What to Expect from Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 1 Episode 3: Vitus Reflux
The cadets compete, and shenanigans ensue on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 1 Episode 3, “Vitus Reflux.”
On Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 1 Episode 1, “Kids These Days,” viewers met the latest class of Starfleet Academy cadets. Or rather, we met the first class of cadets in over 120 years.
The episode also introduced potential rivalries, friendships, romances, and other story dynamics that will shape the series first season. Perhaps most importantly, the episode set up the season’s overarching story: the search for Caleb’s mother.
Viewers then got a bit of world-building, namely the political context in which the academy exists, on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 1 Episode 2, “Beta Test,” the second episode of the series’ two-episode premiere.
With the scene now firmly set, “Viturs Reflux” will dive deeper into the characters and their relationships. On the episode, the cadets compete to join an elite team while also participating in a prank war with a rival school. Who knew Starfleet Academy even had a rival school?
Between the pressure of competition and the escalating prank war with this other school, tensions among the cadets rise, straining the fledgling relationships introduced on the first two episodes.
Will these friendships, and even a potential romance, break before they even begin?
Here’s everything you need to know about this episode, including the air date, cast, promo, and how to watch.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 1 Episode 3 Details
- Title: “Vitus Reflux”
- Air Date: Thursday, January 22, 2026
- Network: Paramount+
- Writer: Alex Taub and Kiley Rossetter
How to Watch Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 1 Episode 3
- Streaming: Available on Paramount+
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 1 Episode 3 Description
The cadets compete to join an elite team at the Academy, a battle of escalating pranks breaks out between Starfleet Academy and a rival school. Tensions rise fast, threatening their newly-emerging bonds and a blossoming romance.
Guest Stars & Returning Characters
- Main Cast: Holly Hunter, Sandro Rosta, Karim Diané, Kerrice Brooks, George Hawkins, Zoë Steiner, Tig Notaro, Robert Picardo, Bella Shepard, and Stephen Cobert
Photos
Check out the photos from Star Trek Season 1 Episode 2:
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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy streams Thursdays on Paramount+.
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