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Discovery Showrunner Explains How the Finale's Surprising Twists Fit Trek Canon

Back to the future.

The age of Discovery has come to an end. With “Life, Itself,” the first Star Trek show of the streaming era has concluded its Season 5 storyline and wrapped up two major mysteries, one of which has been floating around since 2018. Discovery’s emotional ending likely wasn’t what fans expected, and the final coda features a leap that reveals not just the end of the starship’s voyages, but that teases a legacy for Burnham and Book that could have big implications for the Trek timeline.

To sort it all out, Inverse caught up with Discovery showrunner Michelle Paradise to figure out what went into devising the series’ final moments, and how it all ties into a specific Trek mystery while also connecting to a different prequel show from almost two decades ago. Spoilers ahead.

Discovery’s original ending

Discovery Season 5 originally ended with T’Rina and Saru’s wedding before it had to jump 30 years forward.

Discovery’s final episode seems to have two endings. After the entire Breen conflict is resolved and Burnham confers with Kovich (David Cronenberg), the episode seems to come to a serene end with Saru (Doug Jones) and T’Rina’s (Tara Rosling) beachy wedding. As guests mingle, Book (David Ajala ) shows up late and reconciles with Michael.

“That was it. It was the scene on the beach where Burnham and Book walk off and the camera sort of pans up,” Michelle Paradise tells Inverse. “That was the original ending.”

Had Season 6 been in the works, Discovery Season 5 would have ended in the present tense of the show (3191) with Saru and T’rina’s wedding. Although Discovery Season 5 wrapped production in November 2022, it wasn’t until April 2023 that a coda was developed to conclude the entire series. “We were editing episodes 8 and 9, I think, when we found out that this would be our last season,” Paradise says. “Everything starting from the pan up, that’s the new stuff.”

The flash-forward timeline

Leto, Burnham, and Book, 30 years in the future.

Discovery’s real ending jumps forward several decades. Burnham and Book have distinguished streaks of gray hair, Burnham is referred to as Admiral, and they have a grown son named Leto, named after Book’s deceased brother.

“It’s 30 years later,” Michelle Paradise confirms, which means the Discovery coda takes place around 3221. This also means Discovery’s final moments are set in yet another new century. The crew initially jumped from the 23rd century to the 32nd, and now Burnham takes the USS Discovery on one last mission early in the 33rd century. In doing so, Discovery creates more future-tense Trek canon that other new Trek shows may have to deal with.

“We were nervous, but not because of [creating new canon],” Paradise says. “It was really about how we wrap up a series when we have essentially 10 to 12 pages and three days to shoot it. It was about making sure we did justice to the characters and bring emotional closure for the audience.”

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David Cronenberg as Kovich, who’s revealed to be someone else entirely.

Just before the new material, Michael Burnham unravels a secret that Discovery has been keeping since Season 3. Just who is David Cronenberg’s cryptic character, Kovich ? Burnham learns that Kovich is a codename and that his real identity is Agent Daniels. Daniels mentions he served on the USS Enterprise ; for those who don’t remember, Daniels was a temporal agent from the 31st century who, in the prequel series Enterprise , often traveled back to the 22nd century to assist the crew. At the time, Daniels was trying to stop other factions from rewriting history. In the 32nd-century context of Discovery, we’ve been told that temporal accords made time travel illegal.

Paradise explains that the writers’ room had planned to reveal that Kovich was Daniels for a while. “I think it was back in Season 4 we kind of decided that was where we were going with him,” she says. “If you rewatch season five, you'll see there are tiny little Easter eggs. He's writing with a pen and paper, which is very weird for the future when they’ve all got holograms. He’s a bit out of time.”

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Admiral Burnham takes the USS Discovery — and its benevolent AI, Zora — on one last ride.

Discovery’s last bit of housekeeping was reconciling a strange bit of canon introduced in the 2018 Short Treks episode “Calypso.” That short depicted the USS Discovery adrift and empty, with only a friendly, sentient AI named Zora (Annabelle Wallis) aboard. In this distant future, a human named Craft (Aldis Hodge) boards the ship and has a romance with Zora, who projects herself as a hologram.

Ever since “Calypso” aired, fans have wondered whether it took place in an alternate future, or if it would ever fit with the 32nd-century timeframe Discovery eventually arrived in. While we saw Zora’s sentience emerge after “Calypso,” the episode’s questions remained unanswered .

“I dodged those questions for years!” Paradise says. “But it felt like we needed to tie it back to ‘Calypso’ for people who had seen the short. But we also wanted to do it in such a way that if people hadn’t seen the short, they wouldn’t be like, ‘What are they talking about?’”

