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Main Mission, Part 1 (with an appropriate sound effect)
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Season 5, Episode 9
“Fissure Quest”
Written by Lauren McGuire
Directed by Brandon Williams
Subspace Chatter
- Lawmakers, attorney pledge to help woman over Star Trek license plate mix-up – YouTube
- Star Trek license plates saga on Long Island is finally over. Here’s how an attorney ended a grandmother’s nightmare | KRDO
- Official Trailer | Star Trek: Section 31 | Premiering January 24 – YouTube
- Paramount Press Express | PARAMOUNT+ RELEASES OFFICIAL TRAILER AND KEY ART
- Wrestling Champion Becky Lynch Joins ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ – TrekMovie.com
- WWE’s Becky Lynch Joins the Cast of ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’
- ‘Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan’ Named To National Film Registry; Nicholas Meyer Reacts – TrekMovie.com
- National Film Registry Adds 25 Titles for 2024
In Vulcan, Alberta, Canada news…
Rural Municipalities of Alberta has a Vulcan on its board
Here are links to 69 additional stories broken out by series, movies and other categories.
CLASSIC TV SERIES (in order of premiere)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987 – 1994) [7 seasons]
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993 – 1999) [7 seasons]
- Who Captain Sisko’s Real Mother In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Is
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s Garak Predicted Seven of Nine’s Starfleet Career
STREAMING SERIES AND MOVIES (in order of premiere)
Star Trek: Discovery (2017 – 2024) [5 seasons]
Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020 – 2024) [5 seasons]
- Star Trek Lower Decks Just Reversed Its Biggest Running Gag
- Star Trek: Lower Decks Finally Got Its Own ‘Lower Decks’
- Recap/Review: ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Flips The Script For “Upper Decks” – TrekMovie.com
- Star Trek: Lower Decks’ actor says “there’s room” for more of the series
- Star Trek Just Quietly Released a Massive Multiverse Epic That Puts Marvel To Shame
- ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ brings back fan-favorite characters for ‘Multiverse of Madness’-style hijinks in latest episode | Space
- Exclusive: Watch a Clip From Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Penultimate Episode
- Star Trek’s Biggest Crossover Ever Just Happened With 6 Shocking Legacy Character Comebacks
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Already Has The Perfect Way To Introduce Sulu
- Star Trek Just Did The Unthinkable And Topped Strange New Worlds’ Crossover
- 25 Years Later, Star Trek Finally Makes A Fan-Favorite DS9 Couple Canon
- How Garak and Bashir Finally Get Together on ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’
- Star Trek Just Made an Important Deep Space Nine Character Even Better | Den of Geek
- Lower Decks Might Have Just Set Up an All-Timer Star Trek Finale
- Star Trek Adds A Multiverse Version Of Starfleet’s Prime Directive & It’s A Big Improvement To Canon
- WARP FIVE: Barry Kelly Dishes on Designing the Main Title, Klingon Opening Title, and Data on Lower Decks | Star Trek
Star Trek: Section 31 “streaming event movie” (January 24, 2025) [movie]
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (no release date announced) [season 1 in production]
THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES (in order of premiere)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
- Trek History: Star Trek: The Motion Picture | StarTrek.com – YouTube
- ‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture’ premiere in San Diego in 1979 – YouTube
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture’s Bizarre Starfleet Costumes Make More Sense Than You Think | Den of Geek
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1989)
Star Trek (2009)
OTHER MEDIA
Star Trek books, audio books
Star Trek toys/collectibles/other merchandise
Star Trek Comics/graphic novels/magazines
- Star Trek Reveals Bittersweet Ending for Kelvin Timeline’s Captain Kirk
- After 26 Years, Star Trek Has Finally Settled a DS9 Debate
- Exclusive DS9 Story Excerpt From New Star Trek Explorer Short Fiction Collection – TrekMovie.com
- Star Trek Is Ready to Embark on a Klingon Redemption Story No One Saw Coming, And I’m Not Sure It Will Work Out
- At Last, Star Trek Just Addressed One of Spock’s Most Annoying Plot Holes With Help From a Familiar Starfleet Captain
- Star Trek May Be Canceling Its Best Show in Ages, But Lower Decks Will Boldly Live On Elsewhere
- See The Cerritos Gang Take On A Strange World In Preview Of ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ #2 – TrekMovie.com
MISCELLANEOUS
Paramount+ News
- Skydance Deal Sparks Studio Protest Over Redstone Payout
- Paramount Consolidates TV, Streaming Distribution Resulting in Layoffs
- Paramount Inks New Deal for Government Relations Chief DeDe Lea
- Hollywood’s Top Dealmakers of 2024
- Paramount Consolidation of U.S. TV and Streaming Distribution Teams Results in Staff Cuts
- Paramount extends executive’s term, adjusts compensation By Investing.com
- Paramount Global Extends EVP Doretha Lea’s Contract | Markets Insider
- YouTube, Netflix and the other most watched streaming services ranked
- What CBS, Paramount+ & Showtime are Buying Right Now
- Paramount Global’s $8 Billion Skydance Merger Reportedly Faces Regulatory Hurdles Amid Trump Election and Union Concerns | Cord Cutters News
- Paramount+ to Remove Some International Originals (Exclusive)
- Ropes & Gray Named to The Hollywood Reporter’s Top Dealmakers of 2024 | News & Events | Ropes & Gray LLP
- Paramount Global’s New Owner – David Ellison – Is Set To Implement Major Changes | Broadcast Media Africa
- Industry: WBD restructure splits up streaming and cable channels – SportsPro
- Industry: “It cannot stand idly by” — WGA calls for Hollywood studios to take legal actions against AI companies for allegedly stealing subtitles
>> Writers Guild Tells Studios to Take Legal Action Against AI Companies
Franchise-wide/Miscellaneous
- Pre-Warp Impersonations: Starfleet Preserves the Prime Directive | Star Trek
- Star Trek: Time Dilation, Explained
- Why Star Trek can’t go back to 1990s quality, even though it’s what some fans want
- 10 Worst Star Trek Moments In 2024
- 3 unexpected Star Trek characters we’d like to get their own series
- 4 non-permanent changes Star Trek should have made permanent
- Writer of Star Trek: The Next Generation’s “Inner Light” is developing new scifi show
- The Wisdom of Worf | Star Trek
- TV review: Star Trek Continues, more or less
- 10 Greatest Star Trek Moments In 2024
- Star Trek Just Proved This Popular MCU Concept Can Work on Anything
- Man’s Best Friend In Space
- Star Trek’s Most Underrated Series Shows the Limitless Potential of Animation
Actor Watch
- Interview: Jerry O’Connell Talks Parallel Universes And Jack Ransom’s Depth On ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ – TrekMovie.com
- Season two Star Trek: Picard actor would happily revisit the Star Trek world
- Interview: Garrett Wang On The Joy Of Harry Kims In ‘Lower Decks,’ And Anger Being Written Out Of ‘Picard’ – TrekMovie.com
Passings
Main Mission, Part 2
Star Trek: Lower Decks
“The New Next Generation”
Written by Mike McMahan
Directed by Megan Lloyd
End Of Show
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