The first season of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy wraps up this week on Paramount+. The final episode arrives on Thursday, March 12, 2026 . Viewers can watch it on Paramount+ starting at 12 a.m. PT / 3 a.m. ET .
The series premiered on January 15 with two episodes. New episodes came out every Thursday since then. The season has 10 episodes total .
What to Expect in the Finale
The finale will close the first chapter for the new cadets. The show follows a group of young students at the famous Starfleet Academy in the 32nd century . They train to become officers while facing threats from a new enemy called the Venari Ral and dangerous Omega 47 mines .
The main characters include cadet Caleb Mir (Sandro Rosta). His personal story involves finding his mother, played by Tatiana Maslany. The season villain is Nus Braka, played by Paul Giamatti. He is a half-Klingon, half-Tellarite character . Holly Hunter plays Chancellor Nahla Ake, who runs the Academy and captains the ship USS Athena .
The story has built toward a final conflict. The penultimate episode, “300th Night,” showed Caleb torn between his duty and his family . That episode aired on March 5 and was directed by Star Trek legend Jonathan Frakes. It was his final episode directing for the franchise .
Cast and Guest Stars
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy features a large cast of new and returning actors.
The main cast includes:
- Holly Hunter as Chancellor Nahla Ake
- Sandro Rosta as Cadet Caleb Mir
- Kerrice Brooks as Cadet S.A.M. (Series Acclimation Mil)
- George Hawkins as Cadet Darem Reymi
- Karim Diané as Cadet Jay-Den Kraag
- Bella Shepard as Cadet Genesis Lythe
- Zoë Steiner as Cadet Tarima Sadal
Several actors from other Star Trek shows appear. Tig Notaro returns as Jett Reno from Star Trek: Discovery. Robert Picardo plays The Doctor from Star Trek: Voyager. Oded Fehr and Mary Wiseman also reprise their Discovery roles as Admiral Vance and Sylvia Tilly .
Paul Giamatti plays the main villain Nus Braka. Gina Yashere plays Cadet Master Lura Thok. Talk show host Stephen Colbert voices the Digital Dean of Students .
About the Series
The show focuses on the first new class of cadets in over a century. The Academy reopened after 120 years . The students come from different planets and backgrounds.
The series was created by Gaia Violo. Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau are the co-showrunners and executive producers . Kurtzman also directed the first episode .
The producers designed the show to feel like a campus drama mixed with space adventure. The main ship, USS Athena, works as a “teaching hospital.” It docks on Earth as the school building and flies into space for training missions . The set includes trees and a two-level atrium for long walk-and-talk scenes .
The show has an 88% score on Rotten Tomatoes .
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Future of the Show
Paramount+ already renewed the show for a second season. Production is happening now in Toronto . The cast is filming the final episodes of season 2. Actors have teased that new episodes will have big stunts and emotional moments .
The season 1 finale airs this Thursday, March 12, 2026. It will be available only on Paramount+.
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