The good news for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds fans is that Season 4 is expected to premiere on the 2026 TV schedule. The bad news is that this will be the penultimate outing for the pre-The Original Series crew of the USS Enterprise, as it was announced earlier this year that Strange New Worlds will end with an abbreviated fifth season. Christina Chong, who plays La'An Noonien-Singh on the Paramount+ subscription-exclusive series, shared her thoughts about why it’s “bittersweet” Strange New Worlds will come to a close with Season 5.
During a panel at ST-CHI: Trek To Chicago this past weekend, Christina Chong informed the crowd that the Strange New Worlds team was almost done shooting Season 5’s fifth episode, i.e. the show’s penultimate episode. The cast and crew are chugging along during the holiday break to wrap on the series before Christmas, which Anson Mount also shared on his “exhausted” video from a few days ago. When asked by TrekMovie what the mood is like on the Star Trek show’s set with the end fast approaching, Chong answered:
