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There simply comes a time when a Star Trek show demands a courtroom episode. Whether it’s internal Starfleet politics, or the chance to advocate Federation ideals to an alien society, Star Trek loves an opportunity to make its subtexts so text it can practically beat a book of them over your head. And so it’s no surprise Strange New Worlds already finds itself at this crossroads of exploring the franchise’s classic tropes.Strange New World's Melissa Navia Talks Flying the Enterprise | io9 Interview“Ad Astra per Aspera”…

Although time had passed on Star Trek: Discovery before its namesake ship jetted out of the 23rd century and into the far flung futures of the 31st, the series largely had other things to dwell on than the state of paradise in the wake of a devastating war with the Klingons. As Strange New Worlds returns, Star Trek hasdecided now is the time for that dwelling—and what it finds is fascinatingly imperfect.Strange New World's Melissa Navia Talks Flying the Enterprise | io9 Interview“The Broken Circle” sees the Enterprise…

Image: ParamountWhile Strange New Worlds’ largely episodic nature meant there were plenty of threats across season one, it’s not unfair to say the big bad was largely the Gorn, who menace the Enterprise team multiple times during season one, establishing them as a serious threat to the Federation and its citizens. But while the finale also introduced us, through alt-timeline shenanigans, to Strange New World’s take on the Romulan Star Empire, another Trek classic will be making their way to season two: the legendary…

Image: ParamountWe might be just about ready to return to the U.S.S. Enterprise for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ sophomore season, but if you missed out on the show’s maiden voyage—one of the best TV series on the air last year—then we’ve got good news: the whole season is currently up on YouTube for free.To celebrate Strange New Worlds season two in a few weeks, Paramount has released the first season in its entirety on YouTube to stream for a limited time. The big catch is that while Star Trek presents a future with a…

Star Trek: Picard’s final season felt as much like a hello as it did a farewell, as Picard and his friends handed the torch to a new generation of Starfleet heroes. It’s felt much the same off screen too, as showrunner Terry Matalas and his cast have told anyone who will listen to them that they really really really want a spinoff to happen—and now the series is over, it feels like those calls have gotten even louder.Weirdest Thing Star Trek Star LeVar Burton Has SignedWe’ve been hearing plenty off and on about Matalas’…

Star Trek: Picard has felt very different in its final season to either the spartan, melancholy tone of its first, or the balls-to-the-wall wildness of its second. But as it prepares for one last hurrah with the TNG crew in its penultimate episode, it has borrowed a little bit of that energy of season two to prepare for what will be its ultimate battle: a tale of the old saving the new.The Woman Who Would Be Photon“Võx,” a title whose meaning we will get to soon enough, kicks up the scale of Picard’s finalseason with not…

Yes, I know this is from the Kelvin timeline.Image: ParamountFor years, Paramount has been trying to figure out a show centered around Star Trek’s Starfleet Academy—you know, the place where Starfleet educates its captains, science officers, engineers, etc. before sending them out on five-year missions to explore strange new worlds and whatnot. Well, now they’ve found the answer, because the studio has just ordered a full season of a Starfleet Academy TV series.Playing Raffi Throughout Star Trek: PicardCo-showrunners and…

A few months ago, we received the news that Star Trek: Discovery was being canceled and that season 5 would be its last one on Paramount Plus. I was worried. The official Star Trek convention was canceled at what felt like the last minute, the streaming wars are settling down, and media companies are seemingly less and less interested in investing large sums of money in new shows. I spent that day wondering if that was just the first in a string of bad news about new Star Trek.As is typical, details are scant, but here’s…

Paramount+ is ordering a new Star Trek series set in one of the franchise’s most iconic locations. Star Trek: Starfleet Academy will follow a new class of recruits at the San Francisco training facility as they grapple with friends, rivalries, first loves and “a new enemy that threatens both the Academy and the Federation itself.” Production is scheduled to begin in 2024. With Picard and Discovery winding down, the network is apparently looking to a teen / young adult coming-of-age story to invite a new generation of…

Star Trek: Picard’s third and final season is shaping up to be a fitting, nostalgic farewell to its titular hero so far—but is the journey of boldly going ever over when there areboth the vast reaches of the final frontier and the capitalist mechanism of the mega-franchise to consider? Not really, but hey, at least it might get us some more Star Trek.A recent build up of interest in a new Trek series set in Picard’s early 25th century time period—initially dubbed by fans as Star Trek: Titan, as a chance to see Todd…