Attention all Star Trek fans! Hold onto your phasers because the final season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is wrapping up with a stellar bang! The highly-anticipated final episode of this fifth season is bringing back two legendary icons from Star Trek: The Original Series—Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy and Hikaru Sulu!
The news was officially beamed down to us by the talented actress Rebecca Romijn, confirming the wrap of production. And if you're thinking what I'm thinking, yes, that's chills running down your spine! Paramount+ dropped the exhilarating news that Thomas Jane is stepping into the shoes of Dr. McCoy, while Kai Murakami will bring Hikaru Sulu to life, making sure the adventure reaches warp speed!
They're joining an already epic lineup, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Paul Wesley as James T. Kirk, Ethan Peck as the logical Mr. Spock, Celia Rose Gooding as Nyota Uhura, Jess Bush as Christine Chapel, and Martin Quinn as the indomitable Montgomery “Scotty” Scott. It's a legendary roster, no doubt!
For those fresh to the transporter beam, Thomas Jane has a robust resume that genre fans will love: from his gritty portrayal as Frank Castle in The Punisher to turns in The Mist, The Expanse, and many more. Meanwhile, we're thrilled to welcome Kai Murakami in his TV debut. This stage dynamo—trained across continents in London and Japan—has wowed audiences with the Royal Shakespeare Company and nosedived into the digital realm with roles in projects like Assassin’s Creed Shadows and Rise of the Ronin.
The torch passes from DeForest Kelley and George Takei’s original timeless portrayals, as well as the Kelvin Timeline’s incarnations by Karl Urban and John Cho, to our new torchbearers. For every Starfleet fan, the hype octupled at warp speed!
There’s plenty more adventures where that came from as Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Season 4, is set to hit your streaming bursts on Paramount+ in 2026, with the climactic fifth season targeting an out-of-this-world release in 2027.
Tighten up those hailing frequencies, Trekkies—this one's going to be legendary!