directed. The latter was written by Alan B. McElroy and directed by Douglas Aarniokoski, so fingers the second installment might be a bit better. Aarniokoski directed the season 3 premiere episode of "Picard" and while the rest of that was a disappointing, drawn out, nostalgia-fueled, 10-episode long epilogue to another series that ended three decades ago, the premiere installment was actually okay. 

The gang seems mostly all here, including Lt. Tilly (Mary Wiseman) and Adira (Blu del Barrio) and there are some characters who don't seem to have made it back, some of whom will be very much missed, like Grudge, while others won't be. No sign of Zora yet either. It's also entirely likely that the amazing talents of Callum Keith Rennie, who plays a Starfleet Captain named Rayner, will be spectacularly underused, much like Todd Stashwick was in season 3 of "Picard."

Credit to the production team though, as they're are really making the most of their Volume-esque video wall soundstage. There are a couple of interesting choices in terms of editing, much like there were in the second season premiere where Alex Kurtzman showed us what he'd learned in the Vince Gilligan School of Cinematography. It's doubtful we'll ever see them again, just like we didn't before. 

To conclude then, the opening episode of the final season "Star Trek: Discovery" is a far, far cry from strong openings that this show has demonstrated it's capable of in the past. And that's a sentence we've had to write far too many times. The TNG throwback right at the end is...well, disappointing, mostly because of the extent that nostalgic fan service has been dialed up since the first episode of Nu-Trek aired in September 2017. However, it could still provide an interesting story thread — we will just have to wait and see.

The fifth and final season of "Star Trek: Discovery" and every episode of every "Star Trek" show — with the exception of "Star Trek: Prodigy" — currently streams exclusively on Paramount Plus in the US while "Prodigy" has found a new home o n Netflix.  

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Star Trek: Discovery Season 5: How Many Episodes & When Do New Episodes Come Out?

By Apoorv Rastogi

Viewers of Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 are wondering how many episodes are in the series and when each new episode comes out. The American science fiction series takes place in the Star Trek universe and is set ten years before the events of the original series. The show focuses on the escapades of the crew of the USS Discovery, led by Commander Michael Burnham. Having disrupted centuries’ worth of peace by igniting a war, Captain Burnham is court-martialed for her actions and ultimately reassigned to the Discovery. With the help of her crew, Burnham strives to explore new worlds and find an appropriate solution to the war.

Here’s how many episodes are in Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 and on what day new episodes come out.

How many episodes are in Star Trek: Discovery Season 5?

Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 has ten episodes.

The episode list is as follows:

• Episode 1: Red Directive
• Episode 2: Under the Twin Moons
• Episode 3: Jinaal
• Episode 4: Face the Strange
• Episode 5: Mirrors
• Episode 6: Whistlespeak
• Episode 7: Erigah
• Episode 8: Labyrinths
• Episode 9: Lagrange Point
• Episode 10: Life, Itself

The series has continuously released a lesser number of episodes with each passing season. As a result, season five becomes the installment with the least number of episodes compared to its last two predecessors, which featured 13 episodes apiece. The series’ last season has already released its first two episodes. The remaining episodes are scheduled to come out every week, with the series finale set to air in May 2024.

The cast of Star Trek: Discovery includes Sonequa Martin-Green, who reprises her role as Captain Burnham. Joining her are a hoard of recurring faces, including Doug Jones, Mary Wiseman, Anthony Rapp, Wilson Cruz, David Ajala, and more.

When do new Star Trek: Discovery episodes come out?

New Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 episodes typically come out every Thursday.

The official synopsis for the series reads:

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

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I love that star trek: discovery season 5's premiere cut to the chase.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 opens with a bold storytelling tactic that sets it apart from previous years' season-long mysteries, and it's awesome.

Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Discovery Season 5, Episode 1 - "Red Directive"

• Star Trek: Discovery season 5 changes its formula by revealing the treasure right away, leading to a fast-paced chase.
• The Progenitors' technology is the galaxy's greatest treasure, connecting back to a dropped TNG plot thread.
• This season streamlines the storytelling, focusing on a thrilling adventure and unity themes for fans old and new.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5's premiere episode, "Red Directive", cuts right to the chase, and it's fantastic. Discovery has a history of taking time to set up the mysteries at the heart of its season-long arcs, with necessary introductions of new threats that require investigation on the part of Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and the crew of the USS Discovery. Discovery 's second, third, and fourth seasons followed a relatively typical formula, with clues doled out throughout the season promising answers to the central questions: Who is the Red Angel? What caused the Burn? Why is the DMA destroying planets?

Each season of Star Trek: Discovery tightens the mystery formula a little more, so the subsequent season manages to top the last. Discovery season 4's Dark Matter Anomaly story was the series' best to date, with high stakes for the fate of the galaxy and the relationship between Michael Burnham and Cleveland Booker (David Ajala), and a signature Star Trek moral dilemma at the center of it all. Promotional material for Star Trek: Discovery season 5 promised that the USS Discovery's crew would race others in a sprawling search for the "greatest treasure in the galaxy" , so the natural question that premise raises should be "What is the treasure?" But it isn't.

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Star trek: discovery season 5's premiere answered the season's mystery right away, knowing what the treasure is so soon changes discovery's pace for the better..

Unlike previous seasons, Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 1 , "Red Directive", answers the season's mystery right away, instead of dragging clues out throughout the season. The greatest treasure in the galaxy is the technology used by ancient humanoids, now called the Progenitors, to create life, which was then seeded across the galaxy to become all the sentient humanoid species in the Star Trek universe, including humans. With that question out of the way, Discovery can get right into the action, as each member of the USS Discovery crew leans into their strengths to stop adversaries Moll (Eve Harlow) and L'ak (Elias Toufexis) from getting their hands on the first clue.

