Star Trek: Prodigy's Time Travel Ending
Star Trek: Prodigy season 2's finale, "Ouroboros, Parts 1 and 2" takes the time travel saga of the USS Protostar full circle. The finale brings together three universe-altering crises: Ascenia's control of Solum and her plan to destroy the United Federation of Planets, an invasion by the reality-eating creatures of the Loom, and sending the USS Protostar back in time to Tars Lamora to reset Star Trek's Prime Timeline.
Wesley Crusher's long-range plan to let Ascenia capture him was necessary because Ascenia planned to use his knowledge as a Traveler to create new weapons that could open wormholes to attack the Federation. But those wormholes were ingeniously connected by the USS Protostar's scientific geniuses to create the single stable wormhole needed to send the USS Protostar back to Tars Lamora. Although the events of Star Trek: Prodigy season 1 happened and are irrevocable, this time, it's the young crew of the Protostar who would send their starship back in time so they could find and steal it in 2083.
Wesley Crusher Reunites with His Family
Star Trek: Prodigy season 2's finale brings a jaw-dropping moment that Star Trek: Picard fans hoped to see: Wesley Crusher finally visits his mother, Dr. Beverly Crusher, and meets his baby brother, Jack Crusher. In 2385, Wesley travels to Cor Coroli V, where Beverly is living with Jack after she left the USS Enterprise-E. After their heartwarming reunion, Beverly introduces Wesley to the very young Jack (before Picard's son developed a British accent). The Crusher family reunion that audiences waited years for finally happens in Star Trek: Prodigy.
Wesley Crusher appeared as the Traveler in Star Trek: Picard's season 2 finale, "Farewell". In an exclusive interview with Screen Rant about Star Trek: Prodigy season 2, executive producers Kevin and Dan Hageman revealed how Star Trek: Picard showrunner Terry Matalas helped coordinate Wesley meeting Beverly and Jack Crusher, which explains why the moment wasn't in Picard season 3.
The Mars Attack
After saving the universe once again, Dal, Gwyn, Rok-Tahk, Jankom Pog, Zero, and Murf are all accepted into Starfleet Academy and are now looked at with admiration by their fellow cadets. However, Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 finale's Starfleet Academy scenes lead into First Contact Day and one of the greatest tragedies the Federation ever suffered: On April 5, 2385, rogue synthetics attacked the Utopia Planitia shipyards on Mars, destroying the new fleet under construction to help with the relocation of the Romulan people from their sun going supernova.
Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 finale's Mars Attack ties into the Star Trek: Short Treks episode, "Children of Men", which introduced Star Trek: Picard's Mars Attack of 2385 from the perspective of two elementary school girls who lost loved ones in the tragedy. Star Trek: Prodigy now shows the Mars Attack from Starfleet Academy's perspective, as well as Starfleet Command's. Star Trek: Picard season 1 established that over 92,000 people died on Mars, and Star Trek: Prodigy now confirms 20,000 starships were lost in a crippling blow to Starfleet.
Admiral Janeway's Return to Starfleet
Vice Admiral Janeway returned to the Captain's chair of a starship twice in Star Trek: Prodigy, and both missions were originally to find and rescue Captain Chakotay. Aboard the USS Dauntless, Janeway witnessed the heroism of the young USS Protostar crew, and Kathryn took them under her wing as her proteges. Commanding the USS Voyager-A in Star Trek: Prodigy season 2, Janeway was instrumental in saving the Federation from Ascenia and reality from the Loom, as well as helping the Protostar kids reset the timeline. Now reunited with Chakotay and triumphant, Vice Admiral Janeway chose a well-earned early retirement from Starfleet.
Meanwhile, Captain Chakotay took over command of the USS Voyager-A, finally getting to sit in the center seat of the newest version of the starship that brought the former Maquis rebel back to Starfleet. Unfortunately, Kathryn Janeway's restful new life in her idyllic Indiana farmhouse didn't last long. Following the First Contact Day Mars Attack, Captain Chakotay arrived to bring Janeway back to Starfleet as all active reserve officers were recalled. Now fully an Admiral, Janeway argued against Admiral Edward Jellico and the weakened Starfleet's plan to cease exploration and pull back to the Federation's shrinking borders. Instead, Admiral Janeway had a better idea...
Star Trek: Prodigy Sets Up Season 3
Star Trek: Prodigy set up season 3 with a thrilling new mission: Admiral Janeway created her own Starfleet pilot program and assigned the brand new Protostar Class USS Prodigy (NCC-80184) to Dal R'El, Gwyndala, Jankom Pog, Zero, Murf, Rok-Tahk, and Maj'el as the Prodigy's crew. They will be led by Hologram Janeway, the Emergency Command Hologram, who retains her memories because Starfleet was able to download and transfer her entire program before the USS Protostar was sent to Tars Lamora. The USS Prodigy's bold new mission is to explore beyond the Federation's shrinking borders, contact new worlds, and help those in need.
Earlier in Star Trek: Prodigy season 2, Dal saw a vision of his future that the Captain's chair was never really his. Wesley Crusher also hinted at Dal's potentially dark but equally amazing future to come. Dal finally understood his next steps when he wisely ceded command of the USS Prodigy to her new Acting Captain, Gwyn. Dal still wants to be on the Command track, but acknowledges there may be other Starfleet options for him. With Gwyn in the Captain's chair, Hologram Janeway as their mentor, and the new crew in place, the USS Prodigy warped to its hopeful future.
