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Star Trek: Short Treks is an anthology series of shorts set in the Star Trek universe, acting as a companion to Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Picard. It is the second Star Trek companion series, the eighth series set in the Star Trek universe, and the first series to feature both live-action and animated episodes.
Premiering in October 2018, the four live-action episodes of the first season were released monthly, running approximately fifteen to twenty minutes each. The six-episode second season premiered in October 2019.
In 2023, it was followed by Star Trek: very Short Treks, a new series of non-canon animated shorts.
Production history[]
The series was announced in July 2018 at San Diego Comic-Con, [1] [2] and details of the four initial shorts were revealed in September 2018. [3]
Following the conclusion of the second season of Discovery, it was initially announced that two new animated Short Treks would air in the spring of 2019. [4]
In a June 2019 interview, Alex Kurtzman stated that a total of six more episodes would be produced and air in the period prior to the premiere of the third season of Discovery. [5]
The series was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2020 for Outstanding Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series. [6]
Although a third season of Short Treks has not been announced, in August 2020 producer Alex Kurtzman said that he hoped more would be made. [7]
Cast[]
Each episode of ST has its own unique cast and the series does not carry over cast members. The following have been credited in multiple episodes of ST:
- Jenette Goldstein as USS Enterprise computer voice ("Q&A", "Ephraim and Dot")
- Anson Mount as Christopher Pike ("Q&A", "The Trouble with Edward", "Ask Not")
- Ethan Peck as Spock ("Q&A", "Ask Not")
- Rebecca Romijn as Una ("Q&A", "Ask Not")
- Robert Verlaque as Aradar ("The Brightest Star") / Principal ("Children of Mars")
ST credited cast by episode:
- "Runaway":
- Starring
- Co-Starring
- Geet Arora as Worker Bee #2
- Milton Barnes as Deck Crew #1
- Joe Delfin as Worker Bee #1
- Julianne Grossman as Discovery Computer
- "Calypso"
- Starring
- Aldis Hodge (as Craft)
- Annabelle Wallis (as Zora)
- Co-Starring
- Starring
- "The Brightest Star"
- Starring
- Doug Jones (as Saru)
- Hannah Spear (as Siranna)
- Robert Verlaque (as Aradar)
- and Michelle Yeoh (as Philippa Georgiou)
- Co-Starring
- Starring
- "The Escape Artist"
- Starring
- Co-Starring
- "Q&A"
- Starring
- Rebecca Romijn (as Una)
- Ethan Peck (as Spock)
- Anson Mount (as Christopher Pike)
- Co-Starring
- Samora Smallwood as Lt. Amin
- Sarah Evans as Upjohn
- Jenette Goldstein as Enterprise Computer
- Starring
- "The Trouble with Edward"
- Starring
- Anson Mount (as Christopher Pike)
- Rosa Salazar (as Lynne Lucero)
- H. Jon Benjamin (as Edward Larkin)
- Co-Starring
- Lisa Michelle Cornelius as Sarah
- Matthew Gouveia as Noel
- Krista Jang as Rob
- John Jarvis as Admiral Quinn
- Loretta Shenosky as Cabot Computer
- Starring
- "Ask Not"
- Starring
- Anson Mount (as Christopher Pike)
- Ethan Peck (as Spock)
- Rebecca Romijn (as Una)
- Co-Starring
- Starring
- "Ephraim and Dot"
- Starring
- "The Girl Who Made the Stars"
- Starring
- Kenric Green (as Mike Burnham)
- Kyrie McAlpin (as Michael Burnham)
- Starring
- "Children of Mars"
- Co-Starring
- Joy Castro as Mom
- Andrea Davis as Teacher
- Jason Deline as Dad
- Ilamaria Ebrahim as Kima
- Alix Kell as Secretary
- Sadie Munroe as Lil
- Robert Verlaque as Principal
- Co-Starring
Episode list[]
ST Season 1, 4 episodes
ST Season 2, 6 episodes
| Title | Episode | Date | Runtime | Original airdate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | ||||||
| "Runaway" | 1x01 | 2257 | 15:32 | 2018-10-04 | ||
| "Calypso" | 1x02 | Far future | 18:05 | 2018-11-08 | ||
| "The Brightest Star" | 1x03 | 2239 | 14:44 | 2018-12-06 | ||
| "The Escape Artist" | 1x04 | 2250s | 15:33 | 2019-01-03 | ||
| Season 2 | ||||||
| "Q&A" | 2x01 | 2253 | 14:07 | 2019-10-05 | ||
| "The Trouble with Edward" | 2x02 | 2250s (1421.9) | 14:38 | 2019-10-09 | ||
| "Ask Not" | 2x03 | 2250s | 9:18 | 2019-11-14 | ||
| "Ephraim and Dot" | 2x04 | 2267–2285 | 8:43 | 2019-12-12 | ||
| "The Girl Who Made the Stars" | 2x05 | 2230s | 7:45 | 2019-12-12 | ||
| "Children of Mars" | 2x06 | 2385 | 8:19 | 2020-01-09 | ||
Crew[]
Promotional logo for the series
- Alex Kurtzman – executive Producer, co-writer ("Runaway", "Children of Mars")
- Jenny Lumet – co-writer ("Runaway", "Children of Mars")
- Maja Vrvilo – director ("Runaway")
- Michael Chabon – writer ("Calypso", "Q&A")
- Olatunde Osunsanmi – director ("Calypso", "The Girl Who Made the Stars") [8]
- Bo Yeon Kim – co-writer ("The Brightest Star")
- Erika Lippoldt – co-writer ("The Brightest Star")
- Douglas Aarniokoski – director ("The Brightest Star")
- Mike McMahan – writer ("The Escape Artist")
- Rainn Wilson – director ("The Escape Artist")
- Mark Pellington – director ("Q&A", "Children of Mars")
- Graham Wagner – writer ("The Trouble with Edward")
- Daniel Gray Longino – director ("The Trouble with Edward")
- Kalinda Vazquez – writer ("Ask Not") [9]
- Sanji Senaka – director ("Ask Not") [10]
- Michael Giacchino – director ("Ephraim and Dot") [11]
- Kirsten Beyer – co-writer ("Children of Mars")
Publicity[]
For season 2, CBS All Access released an artwork series based on the old Pocket Books TOS covers from the 1980s.
Related topics[]
Media[]
- "Runaway" and "The Brightest Star" are included as part of the Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 DVD and Blu-ray releases.
- All four episodes from Season 1 and the first five episodes from Season 2 were released on 2 June 2020 on DVD and Blu-ray.
- "Children of Mars" is included as part of the Star Trek: Picard Season 1 DVD and Blu-ray releases.
| Star Trek television series |
|---|
| The Original Series • The Animated Series • The Next Generation • Deep Space Nine • Voyager • Enterprise • Discovery • Picard • Lower Decks • Prodigy • Strange New Worlds |
| Companion series: After Trek • Short Treks • The Ready Room |
| Web content: very Short Treks |
| In development: Starfleet Academy |