With Star Trek on the precipice of a new chapter, as the Kurtzman era apparently comes to an end, you’d think the Paramount flagship franchise would be looking only to the future. But the next Star Trek show – Starfleet Academy – has already proved itself heavily invested in honoring the past.

This episode of The Next Generation puts the spotlight on Geordi La Forge, and is widely considered one of the best character-specific entries.

The Next Generation tropes is having our favorite characters sitting around playing poker. While fans always loved to see this trope in action, prolific Trek writer Ronald D. Moore eventually admitted something shocking: poker games were almost always written into scripts to pad out the runtime,

What does it mean to be a Betazoid? Here's how 'Starfleet Academy' is expanding the canon of a beloved 'Next Generation' alien race.

Premiering in 1987, "Star Trek: The Next Generation" completely reinvigorated the "Star Trek" franchise on television. The series ran for seven seasons before ending in 1994 as the show's cast transitioned their spacefaring adventures to the big screen ...

While the Star Trek franchise as a whole is typically known for optimism, The Next Generation explored darker themes in many of its episodes.

Kelcie Mattson is a Senior Features author at Collider. Based in the Midwest, she also contributes Lists, reviews, and television recaps. A lifelong fan of niche sci-fi, epic fantasy, Final Girl horror, elaborate action, and witty detective fiction ...