Series guide
- Adventure
- Science fiction
- Creators
- Gaia Violo
- Stars
- Holly Hunter · Sandro Rosta · Karim Diané
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Where to watch Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy streams on Paramount+ in the US, included with a subscription. All ten season 1 episodes are out – a two-episode premiere on January 15, 2026 then weekly to the March 12 finale, about eleven hours in total.
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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy episodes 10
Season 1 · 10 episodes · 10 aired · Jan 15, 2026 to Mar 12, 2026
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S1.E1 ·
Kids These Days
The Starfleet captain who once sentenced a smuggler's mother returns to reopen the Academy, and offers a cadet's berth to the son that ruling took her from.
Directed by Alex Kurtzman · Written by Gaia Violo
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S1.E2 ·
Beta Test
The new class settles into San Francisco as Ake hosts a Betazoid delegation weighing a return to the Federation, while Caleb quietly chases a lead on a world Starfleet has no record of.
Directed by Alex Kurtzman · Written by Noga Landau & Jane Maggs
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S1.E3 ·
Vitus Reflux
Hazed by War College rivals, the academy cadets pick a captain for the combat game Calica, take the challenge to a night match, and escalate into a campus prank war.
Directed by Doug Aarniokoski · Written by Alex Taub & Kiley Rossetter
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S1.E4 ·
Vox in Excelso
Klingon cadet Jay-Den Kraag gets word his estranged family may have died in a crash, as the academy argues over whether a Federation world could become a new Klingon homeworld.
Directed by Doug Aarniokoski · Written by Gaia Violo & Eric Anthony Glover
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S1.E5 ·
Series Acclimation Mil
SAM becomes fixated on the long-unexplained disappearance of Benjamin Sisko, while Ake is drafted into smoothing a delicate diplomatic meeting for a War College chancellor who resents her.
Directed by Larry Teng · Written by Kirsten Beyer & Tawny Newsome
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S1.E6 ·
Come, Let's Away
A joint training exercise aboard a derelict ship crippled a century ago by an experimental drive goes wrong when hostile aliens board and take the cadets hostage.
Directed by Larry Teng · Written by Kenneth Lin & Kiley Rossetter
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S1.E7 ·
Ko'Zeine
A four-day break splits the class: Jay-Den follows Darem into an off-world family obligation while Caleb stays behind, dodging the message he owes Tarima until Genesis talks him onto the Athena.
Directed by Andi Armaganian · Written by Alex Taub & Eric Anthony Glover
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S1.E8 ·
The Life of the Stars
With the cadets rattled and SAM's systems failing, Ake brings in Sylvia Tilly to stage a play, the Doctor seeks help for SAM offworld, and Tarima returns to a campus she barely fits.
Directed by Andi Armaganian · Written by Gaia Violo & Jane Maggs
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S1.E9 ·
300th Night
As the school year closes and Starfleet retreats from a newly armed Nus Braka, Caleb finally gets a lead on his mother and pulls a few friends into an unsanctioned rescue run.
Directed by Jonathan Frakes
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S1.E10 ·
Rubincon
Alone beyond a wall of mines with Braka putting the Federation on trial, the Athena's cadets have to repair their crippled ship and find a way to bring the barrier down.
Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi
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The 32nd-century setting, and why it is a genuine entry point
Ten episodes, one season, and no prior Star Trek required. Starfleet Academy is set in the 32nd century – the far-future era that Star Trek: Discovery opened up in its last few seasons – but Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau built it for people arriving cold. The Federation in it is rebuilding rather than at its height, and the show explains that in the first hour instead of assuming you watched four seasons of another series to get there.
Structurally it is the opposite of Strange New Worlds. Where that show resets every week, this one is a single serialised year: the first two episodes went up together on January 15, 2026 and the rest arrived weekly to a March 12 finale, and the premises above are steps in one story rather than a menu. At 60 to 75 minutes an episode – long for Star Trek – the season runs about eleven hours, and it is held together by one antagonist: Paul Giamatti’s Nus Braka, a part-Klingon, part-Tellarite whose history with the Academy’s new chancellor is the reason the season starts where it does.
The draw is the cast around the cadets. Holly Hunter plays Nahla Ake, captain of the USS Athena and the chancellor reopening the Academy, and the show fills the staff with faces the franchise already owns: Robert Picardo returns as the Doctor from Voyager, Tig Notaro brings Jett Reno over from Discovery, and Oded Fehr plays Charles Vance. A ten-episode second season has been ordered for 2027 and announced as the last, so this is a two-season story rather than an open-ended one. For where Hunter’s chancellor sits against the franchise’s other commanders, our ranking of every Star Trek captain is the companion piece.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy cast 13
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Holly HunterNahla Ake -
Sandro RostaCaleb Mir -
Karim DianéJay-Den Kraag -
Kerrice BrooksSam -
George HawkinsDarem Reymi -
Bella ShepardGenesis Lythe -
Oded FehrCharles Vance -
Gina YashereLura Thok -
Brit MarlingUSS Athena computer (voice) -
Robert PicardoThe Doctor -
Tig NotaroJett Reno -
Zoë SteinerTarima Sadal
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Paul GiamattiNus Braka
- Creator
- Gaia Violo
- Showrunners
- Alex Kurtzman, Noga Landau
- Music
- Jeff Russo
- Studios
- CBS Studios
Photos via Wikimedia Commons. Holly Hunter: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0; Sandro Rosta: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0; Karim Diané: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0; Kerrice Brooks: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0; George Hawkins: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0; Bella Shepard: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0; Oded Fehr: Tony Shek, CC BY-SA 2.0; Gina Yashere: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0; Brit Marling: gdcgraphics, CC BY-SA 2.0; Robert Picardo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0; Tig Notaro: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0; Paul Giamatti: Montclair Film, CC BY 2.0.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I watch Star Trek: Starfleet Academy?
Starfleet Academy streams on Paramount+ in the US with a subscription. It is a Paramount+ original, so streaming it means Paramount+ – season 1 is also sold digitally if you would rather buy than subscribe.
How many episodes of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy are there?
Ten, all of season 1. At 60 to 75 minutes each, that is around eleven hours.
Do I need to watch Star Trek: Discovery first?
No. It is set in the 32nd century that Discovery’s later seasons opened up, but it is built as an entry point and explains its own era.
When did Star Trek: Starfleet Academy premiere?
January 15, 2026, with two episodes. The rest went out weekly to a March 12, 2026 finale.
Is there a season 2 of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy?
Yes – a ten-episode second season has been ordered and is expected in 2027, and it has been announced as the series’ last.