Discovery is no longer strictly a mystery -- it's a chase.

It's a great change of pace for Star Trek: Discovery season 5 to just hit the ground running. As Captain Michael Burnham tells the enigmatic Dr. Kovich (David Cronenberg) near the end of "Red Directive", Burnham can't work in the dark, and the same is true for Discovery as a show. Sure, Michael can find workarounds to get the answers, like asking Lt. Sylvia Tilly (Mary Wiseman) to do some digging into the Federation secret archives, but it's best when the cards are on the table, and everyone has the same information. Knowing that the target is Progenitor technology from the start means Discovery is no longer strictly a mystery -- it's a chase.

Discovery Season 5's Treasure Connects to TNG Directly

Tng's dropped plot thread gets woven into the fabric of discovery season 5's grander themes..

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 isn't just any chase, either; it's a sequel to Star Trek: The Next Generation season 6, episode 20, "The Chase", which explains the similarities between Star Trek 's humanoid species by giving them a common ancestor. Discovery 's Kovich specifically namedrops Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) when sharing information with Captain Burnham. Starfleet's archival footage is lifted directly from TNG , with Picard joined by Klingon, Cardassian, and Romulan representatives as they learn about the Progenitors creating life and seeding it across the galaxy. One previously nameless Romulan, Doctor Vellek (Michael Copeman), is highlighted as the brilliant scientist whose work forms the basis of Discovery 's first clue.

Dr. Kovich's crash course in 24th-century history refreshes "The Chase" to get new and old fans alike up to speed.

Connecting Star Trek: Discovery season 5's story directly to a revelation from TNG that was never properly followed up on is a great way to get the audience - especially Star Trek diehards - invested from the start. Dr. Kovich's crash course in 24th-century history refreshes "The Chase" to get new and old fans alike up to speed, and suggests revisiting the Progenitors fits right in with Discovery 's deeply overarching themes of unity and hope. Rather than drawing a single mystery out for the entire season, Star Trek: Discovery season 5 looks like it'll be a fast-paced adventure with individual clues leading to the actual greatest treasure in the galaxy: an amazing Star Trek story.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 streams Thursdays on Paramount+.

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One last adventure!

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It's time for one last adventure in Star Trek: Discovery season 5 as Sonequa Martin Green's Michael Burnham returns for the final season!

Martin-Green, who recently opened up to RadioTimes.com about "feeling at peace" with the show ending after season 5 , will return alongside Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman and more.

She recently told us: "We found that after the fact, right – we had shot all of season 5, and thought it was just another season, and then found out a few months later, after we had wrapped [that it would be the final season]."

"Then we went back to do a shoot, and really wrap up the series," Martin-Green continued.

"And yes, it was bittersweet, but I always felt a great sense of peace about it. TV has changed, and we're in the streaming era, and so I feel that five seasons is solid. I think we had a good run, you know? So I always felt peace."

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Let’s Fly! ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 5 Is Available Now

Star Trek: Discovery ’s final season has officially taken flight. Sonequa Martin-Green returns as Captain Michael Burnham, and she’s joined by Doug Jones’ Saru, Anthony Rapp’s Lt. Commander Paul Stamets, Wilson Cruz’s Dr. Hugh Culber, Blu del Barrio’s Adira , David Ajala’s Cleveland Booker, Callum Keith’s Rennie Rayner, and Mary Wiseman’s Lt. Sylvia Tilly.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 is available now on Paramount+ in both the U.S. and the U.K. (The most basic Paramount+ plan costs $5.99 in the U.S. and £6.99 in the U.K.). The first two episodes have been released as part of a celebratory premiere, and the new season certainly begins with a bang. Though Michael is still reeling from Booker’s departure, she and the crew of the Discovery are soon sent on a classified mission—a red directive—to track down a previously missing Romulan science vessel, which was last seen 800 years ago. But Star Fleet isn’t the only one looking for the Romulan ship (and whatever it contains), and soon enough, all hell breaks loose.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 will have a total of 10 episodes—this is shorter than previous seasons of Star Trek: Discovery , which have all had between 13-15 episodes, but it is more in line with other modern Star Trek episode counts, like Star Trek: Strange New Worlds . New episodes will be released individually on Thursdays from now on. The finale will be available to watch on May 30. The episode titles and release dates for Star Trek: Discovery ’s final season are as follows:

• “Red Directive”—April 4
• “Under the Twin Moons”—April 4
• “Jinaal”—April 11
• “Face the Strange”—April 18
• “Mirrors”—April 25
• “Whistlespeak”—May 2
• “Erigah”—May 9
• “Labyrinths”—May 16
• “Lagrange Point”—May 23
• “Life, Itself”—May 30

If you’re in need of a recap before diving into Discovery season 5, Whoopi Goldberg is here to help. Watch the video, below.

So, are you ready to say goodbye to the crew of the Discovery?

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This Star Trek: Discovery article contains spoilers.

Since 2017, Star Trek: Discovery has been the flagship of the reborn Trek franchise on TV. Call it “NuTrek,” call it the continuing mission, call it “Star Trek Phase 3.” It doesn’t really matter. The fact is, Disco has been the focal point of new Trek canon since it hit nearly seven years ago. Now, with season 5, Discovery will be ending its journey, leaving Strange New Worlds and the forthcoming Starfleet Academy as the two live-action Trek shows for the foreseeable future.

