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Star Trek, one of the most iconic and influential global television franchises, returns 50 years after it first premiered, with Star Trek: Discovery. The series will feature a new ship, new characters and new missions, while embracing the same ideology and hope for the future that inspired a generation of dreamers and doers.

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Season 1, Episode 1 TV-14 CC HD CC SD

Series premiere. While patrolling Federation space, the U.S.S. Shenzhou encounters an object of unknown origin, putting First Officer Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) to her greatest test yet. Starring Sonequa Martin-Green, Michelle Yeoh, Doug Jones.

Battle at the Binary Stars

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Face to face with Klingon vessels, the U.S.S. Shenzhou prepares for the possibility of war if negotiations fail. Amidst the turmoil, Burnham looks back to her Vulcan upbringing for guidance. Starring Sonequa Martin-Green, Michelle Yeoh, Doug Jones.

Context Is For Kings

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Burnham finds herself aboard the U.S.S. Discovery where she quickly realizes things are not as they seem, including the mysterious Captain Gabriel Lorca (Jason Isaacs). Starring Sonequa Martin-Green, Jason Isaacs.

The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry

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With tensions and stakes high as Starfleet continues in their efforts to end the war with Klingons, Burnham begins to settle in to her new position aboard the U.S.S. Discovery. Starring Sonequa Martin-Green, Jason Isaacs, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, and Mary Wiseman.

Choose Your Pain

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While on a mission, Lorca unexpectedly finds himself in the company of prisoner of war, Starfleet Lieutenant Ash Tyler (Shazad Latif) and notorious intergalactic criminal, Harry Mudd (Rainn Wilson). Burnham voices her concerns about the repercussions of the spore drive jumps on "Ripper". Starring Sonequa Martin-Green, Jason Isaacs, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Shazad Latif. Guest starring Rainn Wilson.

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The U.S.S. Discovery crew is intrigued by new addition, Lt. Ash Tyler. Sarek seeks Burnham's help, rekindling memories from her past. Admiral Cornwell questions Lorca's tactics. Starring Sonequa Martin-Green, Jason Isaacs, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Shazad Latif.

Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad

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As the U.S.S. Discovery crew attempts to let loose at a party, an unwelcome visitor comes aboard bringing about a problematic and twisted sequence of events. Starring Sonequa Martin-Green, Jason Isaacs, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Shazad Latif. Guest starring Rainn Wilson.

Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum

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The U.S.S. Discovery is tasked with a high priority mission to planet Pahvo and learn the science behind the Klingon's cloaking technology. Starring Sonequa Martin-Green, Jason Isaacs, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Shazad Latif.

Into the Forest I Go

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Bypassing Starfleet's orders, Lorca uses the U.S.S. Discovery crew's ultimate asset, the ship itself, in an effort to end the war with the Klingons once and for all. Starring Sonequa Martin-Green, Jason Isaacs, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Shazad Latif.

Despite Yourself

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While in unfamiliar territory, the U.S.S. Discovery crew is forced to get creative in their next efforts to survive opposing and unprecedented forces and return home.

The Wolf Inside

Season 1, Episode 11 TV-MA CC HD CC SD

As the crew continues their guise, Burnham undergoes a merciless mission in hopes of helping the U.S.S. Discovery return home. Tilly works on restoring Stamets' neurofunction.

Vaulting Ambition

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Burnham heads to the ISS Charon with a special "gift" for the Emperor. With the help of an unexpected source, Stamets gains clarity while trapped inside the mycelial network. Saru asks for L'Rell's help.

What's Past Is Prologue

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Lorca plans to move forward with a coup against the Emperor, propelling Burnham to make a quick decision to save not only herself, but the U.S.S. Discovery.

The War Without, the War Within

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Back on the U.S.S. Discovery, Burnham and the crew are faced with the harsh reality of the war during their absence. In order to move forward, Starfleet must use unconventional tactics and sources to take their next action against the Klingons.

Will You Take My Hand?

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Season one finale. With Georgiou at the helm of the plan to end the Klingon war once and for all, the U.S.S. Discovery crew struggles to fathom and tolerate her hostile tactics. Memories of past hardships are rekindled within Burnham.

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It’s a truth universally acknowledged that even among the greatest television shows in Star Trek history, most of them take two seasons to stop being kind of bad. Never has that been more true or more excruciating than in the case of Star Trek: Discovery .

