Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (season 2)
{5/5} “In the mystery and vastness of space, we might not just satisfy our curiosity, our need for exploration, but that in it we might each also find salvation.” — Una
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2, aired in 2023
While the Enterprise is in spacedock, Captain Pike leaves to find a laywer for Una. When Uhura receives a distress signal from La’an, Spock is convinced that he must take the ship and rescue her — even though Starfleet disagrees. They manage to get away from spacdock with the help of Pelia, who agrees to be the chief engineer for this mission. La’an has come across people who want to restart the Federation-Klingon war.
It’s another stunning season.
We find out why Spock plays the lyre.
In “Ad Astra Per Aspera” Pike finds Una the best lawyer he can for her court martial, an old friend of hers named Neera. In “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow” La’an travels with James T. Kirk back to the 21st century where they have to stop a Romulan from destroying the future. In “Under the Cloak of War” a Klingon ambassador comes aboard, but M’Benga and Chapel knew him when he was fighting against them in the war.
“Those Old Scientists” is the first Star Trek crossover between a live action show and an animated show. Ensign Boimler and Ensign Mariner go through a portal and into the past — and meet their heroes. Jack Quaid and Tawny Newsome reprise their roles from Lower Decks. It’s astonishing.
“Subspace Rhapsody” is the first Star Trek musical episode. If you remember what Buffy‘s “Once More, with Feeling” was like you’ll have some idea what this is like. If not, it will be like nothing you’ve ever seen before.
In the season finale, we gloriously run into our old friend Montgomery Scott. It ends on a cliffhanger.
Paul Wesley guest stars as James T. Kirk, Gia Sandhu plays T’Pring, and Melanie Scrofano plays Captain Batel. Clint Howard, who’s been guest starring in Star Trek since 1966, shows up for one episode.
Stars Ethan Peck, Jess Bush, and Carol Kane.
I previously reviewed season 1.