But about that canon. As executive producer Alex Kurtzman recently said in an interview with Den of Geek magazine , any new Trek film created outside of the streaming TV shows will have to “have to honor all the canon we’ve created since Discovery .” To be clear, this doesn’t just mean outright new events and characters, but all the ways that Disco has interacted with preexisting Trek canon. From the Klingon war in 2017, to Spock and Pike in 2019, to the far-future events that began with season 3, Discovery touches all corners of the Trek canon. (And yes that even includes the Kelvin movies, since season 3 included the first overt reference to that timeline in a Trek TV series!)

Now, with the two-episode debut of season 5 , Discovery is even bringing in lore from a The Next Generation storyline, as a treasure hunt for an ancient Progenitor artifact begins. Here are the very best easter eggs and canon connections…

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The Founding of the Federation

Near the start of the episode, the crew is celebrating a “millennium celebration” for the Federation. A waiter brings Tilly, Burnham , Adira, Culber, and Stamets a round of cocktails which represent the flag of the Federation. Tilly mentions that this marks “the founding of the Federation, it’s been a  thousand years…” Season 4 ended in roughly the year 3190, and it seems season 5 is in 3191.

So, how is this 1,000 years since 2161? Shouldn’t it be 1,030 years? Well, the waiter explains simply: “Give or take a few decades. Hard to celebrate during the Burn.” This references season 3, in which we learned that the galaxy was fragmented for over a century after a catastrophe essentially dissolved the the Federation. The era of Federation’s isolation ended in roughly 3189, partially thanks to the help of the Discovery crew. But, in 3161, at the exact millennium celebration, the Federation was still living in the post-Burn era.

Canonically, the year of “Federation Day” was established in The Next Generation episode “The Outcast” when Troi mentioned the year during a game of poker. The Enterprise finale “These Are the Voyages…” is thought to depict the signing of the Federation charter in 2161, though it’s not made entirely clear in that episode.

To be clear, this is not the same as “Frontier Day” from Picard season 3. Taking place in 2401, that holiday was supposed to commemorate 250 years since the first, most important mission of Starfleet, not the Federation. The first mission of Starfleet (pre-Federation) also occurred in the series Enterprise ; in the debut episode “Broken Bow.”

Tholian Republic and the Breen Imperium

In conversation with Saru, President T’Rina mentions concerns about the Tholian Republic and the Breen Imperium. The Tholians are the crystalline aliens first glimpsed in “The Tholian Web” in The Original Series . The Breen are aggressive enemies of the Federation, first mentioned in the TNG episode “The Loss,” but they didn’t appear until the Deep Space Nine episode “Indiscretion.”

Interestingly, because we don’t know what the Breen look like under their humanoid-ish suits, it’s possible they aren’t actually humanoids. The Tholians are also possibly not humanoids at all, either. These references seem particularly pointed since the entire story of Discovery season 5 involves species created by the humanoid Progenitors. Although this is just a theory, it’s very possible (likely?) that the Breen and Tholians are among many species not created by the Progenitors. After T’Rina mentions the Breen in the first episode, Rayner brings them up again in the second episode, saying, “The Breen are in-fighting over a new leader.” Will we see the Breen again in this season of Discovery ? It’s possible? That’s certainly a lot of Breen chatter!

Romulan science vessel from 800 years ago 

The Romulan science ship that Kovich sends the crew to investigate is from “800 years ago.” This means it’s from the late 2300s, sometime between 2380 and 2390. In other words, it’s from the TNG/DS9/Voyager era. And as we see in “Red Directive,” the design of this small, green Romulan ship is nearly identical to a TNG era Romulan scout ship. This style of ship first appeared in the episode “The Defector.”

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Fred, the android

Played by J. Adam Brown, the antique dealer is revealed to be a Soong-type android, who, very specifically, is reminiscent of Data. We later learn that this “Synth” was built based on the designs of Altan Soong, Data’s human brother first introduced in Picard season 1.

Fred mentions he hasn’t seen a specific puzzle box like the one containing the Romulan journal for “622.27 years.” This would mean that Fred has been around since at least 2569. Still Culber calls him a “surprisingly old model…dozens of generations before the kind of tech used for Gray’s body.” So, this means that Fred could be from the generation of androids that Altan Soong created before Soji and Dahj. Perhaps he was even a contemporary of Sutra, which would make it possible that he was present on the planet Coppelius in the Picard season 1 finale, “Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2.”

Then again, Stamets implies that perhaps Fred was built by someone else, who merely “honored” the designs of Altan Soong. This is, of course, a little weird, since Altan Soong was using designs created by his father, Noonian Soong. So, was Fred created in the late 24th century before Picard season 1? In the 25th century? Or the 26th? We’ll likely never know, but, as Fred says — in a perfect Data imitation — the questions around Fred’s creator are “intriguing.”

Self-sealing stem bolts

Among other “vintage tech,” Moll and L’ak are also trying to sell some “self-sealing stem bolts.” These thingamabobs date back to Deep Space Nine , where their exact purpose was shrouded in vagary. In reality, the self-sealing stem bolt is one of Trek ’s oldest inside jokes. In the episode “Progress,” Chief O’Brien admitted he didn’t even know what they did. 

