News Star Trek: Discovery Star Trek: Discovery Cast Thought They’d Get a Sixth Season, Says Anthony Rapp Rapp also shares what he wanted to see happen to Paul Stamets in that anticipated sixth season. By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on October 8, 2025 Credit: CBS Studios Comment 0 Share New Share Credit: CBS Studios It was a surprise to both fans and the cast of Star Trek: Discovery when Paramount canceled the show after its fifth season. Anthony Rapp, who played Paul Stamets on the show, confirmed this at the recent STNJ: Trek to New Jersey convention (via TrekMovie), saying that the cast was even given probable dates for when season six would start production before they all got the sad news. He also added that the producers pitched a two-hour movie to wrap things up after season five, which the studio didn’t go for, though he was still grateful for the “gift” of being able to shoot the coda for the series that flashes forward to where the characters all end up. Rapp also said he didn’t know what the writers had planned for a sixth season, though he did share his own thoughts on what his character would have explored in those episodes. “I think that the enormously challenging question that [Stamets is] facing in all of season five is: What’s next after his life’s work was culminated in the mycelial network and spore drive and all of that made possible? ‘Now what?’ is a really, incredibly meaningful question that we as human beings have asked ourselves sometimes. And that was to be very fertile and potent ground [for a potential sixth season]….” The good news for fans of Stamets, however, is that there’s a chance we might see Rapp reprise the character in the upcoming series, Starfleet Academy, which will see Discovery co-star Mary Wiseman as a guest star, as well as at least a cameo from Doug Jones’ Saru, and Tig Notaro’s Jett Reno as a series regular. Rapp said at STNJ that he’d love to return as well. “Since they like to bring people back, we’ll see,” he said. “I would absolutely say yes. I would love to inhabit the skin and soul and heart of this incredible scientist, Paul Stamets, again.” Starfleet Academy is currently expected to premiere on Paramount+ in early 2026. [end-mark] The post <i>Star Trek: Discovery</i> Cast Thought They’d Get a Sixth Season, Says Anthony Rapp appeared first on Reactor.