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Starship captain in captain's chair on deck, looking grim but determined. Starship captain in captain's chair on deck, looking grim but determined.
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds returns this summer with ten new episodes.
Paramount+ has dropped a tantalizing one-minute teaser for the upcoming third season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds., and it looks like the latest adventures of the starship Enterprise will bring romance, comedy, mystery, and even a bit of analog tech, not to mention a brand new villain.
(Some spoilers for S2 below)
We haven't seen much from the third season to date*.* There was an exclusive clip during San Diego Comic Con last summer—a callback to the S2 episode "Charades," in which a higher-dimensional race, the Kerkohvians, accidentally reconfigured Spock's half-human, half-Vulcan physiology to that of a full-blooded human, just before Spock was supposed to meet his Vulcan fiancee's parents. The S3 clip had the situation reversed: The human crew had to make themselves Vulcan to succeed on a new mission but weren't able to change back.
The S2 finale found the Enterprise under vicious attack by the Gorn, who were in the midst of invading one of the Federation's colony worlds. Several crew members were kidnapped (La'an, M'Benga, Ortegas, and Sam), along with other survivors of the attack. Pike faced a momentous decision: follow orders to retreat, or disobey them to rescue his crew. In October, we learned that Pike naturally chose the latter. New footage shown at New York City Comic-Con picked up where the finale left off, giving us the kind of harrowing high-stakes pitched space battle against a ferocious enemy that has long been a hallmark of the franchise.
In addition to the returning main and recurring cast members, Cillian O'Sullivan joins the recurring cast as Dr. Roger Korby, a legacy character (originally played by Michael Strong). Korby was a renowned archaeologist in the field of medical archaeology, introduced in the episode "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" as Nurse Chapel's long-missing fiancé. That's bound to cause problems for SNW's Nurse Christine Chapel (Jess Bush), who is currently romantically involved with Spock (Ethan Peck). Rhys Darby (Our Flag Means Death) and Patton Oswalt will guest star in as-yet-undisclosed roles—we catch glimpses of both in the teaser.
space crew members on the bridge dressed in colorful 1950s sci-fi outfits.
A throwback to classic sci-fi, with "weekly space adventures." YouTube/Paramount+
group of people in 1970s garb clustered around something on the ground
Looks like the crew will be solving a groovy murder mystery this season YouTube/Paramount+
naked male vulcan în bed with a blonde human.
Spock and Nurse Chapel are an item now. YouTube/Paramount+
Looks like the crew will be solving a groovy murder mystery this season YouTube/Paramount+
Spock and Nurse Chapel are an item now. YouTube/Paramount+
Vulcan in elaborate ceremonial garb holding roses.
man with pronounced sideburns snapping fingers behind a bar with a cocktail in a martini glass in front of him