Strange New Worlds S4 teaser strikes a more serious tone

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds premieres on July 23, 2026, on Paramount+. The series will have a truncated fifth and final season of six episodes (which has already completed production). While it’s possible a few crew members might not survive the series finale—we hear La’An (Christina Chong) say the “any mission could be our last”—we will see the introduction of Leonard “Bones” McCoy (Thomas Jane) and Hikaru Sulu (Kai Murakami) in S5. That pretty much brings the show in line with The Original Series in the Star Trek chronology. With the cancellation of Starfleet Academy after its second season airs next year, that should bring the current crop of streaming shows in the franchise to an end. The producers had pitched another series, Star Trek: Year One, focused on Kirk’s first year as Enterprise captain, but that looks unlikely in light of recent news that the SNW‘s Enterprise sets have been dismantled.