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Star trek: discovery.

S1.E1 ∙ The Vulcan Hello

S1.E2 ∙ Battle at the Binary Stars

S1.E3 ∙ Context Is for Kings

S1.E4 ∙ The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry

S1.E5 ∙ Choose Your Pain

S1.E6 ∙ Lethe

S1.E7 ∙ Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad

S1.E8 ∙ Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum

S1.E9 ∙ Into the Forest I Go

S1.E10 ∙ Despite Yourself

S1.E11 ∙ The Wolf Inside

S1.E12 ∙ Vaulting Ambition

S1.E13 ∙ What's Past Is Prologue

S1.E14 ∙ The War Without, the War Within

S1.E15 ∙ Will You Take My Hand?

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Star Trek: Discovery: Season 4 Reviews

The problem with formulas though is that they tend to become stale, and Discovery’s fourth season is a case in point.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 3, 2023

Discovery seems to be boldly going on an action-adventure path not unlike the original Star Trek, times many more millions spent each episode.

Full Review | Aug 30, 2022

It’s not perfect, but it constantly strives to be more than it is… and as always… the effort yields its rewards.

Full Review | May 4, 2022

After four seasons, Star Trek: Discovery is in uncharted territory but represents the very best ideals that the franchise can offer.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 29, 2022

In short, despite certain imbalances, season 4 of 'Star Trek: Discovery' is off to a pretty good start. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Dec 2, 2021

"Discovery" has broached stories about division, war, and strife and now has finally come back to the original vision of the franchise by imbuing a sense of unity, hope, and camaraderie that helps elevate this to be the best season of the show yet.

Full Review | Original Score: 9/10 | Dec 1, 2021

An unstoppable force tearing its way across the galaxy is about to meet an immovable object in the form of Michael Burnham -- and the mess that's going to leave behind will no doubt make for some interesting fallout for this season to sift through.

Full Review | Dec 1, 2021

It's not easy to maintain the right balance between intimate character moments and events that span the galaxy. "Discovery," however, gets it right more often than not, though there are definitely moments that swing and miss.

Discovery has saved the universe multiple times. Can't they just, I dunno, fly around and hang out for a while?

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Dec 1, 2021

Discovery's action-packed season opener is unlikely to win over any new fans, but it's the ideal introduction to both this year's big threat and the challenges facing Burnham in the captain's chair.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 1, 2021

Fans might be forgiven for wondering just how many chances Discovery could possibly have to reinvent itself. But judging by Season 4's first episode, the fourth time just might be the charm.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 1, 2021

Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 introduces an existential new threat that tests both the mental state of its characters and the ideals they uphold.

Full Review | Original Score: 9.5 | Nov 19, 2021

From comedic buddy adventure to tragedy, the journey encompasses multiple highs and lows, new characters, new settings, and new relationships. It's a lot to take in and promises a season full of exploration, mystery, conflict, and healing.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Nov 18, 2021

Discovery offers up [a premiere] that meets the high visual bar the show has set in previous years, while also lining up some new character dynamics that should prove fruitful moving forward.

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10 | Nov 18, 2021

If depth of character -- other than Burnham -- is still sorely missing from Discovery, at least there's a lot of dazzle to feast on.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Nov 18, 2021

It feels like a rehash from the jump, but perhaps it will go somewhere different.

Full Review | Nov 18, 2021

In Season 4, the crew of Discovery is united, whole, and providing comfort and hope both to each other, and to a world that needs that right now. Maybe that's the most radical reinvention of all.

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Star trek: discovery’s captain burnham opening starfleet academy is ironic.

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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy - Cast, Story & Everything We Know

Patrick stewart & star trek legends bring discovery’s sonequa martin-green to tears with touching tributes, star trek: discovery showed the opposite of j.j. abrams’ movies destroying vulcan & romulus.

Starfleet Academy was reopened by Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) in Star Trek: Discovery season 4, which is ironic. The next Star Trek series and a spinoff of Star Trek: Discovery , Star Trek: Starfleet Academy continues the 32nd-century era, with Academy Award-winner Holly Hunter cast as the Chancellor and Captain, while Emmy winner Paul Giamatti plays Starfleet Academy 's recurring villain . The seeds for Starfleet Academy , however, were planted in Star Trek: Discovery season 4.

A hundred years before then-Commander Burnham and the USS Discovery arrived in 3188 and 3189, respectively, a catastrophe known as the Burn crippled the galaxy. The Burn detonated the dilithium in starships' antimatter warp cores, destroying thousands of vessels and making warp travel impossible. The United Federation of Planets broke apart. Becoming an isolationist world, United Earth expelled the Federation and Starfleet, and Starfleet Academy was shut down. But after the USS Discovery solved the mystery of the Burn and restored warp travel, Starfleet Academy was finally able to reopen after a century.

Exploring another corner of the Star Trek universe, the upcoming series Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is a brand-new take on the classic franchise.

Why Star Trek: Discovery’s Captain Burnham Opening Starfleet Academy Is Ironic

Captain burnham never attended starfleet academy.

Captain Michael Burnham reopening Starfleet Academy in Star Trek: Discovery season 4 is ironic because Burnham never attended Starfleet Academy. Michael was raised on Vulcan by her adoptive father, Ambassador Sarek (James Frain) , since she was 10. Burnham attended the Vulcan Science Academy , and Sarek pulled strings for Michael to be posted by Starfleet on the USS Shenzhou under Captain Philippa Georgiou (Michelle Yeoh). Nonetheless, it was Captain Burnham who delivered the keynote speech to Starfleet Academy's inaugural class of 3190:

Today, we reopen Starfleet Academy for the first time since the Burn. And in this moment, I feel like anything is possible. You are tomorrow's ensigns, lieutenants, commanders, and captains. And in this new world, all of you will go where no one has gone before. And you will make the path by traveling it. And from what I see... from what I see... I am honored to be in your company.

