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News & Updates. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. Because Star Trek: The Original Series was canceled instead of coming to a natural end, and the idea of a series finale was not as popular in the 1960s, "Turnabout Intruder", despite being the series finale of TOS, is closer to a normal episode and does not have the "finale" touches. The sequence almost entirely involves a massive battle in space, so the reading was supplemented with storyboards and unfinished visual effects from the episode.Once the episode concluded, several members of the regular “Discovery” cast spoke at length about how “Discovery” will continue to model a future based on values of meritocracy and egalitarianism.“‘Star Trek’ … is always meant to imagine a future and a world in which people are valued for who they are, the content of their character, not the color of their skin, not their gender, not their gender expression, not their age,” said Anthony Rapp, who plays Paul Stamets, the first openly gay main character in “Trek” TV history. News & Updates. © While the … For more about Picard, make sure to check out our guide to Star Trek: Picard debuts on CBS All Access on January 23.You need a javascript enabled browser to watch videos. © Copyright 2020 Variety Media, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC. After the Original Series, there are currently a total of 13 movies and seven TV shows, with more on the way. After Alison Pill (Dr. Agnes Jurati) playfully called Stewart “SPS” (i.e.