Star Trek: Discovery‘s Final Epilogue Was Almost Its Next Season Arc

If Discovery had gotten a sixth season, the wild set-up it used as its final coda would've been a major storyline.

May 31, 2024 · 1 min · 60 words · Michael Miller

But it was, apparently, something Discovery showrunner Michelle Paradise was insistent the series tackle before it ended.

We never wanted Calypso to be the dangling chad.

I feel like it ends the way it needed to end.

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Star Trek: Discoveryis available to stream now on Paramount+.

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