Star Trek: The Next Generation It's the perfect binge-watch, but not all seasons are created equal. With his series debut in 1987, Star Trek: The Next Generation introduced the world to an all-new Enterprise crew led by Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart). Long before binge-worthy television became the norm, TNG It was one of the most watched television programs of its time. Throughout TNG's For seven seasons, the crew members of the USS Enterprise-D became as beloved as Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and his crew. The modern television landscape is significantly different than it was in the 1980s…
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Subcommander T'Pol (Jolene Blalock) made history in Star Trek: Enterprise and ultimately played a vital role in the events that led to the founding of the United Federation of Planets. Set hundreds of years before the events of Star Trek: The Original Series, Enterprise follows Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) and his crew as they explore the galaxy in Earth's first warp-capable starship, the Enterprise NX-01. After the Vulcans made first contact with Earth in 2063, they did not immediately give humanity access to their most advanced technology, fearing that humans were not ready for it. When Captain Archer took…
First mentioned in Star Trek: The Original Series, a different Federation existed before the creation of the United Federation of Planets. Star Trek writer Gene L. Coon is responsible for creating the Federation and helping to establish Starfleet as a concept. The Federation was first mentioned in Star Trek: The Original Series season 1, episode 23, "A Taste of Armageddon", which features a visiting Federation Ambassador, and has since become a central part of the Star Trek universe and played a role in almost every Star Trek series. Several Star Trek the projects revolved around the United Federation of Planets…
Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Lower Decks series finale - "The Next Generation"Star Trek: Lower Decks introduced a new captain to the Star Trek franchise, and he has a hilarious reason for breaking Gene Roddenberry's infamous Star Trek: The Next Generation rule. After the USS Cerritos saves the universe in Star Trek: Lower Decks series finale, Captain Carol Freeman (Dawnn Lewis) accepts a position overseeing missions for the multiverse at the newly relocated Starbase 80. With the Cerritos in need of a captain, Starfleet promotes Commander Jack Ransom (Jerry O'Connell ) and gives him command of the California-class ship. When…
Star Trek: Lower Decks' series finale suggests that the Terran Empire of Star Trek Mirror Universe could defeat the Prime Universe's Starfleet. In its fifth and final season on Paramount+ Star Trek: Lower Decks takes over the multiverse and puts the fate of the Prime Universe in the hands of the USS Cerritos. After spending Star Trek: Lower Decks In season 5 investigating mysterious quantum fissures, Captain Carol Freeman (Dawnn Lewis) and her crew must come together to stabilize a massive wormhole (surrounded by a Schrödinger field of possibility) that threatens to destroy the universe. Introduced into the iconic Star…
Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) served as Medical Director of the USS Enterprise-D for six of the Star Trek: The Next Generation'There were seven seasons, but his position in Starfleet was rarely mentioned. Introduced in TNG's first episode, Gates McFadden was a Star Trek: The Next Generation regular series. Dr. Crusher was one of the original crew members of the Enterprise-D, serving under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart). Crusher and Picard had romantic feelings for each other, although they did not officially embark on an on-screen romance. Crusher lived on the Enterprise with his teenage son, Wesley Crusher…
Lieutenant Commander Data (Brent Spiner) became one of the Star Trek: The Next Generation'and most beloved characters, but the android had a fascinating life before the show even began. As the operations officer of the USS Enterprise-D under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), Data has helped save the galaxy countless times. Without Data's enhanced android abilities and resistance to pathogens and mental manipulation, the Enterprise would have been destroyed multiple times. Data was the only android of his kind serving in Starfleet and he wanted nothing more than to be human. Throughout its seven seasons, TNG revealed…
The best of counselor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) Star Trek: The Next Generation episode saw her become a Romulan. Courtesy of her Betazoid mother Lwaxana Troi (Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, Deanna Troi could feel the emotions of those around her. This unique ability served her well in her position as a Starfleet ship counselor aboard the USS Enterprise-D under command Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) could also sense when others were hiding something, making her an important advisor to Captain Picard and an invaluable asset to the Enterprise-D. team. Star Trek: The Next Generation, however, it did not always make the best…
In its fifth and final season on Paramount+ Star Trek: Lower Decks took over the multiverse, giving Star Trek the opportunity to do a show like Marvel And if...?. As Star Trek: Lower decks Season 5 has come to an end, Captain Carol Freeman (Dawnn Lewis) and the crew of the USS Cerritos saved Star Trek the entire Early Universe, stabilizing a massive wormhole to multiple quantum realities. Starfleet then moved Starbase 80 to the wormhole entrance and placed Captain Freeman in command of the missions sent to investigate these realities. While Star Trek have no plans for any Lower…
With its debut in 1979, Star Trek: the movie launched the Star Trek franchise into a new era of big-screen adventures for Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and his crew. In the opening sequence of director Robert Wise's special effects extravaganza, a massive space cloud easily destroys three Klingon ships before continuing its course towards Earth. When Starfleet monitoring station Epsilon IX informs Starfleet Command of this approaching cloud, they assign the newly retrofitted USS Enterprise to intercept the entity before it reaches Earth. With its impressive visuals and essentially Star Trek history, Star Trek: the movie set box…