{"id":125623,"date":"2025-11-09T03:03:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T03:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/125623\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T03:03:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T03:03:05","slug":"strange-new-worlds-cast-tease-the-shows-bittersweet-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/125623\/","title":{"rendered":"Strange New Worlds Cast Tease the Show’s \u2018Bittersweet\u2019 End"},"content":{"rendered":"

Production on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds<\/a> Season 5 is well underway. The fifth season will mark the end of the Paramount+ series that follows the adventures of Captain Christopher Pike and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise before Captain James T. Kirk takes over the center seat.<\/p>\n

In an interview with TV Insider, the cast and crew of Strange New Worlds opened up about what fans may expect as the series heads toward its inevitable end. Melissa Navia, who plays Erica Ortegas in Strange New Worlds<\/a>, said working on the fifth and final season of the show is \u201cbittersweet.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s so much of our show that still has yet to come out that it doesn\u2019t feel like an ending,\u201d added Celia Rose Gooding, who plays Nyota Uhura. \u201cWe\u2019ll be talking about Strange New Worlds until they send a cease and desist, so it\u2019s never-ending. I feel like this is family, this team, we have a camaraderie that is pretty eternal. I think the legacy that we\u2019re leaving and the one that we\u2019re continuing to establish is something that I don\u2019t think you ever have to say goodbye to,\u201d Gooding added.<\/p>\n

Star Trek fans know that the end of Strange New Worlds likely means that the show could delve into the accident that leaves Captain Pike in a wheelchair. Pike, in order to save Starfleet cadets, risks his life and winds up severely injured. Co-showrunner Akiva Goldsman touched on the fact that Pike\u2019s future is already known, saying of Anson Mount\u2019s character, \u201cWe try to let Pike live in the moment. Obviously, as we approach the terminal date for him, it starts to inform the stories a little bit more frequently.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I do think that like everybody else who suffers impending doom, which in some ways is all of us, he manages to survive by being connected to the people around him, to the mission, to the crew,\u201d Goldsman said.<\/p>\n

Fans of Strange New Worlds still have Season 4 and 5 to look forward to, but that hasn\u2019t stopped Goldsman and co-showrunner Henry Alonso Myers from talking about the future of Trek once the show ends. Goldsman and Myers have both stated it is their \u201cdream\u201d to make a Strange New Worlds spinoff that would focus on Kirk\u2019s first year as the captain of the Enterprise.<\/p>\n

Strange New Worlds Showrunners Tease Spinoff Series<\/p>\n

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\n Captain Pike in the chair on the bridge with Spock in the background from Star Trek Strange New WorldsImage via Paramount<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, I think we have no idea, in fairness,\u201d said Goldsman in September<\/a> when asked about whether a show, dubbed Star Trek: Year One, could ever come to fruition. \u201cI mean, I think that clearly we would be thrilled to do it, and ultimately, we are renting, we don\u2019t own. And so it\u2019s the people who own the building, which is now, it\u2019s different landlords, so we\u2019ll see what they think, and if so, great, but we\u2019re building out our show to end, so really, we\u2019re completing our five-year mission after Season 5,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then if there\u2019s more to do, serendipity, but if not, we\u2019re going to make sure that we did it as well as we knew how and closed it out as elegantly and correctly as we believe we can,\u201d Goldsman added.<\/p>\n

Two stars of Strange New Worlds have already expressed interest in a spinoff series<\/a>. Ethan Peck, who plays Spock, and Paul Wesley, who plays Kirk, would both love a spinoff. \u201cI think it would be really wonderful,\u201d Peck said about a Year One spinoff. \u201cI will stay playing this character as long as I\u2019m invited, for the most part, because I just think it\u2019s such an amazing thing to be a part of. The messaging is so incredible, and this character has so much integrity. He\u2019s such a noble person, so I love portraying him,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would love nothing more than to do a Kirk series along with our beloved characters in TOS and introduce characters that we have yet to introduce in TOS, Chekov and Sulu, and, I mean, you name it. And I think it would be fantastic,\u201d Wesley said. \u201cSpeaking as a little kid who wants to play in a series, I think there\u2019s so much room to explore, and I think you can go into the TOS sort of time. You can explore time between episodes. You can explore time before the first episode. There\u2019s just so much story to be mined here, and I would love nothing more than to play in that series,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds\u2019 first three seasons are streaming on Paramount+. A premiere date for Season 4 has not been announced.<\/p>\n

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Release Date<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMay 5, 2022<\/p>\n

Network<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tParamount+<\/p>\n

Showrunner<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHenry Alonso Myers, Akiva Goldsman<\/p>\n

Directors<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDan Liu, Amanda Row, Maja Vrvilo, Akiva Goldsman, Dermott Downs, Eduardo S\u00e1nchez, Jeffrey W. Byrd, Jonathan Frakes, Jordan Canning, Leslie Hope, Valerie Weiss, Sydney Freeland, Christopher J. Byrne, Rachel Leiterman<\/p>\n

Writers<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOnitra Johnson<\/p>\n

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Anson Mount<\/p>\n

\n Captain Christopher Pike\n <\/p>\n

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