In the end, Discovery is sent on a top-secret “Red Directive” mission, which requires Zora to have her fateful meeting with Craft at some point in the future. Even Burnham doesn’t know why, but if Discovery doesn’t meet Craft, then something about the timeline won’t be quite right. Paradise says these scenes were created to emphasize character, rather than connecting dots for the sake of it. We see Discovery end up where it's supposed to end up, but the why had to remain a secret to preserve the moment’s emotional integrity.

“We felt it was important to answer the question — what happened to one of the main characters, the ship itself,” Paradise says. “Ultimately, any version of that where we went into plot started to take away from the emotional experience. And ultimately why they had to go out there didn't feel as important as the fact that Burnham’s going to be the one to take the ship out. One last time.”

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'Star Trek: Discovery' ends as an underappreciated TV pioneer

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First, an admission: Though this column will offer a lot of discussion and defense of Star Trek: Discovery as a pivotal show, it won’t spend much time talking up the series’ current, final season or its finale episode, “Life, Itself,” dropping Thursday on Paramount+.

That’s because, for this critic, the last few seasons of Discovery have been a bit bogged down by the stuff that has always made it a tough sell as a Trek series: overly ambitious, serialized storylines that aren’t compelling; new characters and environments that don’t impress; plot twists which can be maddening in their lack of logic; big storytelling swings which can be confusing and predictable at once.

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The show’s finale features the culmination of a sprawling scavenger hunt which found the crew of the starship Discovery bounding all over the place, searching for clues leading to a powerful technology pioneered by an alien race which created humanoid life throughout the galaxy. Their goal was to grab the technology before another race, ruthless and aggressive, could beat them to it, laying waste to everything.

It's no spoiler to reveal that Discovery ’s heroes avoid that nightmarish scenario, wrapping its fifth and final season with a conclusion centered on Sonequa Martin-Green’s ever-resourceful Capt. Michael Burnham and fond resolutions for a multitude of supporting characters (there’s even a space wedding!)

Still, this good-enough ending belies Discovery ’s status as a pioneering show which helped Paramount+ build a new vision for Star Trek in modern television – breaking ground that more creatively successful series like Star Trek: Picard and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds would follow years later.

And it all began with a singular character: Michael Burnham.

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Discovery debuted in 2017 on CBS All Access — the streaming service which would become Paramount+ — facing a serious challenge.

As the first new Trek series in a dozen years, it had to chart a path which offered a new vision of the franchise without going too far — carving out a new corner in the universe of Capt. Kirk and Mr. Spock not long after the release of Star Trek Beyond , the third feature film produced by J. J. Abrams featuring rebooted versions of those classic characters.

Producers set Discovery ’s story 10 years before the days of Kirk and Spock (originally depicted on NBC for three seasons starting way back in 1966). The new series wouldn’t be centered on a starship captain, but its second in command: Burnham, a Black woman who also happened to be the hitherto unknown adopted daughter of Vulcan ambassador Sarek, Spock’s father (she would get promoted to captain of Discovery much later).

A Black human woman who was raised among the emotionally controlling, super-intellectual Vulcans? Who Trek fans had never heard of over nearly 60 years? Before I actually saw any episodes, my own feelings ranged from cautiously intrigued to cynically pessimistic.

But then I saw the first episode, which had an amazing early scene: Martin-Green as Burnham and Michelle Yeoh as Discovery Capt. Philippa Georgiou walking across an alien planet – two women of color marking the first step forward for Star Trek on a new platform.

People once sidelined in typical science fiction stories were now centerstage — a thrilling, historic moment.

Michelle Yeoh as Captain Philippa Georgiou and Sonequa Martin-Green as First Officer Michael Burnham in the very first episode of Star Trek: Discovery. Jan Thijs/CBS hide caption

And it got better from there. Back in the day, Trek writers often felt hamstrung by creator Gene Roddenberry’s insistence that, in the future depicted by the show, humans were beyond social ills like greed, prejudice, sexism, war, money and personal friction. The writers chafed, wondering: How in the world do you build compelling stories on a starship where interpersonal human conflict doesn’t exist?

But Discovery found a workaround, putting Burnham in a position where logic led her to mutiny against her captain, attempting a strategy which ultimately failed — leaving humans in open combat with the legendarily warlike Klingons. Discovery also featured a long storyline which played out over an entire season, unlike many earlier Trek shows which tried to offer a new adventure every week.

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The show’s first season had plenty of action, with Harry Potter alum Jason Isaacs emerging as a compelling and unique starship captain (saying more would be a spoiler; log onto Paramount+ and check out the first season). Fans saw a new vision for Trek technology, leveraging sleek, visceral special effects and action sequences worthy of a big budget movie, with design elements cribbed from several of the franchise’s films.

