Star Trek: Discovery’s Sonequa Martin-Green verifies previous reports that the cast and crew didn’t expect season 5 to be the final season.
Summary
- Lead actor Sonequa Martin-Green reveals that the cast and crew were unaware that season 5 would be the last while filming.
- Star Trek: Discovery season 5 will premiere in April 2024 on Paramount+, marking the end of the series in the 32nd century.
- Despite the surprise, the team worked hard to ensure that the story would conclude the entire series.
Star Trek: Discovery lead actor Sonequa Martin-Green confirms that the cast and crew “had no idea” season 5 would be the end of the series while they were in production. Discovery season 5 is slated to premiere in April 2024 on Paramount+, a full 25 months after the airing of Star Trek: Discovery season 4’s finale. With the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes now over, Star Trek: Discovery has finally started promotion of what will be the final voyages of Captain Michael Burnham and the USS Discovery in the 32nd century.
Appearing on stage at CCXP’s Paramount+ panel, Sonequa Martin-Green and Michelle Paradise introduced a new action-packed clip from Star Trek: Discovery season 5 and sat down for a Q&A. As reported by Trek Brasilis (@trekbrasilis), Martin-Green says she and the cast and crew didn’t produce Star Trek: Discovery season 5 thinking it would be the end of the series. Read her quote in the post below:
Trek Brasilis’ post translated from Portuguese to English reads:
“We had no idea it would be the last season when we were shooting. The team worked really hard afterwards to make the story culminate in an end to the entire series,” says Sonequa. #TBnaCCXP
Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 – Everything We Know
Star Trek: Discovery season 5 is the final season of Paramount+’s flagship series, and here’s everything we know about Captain Burnham’s last voyages.
Star Trek: Discovery Season 5’s Finale Underwent Reshoots
Jonathan Frakes and Olatunde Osunsanme directed the two-part finale.
Sonequa Martin-Green’s statement at CCXP confirms Jonathan Frakes, who directed Star Trek: Discovery season 5’s finale’s first half, saying that the cast and crew didn’t know season 5 would be the final season. Paramount+ announced in March 2023 that Star Trek: Discovery would end with season 5, which is likely the result of overall cost-cutting and restructuring across the streaming industry. Prior to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strike, reshoots were completed to make Star Trek: Discovery season 5’s ending a fitting conclusion to the entire series.
Star Trek: Discovery season 5 has released only 1 trailer and 2 “exclusive clips” since October 2022.
The hype finally starting up for Star Trek: Discovery season 5 is exciting nonetheless. Discovery season 5 is the biggest Star Trek event Paramount+ has slated for 2023, and the final season will not only conclude the flagship show that launched Star Trek on Paramount+, but it could also set up the upcoming spinoffs like Star Trek: Section 31 and Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. Star Trek: Discovery season 5 is also said to be more adventurous and fun than prior seasons as Captain Burnham and the USS Discovery hunt for “the greatest treasure in the known galaxy.”