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Often it felt like what Discovery was really doing in its early seasons was discovering what didn’t work. Strong performances from a great cast? That works. A Klingon design that absolutely nobody liked ? Definitely not. But despite the stumbles, Discovery season 1 had still averaged C’s and B’s with reviewers, and had built an audience and a subscriber base for Paramount Plus. On the strength of Disco ’s first season, Paramount greenlit Star Treks Picard , Lower Decks , and Prodigy , three new shows covering a huge range of ages and nostalgic tastes. And spinning out of Disco ’s second season, which introduced familiar , nostalgic characters and a brighter, more Star Trek-y tone, Paramount produced Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , inarguably the best new addition to the franchise since 1996.

Star Trek: Discovery crawled so that the rest of modern Trek could run... and then it started to walk. The show’s third season saw the USS Discovery and crew in the place that should have been their starting blocks: the bleeding future edge of Star Trek’s timeline. Thanks to season 3’s groundwork, season 4 became the first time that Discovery had a status quo worth returning to. In its fifth and final season, Star Trek: Discovery is finally free — free in a way that a Star Trek TV series hasn’t been in 23 years.

Star Trek: The Next Generation is such an elder statesman of the television elite that it’s easy to forget that it was daring. The show’s triumph wasn’t just that it featured a new cast of characters, but also its audaciousness in imagining the future of the future — and making that future unmistakably different . The Original Series showed a racial and national cooperation that seemed fantastical in its time, with an alien crewmember to denote the next frontier of embracing the other . Next Generation saw that bet and raised it, installing a member of the Klingon species, the Federation’s once-feared imperialist rival state, as a respected officer on the bridge of Starfleet’s flagship.

Next Generation ’s time period — one century after Kirk’s Enterprise — wasn’t a nominal choice, but a commitment to moving the story of Star Trek forward. From the show’s foundations, Gene Roddenberry and his collaborators, new and old, set a precedent that the Federation would evolve. Therefore, in accordance with the utopian themes of the franchise, old enemies would in time become friends. Next Generation embraced The Original Series ’ nemeses and the rest of ’90s Trek saw that bet and raised it again, pulling many of Next Gen ’s villains into the heroic fold. Voyager welcomed a Borg crewmember and disincorporated the Borg empire; Deep Space Nine gave the franchise the first Ferengi Starfleet cadet, and brokered a Federation-Klingon-Romulan alliance in the face of an existential threat.

But Discovery — at least until it made its Olympic long-jump leap 900 years into the future — couldn’t move Star Trek forward. So long as it was set “immediately before Kirk’s Enterprise,” hemmed in by the constraints of a previously established era of Star Trek history, it could graft on new elements (like Spock’s secret human foster sister) but it couldn’t create from whole cloth (like a galaxy-wide shortage of starship fuel that nearly destroyed the Federation). Like its predecessor, the ill-fated Star Trek: Enterprise of the ’00s, it was doomed to hang like a remora on the side of the events of The Original Series , or, if you’ll pardon another fish metaphor, doomed like a goldfish that can only grow as large as its half-gallon fishbowl will allow.

Discovery ’s later, free seasons in the 32nd century have shown the Federation at its most vulnerable, a subtler echo of Picard ’s own season 1 swing at fallen institutions . (Fans of Voyager and Deep Space Nine know that this is an extremely rich vein of Trek storytelling.) In its third season, Discovery solved a galaxy-wide fuel crisis that had shattered the community of the Federation. In its fourth it fought for a fragile new Federation alliance and its millennia-old ideals.

And those seasons have also boldly committed to the idea of imagining the future’s future — 900 years of it. The centuries-old rift between Vulcans and Romulans is long healed, Ferengi serve as captains in Starfleet, the work of Doctor Noonien Soong has brought new medical technologies to the fore.

Even still, Discovery hasn’t been truly free in its third and fourth seasons. Star Trek: Picard was out there, forming new past elements of a post- Next Gen / Voy / DS9 era that Discovery had to abide by. And, after all, the show still had to make sure there was something for its own next season to come back to.

But now — with Prodigy and Picard finished, and Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks locked into their settings of Star Trek’s established past, and Starfleet Academy and Section 31 not yet in production at the time that its final season would have been written — Discovery has reached the final final frontier for a Star Trek show. If you’re a Star Trek fan, that should excite you.