Of course, countless dignitaries and luminaries have delivered keynote speeches to educational institutions they did not attend. Captain Burnham was given the honor by Federation President Laira Rillak (Chelah Horsdal) because of her accomplishments in leading the USS Discovery to solve the Burn and restore warp travel to the Federation. Burnham's heroism led to her Captaincy of the USS Discovery. By the end of Star Trek: Discovery , Michael Burnham cemented herself as the most important Starfleet Captain of the 32nd century and a future Admiral.

What To Expect From Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

The next star trek series picks up where discovery left off.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is now in production for a targeted 2026 release on Paramount+. Starfleet Academy not only stars Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti, along with a young cast playing Starfleet Academy' s new cadets , but the series also includes several Star Tre k legacy characters and actors. Star Trek: Discovery 's Admiral Charles Vance (Oded Fehr), Lt. Sylvia Tilly (Mary Wiseman), and Commander Jett Reno (Tig Notaro) have joined Starfleet Academy, along with The Doctor (Robert Picardo) from Star Trek: Voyager .

Starfleet Academy's cadets must navigate the social and educational challenges of turning into future Starfleet Officers.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy will bring a new perspective to the final frontier, introducing a class of cadets who must face mistakes Starfleet has made while also encountering a new enemy to the Federation . Starfleet Academy's cadets must navigate the social and educational challenges of turning into future Starfleet Officers. Starfleet Academy will be set both in space and on Earth, with the series returning to the school's San Francisco home base and filming on the largest set ever constructed for Star Trek . It's safe to expect that Captain Burnham's words in her keynote address in Star Trek: Discovery season 4 will be fulfilled by Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.

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Star Trek: Discovery season 4: everything we know

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Star Trek : Discovery season 4 will warp onto Paramount Plus on November 18, 2021, and a new trailer has dropped as the date gets closer. 

With Michael Burnham now installed as the captain of the ship – the show's fourth commanding officer in as many years – Star Trek: Discovery season 4 will see the crew continuing to explore the distant future of the 32nd century. Having solved the mystery of the so-called “Burn” that had rendered warp travel impossible, and defeated the criminal empire of the Emerald Chain, attentions should now be turning to restoring the Federation to its former glories. Unfortunately, it sounds like a new antagonist is about to get in the way, in the form of a dangerous gravitational anomaly five light years across.  

With Saru, Tilly, Stamets, Culber and all the principal bridge crew back in action, Star Trek: Discovery 4 is set to continue the franchise's ongoing adventures on the final frontier. Here's everything you need to know, but be warned – Spoilers lie ahead for anyone yet to watch the previous seasons.

Release date: Star Trek Discovery season 4 will release on November 18 in the US. The show will roll out on Paramount Plus in the US, and is expected to stream on Netflix elsewhere. 

Story: With Burnham now installed as captain, as mentioned above, the USS Discovery will contend with a massive gravitational anomaly in the 32nd century – the idea is that the crew is dealing with a massive problem to solve this season rather than a specific villain. 

Is there a trailer? Yes. A first teaser for Discovery season 4 debuted in April 2021, and another full trailer dropped in October 2021. 

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Star Trek: Discovery season 4 release date

It was confirmed at the Star Trek Day event on September 8 that Star Trek: Discovery season 4 will debut on November 18 in the US. 

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The show will release on Paramount Plus , the rebranded version of CBS All Access. Outside the US we expect that – like the previous seasons – the show will stream on Netflix, where it's usually available within hours of its American debut.

The previous season had barely even started airing when Star Trek: Discovery season 4 got the official greenlight on October 16, 2020. Two weeks later, on November 2, production got underway at the show’s Toronto base, and continued until August 2021 – the end of shooting was confirmed in a tweet from showrunner Michelle Paradise . 

Inevitably, Covid-19 restrictions were a major factor in the shoot. For starters, as dictated by Canadian rules, the cast had to isolate for two weeks before coming to set.

Star Trek: Discovery season 4 also reportedly  took advantage of a pipeline put in place for the previous season, after coronavirus restrictions kicked in. “Our editors, miraculously and heroically, took their editing bays into their living rooms,” Alex Kurtzman, executive producer and overseer of Star Trek’s current raft of TV shows, told IndieWire . “We also scored the entire season [3], mixed the entire season, color-timed the entire season, all from [a] laptop .”

Reports suggest the process was further refined on Star Trek: Discovery season 4, with Space.com revealing that the show will make use of the groundbreaking augmented reality LED screens pioneered by The Mandalorian . Suddenly the fact that travel for location filming was off the table didn't seem quite so much of a problem...

Star Trek: Discovery season 4 trailer

"We are not in this alone." Star Trek: Discovery season four, coming soon ✨ #StarTrekDiscovery #FirstContactDay pic.twitter.com/ZRoI2QRNqp April 5, 2021

A first teaser trailer for Star Trek: Discovery season 4 was unveiled at the First Contact Day virtual event in April 2021 – watch it above. A second, fuller trailer dropped at New York Comic Con 2021, which you can check out below.

Let’s fly ✨ #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrek https://t.co/NUVqZXAdrS pic.twitter.com/ZqJvodfqft October 9, 2021

Star Trek: Discovery season 4 cast

This is the current roll call for Star Trek: Discovery season 4:

• Sonequa Martin-Green as Captain Michael Burnham
• Doug Jones as Saru
• Anthony Rapp as Lt Cmdr Paul Stamets
• Wilson Cruz as Dr Hugh Culber
• David Ajala as Book
• Mary Wiseman as Ensign Sylvia Tilly
• Blu del Barrio as Adira
• Ian Alexander as Gray
• Oded Fehr as Admiral Charles Vance
• Oyin Oladejo as Lt Joann Owosekun
• Emily Coutts as Lt Keyla Detmer
• Patrick Kwok-Choo as Lt Gen Rhys
• Ronnie Rowe as Lt R.A. Bryce
• Sara Mitich as Lt Nilsson
• David Cronenberg as Kovich

It’s a case of ‘as you were’, with most of the established cast returning for another tour of duty – presumably they’re excited to be wearing new-look, Trek-appropriate primary-colored uniforms that don’t look quite so much like tracksuits.

