After briefly leaking through the UK Paramount+ app last week, today the streaming service confirmed that the fifth and final season of Star Trek: Discovery will drop out of the mycelial network on Thursday, April 4.
The ten-hour last adventures of Captain Burnham and crew will run through May 30, with a two-episode debut — “Red Directive” and “Under the Twin Moons” — kicking things off the week of First Contact Day in April. (In case you missed it, the episode titles for this upcoming season appeared on WGA listings in January and are subject to change, just a note!).
The overall season is described with the following synopsis:
The fifth and final season will find Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery uncovering a mystery that will send them on an epic adventure across the galaxy to find an ancient power whose very existence has been deliberately hidden for centuries. But there are others on the hunt as well…dangerous foes who are desperate to claim the prize for themselves and will stop at nothing to get it.
…and the logline for “Red Directive” is as follows:
Captain Burnham and the U.S.S. Discovery are sent to retrieve a mysterious 800-year-old Romulan vessel; until the artifact hidden inside is stolen, leading to an epic chase. Meanwhile, Saru is offered the position of a lifetime, and Tilly’s efforts to help pull her into a tangled web of secrecy.
Paramount+ also released today the official Discovery Season 5 key art, with cast members Sonequa Martin-Green (center) flanked by Blu del Bario, Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, David Ajala, Doug Jones, and Anthony Rapp. Not pictured is new cast member Callum Keith Rennie, who portrays Starfleet captain Rayner.
Watch for more news on Discovery Season 5 as April’s premiere approaches!