Star Trek: Discovery’s final season has more portals, more baddies, and more David Cronenberg

Each new Star Trek show goes boldly, but Star Trek: Discovery had the unenviable position of finishing first in the Paramount Plus explosion of new Star Trek TV. And if the first clips from the upcoming fifth and final season – revealed at today’s Star Trek panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2023 – are anything to go by, the series is boldly going out with a bang.

The clip, an action sequence with little context from what preceded it, follows Captain Michael Burnham as she is flung from a tense confrontation in the corridors of a wrecked starship to piggybacking on a craft’s hull as it jumps into warp.

Season 5 of Discovery began filming last June, with a premiere expected in early 2023. However, in March, Paramount announced that this would be the show’s final season and the premiere would be pushed back to early 2024. Stars Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, and David Ajala are expected to return as the starship crew Discovery for adventures in the distant future (even for Star Trek) of the 3200s.

Also, according to this new clip, David Cronenberg (yes, the actual David Cronenberg) will reprise his recurring role as the Federation expert Doctor Kovich.