Not since Deep Space Nine in 1999 and Voyager in 2001 has a Star Trek series had the freedom to wrap up its run with the Federation in any state it wants to. With franchise flagship Next Generation at an end, and Voyager restricted to the Delta Quadrant only, Deep Space Nine used its last seasons to throw the Federation into all-out war, making sweeping changes to the established ficto-political norms of ’90s Trek. Voyager used its finale to do what Captain Picard never could: defang the Borg (mostly).

We don’t know exactly what Discovery will do with that freedom. Season 4 directors have talked about reaching “ into the past to get further into the future ,” and likened it to Indiana Jones. Official news releases have said the crew will “uncover a mystery that sends them on an epic adventure across the galaxy to find an ancient power whose very existence has been deliberately hidden for centuries.” But speculating on what that means would be beside the point.

Discovery , the show about an intergalactically teleporting starship, can finally, actually, go anywhere. It’s been almost a quarter of a century since a beloved Star Trek series was so free to boldly go. Let’s hope they’re very bold indeed.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 premieres with two episodes on April 4 on Paramount Plus.

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Here's a quick refresher before Discovery returns with Season 5 on April 4!

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Star Trek: Discovery returns with its fifth and final season on April 4, and the series’ highly-anticipated conclusion promises a tale filled with adventure, intrigue, and a quest for an ancient power.

As we stand ready to reunite with Captain Burnham and the U.S.S. Discovery -A, let’s refresh our memories about each crew member’s journey through Season 4 and look back on where we left off with them at the end of last season.

Captain Michael Burnham

"Coming Home"

When the Dark Matter Anomaly (DMA) endangered a resurgent Federation and the galaxy as a whole, it also jeopardized the loving relationship that Captain Michael Burnham and Cleveland "Book" Booker had forged. Though her diplomatic approach to first contact with the DMA's creators put her at odds with Book, Captain Burnham successfully uncovered the cultural context necessary to communicate with the enigmatic Species 10-C and convinced them to halt their destructive mining efforts.

Initially believing her partner — her "one" — had been killed in the encounter, Burnham was elated to learn the 10-C revealed that they had rescued Book before his ship had been destroyed. A practical matter cut their rejuvenated joy short, as Burnham was forced to part with Book when the Federation sentenced him for violating numerous statutes. The captain resolved to see him again before turning to witness a momentous announcement — United Earth and Titan planned to rejoin the Federation. Having solved The Burn , overcome the DMA, and brought the galaxy closer, Captain Burnham expressed optimism and hoped to focus on exploring the stars.

During his leave from Discovery , Captain Saru guided Su’Kal on his return to their homeworld and encouraged the Kaminar High Council to embrace a return to its spacefaring ways. However, the threat posed by the DMA motivated him to go back to Starfleet and serve as Captain Burnham’s Number One. His steadfast support proved vital, and his regular presence aboard Discovery and at Federation Headquarters provided him with a chance to get better acquainted with Ni'Var's President T'Rina.

Saru played instrumental roles in bringing Ni’Var back into the Federation fold and establishing a meaningful dialogue with Species 10-C, and — by the time the crisis had been averted — he was finally prepared to let T’Rina know how he felt. As they both realized how much they meant to one another, Captain Saru and President T’Rina opted to begin spending their off-duty hours together, leaving many to wonder what the future may hold for their relationship.

Paul Stamets

Though much of his attention was dedicated to unraveling the mysteries behind the DMA, Commander Paul Stamets also navigated a series of interpersonal eddies that included opening up to Book about nearly losing his own family on the dilithium planet, collaborating with Tarka, confronting his uncertainty over trusting Zora, and showing concern for Dr. Hugh Culber's growing anxieties. Stamets strengthened his parental bond with Adira, as the two worked in tandem to bring Discovery through the Galactic Barrier and to the 10-C's hyperfield.

When the 10-C entrapped Discovery in an orb, Stamets developed a strategy to break the ship free that temporarily burned out the spore drive. As Captain Burnham stood before the 10-C to present her case, the astromycologist employed his research into the hydrocarbons obtained from the 10-C's original homeworld and oversaw the communication process from Engineering. Once a peaceful resolution was achieved, Stamets pivoted to personal matters. Having recognized signs of exhaustion and stress in Dr. Culber throughout the pursuit of the DMA, Stamets planned a much-needed retreat for the couple on Earth that would involve rest, relaxation, and non-replicated mavi.