Later in its run, Discovery would debut Ethan Peck as Spock and Anson Mount as Christopher Pike, classic Trek characters who eventually got their own acclaimed series in Strange New Worlds . So far, five other Trek series have emerged on Paramount+ from ideas initially incubated on Discovery – including a critically acclaimed season of Picard which reunited the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation .

Not bad for a series one TV critic eventually called among “the worst in the [ Trek ] franchise’s history.”

Discovery’s unappreciated legacy

Unfortunately, Discovery has taken some turns which didn’t work out quite so well. At the end of Discovery ’s second season, the starship jumped ahead in time nine centuries – perhaps to remove it from Strange New World ’s timeline? – placing it in an environment only distantly connected to classic Trek .

And while Discovery initially seemed cautious about referencing classic Trek in its stories, later series like Strange New Worlds and Picard learned the value of diving into the near-60-year-old franchise’s legacy – regularly tapping the show’s longtime appeal, rather than twisting into knots to avoid it.

There are likely fans of Discovery who would disagree with this analysis. But I think it helps explain why the series has never quite gotten its due in the world of Star Trek , initially shaded by skeptical fans and later overshadowed by more beloved products.

Now is the perfect time to pay tribute to a show which actually accomplished quite a lot – helping prove that Roddenberry’s brainchild still has a lot of narrative juice left in the 21st Century.

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Everything to See, Watch, Do — and Even Play! — at Destination Star Trek 2019

Your guide to the Birmingham convention.

Conventions can be overwhelming — believe us, we know! With Destination Star Trek Birmingham approaching we've been feverishly double-checking our schedules to make sure we don't miss a moment. The premiere European Star Trek convention will begin this week, running from October 25-27 at the NEC in Birmingham in the UK. Tickets can be purchased here , and it's best to do so now before you miss out!

Just last week, StarTrek.com was the first to announce that Sir Patrick Stewart, Wilson Cruz, and Anthony Rapp will be among the convention's attendees. They join George Takei, Anson Mount, Ethen Peck, Brent Spiner, and so many other members of the Star Trek family who will be making the trip across the pond.

Below, we've put together some of our must-see attractions, areas, guests, and more, to ensure that your DST experience is as fruitful as possible!

StarTrek.com

We are very pleased to announce that Hero Collector will be returning to Destination Star Trek to showcase the latest in the Star Trek The Official Starships Collection. Along with retailing the most comprehensive range of Starships ever sold, they will be previewing a variety of new issues, as well as a convention exclusive that European fans will want to line up for. Over the weekend you will be able to meet talented individuals who are responsible for the collections, as well as join in on some amazing signings that will be taking place on their stand. In addition to their booth, they will also be taking to the stage for some exclusive panels and announcements that will also be taking place over the weekend, and will be a must-see for all collectors!

The 200th UK edition of Star Trek magazine will be available first exclusively?at this year’s DST, this long running title can be found on the Forbidden Planet stand.?

Plus don’t miss the exclusive subs incentive of a free t-shirt when you subscribe. The t-shirt is exclusive to the show and isn't currently available anywhere else in the UK.

Forbidden Planet

Forbidden Planet will be at DST with a great range of Books and Merchandise - including a massive selection of show-exclusive lines! Items are available to pre-order now .

Smiffys (Reveal)

We are excited to announce that Smiffys will be attending DST, exclusively selling official Star Trek dress-up. As a family business with over 125 years of business expertise, and with a 7000 strong product base and offices in China, Australia, and Europe, it’s easy to see why Smiffys has cemented itself as an industry favorite. As the UK’s leading retailer and distributor of all things dress-up and party, their Star Trek range is set to delight fans at the event this coming October.

To celebrate our second visit to DST in Birmingham we are releasing two limited edition metallic prints to celebrate our attendance. These limited edition metallic prints are exclusive to DST customers and are on a limited print run of only 100 each — each limited edition print is individually numbered. Alongside this, we have some exclusive products never before seen including some exclusive products in the UK for new series Picard. We will also be bringing brand new wall art products never before released in the UK again exclusively for DST visitors.

Must See Events

Screening room.

Just can't get enough Star Trek in your lives? Now you can watch some of your favorite episodes during the event! Episodes will play in the DST screening room throughout the convention. Check out the schedule to see if your favorite episode will be featured!

Klingon Zone

Even the most hearty warriors need to recharge from time to time. At DST you can just head over to our Klingon Zone, grab a bit to eat, and get ready to set off on your next mission. Don't forget to book your tickets so you don't have to miss out on all the fun your fellow Star Trek fans will be having!

