Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Reviews of Strange New Worlds are written and posted as the series airs. Note: All reviews contain spoilers.
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
— 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.