"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" will conclude its journey after five seasons and 50 episodes. While fans of the show may be upset to learn that it won't be continuing indefinitely, know that the five-season plan makes perfect canonical sense. For one, in the "Star Trek" universe, Federation starships are known for accepting five-year missions, after which their crews leave their posts and move to other vessels.

Secondly, "Strange New Worlds" is a prequel to the original "Star Trek" series that takes place only a few years earlier aboard the same U.S.S. Enterprise and shares multiple characters. Hence, "Strange New Worlds" will eventually overlap with the timeline of the 1960s show we all know and love. Five years is all we were ever going to get from this series.

Still, is there a way t

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