Sylvia Tilly

Experiencing doubts about her path forward, Lieutenant Sylvia Tilly bravely asked Dr. Culber to counsel her in a professional capacity. Confident she needed to leave her comfort zone, Tilly embarked on missions to capture a Qowat Milat operative and accompany Starfleet Academy cadets on a routine survey. The latter undertaking proved fateful, as helping future Starfleet officers through a deadly trial led her to accept Dr. Kovich's offer to leave Discovery and become an instructor at the Academy.

As Discovery tried to converse with Species 10-C, Tilly joined Admiral Charles Vance in a last-minute struggle to evacuate as many people as possible from United Earth before the DMA could devastate the planet. She entrusted the admiral with the fact that she had found her purpose in life, ultimately sharing a grateful drink with Vance upon learning that the DMA no longer posed a threat to Earth. Tilly gathered with her friends at a celebration aboard Discovery , beaming at the sight of the progress Adira had made with social interactions.

Dr. Hugh Culber

"The Galactic Barrier"

While his medical training typically involved a cursory assessment of his patients’ psychiatric wellbeing, Dr. Hugh Culber added being a full-fledged "ship’s counselor" to his extensive repertoire in the wake of Discovery 's jump into the 32nd Century. In-between missions, Culber sat in sessions with Book and Tilly to discuss their mental health concerns and shepherded Adira through Gray's incorporation, but the overwhelming burden of counseling evacuees from an Akaali asteroid colony caused him to recognize that he had his own issues to explore.

Discovery 's voyage into extragalactic space afforded Culber a chance to visit an old 10-C nursery, where the species' emotion-inducing hydrocarbons propelled him to acknowledge that he was "not okay." Subsequently, his eyes opened by Captain Burnham’s pain when she believed she had lost Book at the 10-C's new homeworld, Culber chose to remain with Stamets and Adira — his family — as the crew departed to engage directly with Species 10-C. Upon their triumphant return to Federation Headquarters, Culber conveyed his thanks to Stamets for arranging a tranquil vacation to Earth.

Cleveland "Book" Booker

"Stormy Weather"

The 32nd Century courier known as Cleveland "Book" Booker thrived on his love for Captain Burnham and a newfound relationship with his family, but the DMA's arrival erased Kwejian from existence and took the lives of his brother and nephew. Book wrestled with his grief and guilt, eventually growing dissatisfied with the Federation's policies and allying himself with Ruon Tarka. Despite the fissure he created by aiding Tarka in his theft of the next generation spore drive and the deployment of an isolytic weapon, Book maintained faith in Burnham's leadership abilities.

At Species 10-C's hyperfield, an imprisoned Jett Reno broke through to Book and emphasized Tarka's illogical rationale. Tarka locked Book out of the autopilot, so General Ndoye crashed a shuttle into the ship to prevent it from reaching the DMA's power source. Book’s signal disappeared mid-transport, leading Burnham to believe he died when his shuttle struck the hyperfield. Fortunately, the 10-C recovered his pattern and materialized the courier in front of an appreciative Burnham. Book recounted the destruction of Kwejian to the 10-C, convincing them to cease using the DMA altogether. Sentenced to help families displaced by the DMA, Book said farewell to Burnham with the Kwejian phrase Kwakoni Yiquan — indicating his intention to speak with her soon and reaffirming his love for her.

As an official member of Discovery 's crew, Ensign Adira Tal accompanied Gray as their partner was incorporated into a synth body, but their skepticism in regard to meeting new people and opening up to fresh experiences persisted. Being stranded on a frozen moon alongside cadets helped break the ice, but Adira endured another social hiccup when Gray decided to leave the ship and study on Trill. The ensign shared their doubts with Jett Reno, who encouraged Adira's interest in befriending Lt. Commander Detmer.

Mustering the courage to chat with Detmer benefited Adira on a personal level, but Discovery 's venture into extragalactic space saw them excel in a scientific capacity alongside Stamets in Engineering. They participated in devising a way to use the spore drive to break free of the orb in Species 10-C's hyperfield and transmitted an update language algorithm so Captain Burnham could converse with the 10-C. Once back at Federation Headquarters, Adira's social skills impressed Tilly at the party commemorating Discovery 's diplomatic victory, though the ensign admitted that socializing was still difficult on occasion.

