Star Trek: Starfleet Academy premiered January 15 on Paramount+ to a split that had little precedent even by the standards of modern Trek discourse. Critics certified it 'Fresh' at 88 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. The audience score landed around 43 percent, with the 'Popcornmeter' sitting at 21 percent on opening day. On IMDb, the user score dropped to 4.8 within the first 48 hours. The show had debuted and was already being written off by a large swath of people.
The show centers on a newly rebuilt Starfleet Academy in the 32nd century, led by Holly Hunter as Chancellor Nahla Ake, with a young cast of cadets navigating personal stakes alongside a mounting threat to the Federation. The premise drew immediate criticism from a portion of the fanbase who dismissed it as a teen drama in Trek clothing. ComicBook.com documented the backlash directly, reporting that over 38 percent of early IMDb reviews were single-star ratings, which is a pattern consistent with coordinated review bombing. Meanwhile, critics were seeing something different.
In her review for The Mary Sue, Editor in Chief Rachel Leishman wrote: 'Starfleet Academy is everything that Star Trek should be. It is fun, new, and what we love about this franchise.' Collider's Samantha Coleygave it a 9 out of 10, calling it 'the best example of what Star Trek can and should be doing in this modern era, effortlessly inclusive, compelling, and innovative.'
Jonathan Frakes, who directed episode 9 and has helmed episodes across seven different Trek series, addressed the backlash this week in an interview with Den of Geek.
'There’s a lot of canon that is in place that Starfleet Academy is reestablishing itself in San Francisco after a hundred years,' he added. 'There’s a lot for the hardcore Trekkies to dig into, to say, ‘Oh, okay, this is where they are now’ while still delivering surprises.
Episode 9, which Frakes directed and called his final Trek episode for the foreseeable future, sets up the two-part finale directly. He told Den of Geek: 'I love this episode and everything it teased up for the finale.'
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