Has Season 1 of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy left you craving more Trek? Then you’ll be happy to hear you can binge the first three seasons of the superb Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. And, with this Paramount Plus deal, it’ll cost you just $2.99 a month for the first two months.
Get a monthly Paramount Plus subscription for up to 79% off, all you need to watch Strange New Worlds and the entire Star Trek back catalog.
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Love old Trek? Star Trek: Strange New Worlds succeeds in honoring TOS, as Pike, Uhura, Scotty, Spock and a host of new characters set out to boldly go where no one has gone before. Set before original Trek, it has the Enterprise’s crew meeting new alien races, battling cosmic menaces and even (in an absolutely brilliant episode) crossing over with Star Trek: Lower Decks.
Featuring a healthy dose of humor, Strange New Worlds is sure to raise a grin. That’s not to say that Strange New Worlds is short on drama; however, far from it. As wry and personable as Pike can be, he’s living with a vision of his future fate, something long-time Trek fans will be only too aware of. And as any sci-fi or fantasy fan knows, prophecies can be hell.
In our review of Star Trek New Worlds’ first episode, we said it could “Very easily become the best ‘Trek’ on TV,’ and it’s yet to let us down. The first three seasons are available on Paramount Plus right now, a fourth series is just around the corner, and a fifth, albeit shorter, season is likely to land in 2027.
That’s 40 episodes of pure Trek you can binge this year on Paramount Plus, as well as other Trek content like Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: The Original Series and more.
Key features: Virtually every single Star Trek series and film can be found on Paramount Plus, from the original series through to the Section 31 movie. On top of that, there’s a host of other non-sci-fi content, from historical dramas through to crime shows.
Price history: Paramount Plus has offered several different deals, including savings on a full year of the service. At $2.99 a month this is a great offer if you want a taste of what’s on offer without locking yourself in.
Consensus: Paramount Plus is the essential streaming service if you’re a Trekkie. Prodigy aside, every movie, live-action shows and animations can be found on Plus. Plus has it all. As for the rest of the family, they’re spoilt for choice too, with more grounded shows like 1883 and Tulsa King.
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✅ Buy it if: You’re a Star Trek fan. Paramount owns the rights to Star Trek and, so, Plus boasts virtually every single Star Trek movie and show.
❌ Don’t buy it if: You’re already a Paramount Plus subscriber. This deal is only for new or lapsed subscribers.
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