The Future Frontier

Replenished dilithium supplies and an emboldened Federation granted Season 4's early moments with a buoyant tone, but the DMA's arrival threw the circumstances — both personal and political — into a state of chaos. Nevertheless, with that peril behind them, Discovery 's crew ended last season on a high-note and managed to become even more tightly knit.

How will Captain Burnham and her colleagues handle their next monumental task? We’ll find out when Season 5 premieres on April 4!

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Star Trek: Discovery Seasons 1 through 4 are currently streaming exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S., the UK, Switzerland, South Korea, Latin America, Germany, France, Italy, Australia and Austria. Seasons 2 and 3 also are available on the Pluto TV “Star Trek” channel in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. In Canada, the series airs on Bell Media’s CTV Sci-Fi Channel. Seasons 1 to 4 of Star Trek: Discovery is also available to stream on SkyShowtime. Star Trek: Discovery is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

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Kenneth Mitchell , who played several characters in Star Trek: Discovery , and also was known for his roles in Jericho and Captain Marvel, has died from complications of ALS, his family revealed Saturday. He was 49.

“With heavy hearts we announce the passing of Kenneth Alexander Mitchell, beloved father, husband, brother, uncle, son and dear friend,” his family shared on X/Twitter.

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Mitchell announced publicly that he’d been diagnosed with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, in 2020 in an interview with People.

“The moment that they told us it was [ALS], it was like I was in my own movie,” Mitchell told the publication. “That’s what it felt like, like I was watching that scene where someone is being told that they have a terminal illness. It was just a complete disbelief, a shock.”

Mitchell played three Klingon characters in Star Trek: Discovery’ s first two seasons. He portrayed Kol in Season 1, Kol-Sha and Tenavik in Season 2. In Season 3, as the disease progressed, he played Aurellio, a character who used a hoverchair, created to incorporate his need for a wheelchair, into the series.

He also voiced three characters in the first season of Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 1, a black ops operative and a Romulan guard.

StarTrek.com also posted a tribute to Mitchell.

“Being a part of Star Trek keeps me inspired and gives me purpose,” Mitchell told Syfy Wire in 2020. “Hopefully, that will keep going.”

Mitchell is survived by his wife, Susan, their children, Lilah and Kallum, his parents and in-laws and several nieces and nephews.

The family asks that any gifts be directed toward ALS research or toward his children. A GoFundMe campaign has been set up for the children.

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Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Explained by Sonequa Martin-Green

Sonequa Martin-Green is all kinds of emotional. The Star Trek: Discovery star is jazzed about discussing the action-packed fifth and final season of the hit Paramount+ sci-fi series. But she’s also sentimental about this Trek's end game. “It was certainly sad on the [last] day and bittersweet,” the actor shared about the final shoot in a recent round table interview with journalists. ‘We laughed and we cried, and we sang songs and danced and recited poetry, and everything. We were really there with each other, but thankfully, it's never over, and we don't really have to say goodbye.”

True. Especially in the Trek- verse. Anything can happen. To be sure, it has been a wildly entertaining, if not surprising, run for Discovery or, to use Trek vernacular, Disco. The series was thoroughly embraced when it debuted back in 2017, 12 years after Star Trek: Enterprise bowed. It was also a curious beast, landing on CBS All Access before helping launch Paramount+, becoming its greatest hope for the streamer's future.

It succeeded on that front, paving the way for Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Star Trek: Lower Decks, and Star Trek: Prodigy . Disco also gave us Michelle Yeoh in its first few seasons. We’re eagerly awaiting Yeoh's stand-alone film on Paramount+, Star Trek: Section 31, which the Oscar winner calls " Mission: Impossible in space." Yet another new series, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy , is expected to blast off in 2026.

In this wildly inventive final season, Captain Burnham (Martin-Green) and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery race to uncover a mystery about an ancient power whose very existence has been deliberately hidden for centuries. Others are on the hunt for it, too, and that’s not good. In the wrong hands, the power can be destructive. Sonequa Martin-Green reveals more about the season ahead, how playing Burnham changed her, and so much more in this exclusive interview. Dive in.

'This Is Our Indiana Jones Season'

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Release Date September 24, 2017

Cast Anthony Rapp, Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones

Genres Drama, Sci-Fi

Franchise Star Trek

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In addition to Sonequa Martin-Green, the final season of Disco includes 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). Recurring guest stars Elias Toufexis (L’ak) and Eve Harlow (Moll) are a hoot, recalling some of Trek’s most memorable villains , such as Q, Khan, and Klingon sisters Lursa and B'Etor from TNG . Journalists have vowed to remain tight-lipped about Season 5 until certain episodes air. However, we can say that something from the Star Trek canon takes center stage.

