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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.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 Review
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 Premiere Review – ‘The Broken Circle’
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds review – It's the real thing, at last. Finally, they let Star Trek be Star Trek. Paramount Plus. Huw Fullerton. Published: Sunday, 1 May 2022 at 5:00 am....
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May 5, 2022 · No longer just a spinoff, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds goes boldly into its second season with terrific crew chemistry, more far-flung adventures on tap, and even more depth added to characters who already feel like classics.
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May 5, 2022 · The first episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is a thrilling return to the foundational principles of the franchise, anchored by Anson Mount's fantastic central performance.
Jul 7, 2022 · Rating: 5 out of 5. The Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1 finale pits Captain Pike against fate itself.
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