It goes without saying that Sonequa Martin-Green is back as Captain Michael Burnham, and even though her predecessor in the big chair, Saru, has relocated to his home planet of Kaminar, Doug Jones still has a part to play. “It felt important for all of our characters to find new layers for them, to find new place for them to go, new things for our actors to play, and new ways for the characters to go,” showrunner Michelle Paradise told TVInsider . “[In season 3 we highlighted] that Saru hasn’t had a huge connection to Kaminar since leaving, and in a season that is all about connection – family connection and cultural connection – it seemed like an organic place to explore that theme with him.”

Among the lead cast, Anthony Rapp and Wilson Cruz reprise their roles as Lt Cmdr Paul Stamets and Dr Hugh Culber, while season 3 standout David Ajala is back as the 32nd century’s most famous feline owner, Cleveland ‘Book’ Booker. (Sadly, a Grudge the Cat spin-off is yet to be announced.) And surely Mary Wiseman’s Sylvia Tilly will be looking to make the First Officer role her own.

“[Saru] sees strength in [Tilly] she doesn’t quite see in herself necessarily,” Paradise said in TVInsider. “Then, [we watched] her over the course of the season become more confident in herself to the place where she’s ultimately able to serve as Number One, and having to essentially be acting captain in this crisis situation, where she handles herself beautifully. What does that mean to come is, I’m sure, a question she’ll be asking herself and we’ll be exploring in Season 4.”

The supporting bridge crew will surely be hoping to have a few more stories of their own, continuing their slow evolution from background players to actual characters – now we know that Lt Joann Owosekun (Oyin Oladejo) can hold her breath for 10 minutes, the sky’s the limit. It’ll be interesting to see what – if anything – is in store for Lt Keyla Detmer (Emily Coutts), Lt Gen Rhys (Patrick Kwok-Choon), Lt R.A. Bryce (Ronnie Rowe) and Lt Nilsson (Sara Mitich).

Third season newcomer Blu del Barrio also returns as Adira, human host of the Trill symbiont Tal, along with their boyfriend, Gray (Ian Alexander). Dr Culber’s efforts to give Gray – who can only be seen and heard by Adira – physical form will be a big part of the season, as Gray becomes more and more integrated with the crew. “For season 4 I’ve had a lot more hands-on involvement, like my suggestions for the future of Gray,” Alexander told Inverse . “They already have so much planned. Michelle [Paradise] and Alex [Kurtzman] already have this vision that I’ve very, very excited for everyone to be able to see.”

“Culber does make a promise in our season three finale to Gray that, ‘You will be truly seen,’” Paradise said on a Discovery panel at Outfest (via TrekMovie ). “And we absolutely do pay that off in season four. That storyline and making sure we pay it off is hugely important.” It was confirmed by Wilson Cruz (Dr Culber) at Star Trek Day (via Variety ) that Gray will be gaining a corporeal form in Star Trek: Discovery season 4. 

Anthony Rapp, who plays Stamets, added that Stamets, Culber, Adira and Gray will become a family in Star Trek: Discovery season 4: “Parenting – they’re not children but they are young people – the pressures of how to be available to be a mentor or guide or parent in the face of job responsibilities and sort of crises, that’s an interesting sort of sub-thread through the through the season… There’s more in the ways Paul and Hugh continue to evolve in their relationship. This is certainly explored also in this season.”

And there’ll be at least two familiar faces at Federation headquarters, where Oded Fehr (Admiral Charles Vance) and legendary movie director David Cronenberg (the mysterious Kovich) will be pulling some strings behind the scenes.

Star Trek: Discovery season 4 plot

Star trek: discovery season 4 plot: what can we expect to see.

Michelle Paradise is keeping her cards closer to her chest than The Next Generation crew at one of their regular poker games, though she did admit to TVInsider in January 2021 that the Discovery crew are hanging around in the 32nd century, rather than looking for a way back to their original pre-Kirk-and-Spock timeline. “I don’t expect that,” she said. “All of [the crew] knew going into that at the end of season 2 that this is a one-way trip. Now that they are here, we’re not looking to go back.”

What does that mean for plotlines? “I don’t want to speak specifically to themes, but we do have them!” she joked to ComicBook.com . “I think season 4 will absolutely continue the kinds of things we were doing in season 3, in that we do have very strong themes that we’re exploring. Star Trek: The Original Series explored present-day things via sci-fi. And that’s what we did in season 3, and I think that’s just baked into what Star Trek does.

“Ultimately the thing that really resonates, I think, with people is, what are our characters experiencing? What are they going through? How are they connecting with one another? What are the challenges they’re facing and how do they overcome them individually and then as a family? All of that I think will continue.”

With the Emerald Chain out of the way, it looks like the threat in Star Trek: Discovery season 4 will be rather different this time out. The trailer reveals that the crew is dealing with a gravitational anomaly “five light years across”, rather than a specific human or alien foe – a force that, as Tilly explains, “could go anywhere, and we may not have any kind of warning at all”.

“We’re actually exploring – we’re diving deep into science – in the fourth season, in a kind of new and interesting way,” said Kurtzman in a panel hosted by Deadline (via TrekMovie ). “There have been many kinds of villains over the course of Star Trek. What happens when the villain is not actually any kind of living, breathing entity, but something else? How do you solve that problem?”

Could we be looking at something technological Discovery season 2's hostile AI, Control? Or a lethal inorganic structure like the Crystalline Entity from Star Trek: The Next Generation? ScreenRant has suggested the rather plausible theory that the anomaly could be V’Ger, the rogue space probe from Star Trek: The Motion Picture. In the finale of that movie, V’Ger merged with USS Enterprise first officer Will Decker to attain a new level of consciousness – who knows what it might be capable of nearly a thousand years later...