Rayner, the Kellerun

Captain Rayner — played by Battlestar Galactica veteran Callum Keith Rennie — has some pretty specific alien ears. But he’s not a Romulan or a Vulcan. Instead, Rayner is a Kellerun. This is a super obscure Star Trek species, who, until now, only appeared in the DS9 episode “Armageddon Game.” This episode followed O’Brien and Bashir as they dealt with unwieldy bio weapons, and was written by Trek legend Morgan Gendel, perhaps most famous for his TNG script, “The Inner Light.”

The Progenitors 

The big revelation at the end of “Red Directive” is that the secret mission is all connected to a 24th century scientist named Dr. Velleck. As Kovich tells Burnham, this guy was in the background when Picard and Crusher discovered a hidden message from ancient humanoids called “The Progenitors.” As Kovich puts it, “We’ve been calling them the Progenitors. They created life as we know it. You. Me. Saru. Every humanoid species in the galaxy.”

This revelation originally comes from The Next Generation episode “The Chase,” though, in some ways, it retconned elements of The Original Series episode “The Paradise Syndrome,” in which Spock and Bones discussed the possibility that “the Preservers” were responsible for several humanoid races throughout the galaxy. Either way, Discovery season 5 is taking this TNG canon and running with it.

Next stop, somewhere on Trill 

The clue to the Progenitor tech will lead the crew to Trill in the near future. This will be the second time Discovery has gone to the Trill homeworld. The first visit happened in season 3, but of course, the Trill date back to TNG ’s “The Host.” Meanwhile, the planet Trill itself was first seen in the DS9 episode “Equilibrium.” Interestingly, with a return to Trill this season, Discovery will have more actual visits to this planet than any previous Trek series. 

A second chance 

When Burnham asks Rayner to become her first officer, following the inquiry that gets him removed from his own command, she says, “I got a second chance once, this is yours.” This echoes Burnham’s journey from season 1 of Discovery , during which time she went from being a prisoner, to becoming a science specialist, and eventually, first officer, and then, Captain. The concept of second chances is integral to all of Discovery , so, it’s fitting that as the final season begins, another Starfleet character is getting the same kind of opportunity that shaped Burnham, and the entire crew, seven years (and several centuries!) ago.

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Star Trek: Discovery Ends an Era With Season 5

The showrunners and stars on how they’re taking the disco to the final frontier one last time..

Seven years ago, Star Trek: Discovery debuted as the seventh Star Trek series in the illustrious and long-running science fiction franchise. Discovery, or Disco as it is affectionately known, was also the first Trek anything to debut on a streaming service. Its success made episodic Star Trek viable again after a 12-year dry spell, and now fans have a robust lineup of all kinds of Trek series on Paramount+ as a result.

But all starship missions eventually come to an end. So with Season 5 of Discovery, Captain Michael Burnham and her USS Discovery crew embark on their final adventure. We spoke to some of the creative team about what’s coming for Burnham, Book, Saru and more.

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From Season Finale to Series Finale

After the turmoil and complex resolution of the Dark Matter Anomaly story arc in Season 4, the fifth season opens with many Discovery characters contemplating both personal and professional change.

While showrunners Alex Kurtzman and Michelle Paradise told IGN that they didn’t go into writing the season knowing it would be the show’s last, their instincts to create transition points for much of their ensemble ended up lending itself to a consequential final season.

“Alex and I talked about it,” says Paradise. “And this season we explore such big themes and such big ideas. And in some ways, it felt like if [the end] were going to happen, this was the right season for that to happen because it feels almost like an ending.”

While the showrunners didn’t find out that this was the last season of the show until they had already finished shooting the body of the season itself, the studio wanted to give Captain Burnham and the Disco crew a proper send-off. And so they let Paradise, Kurtzman, and the team fine-tune the Season 5 finale so that it could also serve as a series finale.

“The studio and the network were kind enough to allow us to go back and shoot some additional material so that we could wrap up the series itself,” continues Paradise. “So I feel like if people didn't know that, they would come in thinking that we had planned from the beginning to make [it] the final season. And it's exciting that the way it ends feels satisfying and fulfilling in that way.”

For Sonequa Martin-Green, who stars as Captain Burnham, wrapping up the show was the culmination of an experience for the actress that she’ll always feel lucky to have had.

“My goodness, the journey of growth, the journey of evolution – you can parallel Burnham's life with my own, this time that I had as Michael Burnham and then as Captain Michael Burnham,” says Martin-Green. “My goodness, I'll never be the same again. And I am just grateful because I feel that God blessed me with an opportunity to act out some of the things that he was teaching me.”

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The Captain Conundrum

A starship operates only as well as its captain, which bodes well for both Discovery and Captain Michael Burnham, who is arguably hitting her professional stride at this point in aiding Earth’s re-entry into the Federation. Personally, it’s a little more complicated as she’s still wrestling with the open-ended separation from her partner, Cleveland "Book" Booker (David Ajala), after he chose to leave and help those impacted by the Dark Matter Anomaly last season.

“Stepping into Season 5, that relationship is fractured, and will it heal?” ponders Ajala. “Knowing these two individuals, I think they will put their best foot forward to try and make it happen. But there's still creases in the relationship. However, the two of them believe in each other. And so far as there's life in Book's body, he will always support all of Michael Burnham's endeavors. And likewise, she would do the same for him. So having said that, these two were just meant to be kindred spirits.”

Surprisingly, matters of the heart are also top of mind for Discovery Captain… err, First Officer Saru. But first, Doug Jones, who plays the Kelpien character, told us that rank issue is also complicated.

