Reviews of Strange New Worlds are written and posted as the series airs. Note: All reviews contain spoilers.
Content Listing
Season 1 (2022)
5/5/2022. Strange New Worlds — Reluctantly returning to action after shouldering a personal burden, Captain Pike retakes command of the Enterprise to search for his missing first officer on an alien world that's on the verge of first contact with the Federation.
5/12/2022. Children of the Comet — Cadet Uhura takes on her first mission when the Enterprise discovers a comet that's on a collision course with an inhabited planet is actually more than it seems.
5/19/2022. Ghosts of Illyria — While investigating the remains of a destroyed colony and its genetically enhanced inhabitants, members of the Enterprise crew are infected with a contagian that gives them an addiction to light.
5/26/2022. Memento Mori — While coming to the aid of a colony in distress, the Enterprise is ambushed by an unknown enemy with superior firepower, resulting in a deadly series of pursuits and tactical engagements.
6/2/2022. Spock Amok — In an attempt to gain a more intimate understanding of each other, Spock and T'Pring undergo a Vulcan ritual that inadvertently leaves their minds trapped in each other's bodies.
6/9/2022. Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach — Pike is reunited with an old flame when the Enterprise intervenes during an attack on an alien ship carrying an important figure on the eve of a crucial ceremony.
6/16/2022. The Serene Squall — While on a humanitarian mission, the crew must contend with a band of pirates who attempt to take the crew prisoner and steal the Enterprise.
6/23/2022. The Elysian Kingdom — When the Enterprise becomes trapped in a nebula, the crew become players in a fantasy realm where M'Benga has to figure out the key to story's ending.
6/30/2022. All Those Who Wander — A rescue mission puts the Enterprise away team in the middle of a deadly crisis when they are attacked by newborn Gorn, who behave as vicious creatures.
7/7/2022. A Quality of Mercy — When Pike considers changing the disastrous fate he knows is his destiny, he is visited by a version of himself from the future who warns that doing so will have dire consequences for the entire Federation.
Season 2 (2023)
6/15/2023. The Broken Circle — When La'an uncovers a plot that could reignite war between the Klingons and the Federation, Spock leads the Enterprise on an unsanctioned mission to prevent it.
6/22/2023. Ad Astra Per Aspera — Una faces possible imprisonment and the loss of her career when Starfleet charges her for concealing her true identity and past genetic enhancements.
6/29/2023. Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow — La'an is sent back to the 21st century with an alternate-timeline version of Kirk, where they must prevent an attack that could destroy the Federation before it is created.
7/6/2023. Among the Lotus Eaters — While trying to contain unintended cultural contamination on a world the Enterprise visited five years earlier, the crew begins experiencing memory loss that threatens the mission and the ship.
7/13/2023. Charades — A bizarre accident results in Spock becoming fully human — on the eve of an engagement dinner where he must perform ceremonies to exacting standards of Vulcan perfection.
7/20/2023. Lost in Translation — As the Enterprise attempts to repair a fuel refinery in a nebula, Uhura begins experiencing disturbing hallucinations from an unknown cause.
7/22/2023. Those Old Scientists — Ensign Boimler from the USS Cerritos is pulled through a time portal into the 23rd century where he meets the heroes from history aboard Pike's USS Enterprise.
7/27/2023. Under the Cloak of War — The arrival of a Klingon ambassador and former general who oversaw a deadly massacre during the Klingon War puts members of the Enterprise crew on edge, triggering especially dark memories for M'Benga and Chapel.
8/3/2023. Subspace Rhapsody — A fold in subspace creates a skew in reality that causes the crew of the Enterprise to randomly break out into song.
8/10/2023. Hegemony, Part I— The Gorn attack and occupy a colony on the outskirts of Federation space, where a number of Starfleet survivors fight for their lives and whom Pike intends to rescue.
Season 3 (2025)
7/17/2025. Hegemony, Part II — The Enterprise must determine how to rescue crew members and colonists that have been taken prisoner by the Gorn while fending off the growing threat of a full-scale invasion.
7/17/2025. Wedding Bell Blues — Chapel returns from a three-month fellowship with her new companion, Dr. Roger Korby, and Spock finds himself in a reality where he and she are on the eve of their wedding.
7/24/2025. Shuttle to Kenfori — Pike and M'Benga travel to a forbidden planet to retrieve a possible cure for a critically ill patient, upon which they run into threats from the Klingons ... and worse.
7/31/2025. A Space Adventure Hour — La'an is tasked with testing out an experimental holodeck, where she attempts to solve a computer-generated murder mystery based on a 20th century crime novel series.
8/7/2025. Through the Lens of Time — An away mission takes an Enterprise landing party to a mysterious temple that is rumored to hold the secret to immortality, but reveals a dangerous presence instead.
8/14/2025. The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail — The Enterprise comes to the aid of the USS Farragut, where James Kirk is first officer. Both ships find themselves imperiled by an infamously dangerous scavenger vessel, and Kirk faces self-doubt when tested by his first major command crisis.
8/21/2025. What Is Starfleet? — In a documentary featuring footage declassified by Starfleet, the Enterprise is shown coming to the aid of a war-ravaged world that requires the delivery of a mysterious resource from a nearby planet.
8/28/2025. Four-and-a-Half Vulcans — Four members of the crew are changed into Vulcans to go on an undercover mission, but their transformed personalities wreak havoc on their personal lives.
9/4/2025. Terrarium — Ortegas must overcome her prejudices in order to survive when she finds herself stranded on a desolate moon with a lone Gorn survivor.
— Reluctantly returning to action after shouldering a personal burden, Captain Pike retakes command of the Enterprise to search for his missing first officer on an alien world that's on the verge of first contact with the Federation.
— Cadet Uhura takes on her first mission when the Enterprise discovers a comet that's on a collision course with an inhabited planet is actually more than it seems.