“Star Trek: Discovery”
Fifth season starts on April 4th
“Star Trek: Discovery”: Captain Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and her crew.
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The final flight of the USS Discovery is coming up: The final season of “Star Trek: Discovery” will be available on Paramount+ from April 4th.
The start date of the long-awaited fifth and final season of ““Star Trek: Discovery” has been released after almost a year of waiting. The first two of a total of ten episodes will be available on Paramount+ from April 4th, as the streaming service announced via a press release. The remaining episodes will then follow weekly on Thursdays.
Plot and cast of “Star Trek: Discovery”
It is the final adventure for Captain Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green, 38) and her crew of the USS Discovery, who in the fifth season will have to deal with a new mystery, an epic adventure across the galaxy and dangerous enemies.
In addition to Martin-Green, the final episodes of the popular series will also feature Doug Jones (63) as Saru, Anthony Rapp (52) as Paul Stamets, Mary Wiseman (38) as Sylvia Tilly, Wilson Cruz (50) as Dr. Hugh Culber, David Ajala (37) as Cleveland “Book” Booker, Blu del Barrio (26) as Adira and Callum Keith Rennie (63) as Rayner can be seen.
Sonequa Martin-Green: “I can’t believe this journey is coming to an end”
With just ten episodes, the final season of the “Star Trek” series is the shortest to date. It was announced in March 2023 that the fifth season would also be the last season of the show. “Discovery” started in 2017 as the first “Star Trek” series since “Star Trek: Enterprise,” which ended in 2005.
“I can hardly believe that this breathtaking journey with ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ is coming to an end,” leading actress Sonequa Martin-Green was quoted as saying in the press release last year. The 38-year-old, whose character became captain of the titular character over the course of the series Starship, adding that she feels “honored” to have played Captain Michael Burnham and part of a legacy […] to have been”.