What is Star Trek: Discovery about?
Follow the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and one Starfleet officer who must learn that to truly understand all things alien, you must first understand yourself.
Starfleet explores new worlds and life forms, while an officer's inner journey grounds the epic adventure.
Intimate and earnest. A late-night trip at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Paramount+.
Star Trek: Discovery parents guide
The thing to know: moderate sex and nudity, more than a TV-14 usually carries. Beyond that, some strong language and strong violence.
Our estimate: fine from about 16, higher than the TV-14 suggests, because of the sex and nudity.
- Scare
- Mildly scary
- A few tense or eerie moments.
- Jump scares
- A couple
- One or two sudden jolts.
- Gore
- Light gore
- Some blood or injury, briefly.
- Violence
- Strong violence
- Violence is frequent or intense.
- Sex and nudity
- Moderate
- Moderate means a sex scene or nudity on screen, even brief, or sexual violence that is described or implied but never shown.
- Language
- Moderate
- Some strong profanity, a few f-words.
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Three questions
- Is Star Trek: Discovery scary?
- Only a little. Star Trek: Discovery has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
- How gory is Star Trek: Discovery?
- Light gore and strong violence.
- What is Star Trek: Discovery rated, and is it OK for kids?
- Better for teens than younger kids: it is rated TV-14, with moderate sex and nudity, some strong language, and strong violence.
Cast and crew
Created byBryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman
StarringSonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Mary Wiseman, Anthony Rapp, Wilson Cruz, Blu del Barrio
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