Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 Release Date, Recap, and Speculation

The season 1 finale of Star Trek: Prodigy just aired this week, and it was a concoction of action, emotion, drama, loss, and everything one could hope from a classic Star Trek installment.

After the massacre in last week’s episode, I expected the finale to have moments of emotional tension because they needed to destroy the Protostar. The way they made Janeway’s character stand out throughout this entire fiasco touched my heart.

After this bombastic ending, season 2 will be even more eventful.

Without much ado, let’s be Sherlocking!

1. Season 2 Speculation

Season 2 of Star Trek: Prodigy will have many opportunities to develop these canon characters even further. In the finale of season 1, Janeway fights tooth and nail to save the group from the Federation. She even tries to save the augment by saying it is the congregation of 26 DNAs from different planets.

In the end, Janeway announces that five have been granted entry into the academy. Everyone assumes Dal is the one who got rejected, but he gets selected by the Federation.

Nevertheless, Dal rejects the offer just moments later. So, the real question is will he feature as a part of the Starfleet in season 2? Or will he be given a different role altogether?

We still don’t know much about his origins. His origins will be explored further in the next season.

Season 2 will also show their lives in the Starfleet Academy as training officers in command. How their chemistry develops after such a traumatic ending to season 1 will be something to look out for.

They are not cadets in the academy, as it wouldn’t be fair. They are given the accolade of special warrant officers.

The finale ends with them visiting their new ship for the first time. It’s a Protostar-class vessel and seems sassy!

I am excited to see their new lives as Starfleet members in season 2!

Meanwhile, Janeway’s hologram has been destroyed. Since, it is an algorithm; I expect the entity to come back in some form in season 2.

Whatever be it, the sequel is going to be even better! Hopefully, the makers won’t keep us waiting for long!

2. Season 2 Release Date

As of now, no official release date of Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 has been confirmed.

I. Is the series on a break?

The first season of the series just finished airing its finale. It is on an indefinite hiatus before season 2.

3. Star Trek: Prodigy Season 1 Schedule

Part 1

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Nickelodeon air date
1–2	“Lost and Found”	Ben Hibon	Kevin & Dan Hageman	October 28, 2021	July 8, 2022
3	“Starstruck”	Alan Wan	Chad Quandt	November 4, 2021	December 17, 2021
4	“Dream Catcher”	Steve Ahn & Sung Shin	Lisa Schultz Boyd	November 11, 2021	July 15, 2022
5	“Terror Firma”	Alan Wan & Olga Ulanova	Julie & Shawna Benson	November 18, 2021	July 22, 2022
6	“Kobayashi”	Alan Wan	Aaron J. Waltke	January 6, 2022	July 22, 2022
7	“First Con-tact”	Steve Ahn & Sung Shin	Diandra Pendleton-Thompson	January 13, 2022	July 29, 2022
8	“Time Amok”	Olga Ulanova & Sung Shin	Nikhil S. Jayaram	January 20, 2022	July 29, 2022
9	“A Moral Star, Part 1”	Ben Hibon	Kevin & Dan Hageman, Julie & Shawna Benson, Lisa Schultz Boyd, Nikhil S. Jayaram, Diandra Pendleton-Thompson, Chad Quandt & Aaron J. Waltke	January 27, 2022	August 5, 2022
10	“A Moral Star, Part 2”	Ben Hibon	Kevin & Dan Hageman, Julie & Shawna Benson, Lisa Schultz Boyd, Nikhil S. Jayaram, Diandra Pendleton-Thompson, Chad Quandt & Aaron J. Waltke	February 3, 2022	August 5, 2022

PART 2

11	“Asylum”	Steve Ahn & Sung Shin	Kevin & Dan Hageman	October 27, 2022	TBA
12	“Let Sleeping Borg Lie”	Olga Ulanova & Sung Shin	Diandra Pendleton-Thompson	November 3, 2022	TBA
13	“All the World’s a Stage”	Andrew L. Schmidt	Aaron J. Waltke	November 10, 2022	TBA
4	“Crossroads”	Steve Ahn & Sung Shin	Lisa Schultz Boyd	November 17, 2022	TBA
15	“Masquerade”	Sung Shin	Nikhil S. Jayaram	November 24, 2022	TBA
16	“Preludes”	Steve In Chang Ahn & Sung Shin	Julie Benson, Shawna Benson, Kevin & Dan Hageman, Nikhil S. Jayaram, Diandra Pendleton-Thompson, Chad Quandt, Lisa Schultz Boyd & Aaron J. Waltke	December 1, 2022	TBA
17	“Ghost in the Machine”	Andrew Schmidt	Chad Quandt	December 8, 2022	TBA
18	“Mindwalk”	Sung Shin	Julie Benson Shawna Benson	December 15, 2022	TBA
19	“Supernova, Part 1”	Andrew Schmidt	Erin McNamara	December 22, 2022	TBA
20	“Supernova, Part 2”	Ben Hibon	Kevin & Dan Hageman	December 29, 2022	TBA

4. Where to watch Star Trek: Prodigy?

5. Season 1, Episode 20 Recap

If you were busy flying in your spaceship and missed this week’s episode, then we have the perfect recap to summarize it.

In this week’s finale, the crew must destroy the Protostar to destroy the device and stop the annihilation. Someone needs to stay inside the Protostar to steer it so that the destruction causes as minor collateral damage as possible.

Hologram Janeway takes responsibility and sacrifices her life to save the Starfleet and destroy the Protostar.

Meanwhile, the crew return to San Francisco, facing a huge tribunal. They are charged with several accusations, but the real Janeway defends them with everything she has. She succeeds, and the five crew members are offered positions in Starfleet, including Dal.

Dal rejects the offer, and the others make their way to see their new spaceship getting unveiled. It is a Protostar grade vessel, and they are recruited in the Academy. This concludes season 1 of Star Trek: Prodigy.

6. About Star Trek: Prodigy

Star Trek: Prodigy is an animated TV series created by Kevin and Dan Hageman for Paramount+ and Nickelodeon. The series launched as part of executive producer Alex Kurtzman’s expanded Star Trek Universe.

The voice cast includes Kate Mulgrew, Rylee Alazraqui, Brett Gray, Angus Imrie, Jason Mantzoukas, Ella Purnell, Dee Bradley Baker, John Noble, and Jimmi Simpson.

Oriented more towards younger audiences, the series is set five years after the USS Voyager returned to Earth, where a motley crew of young aliens in the Delta Quadrant find an abandoned Starfleet ship, the USS Protostar. Taking control of the ship, they must learn to work together as they make their way towards the Alpha Quadrant.