Board Gaming Zone

We are delighted to announce that the Board Gaming Zone will be back bigger and better than ever! There will be a whole host of games to play across the weekend and all included for free as part of the event!

Demo’s: (Learn to play)

Star Trek Heroclix Star Trek Ascendancy Star Trek Panic

Tournaments: (Challenge your friends and other attendees)

Star Trek Catan Star Trek Fluxx Star Trek Attack Wing

In addition, there will be an area for painting your own Attack Wing spacecraft and if you don’t have one then we can provide one for you which you can keep once painted, while stocks last! We will also have the Star Trek Role Playing game taking place all weekend for those wanting a longer challenge! All in all, the Destination Star Trek Board Gaming Zone is definitely a place to stop by, enjoy and maybe even end up crowned a tournament winner!

Video Game Area

In addition to the awesome tabletop gaming there will also have our Retro Gaming Zone with consoles for free play throughout the weekend! You'll be able to test your skill on some of these titles:

Star Trek: The Motion Picture – Vectrex Star Trek: The Next Generation - Nintendo NES Star Trek: 25th Anniversary - Nintendo NES Star Trek: The Next Generation: Echoes of the Past - Sega Megadrive Star Trek: Starfleet Academy - Starship Bridge Simulator - Super Nintendo Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Crossroads of Time - Super Nintendo Star Trek: Invasion - Sony Playstation Star Trek Voyager Elite Force - Sony Playstation 2 Star Trek: Encounters - Sony Playstation 2 Star Trek: Conquest - Sony Playstation 2 Star Trek: Shattered Universe - Microsoft Xbox Star Trek - Microsoft Xbox 360

Sights and Events

Destination star trek museum.

The Museum returns with original props, costumes, artwork and production items used in the creation of Star Trek throughout the years including several new items joining the museum this year.

Picard Exhibit

Jean-Luc Picard: The First Duty is a special exhibition showcasing original props, costumes, and other artefacts tracing Picard’s life and Starfleet career. Items on display include his cherished Ressikan flute, the legendary Picard family album, his Starfleet uniforms, models of ships Picard captained and all that remains of the “Borg Queen.” The gallery also features exclusive first looks at costumes and other items featured in the upcoming series, Star Trek: Picard .

Teaching with Trek

Teaching with Trek features scholars and scientists from around the world who use Star Trek in the classroom and in the real world. Sessions will show how Star Trek is used to teach critical thinking skills, sensitivity to gender issues, empathy to ALS, real-world collective computing and more.

Special Guests

Una McCormack

Una McCormack is the author of seven previous Star Trek novels: The Lotus Flower (part of The Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ), Hollow Men, The Never-Ending Sacrifice, Brinkmanship, The Missing , the New York Times bestseller The Fall: The Crimson Shadow , and Enigma Tales . She has written numerous short stories and audio dramas. She lives in Cambridge, England, with her partner of many years, Matthew, and their daughter, Verity.

She will be signing at the Forbidden Planet stand Saturday 2pm to 2.30pm and Sunday 11.30am to Noon.

James Swallow

A BAFTA nominated New York Times, Sunday Times and Amazon #1 bestselling author of over fifty books, James Swallow is proud to be the only British writer to have worked on a Star Trek television series, creating the original story concepts for the Star Trek: Voyager episodes ‘One’ and ‘Memorial’.

His most recent work was the critically-acclaimed Star Trek: Discovery novel Fear Itself, and his other Star Trek writing includes the Scribe award winning novel Day of the Vipers , along with The Latter Fire, Sight Unseen, The Poisoned Chalice, Cast No Shadow, Synthesis , the novellas The Stuff of Dreams and Myriad Universes: Seeds of Dissent, short stories for Seven Deadly Sins, Shards and Shadows, The Sky’s The Limit and Distant Shores, the Star Trek: Invasion video game and hundreds of articles in Star Trek magazines around the world.

He will be signing at the Forbidden Planet stand Saturday 2pm to 2.30pm and Sunday 11.30am to Noon.

