Warning! The following contains SPOILERS for the Star Trek: Starfleet Academy episode "Series Acclimation Mil." Stream it with a Paramount+ subscription and read at your own risk!
Star Trek just premiered its biggest tribute to Deep Space Nine since that Lower Decks episode, and it's fitting that a former cast member of the animated comedy was responsible for it. I was thrilled to see Starfleet Academy pay homage to Benjamin Sisko and actor Avery Brooks on the 2026 TV schedule, but wondered while watching if there was a reason why the series couldn't definitively say if Sisko returned or not.