We can expect Star Trek: Discovery season 4 to follow a similar structure to previous years, with each season based around a self-contained story arc, with just a few loose ends left untied.

“Discovery has that sort of serialized, season-long story baked into its DNA,” Paradise said in an interview with Inverse . “We also wanted to give the show a more episodic feel in season 3. We got to explore a story of the week or a villain of the week – it gives us time to explore some of our characters who we normally wouldn’t have time to explore. That was definitely a choice on our part and will continue on our show.”

What questions does Star Trek: Discovery season 4 need to answer?

With the origins of the so-called ‘Burn’ revealed – who’d have guessed it was caused by a grieving kid with a symbiotic relationship to a planet made of dilithium? – and Osyraa and her Emerald Chain defeated, Star Trek: Discovery season 4 flies into uncharted waters.

Hopefully that means that Discovery and the crew can use the spore drive to truly explore the strange new worlds of the 32nd century – though, given this show’s love of callbacks to earlier series, it’s almost inevitable we’ll meet some familiar faces and species. (The presence in the trailer of a Federation official – possibly the president – who has a mix of human and Cardassian facial features suggests that those long-standing Deep Space Nine foes may be up for a comeback, this time in the Starfleet camp.)

Part of Starfleet's remit will be rebuilding a Federation that's a shadow of what it was 900 years earlier. The trailer suggests that many worlds will have to pull together to defeat a threat that affects Federation and non-Federation “equally” – as Burnham puts it, “We are not in this alone”. 

“The Federation is coming back together but it’s not fully back together,” Kurtzman told the aforementioned Deadline panel. “And so the continued mission of bringing other worlds in and meeting the criteria and standards of what it means to be a member of the Federation but also not to rob other cultures of their identity is something that we’ll explore.”

The biggest ongoing question Star Trek: Discovery season 4 needs to address is the nature of the ‘Sphere Data’, the ancient alien intelligence now integrated with Discovery’s databanks. Protecting it was the reason the ship made the one-way trip to the future in the first place, and it seems to be repaying the favor – first by helping the crew’s mental wellbeing, then by helping Tilly to forcibly eject the Emerald Chain from the ship. It’s a story that seems to be heading towards Short Trek episode ‘Calypso’, set in a distant future where Discovery is run by a sentient computer.

“‘Calypso’ is incredible,” Paradise told ComicBook.com . “And it is now a part of Trek canon , but specifically our show’s canon. It takes place many, many years beyond where our heroes are right now, and at some point, we will absolutely have to match up with that so that Discovery as a whole, including ‘Calypso’, all fits together as a piece.

“Certainly, bringing in that voice in episode four and having – we’ll call her Zora, she doesn't have a name at this point – but having her hide in the DOTs [helper robots on board Discovery] and be part of the story is the beginning of driving toward that. And eventually – who knows when? – we will absolutely have to make sure that we sync up with that.”

And then there’s the small matter of Stamets having issues with the way Burnham left his husband, Dr Culber, in a radiation-filled nebula in the season 3 finale. “I think that’s one they’ll get past in time,” Paradise said in TVLine .

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‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 4 Leads With Its Heart

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When  Star Trek: Discovery premiered on what was then called CBS All Access, the show was a bold, dark, innovative reinvention of the  Star Trek franchise. Shows, and even some of the movies, had been serialized before. Discovery ‘s willingness, though, to seemingly obliterate its premise every episode led to jaw-dropping moment after jaw-dropping moment. It was purposefully alarming, purposefully divisive, but also helped launch Paramount’s next generation of Star Trek series that now includes  Picard, Lower Decks, Prodigy and the soon to come direct spinoff series  Strange New Worlds .

But on the just debuted fourth season of  Star Trek: Discovery , the series isn’t dropping shocks-a-minute; instead, with the crew established and the characters beloved, the series is now taking the time to lead boldly not with surprises, but with tremendous amounts of heart.

In the new season (the first four episodes were provided for review), the crew of  Discovery is now firmly established in a far-flung future, nearly 1000 years after the events of Seasons 1 and 2. Last season, they figured out what caused The Burn, a massive event that isolated the galaxy and nearly wrecked the Federation. When we pick up in “Kobayashi Maru”, the Federation is slowly rebuilding, the galaxy is reconnecting, and Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) is captain of the ship .

Mind you, that doesn’t mean that Burnham isn’t still going on away missions and saving the day whenever she can. But thanks to the addition of a new character, Chelah Horsdal’s politically inclined Federation President Laira Rillak, she’s being challenged to think about things a different way. How can Burnham lead her crew if she’s also constantly throwing herself in the way of danger? Is making herself the only one who can solve problems a way of choosing the best resource; or is centering the narrative around herself a way of avoiding responsibility, by taking all of it? It’s a fascinating discussion that doesn’t just test Burnham, it also takes to task the rogue adventurer nature of every captain in the Star Trek franchise for the past several decades.

That’s not to say that  Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 is a political clash of ideologies, though that plays heavily into the season as it moves forward. Instead, the promising nature of the rebuilt Federation comes crashing to a halt thanks to the season premiere’s cliffhanger — and  spoilers past this point — which sees the destruction of Cleveland “Book” Booker’s (David Ajala) home planet of Kwejian. This isn’t the first time a planet’s explosion has kicked off a Star Trek plot, most notably the destruction of Vulcan in the 2009  Star Trek film. But here the tragedy isn’t the start of a rollicking adventure, it’s something that all the characters feel; most notably Book, though it touches every corner of the galaxy. And the fight here, at least in the early going, isn’t against some vengeful enemy or mad scientist; it’s a light years wide anomaly , which provides an impossible scientific challenge and stretches every member of the crew to their limits.