Rick Sternbach

Rick Sternbach has been a space and science fiction artist since the early 1970s, often combining both interests in a project. His clients include NASA, Sky and Telescope, Data Products, Random House, Smithsonian, Analog, Astronomy, The Planetary Society, and Time-Life Books. He is a founding member and Fellow of the International Association of Astronomical Artists (IAAA), which was formed in 1981. He has written and illustrated articles on orbital transfer vehicles and interstellar flight for Science Digest. Beginning in the late 1970s Rick added film and television illustration and special effects to his repertoire, with productions like Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Last Starfighter, Future Flight , and Cosmos , for which he and other members of the astronomical art team received an Emmy award, the first for visual effects. Rick also twice received the coveted Hugo award for best professional science fiction artist, in 1977 and 1978. With the rebirth of Star Trek , beginning with The Next Generation , Rick was one of the first employees hired to update the Trek universe. He created new spacecraft, tricorders, phasers, and hundreds of other props and set pieces. Using pencil, pen, and computer, Rick added Deep Space Nine and Voyager to his spacecraft inventory, and kept his hand in real space design with Voyager ’s Ares IV Mars orbiter (blessed by planetary scientist Dr. Bruce Murray). Rick contributed graphic designs for the Star Trek: Nemesis feature film, including the new Romulan bird of prey and Senate chamber floor. He also provided computer playback graphics and animation elements for Steven Soderbergh’s Solaris .

Rick will be signing at the Hero Collector Stand on Friday, Saturday & Sunday - Signing times to come.

Ryan Dening

Ryan Dening is a concept artist who has worked on Star Trek: Discovery since season one, specializing in the designs of the ships. He has over 14 years work experience cultivated in AAA game and entertainment design studios and his primary expertise is designing environments, props and architecture.

Ryan will be signing at the Hero Collector Stand on Friday, Saturday & Sunday - signing times to come.

JK Woodward

J.K. Woodward is a comic book artist known for illustrating the monthly series Fallen Angel , published by IDW Publishing. Woodward has employed painting, digital assistance, as well as the more traditional pencil-and-ink and CMYK color method in his work.  He has illustrated several Star Trek comics throughout his career including IDW's Star Trek: The Next Generation and Doctor Who crossover miniseries.

European Space Agency at DST

We are pleased to welcome the return of the Science & Education Zone and our friends at the European Space Agency to Destination Star Trek! This will be even bigger than last year so you will want to make room in your schedule to check it out. This will be a great chance to hear some mini lectures directly from the ESA scientists right in the Zone.

Frank De Winne

ESA astronaut Frank De Winne will be joining DST for Friday only. He will be signing for free in the ESA Science & Education Zone and doing a stage talk. Frank was the first ESA astronaut to command a space mission when he served as commander of ISS Expedition 21, and Belgium's second person in space. He is currently serving as Head of the European Astronaut Centre of the European Space Agency.

Star Trek Set Pieces

The original series bridge.

Have your picture taken on an impressive reproduction of the Classic Bridge, sit on the captain’s chair or have your picture taken with George Takei, you even have the option of a Tribble infested bridge as well!

U.S.S. Discovery Captain’s Chair

Take your seat on the latest Captain’s chair as featured in the latest incarnation Star Trek: Discovery , your print will be produced with the Discovery bridge inserted in the background giving you an amazing keepsake.

The Next Generation Captain’s Chair

The Enterprise-D 's bridge is iconic, and you now have the chance to have your picture taken sat in the Captain’s Chair.  Make it so, with a print that inserts you onto the bridge of The Next Generation’ s flagship.

Klingon Throne

A throne fit for the greatest empire, a chance to become part of the warrior race when you take command on the Klingon Throne, a great set piece for fans of Klingon’s and power!

DST Birmingham takes place October 25-27, 2019 at the NEC. Tickets can be purchased here .

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Rockford airport brings back international flight destinations in 2025

International vacation spot destinations will return to the Chicago Rockford International Airport in 2025 with flights to Cancun/Riviera Maya, Mexico, and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic and Costa Rica.

The airport announced the return of its popular nonstop Apple Vacations flights on Wednesday.

“Ever since the pandemic drastically changed passenger travel, we’ve been working with ALG Vacations to bring their exclusive nonstop vacation flights back to our airport so we can further serve people in our region,” the airport's Executive Director Zack Oakley said in a news release. “The Rockford market is enthusiastic about travel — that’s something we’re listening to, advocating for, and working tirelessly on so RFD can provide more great travel opportunities to our community.  We hope to continue offering more destinations in the years to come.”

According to the airport Costa Rica flights will be on Fridays and return Jan. 24.

Cancun/Riviera Maya, Mexico flights will be on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays starting Jan. 25.

And Punta Cana, Dominican Republic flights will return on Thursdays and Sundays starting Jan. 26.

“Rockford has been a successful market for vacation companies like our Apple Vacations, Funjet Vacations, and Travel Impressions brands for many years, and we’re excited to bring this service back to RFD for 2025,” Ray Snisky, group president at ALG Vacations, said in the release.

According to the airport, more than 100,000 passengers flew out of Rockford with Apple Vacations in the 15 years before the pandemic.