Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti Unpack Their Explosive Rivalry on Star Trek’s Hotly Debated New Series

Editor's Note: This article contains spoilers for Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Episode 6, "Come, Let's Away."This week's episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academysends our cadets on their first official away mission, and unfortunately for Holly Hunter's Captain Ake, things go terribly, horribly wrong when her cadets are intercepted by a terrifying race of cannibalistic aliens. With her cadets held hostage on the remains of a fallen starship, Nahla is forced to call on her biggest nemesis, Nus Braka (Paul Giamatti), if she wants to get them back alive. Unfortunately, making a deal with the devil never really works out, and the cadets suffer a serious loss as one of their War College comrades is killed, SAM (Kerrice Brooks) is left glitching, and Tarima (Zoe Steiner) falls into a coma after saving her friends.

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By: Samantha Coley
Title: Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti Unpack Their Explosive Rivalry on Star Trek’s Hotly Debated New Series
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Published Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:00:12 GMT