If you thought a massive, unknowable force coming for everyone is reminiscent of a certain pandemic we’re still in the middle of? You would be correct. That is, in fact, the direct analogue the show is working with this season, from the strapped scientists trying to solve the problem, to the populace of the galaxy reacting in big ways; some helpful, some extremely combative. But like the best of Star Trek , this season attempts to use COVID as a starting point, versus a one to one analogy. You can see the inspiration, but it’s not distracting.

What  Discovery gets right, though, is the enormous well of emotion that infused everyone, particularly in the early stages of the pandemic. It’s tough to watch at times, particularly when it comes to Ajala’s heartbreaking performance, or Anthony Rapp’s Paul Stamets desperately trying to fix this problem all by himself. But what you get more than anything else is that after fighting the Mirror Universe, villainous AI, and being flung into a future where everyone they knew are all long dead and gone, the crew of  Discovery are now each other’s family. There’s even families in that family, thanks to Adira (Blu del Barrio) and Gray Tal (Ian Alexander), who have essentially been adopted by Stamets and Dr. Hugh Culber (Wilson Cruz). But those bonds extend to the rest of the crew, too, including a more emotionally stable Saru (Doug Jones), and Tilly (Mary Wiseman), who is trying to find her own place during these tumultuous times. Even the rest of the crew on deck gets powerful one on one moments to express their feelings about what’s going on in the universe, to stand up and be counted and make a difference.

Mind you, it’s early going. The first four episodes definitely throw some twists at the crew as they try to figure out what the anomaly is, and how to stop it. And there’s every possibility that a vengeful enemy or mad scientist could be behind it, once the season continues. There also are big changes and shake-ups in store, but even those are treated with more depth of emotion and heart than you might have seen in the cold, combative first season of the show. When  Discovery began, they were at war with an enemy, but also with each other and their basic natures. In Season 4, the crew of  Discovery is united, whole, and providing comfort and hope both to each other, and to a world that needs that right now. Maybe that’s the most radical reinvention of all.

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'Star Trek: Discovery' final season lands on DVD, Blu-ray and limited edition Steelbook

Set phasers to stoked! "Star Trek: Discovery" S5 beams onto home video Aug. 27.

"It has been a hell of a journey!"

Now that " Star Trek: Discovery " has wrapped up its last cosmic mission this past spring, it's time to clear some space in your video library for " Star Trek: Discovery - The Final Season ." It will hit DVD, Blu-ray and have a limited edition Steelbook release when it arrives from Paramount Home Entertainment on Aug. 27, 2024. 

Sure, you can always still stream it on Paramount+ to your heart's content, but the allure of these deluxe 4-disk physical editions for " Discovery's " last run is the incredible array of behind-the-scenes goodies, gag reels, fun bloopers, illuminating featurettes, cast and crew interviews, promotional material, teasers and trailers, special audio commentaries, and plenty more added bonus content.

Here's the official synopsis:

"'Star Trek: Discovery' follows the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms. 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."

"Star Trek: Discovery - The Final Season" features the ensemble cast of Sonequa Martin-Green (Captain Michael Burnham), Doug Jones (Saru), Anthony Rapp (Paul Stamets), Mary Wiseman (Sylvia Tilly), Wilson Cruz (Dr. Hugh Culber), David Ajala (Cleveland "Book" Booker), Blu del Barrio (Adira), and Callum Keith Rennie (Rayner). This final season presents guest stars Elias Toufexis (L'ak) and Eve Harlow (Moll).

Check out the wealth of special bonus features packed into this Final Season set:

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And if that's still not enough "Discovery" to satiate you, "Star Trek: Discovery - The Complete Series" box set will also be available on Aug. 27 featuring all 65 episodes on 21 disks, plus more than 15 hours of spacefaring special content including a bonus disk that transports fans on an emotional, never-before-seen galactic adventure through the events of all five seasons with the whole cast and crew.

In the U.K., the Final Season and Complete Series sets release a week earlier, on Aug. 19.

"Star Trek: Discovery" is produced by CBS Studios in partnership with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment. Executive producers include Alex Kurtzman, Michelle Paradise, Heather Kadin, Aaron Baiers, Olatunde Osunsanmi, Sonequa Martin-Green, Frank Siracusa, John Weber, Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth, with Alex Kurtzman and Michelle Paradise serving as co-showrunners.

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Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Ending Explained: What Happened With Michael And Booker

Here's how things shook out for them and others.

Warning! The following contains spoilers for the Season 4 finale of Star Trek: Discovery . Read at your own risk!

Star Trek: Discovery bowed for Season 4 over on Paramount+, and it was one for the books. Season 4 saw Michael face improbable odds similar to a Kobayashi Maru and even saw a brief breakup between her and longtime beau Cleveland Booker . It all culminated in a big showdown, where the fate of the world and so many other things were on the line. 

So, how did it all shake out, and what became of Michael and Booker, and did the latter of the two die like some thought he would ? We have all the answers below and how Discovery ’s efforts resulted in a big moment for the Federation. 

What Happened With Michael And Booker

Michael Burnham and Cleveland Booker, the ride-or-die couple of Star Trek: Discovery as of late, spent a good chunk of Season 4 at odds. That divide started when a Dark Matter Anomaly (the DMA for short) destroyed Book’s home planet of Kwejian. The courier spent a lot of time grieving and lost, and it wasn’t until he met Ruon Tarka that he began to return to his normal self. 

Ruon Tarka had a plan to destroy the DMA, and he wasn’t going to let anything like a Federation vote in the majority to make first contact with the mysterious Species Ten-C before any alternative measures stop him. Fast forward to the finale, and Booker now realizes (with the help of Jett Reno) Tarka’s plan is a fool’s errand, and he’s liable to kill Species Ten-C, everyone aboard Discovery , and himself trying to get the power source. Booker stopped Tarka, who eventually came to his senses and allowed Booker to escape the ship. 

The Discovery got a lock on Booker’s signature, and just as his body beamed onto the bridge, it suddenly faded. Booker was dead, or so it seemed, as the Ten-C later revealed they thought Booker was a message and absorbed him into their consciousness for use later. Michael stood amazed as the Ten-C released Booker from their collective consciousness, and brought him down to her. Booker was alive. 

