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I actually think Encounter at Farpoint is the one really good episode in Season 1, and maybe also the Worf episode. Not the highest praise, but it doesn’t deserve the hate.
Something that might make it worth watching Discovery S2 first is that Spock and Una are also in that season, although the character development is somewhat limited since Discovery and it's "normal" crew are the main story line.
Watch Star Trek: Strange New Worlds — Season 1 with a subscription on Paramount+, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV.
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By Scott Collura
Updated: Jul 8, 2022 4:05 am
Posted: Jul 7, 2022 1:00 pm
Full spoilers follow for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1.
Anson Mount’s arrival in the world of Star Trek could’ve very easily devolved into stunt casting if it wasn’t handled correctly, but instead the return of Christopher Pike, the original captain of the USS Enterprise, didn’t just make for a great season of Star Trek: Discovery. It also led to the spinoff series Strange New Worlds which, we now know as Season 1 closes out, is the best single season of a Star Trek show since the legendary 1990s runs of The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine.
One of the keys to the success of Strange New Worlds’ 10-episode debut season is its willingness to embrace standalone, weekly stories as opposed to season-long arcs. This, combined with a deep bench of instantly likable characters, has led to high adventure, emotional gut-punches, plenty of humor, and one of the key elements of Star Trek that has sometimes been lost in the modern era -- good, old-fashioned exploration.
Sometimes that has meant Pike, Spock and the crew encountering wonders, such as the comet in Episode 2 which they think is going to wipe out a planet’s inhabitants before realizing that somehow they were pre-destined to not just save the planet, but make it a seemingly better place for its people to live too. But there have also been horrors, like in "Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach," when the Enterprise has dealings with a race who, well… sacrifice children in order to power their world. Strange New Worlds indeed. We also got run-silent, run-deep style combat stories, pirate adventures, a body-swap comedy, an Alien/Predator riff, and so much more as Season 1 played out. And for every new alien race or awesome space station, there’s a bit of that old Trek social commentary playing just under the surface. It’s there, but it never hits you over the head like a misaligned phaser blast.
Front and center throughout it all is, of course, Mount, whose relaxed, take-it-as-it-goes, let-me-make-you-an-omelet style of captaining certainly separates him from his predecessors. Pike, like most of the other main characters on the show, actually does get a season-long arc here, as he struggles with the foreknowledge that he will one day be horribly injured in an accident. Should he change his future now that he knows about it? While the show doesn’t dwell on the question, we got periodic check-ins with Pike on the matter over the course of the 10 episodes, before things culminated in the season finale as he got the chance to see how badly he could affect the galaxy if he deviated from his destiny.
Captain Christopher Pike
Science Officer Spock
Lt. Commander Una Chin-Riley (Number One)
Cadet Nyota Uhura
Nurse Christine Chapel
Lt. La'an Noonien-Singh
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ first season manages to recapture the joy of classic Trek in a way that perhaps many of us didn’t know was missing until we experienced this show. Emotional, exciting, funny, and sometimes scary, this is a final frontier that is both old-school and brand-new, featuring great characters who all get their fair share of ...
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Season 1 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds recaptures the joy of classic Trek in a way that is both old-school and brand-new.
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 Premiere Review – ‘The Broken Circle’
May 12, 2023 · One of the best new Trek shows in decades, Strange New Worlds Season 1 earns a glorious 3-disc 4K Dolby Vision release from Paramount just before Season 2 drops on Paramount+ in pretty-damn-far-from-4K. Read the review.
Aug 19, 2023 · Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is worth binging, even if you're not a Trekkie. Here's why.
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But yes, 2 episodes in SNW is excellent. Personally season 2 of Discovery was the best season so far because of Pike, they have just picked up where they left off with Pike back on Enterprise. They are back to the episodic format, but there is some long term story being built.