“I had reached captain status in Season 3, and I was captain of starship Discovery,” explains the actor. “And then in Season 4, with our special mission that we were on with the 10-C and exploring all that… I felt that I was needed and that Michael Burnham, with our brother/sister supportive relationship, that I would not be a captain, but be her Number One. Is it logical to keep two captains on the bridge of a ship? Can it go on forever? Should it go on forever? So Season 5 is an exploration of what else can Saru do.”

And what would any new position mean for the deepening relationship between Saru and the Vulcan President of Ni'Var, T’Rina? First introduced in Season 3, T’Rina has become an increasingly important part of Saru’s life.

“I have been courting the lovely President T'Rina this whole time, played by Tara Rosling, whom I adore,” says Jones. “And so, yes, that's evolving at the same time as the career. Can they evolve together? Can we find a blend in the two? That's our struggle, and that's our little issue to get through. It's kind of like a Hallmark movie.”

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The Disco’s Crew Highs… and Cast Lows

One of the strengths of Disco has been its varied crew of characters with their own stories and arcs that have kept audiences invested in the show. One of the best relationships that has unfolded across all five seasons has been the partnership between Paul ​​Stamets and Hugh Culber, played by Anthony Rapp and Wilson Cruz.

In this last season, Cruz said their unique relationship continues to grow, but Culber will get his own solo adventure that will surprise long-time viewers.

“I'm excited for people to see a different, new side of Culber,” says the actor. “I can say that. He has definitely experienced a lot of insane things in the five seasons and Season 5 is definitely up there with it. So I'm excited for [fans] to see him in a new light.”

With Lt. Silvia Tilly, actress Mary Wiseman remains a little giddy about her character’s love for her Captain, Oh Captain Burnham, and an upcoming memorable away mission together.

“I'm excited for people to see Tilly go on a very special adventure with her best friend, Michael Burnham,” says Wiseman, while Blu del Barrio promises that, much like Culber, their character Ensign Adira Tal will get to experience a shift that will challenge how everyone sees them going forward.

“Adira [goes] on a mission that they would probably, maybe from the past seeing Adira since they joined the ship, would probably imagine anybody else on the ship being in that position before they were in that position,” says del Barrio.

Of course, series ending also mean some of the cast’s wish-list episodes or arcs will remain unexplored. While much has been covered by the cast over the past seven years, there are a few clear, if good-natured grievances to be aired about what might have been if Discovery continued to cross the galaxies.

“How is it that we did not get the musical episode!?” laughs Cruz, clearly referring to the Strange New Worlds musical episode from last year. “I'm pissed off, O.K.!”

“I did not ever get to have a mirror Universe Adira and I'm so sad about that,” adds del Barrio. “It breaks my heart!”

But as any true Trekker knows, never say never with any crew in the Star Trek universe…

For even more on the new season, check out our Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 review for Episodes 1-4.

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Mark (Steven Yeun) is still trying to figure his shit out, especially as he comes to terms with a breakup and a complete confusion of his sense of purpose. And now Angstrom Levy (Sterling K. Brown) is back and threatening his family. Fuck, dude.

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‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Coming To SkyShowtime In Europe – All 5 Seasons

| February 29, 2024 | By: TrekMovie.com Staff 27 comments so far

If you live in a country in Europe that doesn’t have Paramount+ you have not been able to stream Star Trek: Discovery , but that all changes in March.

Disco on SkyShowtime

In Europe, Paramount Global has divided things up for streaming with the biggest markets (UK/Ireland, Germany/Austria/Switzerland, France, and Italy) getting a localized version of Paramount+ and the rest of the continent getting SkyShowtime, a joint venture with Comcast. When SkyShowtime launched last February it didn’t include all of the original Paramount+ Star Trek shows. But now S tar Trek: Discovery is finally arriving on the streaming service.

Seasons 1 – 3  of Discovery will be available to stream from March 8 and season 4 arrives on March 22. This is great news for fans in European countries without Paramount+ who lost access to the series when it was removed from Netflix at the end of 2021, shortly before the launch of season 4. Pluto did stream season 4 live in some markets but for most fans in SkyShowtime countries, this will be the first time getting access to the fourth season.

SkyShowtime will then debut the fifth and final season of  Discovery  on April 5, one day after the Paramount+ debut.

Here is SkyShowtime’s version of the new trailer…

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SkyShowtime also includes the new Paramount original shows Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Star Trek: Prodigy . In addition, the service has every season of the classic Star Trek shows (TOS, The Next Generation , Deep Space Nine , Voyager , and Enterprise ). Currently, SkyShowtime also has all three Kelvin Universe Star Trek movies as well as Star Trek: Nemesis . Amazon Prime Video streams Star Trek: Lower Decks and  Picard in the SkyShowtime markets.

In an interview with THR earlier this month, SkyShowtime CEO Monty Sarhan talked up their Star Trek offerings, saying “And we superserve fans. If you look at Star Trek, we have so much of this amazing franchise from Paramount. We have Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Voyager , Deep Space Nine , Star Trek: The Next Generation , Star Trek The Original Series , we have Enterprise – all of that, and we have almost all the movies. So if you’re a Star Trek fan, SkyShowtime is the place for you.”

Here is a SkyShowtime video from 2023 featuring Star Trek: Strange New Worlds  stars Rebecca Romijn and Anson Mount answering fan questions…

As a joint venture with Paramount Global and Comcast SkyShowtime offers a selection of content from Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, DreamWorks Animation, Paramount+, Showtime, Sky Studios, and Peacock along with original programming. It could be seen as a model for a potential joint venture that could bundle Paramount+ and Peacock together, which has reportedly been in discussion by Paramount and Comcast .