Unfortunately, Booker still had to answer for all his crimes against The Federation. Thankfully, President Rillak considered his reason for his crimes and decided Booker should atone by helping families displaced by the DMAs that occurred. Booker was happy to help, though we don’t know what’s next for him after that or if he and Michael will see each other again in Season 5 or anytime soon.

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How Starfleet Stopped The DMA 

Once Star Trek: Discovery ’s characters found a way to communicate with Species Ten-C, it only was a matter of time before they were able to convey the massive threat of the DMA on the galaxy. Species Ten-C initially seemed receptive to the conversation, but when Tarka made his move for the power source, all conversation stopped immediately. It seemed like negotiations were over, and even if they resumed, the odds of Discovery stopping the DMA before Earth, Titan, and Ni’Var saw the effects of it were slim to nil. 

Luckily, once all the Tarka stuff was settled, Michael Burnham and crew were finally able to convey the threat the DMA caused to members of the Federation and its people. Species Ten-C explained that they weren’t aware humanoids were sentient species and said they’d be more mindful where they collect energy for their hyper field in the future. That answer seemed good enough for Federation members, but the recently returned Cleveland Booker spoke up and said it wasn’t enough. 

Booker told Species Ten-C it wasn’t enough just to make better choices on where to mine for the hyper field, he wanted the hyper field gone for good. Booker explained their mining efforts, regardless of destruction, left a massive pollution cleanup once the mining finished. The Ten-C didn’t want to do that out of fear of attacks from outsiders that jeopardizes their way of life. The hyper field is what kept them safe, so there was obvious fear to throw it away. 

The courier understood the species’ fear and explained that harming others for one's own security is wrong. Whether it was his reference to his lost planet of Kwejian or the fact that he briefly joined their collective consciousness, I don’t know, but Booker’s plea to Ten-C worked. They agreed there will not be another hyper field barrier, which meant no more DMAs. It all stopped just in time for Earth and the other planets to be spared, much to the delight of Admiral Vance and Tilly, who were back near Earth trying to aid evacuation efforts. Overall, a pretty clean resolution all around!

Saru And T’Rina Are Dating 

Michael and Booker’s future as a couple might be up in the air, but Star Trek: Discovery did see the birth of another romance in its Season 4 finale. Saru and President T’Rina of Nivar had a bit of casual flirting going on between them for some time now, but neither one really knew how to escalate things beyond that. Both spent so much of their lives in service to others and focused on their obligations that the thought of something as personal as a relationship wasn’t something they felt capable of. 

Saru finally got brave enough to take the plunge and finally express his feelings (in a somewhat awkward way) for T’Rina. T’Rina expressed she felt the same way but originally expressed she felt a relationship wasn’t feasible given her job. Luckily, by the episode’s end, she informed Saru she reconsidered and thought that she could absolutely handle a relationship on top of her other responsibilities. The two then held hands as the scene faded out. Hey, it wasn’t as romantic as a kiss, but considering where these two started out, holding hands was about the best that we can hope for. 

Earth Rejoined The Federation

The Federation managed to save the galaxy from the DMA and regain the trust of a lot of nations who previously left the organization long ago. This included Earth, who actually rejoined without any negotiations. Additionally, the President of United Earth (played by noted real-life politician Stacey Abrams) thanked Michael Burnham personally and asked her if the moment meant a lot knowing Michael’s roots on Earth. Michael confirmed that it did, and the two looked on towards a bright future that will keep the Federation as united as its been in centuries. Hopefully, whatever’s coming in Season 5 ( which is already confirmed ) doesn’t jeopardize that!

Star Trek: Discovery is finished with Season 4, and fans can watch all previous seasons while waiting for Season 5 on Paramount+ . Of course, they can also hold on to their Paramount+ subscription enjoy many of the upcoming Star Trek shows in 2022, which are sure to be just as exciting as Discovery was. 

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Interview: Wilson Cruz On Why ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 5 Was The Most Fun; Imagines ‘Academy’ Role

| August 25, 2024 | By: Laurie Ulster 8 comments so far

On Tuesday, the fifth and final season of Star Trek: Discovery arrives on Blu-ray and DVD complete with audio commentarp, deleted scenes, exclusive special features, a gag reel, and more. ( Full details and pre-order links available here .) Before Disco comes home one last time, Wilson Cruz talked to TrekMovie about the biggest challenges of his five-year run as Dr. Hugh Culber, the most fun, the breakthrough moments, opportunities he’d still hoped to have, and his thoughts on what Hugh could bring to Starfleet Academy .

Looking back on all five seasons of Star Trek: Discovery , what arc of Culber’s was the most challenging for you to play?

I’m going to be honest with you: This past season was pretty challenging, but if I was going to pick the most challenging season, the one that I had to get right in order for the rest of it to work was season 2, where we see Culber come back to life, and not necessarily come back and just jump right into the old life. He had to deal with the real ramifications of what happened, sharing the ship with the person who killed him, but also taking stock of his life and trying to understand which parts of it worked for him in the past and which parts he was no longer willing to accept, or at least was willing to question. He questioned his marriage, he questioned whether he wanted to be a doctor anymore. He dealt with Ash Tyler even in a physical way, so making all of that resonate, and real, and set him up for the person he was going to become in season 3, this person who was unshackled from his past and allowed him to step into who he wants to be? That’s that was really satisfying.

Culber confronts Ash Tyler in season 2

So in contrast, what was the most fun?

