Passions run high, and lighting gets low on this week’s episode! When the cosmic trickster Trelane traps the USS Enterprise inside a soft-focus daytime soap opera, Captain Pike finds himself navigating a world of evil twins, sudden amnesia, and dramatic … Continue reading Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – “Like Chronitons Through the Hourglass”
The U.S.S. Enterprise crew begins their scheduled off-duty hours to rest and relax when the ship is pushed past safety limits during a sudden and severe warp emergency. The crisis forces the ship into a slipstream wormhole that threatens to tear the ship apart. To have any chance of survival, the crew must rely on teamwork to stabilize the ship’s systems and pilot it away from the collapsing slipstream. Continue reading Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – “Off-Hour”
A bizarre transporter malfunction transforms Captain Pike and most of the crew into puppet- or muppet-style versions, leaving Spock as the sole unaffected humanoid member. Spock must fight to restore order aboard the ship and navigate it alone, interacting with, singing to, dancing with, and even kissing the puppet versions of his crewmates. Continue reading Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – “Level Five Transporter Accident”
A Federation research probe malfunctions and overheats, drifting across the border into Klingon territory within the Mat’Aar system. Wanting to avoid an interstellar incident, Captain Pike dispatches an away team under the command of newly promoted Commander Una Chin-Riley, accompanied by Dr. M’Benga and Ensign Uhura, to quietly retrieve or repair the probe. On the planet Mat’Aar 12, Una becomes the central figure in a high-stakes struggle when she is mistaken for a local resistance leader. Pitted against an oppressive Klingon occupying force, Una navigates political and military dangers on the ground and within the underground movement. Continue reading Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – “A Case of Chiaroscuro”
The USS Enterprise is en route to critical peace negotiations with the Rodaxians to resolve a civil war. Believing his overworked Alpha Shift crew needs rest to take a restorative break, Captain Pike orders them to accompany him to a … Continue reading Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – “Human Best Friend”
” The Griffin Incident” is a dark, horror-themed episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds in which Spock, La’an Noonien-Singh, and James T. Kirk board a long-lost Federation starship thought to have been destroyed during the Klingon War. On an … Continue reading Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – “The Griffin Incident”
Picking up six months after the end of Season 3, the Enterprise has been on a relentless streak of missions when they are ordered to study an unusual interstellar storm. After detecting a distress signal inside the storm, the ship … Continue reading Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – “Valles Marineris”
Addell and Gary are back! They take a look at Season 3 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds in its entirety. The ten-episode series is a mixed bag, showing a decline in quality and consistency compared to the first two seasons. While some episodes highlighted the strength of the cast and introduced a potentially significant new antagonist, others are built on weak writing, wacky plots, and rehashes of stories or subject matter from previous Star Trek series. The season three finale is seen as a perfect example of the season as a whole: it delivered an emotionally satisfying conclusion to a leading character’s arc. Still, it was marred by flawed, problematic writing, quirky episode ideas, and the rehashing of material from other Star Trek series, which wasted precious storytelling time in a season with 10 episodes. Continue reading Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Review
In “New Life and New Civilizations,” the Season 3 finale, the Enterprise crew must prevent the ancient evil known as the Vezda from spreading after it escapes containment. To stop the Vezda, Captain Marie Batel must confront her destiny and the sacrifice she must make for the greater good. Continue reading Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S3, E10 – “New Life and New Civilizations”
Lieutenant Erica Ortegas crash-lands on a dangerous, toxic moon after a shuttle flight goes wrong, and finds herself stranded, isolated, and forced to survive against all odds in the hope of being rescued. While struggling to find resources and shelter from the moon’s deadly environment, she discovers she is not alone, as a badly injured Gorn pilot has also crash-landed there. Continue reading Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S3, E9 – “Terrarium”