Star Trek is FINALLY for the Next Generation!

 Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is the show that’s finally going to make a younger audience fall in love with a universe they’ve probably been told is “not for them.”

Star Trek: The Original Series premiered way back on September 8, 1966 on NBC, got canceled, revived, rebooted, rebooted again and now, almost 60 years later, we’re back in the Trek universe on Paramount+, but in a very different era than what OG fans grew up with.

Starfleet Academy is set roughly 900+ years after TOS (and who even knows how long since Archer took his first flight with a Vulcan and a grumpy guy named Trip). The series follows a group of students from all different planets and species. Some will be instantly recognizable, and others will have you Googling like, “Wait...was that always a thing?”

The show takes place after Star Trek: Discovery, while the Federation is still rebuilding after "The Burn". And instead of being on a starship, we’re on the Academy campus in San Francisco, following students and their dreams, drama, and chaos.

We meet a core group of students: Caleb Mir, Genesis Lythe, Jay-Den Kraag, Darem Reymi, Sam, and two Betazoids (yes, I also lost my mind) Tarima and Ocam Sadal. The show dives into their love lives, family lives, and what it actually takes to become part of the Federation.

If you’re a longtime Trek fan, this is honestly a blast. And if you’re brand new or just want rebellious teens trying to change the universe (or at least figure out who they are), this show is going to to be perfect for you.

Star Trek was created during a time of massive division, and here we are 60 years later in another complicated era and Trek is back again to talk about it.

The first four episodes are out, and people are loving them. It feels familiar in the best way, wild captains, enemies, love stories, Klingon humor, and yes...The Doctor.

Is it something we’ve seen before? Not really. But it feels like an honest take on what going to the Academy might actually be like. Some fans are dragging it, but I genuinely think it deserves a real chance. It keeps Trek alive, just in a new format for a new generation.

I’ll be dropping more reviews as new episodes come out.

LL&P