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Beyond that, going into Season 5, none of the cast members knew it would be their last season together. When official word dropped, most of the cast returned to shoot extra scenes. However, Season 5 was intended to stand out from any other season of Disco. Sonequa Martin-Green explained:

“We spoke a lot before we started shooting because, of course, we didn't know that it was our last season, but we knew that we wanted to make a tonal shift. [Executive producer/writer] Michelle Paradise was really vocal about that. She let us in on that process, and she said, ‘We really want this to be an adventure. We want this to be our Indiana Jones season. We want everybody to have fun. We're going to be dealing with some huge subject matter.’ Now, we went even bigger with our subject matter than ever before, which is crazy when you consider the storylines of Seasons 3 and 4.”

The showrunners and actors went “bigger,” but they also brought some levity. “We wanted there to be a sense of thrill, a sense of fun, a sense of joy and adventure,” Martin-Green added. “So, we had to approach it that way. And it's funny…It became a mantra for us . ‘Remember, it's an adventure.’”

How Disco Changed Sonequa Martin-Green

Sonequa Martin-Green became the first African American female captain in Star Trek history. Michael Burnham started as a mutineer, and after Season 3’s 900-year time leap, the character eventually found her way to becoming captain . In between, Martin-Green exhibited remarkable emotional range—from sparring with Michelle Yeoh’s Emperor Philippa Georgiou and those scenes as Spock’s (Ethan Peck) half-sister to morphing into the kick-ass captain fans have come to love. When MovieWeb asked how this role stretched her as a performer or as a person, Martin-Green said:

Oh, my goodness, I mean, stretching is what happened… if I started out as a tiny rubber band, I'm a rubber band the size of a room at this point now. It stretched me in every single possible way that you can be stretched

“I had not experienced being the lead of a show before, I did not know what it was like to lead a sci-fi show. I certainly didn't know what it was like to lead a Trek show. I didn't know what being in the Star Trek franchise was like. I didn't know what it would be like to create such an intense character, a character that evolves in such a deep way," she added, saying:

"I didn't know what it would be like to have such a physical component to my performance because it was even more physical than the work that I had done on The Walking Dead , and the stage combat I had done before that… from the very beginning, I knew that I wanted to sort of model, as crazy as this might sound, or as funny, or sort of esoteric as it might sound, I wanted to model my leadership after Christ, because it was like, nobody's better here than Jesus. And the greatest leader is the greatest servant.”

Captain Burnham surely will go down as one of the most compelling, if not gutsy, Star Trek captains in history. Expect more surprises from the character this season. “We all just went in there together and gave our all because we knew that it was important," Martin-Green added. “I grew in every way. I feel that I can handle so much more now as an actor, as an artist, as a Black woman, as a woman, as a wife, as a mother, as a friend, as a professional, as a producer, as an executive producer, I feel like it [ Star Trek: Discovery ] was my doctorate degree in this artistry and in this business.”

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Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation did a stellar job of setting a certain Trek tone. Sci-fi and action , yes, but it also made a point to include messages about hope, teamwork, and diplomacy. So, what was it like for Sonequa Martin-Green and the cast to produce Disco, especially at a time when the country is so divided?

“I feel that I can speak for all of us [the cast] confidently when I say this… that if you are going to be an artist, then there's an element of activism with it. And I think that that's how it should be. Art in its purest form is there to serve. And it's there to affect positive change. It's there to sort of help people heal… grow… see themselves, see each other, and help people reach higher, right? And if that is what we can achieve as artists, then that is a dream come true. That's the opportunity that we've been given here. That's what Trek has done already."

"Oh, my goodness, we were in desperate need to do it, too," added Martin-Green. "We were in desperate need to contribute to the franchise in that same way and push that needle forward, right? And we all took it seriously. We took it equally seriously. There was no ego. We were like, ‘This is really important. Okay, let's go.’ We hope we do it justice, you know? And I can confidently say, without boasting, I'm so proud of everyone. I think that we did. I hope that people think that we did."

