Star Trek: Short Treks

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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, four live-action episodes were released monthly, running approximately fifteen to twenty minutes each. 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
  - Mary Wiseman (as Sylvia Tilly)
  - Yadira Guevara-Prip (as Me Hani Ika Hali Ka Po)
  - Mimi Kuzyk (as Siobhan)
- 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
  - Sash Striga as Zora Holo-Dancer
"The Brightest Star"
- Starring
  - Doug Jones (as Saru)
  - Hannah Spear (as Siranna)
  - Robert Verlaque (as Aradar)
  - and Michelle Yeoh (as Philippa Georgiou)
- Co-Starring
"The Escape Artist"
- Starring
  - Rainn Wilson (as Harcourt Fenton Mudd and Harcourt Fenton Mudd (android))
- Co-Starring
  - Dan Abramovici as Guard
  - Harry Judge as Tellarite
  - Barbara Mamabolo as Bounty Hunter
  - Myrthin Stagg as New Guard
  - Jonathan Watton as Federation Officer
"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
"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
"Ask Not"
- Starring
  - Anson Mount (as Christopher Pike)
  - Ethan Peck (as Spock)
  - Rebecca Romijn (as Una)
- Co-Starring
  - Amrit Kaur as Thira Sidhu
  - Steve Boyle as Security Officer #1
  - Colette Whitaker as Starbase 28 Computer
"Ephraim and Dot"
- Starring
  - Kirk Thatcher (as narrator)
  - Jenette Goldstein (as USS Enterprise computer voice)
"The Girl Who Made the Stars"
- Starring
  - Kenric Green (as Mike Burnham)
  - Kyrie McAlpin (as Michael Burnham)
"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

Episode list

ST Season 1, 4 episodes
ST Season 2, 6 episodes

Title	Episode	Prodno.	Stardate	Date	Runtime (minutes)	Original Airdate
Season One
Runaway	1x01	101	Unknown	2257	16	2018-10-04
Calypso	1x02	102	Unknown	Far future	19	2018-11-08
The Brightest Star	1x03	103	Unknown	2239	15	2018-12-06
The Escape Artist	1x04	104	Unknown	2250s	16	2019-01-03
Season Two
Q&A	2x01	201	Unknown	2254	15	2019-10-05
The Trouble with Edward	2x02	202	1421.9	2250s	15	2019-10-09
Ask Not	2x03	203	Unknown	2250s	10	2019-11-14
Ephraim and Dot	2x04	204	Unknown	2267-2285	9	2019-12-12
The Girl Who Made the Stars	2x05	205	Unknown	2230s	8	2019-12-12
Children of Mars	2x06	206	Unknown	2385	9	2020-01-09

Crew

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.

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

Companion series: After Trek • Short Treks • The Ready Room

In development: Strange New Worlds • Untitled Section 31 series • Untitled Khan series

External links

Star Trek: Short Treks at StarTrek.com, the official Star Trek website
Star Trek: Short Treks at Wikipedia
Star Trek: Short Treks at the Internet Movie Database