Here is a look at what’s coming in 2024 on SkyShowtime

SkyShowtime is available in Albania, Andorra, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden. It is available through select television providers in some markets and across Apple iOS, tvOS, Android devices, Android TV, Google Chromecast, LG TV, Samsung Smart TVs, and the web.

SkyShowtime is also introducing a new lower-cost ad-support tier in all of their markets starting April 23 with monthly subscription pricing starting at €3.99 to €5.99 (depending on the market).

For more info visit skyshowtime.com .

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Courageously spending millions of dollars to withhold content to spite Netflix, only to then not be able to show it to millions of viewers for another two and a half years, by which time the show is cancelled. Brilliant strategy.

Netflix was also providing funding for the show right (or at least, they were paying to be able to have the worldwide rights)? Paramount essentially paid money to be given less money, and then narrowed their audience in the process?

I seem to recall reading that Netflix paid so much to air the show internationally that it essentially funded the series.

that’s 100 percent true… they were paying over 100 million… then paramount gave it back and cancelled the deal before season 4 started pulling the rug out from under overseas fans. paramount even bragged about owning disco fully. then paramount paid for season 5 all by themselves… cut the order to 10 to save money and cancelled it before it even aired and delayed it another year. still doesn’t make sense. the show was paid in full by netflix until they ended the deal.

I guess on one hand you have to applaud them for thinking long term and truly wanting Star Trek to feel exclusive to one site. And also to ultimately have fans just pay for one site to watch all the new shows on instead of the multitude of places now.

But yeah it was also short sighted and they way overestimated people’s willingness to subscribe to yet another streaming site just to watch one show. And I’m guessing the overwhelming majority of Trek fans abroad would rather have Netflix since they still have all the classic shows which is 700 hours of Star Trek they can watch and Discovery with just a few seasons and episodes isn’t a huge pull for most unless they really love the show.

Now of course the show got cancelled over it partly due to Paramount hurting for money and cutting content. I’m sure that $100 million is looking mighty good right now.

Why the vitriol?

There’s a difference between deriding a corporate strategy and being a rude d*ck about a person for no good reason.

They clearly overestimated how much people wanted to watch Discovery or paying for another service to watch it and it cost Discovery in the end. A highly stupid move and the show probably could’ve went another 1-2 seasons.

And not being able to time the negotiations to coincide with when the service was up and running in more places was bonkers.

Yep! Made no sense. Especially since also Star Trek isn’t even that big abroad outside a few places, so it was never going to be a huge pull like it would be in America. I doubt few people in Italy were on pins and needles to get Discovery.

It wasn’t even people not wanting to pay for another service. Paramount+ simply wasn’t available in a lot of markets where people can watch Netflix.

Yeah obviously the bigger problem lol. Yeah none of it made any sense.

Talking about “shooting yourself on the foot”. Although sometimes I wonder how Paramount is being lead, with all the shenanigans about Trek movie announcement and now this total dropping of the ball. They should probably get a Ferengi to lead the company.

It’s wild. They waste money on a lot of things public and internal, but also are always imposing austerity measures – Paramount Pictures has probably been more known for being stingy over the last 35 years more than it has for its stretches of largesse. They announced a whole new slew of measures today that affect the studio, CBS, and Paramount+, on top of recent layoffs.

“SkyShowtime also includes the new Paramount original shows Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Star Trek: Prodigy. In addition, the service has every season of the classic Star Trek shows (TOS, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise).”

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Good for our fandom siblings across the pond who’ve been wanting to see the shows but have had to wait. But man, it really feels like CBS, Paramount, Viacom, or whatever corporate entity whose name we’re using this week to refer to Trek ’s owner-custodians has way more trouble than it should getting this franchise in front of appreciative eyeballs.

I wonder sometimes about the focus on exclusivity, and how it seems there’s typically just one carrier for a given Trek series in a given market. Not so many years ago (back when there was nothing newer in the franchise than Discovery ), at least here in the US one could stream the classic shows on not just one but several different services. Netflix, Hulu, Prime, and (for a short while) CBS: All Access all had the classic shows – TOS, TAS, TNG , DS9 , Voyager , Enterprise – simultaneously, rather than them being exclusive to just one single outlet. Eventually, as the old licensing agreements expired, the shows disappeared from Netflix, Hulu, and Prime (unless one got CBS:AA / Paramount+ as a Prime add-on channel), as they tried to make exclusive Trek a selling point for Paramount+, but that meant the franchise had less reach and exposure.

Obviously it’s better for us if Star Trek shows and movies are available through as many outlets as possible, but I can’t help but wonder whether it might be better for its corporate master, too. Would they ultimately do better keeping Star Trek exclusive to Paramount+ as a means of incentivizing subscriptions, or would the overall corporate empire make more money by licensing it out non-exclusively to a bunch of different services, like they did several years ago?

Only they have the data on which subscribers are only really watching for the legacy Star Trek content. I would think getting an infusion of licensing cash is a better business call than gatekeeping the legacy shows and movies since they can always claim Paramount+ is the only place to find the new shows. I understand the inclination to not try to feed the Netflix beast, but they have more money to burn than Paramount Global. It’s time to at least do some light “arms trading” again.

the netflix beast was paying for the entire discovery budget until paramount ended the deal before season 4 began. leaving the overseas fans with nothing. they killed the fanbase overseas and gave back 100 million dollars at the same time even though they weren’t ready to launch overseas p+. none of that made sense. and now netflix had prodigy which is kind of hilarious.

the only way trek grows is for people to find it… and no one’s gonna find shows exclusive on paramount plus. that means you have to be looking for trek specifically. i became a trekkie finding it accidentally on local tv years ago. they should sell trek everywhere… legacy or new show and new shows are soon to be legacy shows.