I think the most fun season was this past season, season 5.  Because he’s still asking big questions. He’s still dealing with some anxiety, with the unknown, with uncertainty, but he’s dealing with it face on, head on. And I was afforded all of these opportunities as an actor to stretch, to have fun, to go big, right? Playing Jinaal was a real challenge, and it was fun, but creating him for two weeks before those cameras rolled was one of the biggest acting challenges of my life, because they literally were like “You can make him whoever you want,” which was like, don’t say THAT to me, right? Like,…  parameters. So I was trying on a bunch of different people, and it was, you know, hit or miss. I landed on this version of it that I didn’t even show the other actors until the cameras rolled and they got to see him, because the very first scene we shot was the zhian’tara, where he gets taken over by Jinaal. So when Jinaal comes out, that was the first time that they saw him, so all of those reactions you’re seeing in that moment are very real.

Jinaal takes Book and Michael on an unpredictable excursion to find the next clue left by the Progenitors in season 5

You did a beautiful job. I mean, we’ve talked about this , but it was incredible. You really embodied this new person.

Also, the scenes with Book was really, were really fun to play, right? That creating that relationship, building that relationship, so and getting to do a scene in Spanish with my grandmother, and honoring our grandmothers. You know, doing a scene in Spanish–I had never in my life, in my career, been allowed to do a scene in my native language. So that was really exciting and satisfying to do. Look, I have chills. [holds up his arm]

Culber speaks Spanish to a hologram of his grandmother

And if there’d been another season, what would you like to have seen Culber do? He’s already been through so much, but what else would you like to explore with him?

The thing is, is that I felt, even before we knew it was the end of the series, I felt like season 5 was the end of this chapter for him. You know, because at the end, when we see him in that last scene, he has embraced this uncertainty. He has embraced the wonder and awesomeness of things that he can’t explain in his life, but that have been amazing… have been literally awesome, like in the real definition of the word. And we see him just kind of smile and accept it and be okay with being in awe of it, as opposed to just needing answers for everything like the scientist that he is. I was excited to see who he was going to become now that he had really stepped into his own, into the fact that he wasn’t just a doctor, that he was also the counselor, that he had created all of these relationships with characters outside of Paul. So I really wanted to see him go harder into his counselor role, like I wanted to see him on away missions, and how his being a counselor really helped him bring that kind of understanding to away missions. Because he’s the most empathetic character on the show, he has insight that others don’t, and I wanted to see him bring that more to away missions, and I think we would have probably seen him on more away missions. And I wanted to see him more physical. I wanted to see him… You know, we got to see him fight a couple of times, and it was, I would say, pretty impressive. And I wanted to see more of that side of him too, that he’s no pushover.

Culber goes on an away mission to the 10C planet in season 4

So if you get the call to guest star on Starfleet Academy , what would you like to see Culber doing there? Have you thought about that?

Yeah! I think he’s kind of the perfect person to guide the cadets who want to be counselors, to help them lean into their strengths in terms of their own empathy, their willingness, their ability to listen, when it’s appropriate to challenge when it’s not. [laughs] I would love to see him play that kind of role that allows young people who are taking on new challenges to listen to their instincts, which is a hard thing to do when you’re young, because you don’t actually think you know anything. You have this bravura that says that you do, but inside you have the insecurity of like, “Can I do this? Do I know how to do this? Will I succeed?” I’d love to see him do that.

That doesn’t go away for some people anyway.

Yeah. But also, like, leaning into it, right? Like, as a counselor, you know the fact that you understand that that never goes away, how you allow that to guide you, and have that be a strength and not a weakness.

Well, I hope you get to do it, because that would be lovely to see

We’ll see! [crosses fingers]

Culber gives advice to young Adira (with a worried Stamets) before an away mission in season 5

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 comes home August 27

You can pre-order  Discovery  Season 5  at Amazon on Blu-ray for $34.99  or  DVD for $29.99 . The limited edition Steelbook Blu-ray can be  pre-ordered for $39.99 .

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The complete series box set can be pre-ordered for  $59.95 on Blu-ray and  $49.95 on DVD .

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Even though DISCOVERY was not overly good, Wilson Cruz was always excellent. He was one of the show’s best assets.

Culber was one of the only characters that they got right from the start.

The only characters I loved from their introduction until the end (not counting the TOS/SNW crew) were Culber, Reno, Lorca, Mudd, L’Rell, Kovich, and Voq-Tyler. I really liked Saru and Stamets before the time jump, but after the jump the writers lost their story and they faded into the background. And while Book and Vance were great in season three, after that they became superfluous.

I couldn’t really connect to any of the other characters. Burnham was beyond annoying, Gray was horribly acted, and Georgiou was boring. Tilly was fun in principle, and there were episodes in which I enjoyed her, but the writers couldn’t seem to decide how to write for her–her character was all over the place. As for Adira, the bridge crew, and Nhan, none of them ever really had a chance to shine. Disco had so much potential, but for me (and others’ mileage will of course vary) it almost never lived up to it. The 23rd-century seasons are the only ones I’ll likely rewatch.

He’s a good actor, given almost nothing to work with. Not sure what was “challenging” for him about season 5, apart from having to put on a voice for one episode.

Yeah, that was kind of weird. He really didn’t have any challenging work in season 5.

The sooner you stop writing about Discovery the sooner we can forget it existed. It’s The Acolyte of Star Trek universe.

I’m no fan of Discovery, but… lol the internet summed up in one post ^

Dr. Culber, Captain Burnham, Suru, and Book… These are my favorite characters from Star Trek: Discovery and in that order. So, I’m really going to miss Dr. Culber and would love for him to pop up in some other Star Trek show or movie. For me he is a dream of Star Trek character. And Wilson is a dreamy human and actor. (Nerdy side note: I’m glad by the end it was clear he is CMO (and Counselor). It was starting to get a little disrespectful for our first queer doctor in Star Trek.)

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Star Trek: Discovery's Final Adventure to Premiere Globally on April 4

The thrilling fifth and final season is almost here!

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Paramount+ today revealed Star Trek: Discovery 's highly anticipated final adventure will premiere globally on April 4. The first two episodes of the series’ 10-episode final season will be available to stream at launch, with new episodes dropping weekly on Thursdays.

