Star Trek: Discovery Season 5: Renewal, Release Date, Cast, & Everything We Know

Paramount+’s flagship Star Trek series, Star Trek: Discovery, will be back for Star Trek: Discovery season 5, and here’s everything we know about when Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and the crew of the USS Discovery will return. Star Trek: Discovery is one of five new Star Trek series streaming on Paramount+, along with Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and the animated Star Trek: Lower Decks and Star Trek: Prodigy. Star Trek: Discovery season 4 broke its own mold by focusing less on action, instead tackling the Dark Matter Anomaly — a season-long threat that led Burnham and the USS Discovery into a brand-new galaxy. Going where no one has gone before, Discovery made First Contact with Species 10-C, the alien creators of the DMA, so that they could save Earth from imminent catastrophe.

Star Trek: Discovery season 4 also introduced new characters like Federation President Laira Rillak (Chelah Horsdal) and mad scientist Dr. Ruon Tarka (Shawn Doyle), which also spotlighting the romantic relationships of Burnham and Book (David Ajala), Saru (Doug Jones) and President T’Rina (Tara Rosling), and the trials of Dr. Hugh Culber (Wilson Cruz), who, as Ship’s Counselor, was responsible for the mental health of Discovery’s crew. Set in the distant future of the 32nd century, over 700 years ahead of Star Trek: Picard season 2‘s 25th-century timeframe, Star Trek: Discovery has the luxury of being able to redefine Star Trek and write new canon every step of the way. Now that Burnham and her crew have saved the galaxy once again, here’s the current status of Star Trek: Discovery season 5.

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The Latest Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 News

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 was confirmed in January 2022, and it was announced in June 2022 that filming had begun. Filming for the next installment has since wrapped, meaning there should be a Star Trek: Discovery season 5 release date on the way. The Star Trek: Discovery season 5 cast has been announced, with most of the season 4 cast rolling over to the latest season. A Star Trek: Discovery season 5 trailer was released to the public at the New York Comic Con back in 2022, which premiered to the public in November 2022.

Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Is Confirmed

Paramount+ officially renewed Star Trek: Discovery season 5 on January 18, 2022. With its fifth season, Discovery officially becomes the longest-running new Star Trek series since Star Trek: Voyager ended its 7-season run in 2001, taking the spot from Star Trek: Enterprise (which was canceled after season 4). Star Trek: Discovery season 5 will be 10 episodes, which is the shortest season of the series thus far. But the 10-episode season 5 order puts Discovery in line with the rest of Paramount+’s Star Trek shows which also have 10-episode seasons (except the younger-audience aimed Star Trek: Prodigy season 1, which has 20).

Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Release Date

As of February 2023, the Star Trek: Discovery season 5 release date hasn’t been announced. Production for the latest Star Trek installment wrapped in November 2022, the same time that the Star Trek: Discovery season 5 trailer was released. Presumably, a release date should be revealed sooner rather than later for the Paramount+ series.

Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Cast

Star Trek: Discovery‘s entire cast will to return for season 5, including Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Wilson Cruz, Blu del Barrio, Tig Notaro, Callum Keith Rennie, and David Ajala. Mary Wiseman’s Lt. Sylvia Tilly left Discovery to teach at Starfleet Academy, but she should is back as well, and it’s also safe to expect Chelah Horsdal’s President Rillak, Oded Fehr’s Admiral Charles Vance, Tara Rosling’s President T’Rina, and Ian Alexander’s Gray Tal will return. Discovery has a huge cast and potentially, even characters who are presumed deceased like Shawn Doyle’s Dr. Tarka may make a comeback in Star Trek: Discovery season 5.

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Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Story

The Star Trek: Discovery season 5 story has mainly been revealed by the trailer, and it looks as though this installment will zero in on a treasure hunt of sorts. Booker will also be a major focus, as season 4 set up a new character arc for him. Presumably, Star Trek: Discovery season 5 will dive further into his life after being punished for joining forces with Tarka. The rebuilding of the Federation also seems to be a major plot point for Star Trek: Discovery season 5, as the Federation has all but lost power after The Burn. However, the Star Trek: Discovery season 5 story will mainly follow Burnham and the USS Discovery’s crew’s galaxy-crossing treasure hunt.

Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Trailer

The Star Trek: Discovery season 5 trailer starts off with Burnham being tasked with the aforementioned treasure hunt, and it looks like she and her crew are set for quite the wild ride. The trailer details numerous fight scenes and galaxy-spanning travels as the Discovery team are taken on a manhunt. It also looks like the treasure will contain a puzzle of some kind, or perhaps the puzzle is on the way to the treasure. Either way, the Star Trek: Discovery season 5 trailer showcases tons of new worlds for the Discovery crew to explore along the way.

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Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 is streaming on Paramount+.