The issue for Paramount is that they can’t get a handle on how to best benefit from that growth. Licensing Trek out exposes it to more people and brings them lucrative fees and likely a fair amount of trickle down merchandising revenue. Probably would stoke some renewed interest in new content, be it legacy sequels or more shows like Discovery.

Licensing also benefits competing streamers and feeds them in a market Paramount has a vested interest in on two fronts – as a fellow streamer with a sizable base but profitability issues, and as a broadcaster with a huge but waning empire that Netflix wants to destroy.

If all competitors fall by the wayside and Netflix is the only streamer, then it will have too much outsized power in all aspects of negotiations, and that’s a real danger. As an aside, Hollywood studios really should have left Netflix, Apple and Amazon to negotiate with the unions separately – they are not playing the same long game.

Paramount is also so used to having an outsized stake in the distribution and revenue new Trek ventures generate, Prodigy being exclusively on a rival streamer it has no investment in is pretty wild.

In the end, content is still king and Paramount+ needs a big library and a steady stream of new shows to remain relevant, but I agree they could stand to start licensing again, otherwise they’ll never be able to afford paying for it.

i became a trekkie when i was home sick as a kid and came across it… city on the edge and ive loved all of it ever since… with varying degrees of love. i agree it should be available to everyone at some point so people can find it. if it’s exclusive to one streaming channel few people get then that means people need to search out trek specifically.

Originally I supported the idea of Star Trek being exclusive to one site. It would funnel fans to one site obviously and save them money in the long term. Seeing where things are today I couldn’t have been more wrong.

I obviously understand keeping the new shows in one place but I imagine it was the classic shows most people watched and that probably created more new fans for the base because it was accessible in so many places. I would see people saying they watch watched Star Trek for the first time on Netflix or Hulu.

Now it forces new fans to subscribe to a site many still don’t see eager to subscribe to. And when it was already on 3 other sites, chances are everyone had at least one of them as a regular subscriber.

It seems to have made the fanbase much smaller, especially since there seem to be very little new fans checking out the new shows because it’s just very limited on where to watch it

I’m really hoping in the future the classic shows gets distributed to other streamers again (but still staying on P+ of course). And maybe in time for the newer shows too. Paramount+ is just not a strong enough site to bring in more fans and the new shows feel like they are in a tiny bubble due to lack of exposure.

And when you have MAX which has over twice the amount of subs and with a higher monthly cost now licensing their DC content to Netflix again maybe it’s time for Paramount to follow suit

(this is more about paramount being a mess vs star trek but) paramount was getting paid 100 million plus from netflix to air discovery overseas which paid for the entire budget. when they gave the money back and took the show back, they acted so proud that they owned it all… they even announced it and bragged disco was all theirs. then they made the first season with no money coming in from netflix, cut it to 10 eps… and cancelled it before it even aired and delayed it a year. it’s strange. the show was free for them until they axed the netflix deal.

and i remember when that happened… so many overseas fans had the rug pulled out from under them. and it was done like days before the premiere. i remember ripping the episodes for people overseas and sending it to them because they had no other option.

going all the way back to the 70s and paramount’s attempt to create a new network using star trek which eventually turned into the motion picture… to them using voyager to launch UPN then enterprise on the CW and Discovery for cbs all access then paramount plus and who knows what is next… it just shows they’ve never had any idea what they are fully doing but they use star trek every time.

it’s amazing we have as much good star trek as we do thanks to the dedicated writers and creatives, considering the mismanagement at paramount for decades. i think the 80s were the most solid for the management side at paramount.

This idea that Netflix paid for the show is outdated and needs to die.

We have public records of Seasons 1 and 2 budgets based on the tax credits they received and the amount spent in Canada alone. Then add above-the-line costs and post-production.

https://www.mpa-canada.org/press/star-trek-discovery-on-an-economic-mission-for-ontario-spending-over-257-million-in-just-two-seasons/

netflix paid for the show completely. it was what it was. i worked at paramount and enterprise and have friends there who still are in the know and this is not only true it’s old news. i knew this before season 1 even ended. they gave netflix the money back then cut the order then ended it then erased prod and very quickly went from announcing a trek a week all year to 2 shows… and im sure the new cw-like show will be much cheaper. nothing anyone can do but truth is truth. trek always survives. and people always love the new shows 10-20 years later.

Yes despite it all we now have over 800 hours of it which is amazing even if you don’t like all of it.

Paramount clearly sees it’s value over 50 years later but it has been mismanaged here and there, the latest being the new movies and probably overestimating the amount of new shows since they are now cutting back on those and the films are still DOA despite having so much promise in the beginning.

But we are still getting a steady stream of new stories and content and it beats the dry well of having no new show on for over a decade and just a few Kelvin movies every 3-4 years.

As far as I’m aware SkyShowtime do not broadcast anything above 1080p, and no HDR… and it seems even the audio may be limited to stereo. Speaking of which, Prodigy on Netflix only has stereo sound and not the full 5.1!

Hilarious how some of the same fans who whine incessantly about DSC are suddenly so uber-concerned about Europe’s access to it.