This season finds 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.

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Star Trek: Discovery  Season 5 cast members include Sonequa Martin-Green (Captain Michael Burnham), Doug Jones (Saru), Anthony Rapp (Paul Stamets), Mary Wiseman (Sylvia Tilly), Wilson Cruz (Dr. Hugh Culber), David Ajala (Cleveland “Book” Booker), Blu del Barrio (Adira) and Callum Keith Rennie (Rayner). Season 5 also features recurring guest stars’ Elias Toufexis (L’ak) and Eve Harlow (Moll).

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Star Trek: Discovery Seasons 1-4 are streaming exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S., the UK, Canada, Switzerland, South Korea, Latin America, Germany, France, Italy, Australia and Austria. Seasons 2 and 3 also are available on the Pluto TV “Star Trek” channel in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. The series streams on Super Drama in Japan, TVNZ in New Zealand, and SkyShowtime in Spain, Portugal, Poland, The Nordics, The Netherlands, and Central and Eastern Europe and also airs on Cosmote TV in Greece. The series is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

'I Feel Very Satisfied': Star Trek: Discovery's Doug Jones Bids Farewell

Even before Star Trek: Discovery showed Michael Burnham setting foot on the USS Discovery , the series featured Kelpian science officer Saru. Played masterfully by Doug Jones across the Paramount+ show's five-season run, Saru became a trusted confidante for Burnham and even captained the Discovery for a time -- as his hard work and quick-thinking led him to rise through the ranks of Starfleet. In the fifth season, Saru contemplates his future with Starfleet and the Federation, while finding true love as the Discovery embarks on one final adventure.

In an interview with CBR, Star Trek: Discovery actor Doug Jones reflects on Saru's character arc, especially during Season 5. Jones also shares his thoughts on where Saru is left at the conclusion of the series . Lastly, he praises the show's cast and crew for creating five seasons of fan-favorite television and reviving the Star Trek franchise.

CBR: Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 is bookended by Saru's romance with T'Rina. They're engaged in the season premiere and married in the season finale. How did you feel about delivering that happy ending to wrap the series?

Doug Jones: The word "satisfied" is what comes to mind. I feel very satisfied with Saru's storyline. That finale showed him living his best life both professionally and romantically. He rose through the ranks on the starship Discovery -- starting with the starship Shenzhou at the very beginning of the show as a Lieutenant Commander, science officer, and then making his way up as First Officer, then Acting Captain, then Captain. Now he's an ambassador for the Federation as a liaison to smaller planets like the one that he came from. It was a great fit for him diplomatically, and also where his heart lives too, in wanting to help these smaller planets find their way into the Federation and find the peace and harmony of living that he and his planet have found. That's satisfying. Romantically, seeing him meeting this lovely President when she first came aboard our ship in Season 3 [Episode 7, "Unification III"] and him showing her around -- she leaves and beams off with the "live long and prosper" and hes like "Wow!" That was left with "I'd like our conversations to continue," said he, and she said, "I'd like that." That's like a "Do you want to do coffee" thing, right? From seeing that little interaction in Season 3 to seeing them in Seasons 4 and 5, with the growth that was very slow and cautious on both their parts -- because neither of them had really been in love before -- finding them both being very dignified and prim and proper with their courtship, you don't really see a lot of that on TV anymore... When we held hands at the end of Season 4 for the first time, that was way better than jumping into bed. It was really sweet and anticipated, and it got a cheer from the audience. In Season 5, seeing us go from her proposal, which was done in such a Vulcan way -- with a deadpan face and Saru not quite sure what she was saying until he said "Are you asking me to marry you?" Sure enough, she was! All the way at the end of Season 5 , when you're at our wedding, and you see us having a first kiss and a happily ever after, the word "satisfied" is all that I can say.

Saru stepped away from the Discovery for his ambassadorship, limiting his role like Sylvia Tilly did in Season 4 . If Star Trek: Discovery continued beyond Season 5, do you think Saru would've returned full-time?

10 Best Star Trek: Discovery Characters, Ranked

Star Trek: Discovery ushered in a franchise renaissance. From Michael Burnham to Sylvia Tilly to Saru, these are the best characters in the series.

I don't know if he'd come back to the ship full-time because, having Captain status and then in Season 4, when he came to the ship as a favor to his chosen sister Michael Burnham -- played by our beautiful Sonequa Martin-Green -- that felt right for Season 4. They were on a specific mission that he wanted to lend his expertise to as a first officer for her. But to continue keeping a captain in a first officer position, would that have been a right fit forever? I don't know. That's why I thought the advancement to an ambassador was a perfect move for Saru. He has a certain diplomacy in him anyway, so giving him a diplomatic position like that was a chef's kiss kind of fit. Had we continued into Season 6 and 7, I don't know what that would've looked like for Saru. I really don't . The writers would've done something brilliant to bring him into the story more. But when we heard that Season 5 was the end, I was like "Saru has his happily ever after, both romantically and professionally. I'm satisfied that he could end right there."

Star Trek: Discovery started out fairly dark and, under showrunner Michelle Paradise , grew into a lighter and more hopeful story. How would you describe watching the show change after she joined it?

That was a great move. Michelle Paradise has a huge heart, and so much hope in that heart of hers. [She was] inspiring our writers' room to bring those stories in where we're exploring, discovering and uniting. We find a lot of conflict in our episodes' storylines and in overall storylines, conflict is always there. But peaceful resolve seems to be where we were headed with all of it. Michelle did guide the ship on that beautifully.

Created by Bryan Fuller and Alex Kurtzman, Star Trek: Discovery is available to stream on Paramount+ . Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 is now available on Blu-Ray , DVD and digitally.

Star Trek: Discovery

Release Date September 24, 2017

Cast Oyin Oladejo, Emily Coutts, Anthony Rapp, Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Mary Wiseman

Main Genre Sci-Fi

Genres Drama, Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure

Rating TV-14