Here is the ending of Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Episode 10 explained with spoilers. The show follows the Federation officers serving on board the titular starship Discovery. The series was initially meant to continue beyond Season 5. However, Paramount Plus ultimately decided against that and let the cast and crew film additional scenes to serve as the epilogue for the series. Star Trek: Discovery ended after Season 5 Episode 10 aired on May 30.
Delve into all the details of what happened in the Star Trek: Discovery series finale, including spoilers.
What happened at the end of the Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 series finale?
Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 ends with an older Michael Burnham, now an admiral, taking the USS Discovery on one final mission with the help of the ship’s computer, Zora. As Michael explains, she and the crew will take the ship into deep space and leave it there until Zora encounters Craft.
Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Episode 10 begins right where the penultimate episode ended. Michael wakes up on an endless platform after walking into a portal in the previous episode. There, she encounters Moll (Eve Harlow), who entered the portal before her. The two agree on a temporary truce to find the legendary technology of the Progenitors.
Ultimately, Michael arrives in the Progenitor’s realm and meets one of them. When Michael voices her confusion about how this is happening, the Progenitor explains that while their species died out billions of years ago, the Progenitor’s and Michael’s minds are together in that place. Moreover, the Progenitor reveals that a species that came even before them created the realm they are in.
The Progenitor gives Michael the technology she has been looking for. However, after reuniting with her crew, she decides that no person or species should have access to this technology and sends it beyond a black hole’s event horizon.
Several weeks later, Saru (Doug Jones) and T’Rina (Tara Rosling) marry on a picturesque alien beach. On the other hand, Michael and Cleveland “Book” Booker (David Ajala) agree to spend the rest of their lives together.
The epilogue of the show takes place about four decades later. We learn that Michael and Book now have a son named Leto, who has just become the captain of his own ship. As Michael guides Discovery to its temporary resting place, she recalls all the precious moments she has experienced on the ship.
Although Michael doesn’t offer details on who or what this “Craft” is, those who have watched the anthology series Star Trek: Short Treks might know the answer. In Episode 2 of that show, titled Calypso, Zora meets a man named Craft (Aldis Hodge), roughly a thousand years after she was left in the deep space, and forms a complex relationship.
Will Captain Leto Burnham return in a Star Trek: Discovery sequel?
Captain Leto Burnham will not return in the Star Trek: Discovery sequel, as there is no such production as of May 2024.
In the series finale, Leto asks for his mother’s advice as he is about to begin his tenure as a captain. Michael tells him to treat his crew as his family, just as she had. There is no show or film currently in development with Leto as the lead. However, he does seem to have inherited many of his mother’s qualities and could serve as an excellent protagonist in the future.
