TrekHeadlines: Five 2 Watch

This week on TrekHeadlines: Jerry O'Connell finally has bragging rights over his own wife thanks to a battlefield promotion on Lower Decks, a sci-fi cult classic reveals it almost wasn't the movie that made Sam Rockwell a critics' darling, TV historians dig up the real reason every network passed on The Next Generation, and Strange New Worlds fans are asking when exactly Vulcans got so rude. Plus, the Enterprise crew's dino-killing detour gets checked against what scientists actually think happened 65 million years ago. Five stories, five minutes, zero deep dives — let's get into it.

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This week on TrekHeadlines: Paramount+'s EVP says the franchise's future is bright with more series quietly in the works, Strange New Worlds' Dr. Boyce turns out to be a familiar face from three different eras of Trek, and the countdown to Star Trek's 60th anniversary on September 8th delivers two pieces of news at once — a worldwide celebration and a brand-new Blu-ray release. Plus, five sci-fi movies from the '80s get a literary gut check against the books that inspired them. Five stories, five minutes, zero deep dives — let's get into it.

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This week on TrekHeadlines: Patrick Stewart says he can't imagine ever officially hanging up the captain's chair, Strange New Worlds goes full puppet with the Jim Henson Company, and Paramount is quietly courting writers for whatever comes next in the franchise. Plus, Jonathan Frakes directs a very Trek-adjacent rescue mission over on HBO Max, and a showrunner finally reveals what the cancelled *Star Trek: Legacy* would have been about. Five stories, five minutes, zero deep dives — let's get into it.

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This week on TrekHeadlines: Strange New Worlds delivers a full-blown horror episode aboard a derelict ship crawling with ghosts, body bags, and a countdown nobody wants to hear tick down. Three actors have played James T. Kirk over six decades, and this week somebody finally tried to rank them, brace yourself for an argument. A handful of Star Trek's most overlooked characters, from a captain's own son to a security chief barely anyone remembers, are getting the spotlight they've been owed for years. There's a reading list for sci-fi fans who think they've already read everything hard sci-fi has to offer. And there's a quiet update on one of Star Trek's most anticipated unmade projects. Five stories, one episode — let's dive in.

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This week on TrekHeadlines: Strange New Worlds turns a haunted-ship mystery into something far more unsettling — a warning about Kirk's future that ties back to one of the franchise's most heartbreaking films. Starfleet Academy's final season is trading its usual drama for something the show has never attempted, and it involves a disaster nobody sees coming. Deep Space Nine finally gets a spiritual successor, but this one trades diplomacy for danger, and the twist behind it is darker than anyone expected. Two Strange New Worlds stars reveal the holiday special that almost happened — and yes, it's as strange as it sounds. And William Shatner steps back into the spotlight for a Star Trek 60th anniversary celebration you won't want to miss.

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Star Trek just lost the show that could have carried it into a genuinely new era — and we're breaking down why the timing could not be worse. We're also digging into Strange New Worlds Season 4's quiet rewrite of one of Kirk's most painful relationships, the deep-cut legacy characters that could make this the most stacked TOS reunion of the modern era, and the actual dollar cost of building a real warp drive. Plus, we're revisiting the single line of Kirk dialogue that changed what Star Trek was allowed to be, seventeen years later. Five stories, one franchise at a crossroads.

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Thirty-six years ago, one cliffhanger ruined an entire fandom's summer - and this week we're finding out why it still hurts. We're also uncovering the far buggier, far cheaper version of the Borg that almost made it to air, revisiting the Next Generation episode that turned the Enterprise crew into a monster movie, and getting confirmation that Strange New Worlds isn't done with its funniest Vulcan yet. Plus, our friends at the TrekConvention Blog make the case for why one Enterprise actress deserves way more credit than she ever got.

Five stories, five reasons to hit play.

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Paramount's new regime wants to drag Star Trek back to its Wrath of Khan and Next Generation glory days, Worf is stepping into a Deep Space Nine horror story nobody asked for but everybody wants, a Doctor Who crossover almost happened not once but twice, seven sci-fi classics prove age is just a number, and Nacelle's Wave 1 action figures are winning fans over with accessories weirder and cooler than the figures themselves.

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Christina Chong has a personal tease for Strange New Worlds Season 4. MovieWeb breaks down how every Star Trek series made its main starship one of a kind. Looper digs into why Nichelle Nichols turned down a high-profile Voyager appearance, and ranks the five best Riker episodes from The Next Generation. And SlashFilm counts down the 15 best Star Trek characters of all time.

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Star Trek's 60th anniversary celebration kicks off with a sneak peek featuring Sulu and a sword. We revisit TNG's quietly profound "In Theory" at 35. GameGrin counts down Trek's darkest timelines. Redshirts Always Die defends Starfleet Academy's underrated "The Life of the Stars." And Screen Rant uncovers what really happened between Tom Hardy and the director of Nemesis.

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