After two long years, Star Trek: Discovery returns this Thursday with a pair of episodes to kick off its fifth and final season — and today we can bring you new images from “Red Directive” and “Under the Twin Moons” to whet your appetite for the new adventure!
*** Minor Season 5 spoilers below! ***
This week: Captain Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and the Discovery crew set off on an epic quest to find a long-lost treasure of galactic importance — but they’re not the only ones on the hunt for the prize. Meanwhile, Saru (Doug Jones) finds a new opportunity to help the Federation… but it would mean leaving the Discovery crew behind.
Along with a four previously-released images, here are eighteen new photos from the season premiere…
…and four new photos from the week’s second episode, with three previously released images.
In case you missed it, here’s a new Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 preview special, hosted by The Ready Room’s Wil Wheaton, recapping the show’s first four years and going behind the scenes into the visual effects work of Season 5.
RED DIRECTIVE — Season premiere. Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery are sent to retrieve a mysterious artifact hidden inside a 800-year-old Romulan vessel – but find that they’re not the only ones on the hunt. Meanwhile, Saru is offered the position of a lifetime.
Written by Michelle Paradise. Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi.
UNDER THE TWIN MOONS — On Saru’s last mission as Captain Burnham’s Number One, the team ventures to a seemingly abandoned planet to hunt for what might be the greatest treasure in the galaxy.
Written by Alan McElroy. Directed by Doug Aarniokoski.
Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 debuts April 4 on Paramount+, and April 5 on SkyShowtime.