3 things to know about Star Trek: Discovery before its return

Star Trek: Discovery will finish an up-and-down run this spring, bringing to a close five seasons of adventures. The show was canceled in 2023, with the folks at Paramount+ announcing that season five would be the last for the series. it's not always been the most loved series, but it has found a fandom over the course of its run. Now with the show coming to a close, fans are looking forward to seeing how the story turns out.

Fans of the series are likely ready for April 4, as the fifth season will debut in the states on Paramount+, but newcomers to the series may not know all the major details of the show's fifth season and maybe a diehard fan may have missed some of the bigger aspects of the series.

So here are three things to remember before Discovery debuts.

It's the final season and will have a satisfying conclusion

The show is coming to a close for sure this spring, but anyone worried the show will receive an uninteresting conclusion much like Star Trek: Enterprise did, fear not. Alex Kurtzman, the head of Star Trek has confirmed that the series will have a satisfying conclusion, meaning that fans of the show won't have to re-live the ending of Star Trek: Enterprise, whose finale is considered the worst in the show's history.

Several new characters are joining the show

The show will close out season five with three major new characters. Each character will have a major impact on the show, one of which is being played by a sci-fi legend. Callum Keith Rennie, who featured as Leoben on Battlestar Galactic, will play Captain Rayner, while Eve Harlow and Elias Toufexis will play Moll and L'ak respectively.

Potentially two spinoffs will continue the story

Fans of Discovery should be happy to hear that this part of the franchise's story isn't done. The upcoming Section 31 film will continue the events of Discovery before the series titular ship was lost to the future, and a planned but delayed series, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, will likely continue the adventures in the 32nd century.