FourStar Trekseries and the newestStar Trekmoviehave ended with open questions that may not be resolved and hint at new voyages that audiences may not see. On Paramount+,Star Trek: Picardwrapped after 3 seasons in 2023. In 2024, bothStar Trek: DiscoveryandStar Trek: Lower Decksclosed out with season 5. Meanwhile,Star Trek: Prodigyseason 2 premiered on Netflix in July 2024, but the streamer has offered no update on renewing the beloved CGI animated series, effectively ending the series for the time being.
Star Trek: Discovery’s launch in 2017 spawnedan epicStar Trekrenaissance on Paramount+ (and Netflix) that is still going strong, albeit more streamlined. In 2022, Paramount+ boasted a new episode offiveStar Trekseriespremiering almost every Thursday. Even withoutStar Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Discovery, andStar Trek: Lower Decks, Paramount+ delivered its firstStar Trekstreaming movie,Star Trek: Section 31, in 2025.
WhileStar Trek: Strange New WorldsandStar Trek: Starfleet Academycontinue the franchise on Paramount+, every otherStar Trekof this current era has bowed out with a cliffhanger or set up for a new mission that is left to audiences' imaginations.
Star Trek: Picard Ended With Q’s Return Cliffhanger
What’s Next For Captain Seven & The USS Enterprise-G?
Star Trek: Picardseason 3 ended withtwo intriguing setups that build toward a continuation dubbedStar Trek: Legacy.Picardseason 3’s final image is of Q (John de Lancie) somehow back from the dead. The omnipotent trickster has transferred his attention to Ensign Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers), the son of Admiral Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart). Meanwhile,Captain Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan)and her First Officer, Commander Raffi Musiker (Michelle Hurd), launch the new USS Enterprise-G, which has been renamed from the USS Titan-A.
Star Trek Picard Season 3 Ending Explained (In Detail)
Star Trek: Picard season 3’s finale concludes the story of TNG in grand style and sets up the next generation’s legacy, along with a big surprise.
Paramount+ never announced or moved forward withStar Trek: Legacy,despiteStar Trek: Picardseason 3’s setup. Regardless of continuous fan desire and the thumbs up ofStar Trek: Picard’s creative team and actors, there has been no movement on aStar Trek: LegacyTV series actually happening.Star Trek: Legacybecoming aStar Trekstreaming movie also hasn’t been acknowledged by Paramount+. The continuing voyages of the USS Enterprise-G and Q’s intentions for Jack Crusher remain a pie-in-the-sky dream for fans.
What Is Captain Burnham & The USS Discovery’s Next Mission?
Star Trek: Discoveryseason 5 has two endings: the original setup forStar Trek: Discoveryseason 6and an epilogue set 30 years later that was added when Paramount+ announced season 5 wasDiscovery’s final season.Discoveryseason 5’s original ending was the wedding of Ambassador Saru (Doug Jones) and President T’Rina (Tara Rosling), where Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and Cleveland Booker (David Ajala) rekindled their romance.The USS Discovery then jumped to a mysterious new mission.
Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Finale Ending & Shocking Epilogue Explained
Star Trek: Discovery comes to an end with season 5’s finale wrapping up the Progenitors treasure hunt and an epilogue concluding the entire series.
Star Trek: Discovery’s finale epilogue then warped forward 30 years to show Admiral Michael Burnham send the USS Discovery to its final destiny, which leads into theStar Trek: Short Treksepisode, “Calypso.“Picking up a thousand years into the distant future, “Calypso” tells of how Discovery’s sentient A.I,, Zora (Annabelle Wallis), meets and falls in love with a soldier named Craft (Aldis Hodge).What happens next to the USS Discovery after “Calypso” may never be known.
Star Trek: Prodigy Set Up The Future Of The USS Prodigy
Can Starfleet’s Young Heroes Bring Light To The Federation’s Darkest Corners?
Star Trek: Prodigyseason 2’s ending ingeniously ties into the backstory ofStar Trek: Picardseason 1. After helping the Traveler Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton) save the multiverse, the young crew of the USS Protostar return to Starfleet Academy as heroes. But on First Contact Day 2385, Mars is attacked by rogue synthetics, killing 92,000 souls and destroying a new armada built at the Utopia Planetia Fleet Yards. TheMars Attack of 2385is a crippling blow to Starfleet that forces the United Federation of Planets to retreat within its borders.
Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 Ending & Shocking Season 3 Set Up Explained
Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 brings the time travel saga of the USS Protostar full circle. Here’s what happened and what it all means for season 3.
However, Admiral Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) has no intention of letting the Federation’s light in the galaxy be extinguished. Janeway assigns Dal R’El (Brett Gray), Gwyndala (Ella Purnell), and their young friends to become the crew of the new USS Prodigy. The Starfleet Cadets' mission is to bring the optimism of the Federation beyond its borders.Star Trek: Prodigyseason 2’s ending is a brilliant and inspiring setup for this bold new missionthat fans dearly hope Netflix will green-light.
Star Trek: Lower Decks Opened Up Exploration Of The Multiverse
Can The USS Cerritos' New Co-First Officers Exist With Captain Ransom?
LikeStar Trek: Prodigy, Star Trek: Lower Decksseason 5 featured journeys into the alternate realities and variants ofStar Treklegacy charactersofStar Trek’s endless multiverse.Star Trek: Lower Decksseason 5’s ending saw Captain Carol Freeman (Dawnn Lewis) leave the USS Cerritos to head up Starfleet’s exploration of the multiverse. Based out of Starbase 80,the Defiant Class starship Anaximander led by Captain William Boimler (Jack Quaid) will journey into infinite realities.
Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5 Finale & Series Ending Explained
Star Trek: Lower Decks' finale brings big changes to the USS Cerritos and the Star Trek multiverse. Here’s what it all means for the Cerritos' crew.
AsStar Trek’s multiverse is set to be explored,big changes occur on the USS Cerritos. Captain Jack Ransom (Jerry O’Connell) takes over command of the California Class starship, and Ransom appoints Lieutenants Brad Boimler (Jack Quaid) and Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome) as co-First Officers. They join Lieutenants T’Lyn (Gabrielle Ruiz) and D’Vana Tendi (Noel Wells) as co-Science Officers in the Cerritos' upgraded command structure. What happens next to the hilarious heroes ofStar Trek: Lower Decksis something fans dearly hope to see.
Star Trek: Section 31 Set Up A New Mission For Emperor Georgiou’s Team
Will Star Trek: Section 31 Get A Sequel?
Star Trek: Section 31was the first major adventure set inStar Trek’s early 24th century"lost era"circa 2324. Section 31’s heretofore unheard-of mission saw Emperor Philippa Georgiou (Michelle Yeoh) and a Section 31 black ops team led by Alok Sahar (Omari Hardwick)stop an invasion of the Federation by the Mirror Universe’s Terran Empire. Georgiou also foiled a plot by her former lover, San (James Hiroyuki Liao), to use a super weapon called the Godsend to destroy entire planets.
Star Trek: Section 31 Movie Ending & All Twists Explained
Star Trek: Section 31 introduces a new threat to the Federation Emperor Georgiou must defeat. Here’s what Section 31’s ending means.
Star Trek: Section 31set up the next mission for Alok Sahar’s Alpha Team, with Emperor Georgiou coming along as the newest official recruit, and newly-promoted Lieutenant Commander Rachel Garrett (Kacey Rohl) representing Starfleet’s interests. However, the negative critical and online reception toStar Trek: Section 31may prevent a sequelfrom happening. This would makeStar Trek: Section 31the latestStar Trekproject to promise a new adventure fans may not get to see.
Star Trek: Discovery
Cast
Star Trek: Discovery is an entry in the legendary Sci-Fi franchise, set ten years before the original Star Trek series events. The show centers around Commander Michael Burnham, assigned to the USS Discovery, where the crew attempts to prevent a Klingon war while traveling through the vast reaches of space.
Star Trek: Prodigy
Star Trek: Prodigy is the first TV series in the Star Trek franchise marketed toward children, and one of the few animated series in the franchise. The story follows a group of young aliens who find a stolen Starfleet ship and use it to escape from the Tars Lamora prison colony where they are all held captive. Working together with the help of a holographic Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), the new crew of the USS Protostar must find their way back to the Alpha Quadrant to warn the Federation of the deadly threat that is pursuing them.
Star Trek Lower Decks
The animated comedy series Star Trek: Lower Decks follows the support crew on one of Starfleet’s least significant ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, in 2380. Ensigns Mariner (Tawny Newsome), Boimler (Jack Quaid), Rutherford (Eugene Cordero), and Tendi (Noël Wells) have to keep up with their duties and their social lives often. At the same time, the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies.
