Overview

• Akiva Goldsman says Season 4 is "the best work we've done," citing the benefit of having more continuous time to make it.
• Henry Alonso Myers notes the new season is "a little more serious" in tone while keeping the show's genre experimentation.
• Producers blame Season 3's unevenness on start–stop schedules and staffing shifts driven by the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
• Paramount+ is expected to premiere Season 4 in 2026.
• The series will conclude with a truncated six-episode Season 5, which enters production this week according to the producers.