Actually, you are not able to see Lower Decks season 3 and 4 in the Skyshowtime region as Amazon Prime only has season 1 and 2, at least in Denmark…

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Star Trek: Discovery was the first Star Trek series after Star Trek: Enterprise ended in 2005. It revolves around the crew of the starship Discovery, who live up to their name by discovering new worlds and lifeforms across the galaxy. In the centre of it all is Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green), who’s later revealed to be Spock’s adoptive sister. 

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Now, every season of the show, including the final fifth season, streams on CBS All Access’ rebranded service, Paramount+.

Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 release date

Season 5 begins streaming on Thursday, 4 April with two episodes dropping first. After that, there will be a weekly rollout of new episodes with the finale scheduled for a 30-May release. 

The final season will be told across 10 episodes, fewer than the episodes of prior seasons.

Star Trek Discovery Season 5 will be streaming on Paramount+ , which airs the new season from 4 April, airing episodes weekly until its finale on 30 May.  

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A decade before Enterprise, there was Discovery exploring new worlds, thwarting threats, and helping maintain peace across the galaxy. The crew comprises science specialist Michael Burnham, first officer Saru, chief engineer Paul Stamets, ensign Sylvia Tilly, and medical officer Hugh Culber. 

Prior to Burnham becoming captain at the end of season 3, Discovery was helmed by previous captains, beginning with Captain Gabriel Lorca (Jason Isaacs), who was later revealed to be a fraud from the Mirror Universe. 

Then there was Captain Georgiou, who was actually Emperor Philippa Georgiou from the Mirror Universe. Enterprise captain Christopher Pike also led the crew of the starship Discovery in season 2. 

Meanwhile, Saru, the first Kelpien in Starfleet, was Acting Captain multiple times and officially became one in the beginning of season 3. He, however, decided to leave his post and pass the torch on Discovery’s present captain, Michael Burnham. 

The events in Star Trek: Discovery takes place in two timelines with the first and the second season set in the 23rd century. The crew later travelled to the 32nd century, more than 900 years into the future. Season 5 will continue to occur in this timeline. 

The fifth season also marks the show’s final adventure with the crew taking on the mission of finding an ancient power, which they need to secure before falling into the wrong hands. In the Star Trek universe, any mysterious ancient power hidden for centuries is bad, bad news. 

Star Trek: Discovery was initially created by Bryan Fuller with Gretchen J. Berg and Aaron Harberts serving as showrunners in seasons 1 and 2. They were replaced by Alex Kurtzman and Michelle Paradise, who remain as showrunners for the final season. 

Deviating from the typical Star Trek stories and themes, Star Trek Discovery has been noted for exploring darker narratives. Nonetheless, the show has been a success since its debut and even expanded the Star Trek franchise on television, spawning the spin-off series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds . 

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Sonequa Martin-Green reprises her role as Michael Burnham, Captain of Discovery. Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, and Mary Wiseman also return as Saru, Paul, and Sylvia, respectively. 

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There are five seasons with the new fifth instalment confirmed to be the last one. The show debuted in 2017 and enjoyed global success throughout its run. 

In Australia, you watch every season of the series, including season 5, exclusively on Paramount+.

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The USS Discovery has set out on its final mission — and you can join them for free. The premiere of Star Trek: Discovery 's fifth and final season is streaming now on YouTube. Unfortunately for any international or intergalactic fans, it's available in the United States only. In "Red Directive," the premiere of the series' final season, Captain Michael Burnham ( Sonequa Martin-Green ) and her USS Discovery crew are assembled for a top-priority mission by Federation official Kovich ( David Cronenberg ) — the "red directive" of the title. The mission concerns a centuries-old Romulan vessel that contains a mysterious cargo.

Burnham calls on some old friends to help out, including Saru ( Doug Jones ), Sylvia Tilly ( Mary Wiseman ), and even her disgraced ex-lover Cleveland Booker ( David Ajala ) — but they also have to face off against a new pair of deadly adversaries who will do anything to ensure that they get their hands on the treasure first. Want to know what happens next? To see the next episode, which also premiered this week, and the rest of the season-long treasure hunt, you'll have to subscribe to Paramount+, where you can also see Discovery 's previous four seasons and Paramount's galaxy of other Star Trek series (except for Star Trek: Prodigy — you'll need a Netflix account for that one).

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The first of Paramount's new wave of Trek series — and the first Star Trek TV series since the cancelation of Star Trek: Enterprise in 2005 — Discovery initially took place in the 23rd century, before Star Trek: The Original Series , and chronicled the adventure of the USS Discovery , a ship with an experimental "spore drive" that allowed it to travel further and faster than any other ship in Starfleet. The Discovery and her crew endure a punishing war with the Klingons, an encounter with the twisted Mirror Universe , and a clash with Starfleet's secretive Section 31 intelligence agency and its malevolent artificial intelligence before being hurled centuries into the future. There, Discovery helps rebuild the Federation after a devastating disaster and becomes one of the fleet's finest ships. The series also spawned a spin-off, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , which follows the pre-Kirk USS Enterprise and its captain, Christopher Pike .

Discovery 's fifth season is currently earning rave reviews from critics, with a 93% "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes. In her review , Collider's Samantha Coley praised the storytelling of the season, noting that "each storyline gets the breathing room it needs without making the show feel unbalanced or creating any lulls in the less action-packed sequences."

Star Trek: Discovery 's fifth-season premiere, "Red Directive", is now streaming on YouTube for free , but you'll have to subscribe to Paramount+ to see how the rest of the season unfolds, with new episodes arriving every Thursday. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates, and watch "Red Directive" below.

Star Trek: Discovery

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

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