How to watch Star Trek: Section 31? Streaming option explored

Modified Jan 26, 2025 15:40 GMT

How to watch Star Trek: Section 31? Streaming option explored (Image via Paramount+ YouTube)

Released on Janury 24, 2025, Star Trek: Section 31 is streaming exclusively on Paramount+. Viewers can access the film by subscribing to Paramount+ directly, with monthly plans starting at $7.99. Alternatively, the Paramount+ add-on is available for Amazon Prime members, offering the convenience of bundling subscriptions.

This TV film is a spin-off of Star Trek: Discovery and takes place during the time period known as the "lost era," which is between the movies of The Original Series and The Next Generation. The story is about Philippa Georgiou, a former emperor from the Mirror Universe, who becomes a member of Section 31, a secret part of Starfleet.

Disclaimer: This article contains spoilers from Star Trek: Section 31. Reader's discretion is needed.

Star Trek: Section 31 is available to watch on Paramount+

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Fans can watch Star Trek: Section 31 on Paramount+, which offers multiple subscription options. The base plan starts at $7.99 per month, providing access to the film alongside the platform’s extensive library.

Amazon Prime members can opt for the Paramount+ add-on for $9.99 per month, simplifying their streaming options. Unfortunately, the movie is not available on Netflix, Disney+, or any other service, solidifying Paramount+ as the sole streaming provider.

Star Trek: Section 31: Plot of the television film

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Star Trek: Section 31 starts with a flashback showing a young Philippa Georgiou (Miku Martineau) fighting to survive in a harsh competition to become the emperor of the Terran Empire. Georgiou is ordered to kill her family members to take the throne.

She coldly removes anyone who stands in her way, including her close friend San (James Huang), who ends up becoming her servant. In the Prime Universe, Georgiou now runs a bar called Baraam, outside of Federation space, using a different name. This is years after her close call with death in Star Trek: Discovery.

When Section 31 hires Georgiou to find a bioweapon called the "Godsend," she has to face her past. The weapon, designed during her reign in the Terran Empire, has the potential to incinerate entire quadrants. During the mission, a masked person steals the device.

Later, it is revealed that the person is San (James Hiroyuki Liao), who was thought to be dead for a long time. San wants to use the weapon to bring the Terran Empire into the Prime Universe and take control over it.

As two ion storms risk opening a way between the universes, Georgiou and her Section 31 team hurry to get the weapon back. Problems occur when it's revealed that Fuzz (played by Sven Ruygrok), a Section 31 agent, is secretly working with San.

In the final battle, Georgiou faces San, who rejects her request to make peace. With her team—Quasi, Rachel and Alok—Georgiou gets the Godsend to stop a disaster between dimensions.

By the end of the film, Georgiou accepts her role in Section 31, comes to terms with her troubling past, and decides to protect the Federation. The movie concludes with a new mission, hinting at more adventures for this secret Starfleet team.

Cast of Star Trek: Section 31

Michelle Yeoh as Philippa Georgiou: A former emperor-turned-Starfleet operative.
Omari Hardwick as Alok: A brilliant yet troubled Section 31 agent.
Sam Richardson as Quasi: A shapeshifting alien with a disillusioned perspective on utopia.
Robert Kazinsky as Zeph: A loyal agent working in a mechanical exoskeleton.
Kacey Rohl as Rachel Garrett: Starfleet’s representative on the Section 31 team.
Sven Ruygrok as Fuzz: A hot-headed agent with anger management issues.
Humberly González as Melle: A Deltan agent with irresistible charisma.
Joe Pingue as Dada Noe: A crucial supporting character in the narrative.

Spin-offs of Star Trek

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The Star Trek franchise has a long history of sequels that have broadened its world in many ways. Paramount+ has most of these spin-offs, such as Star Trek: Discovery, which directly leads into Star Trek: Section 31.