On Co-star Callum Keith-Rennie and Biggest Hopes

Sonequa Martin-Green also shared how excited she was to work alongside Californication alum/ Umbrella Academy star Callum Keith-Rennie, who comes aboard this season as the steely Captain Rayner. Expect some sparring with these two, as well.

“I just love Callum. I love him so much,” Sonequa Martin-Green. “He's such a brilliant actor , and we've been blessed with such brilliant actors coming in and giving their all and making our story what it is, helping us be bigger and better and brighter and deeper. And I also have to give a lot of respect to Eve Harlow and Elias Toufexis, who were such a major part of our final season as well… We were all having dinner at the very top of the season… and Callum was looking around, and he was like, ‘So this is for real? So, you guys just like, really love each other? Huh? I don't know about this.’ He was laughing; he was joking. I bust out laughing… by the end of it, we were all hugging and crying together, you know?”

As for what she hopes audiences will get out of Disco's final season, Martin-Green shared:

“So many things. I want them to get everything that we try to give them, you know, because it's such a multi-layered, complex, grand, epic season and we pose some of the biggest questions known to life and to existence. And I hope that people… walk away with a renewed sense of self, with a renewed sense of purpose, with a renewed sense of hope, and with a renewed or an even greater desire to look up. Not just look out but look up as well. That's my hope.” The final season (10 episodes) of Star Trek: Discovery premieres on Apr. 4 on Paramount+.

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Star trek: discovery season 5 is still "fundamentally discovery," says showrunner.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 is more adventurous in tone but showrunner Michelle Paradise says the final season isn't influenced by other Trek shows.

• Season 5 of Star Trek: Discovery maintains its serialized storytelling while embracing a more adventurous and action-packed tone.
• The shift in tone was influenced by a desire for more lightness after the heavier themes of season 4, not by other Trek series.
• Captain Michael Burnham leads the USS Discovery on an intergalactic treasure hunt, encountering new foes and allies.

Star Trek: Discovery showrunner Michelle Paradise says season 5 is still "fundamentally Discovery," despite the shift to a more adventurous tone. Star Trek: Discovery season 5 premieres Thursday, April 4, on Paramount+. Discovery season 5 sees Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) lead the USS Discovery on an intergalactic treasure hunt, encountering new foes like Moll (Eve Harlow) and L'ak (Elias Toufexis), and a troublesome new ally in Starfleet Captain Rayner (Callum Keith Rennie).

At SXSW for the world premiere of Star Trek: Discovery season 5, TrekMovie asked showrunner Michelle Paradise about whether Discovery' s new tone was influenced by the positive reception from audiences to Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ' episodic style , as well as Star Trek: Picard season 3 and Star Trek: Prodigy . Read Paradise's response below:

No, it’s still fundamentally Discovery . And Discovery is built on serialized storytelling. So we still have that. Really, the shift in tone for this season was that we came into this season after season 4, which had a bit of a heavier tone in general. That previous season was written and shot during a time of COVID and we kind of knew coming into season 5 that we wanted that different tone. We wanted a bit more action and adventure, a bit more lightness–not to lose the things that make Discovery Discovery . So really, it was a matter of thinking: What does that look like? So we’re sending our heroes on a quest. And so, then the nature of a quest allows for a bit more of the episodic storytelling. But again, it’s Discovery, so we don’t lose the serialized style.

Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 - Everything We Know

Star trek: discovery season 5 has more connections to star trek lore, discovery has callbacks to star trek's 24th century.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5's new, more adventurous tone also comes with more connections to Star Trek lore, especially the 24th-century era of Star Trek: The Next Generation . Discovery season 5's mysterious treasure comes from an 800-year-old Romulan vessel found in the 32nd century. 800 years in the past means Star Trek 's 24th century, which means Discovery season 5's central storyline could tie back to a major event from Star Trek: The Next Generation 's time frame.

The 24th century is yesterday in Star Trek: Discovery, but the TNG era matters more than ever to Discovery in season 5.

Captain Rayner, one of the new Star Trek: Discovery season 5 characters, is also a callback to Star Trek: Deep Space Nin e. At first, Rayner's pointy ears suggested he was a Vulcan or a Romulan. However, Discovery showrunner Michelle Paradise confirmed that Rayner is a Kellerun , a race first introduced in DS9 season 5. The 24th century is yesterday in Star Trek: Discovery , but the TNG era matters more than ever to Discovery in season 5.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 premieres April 4 on Paramount+

Source: TrekMovie.com