Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3 promises to change Captain Christopher Pike’s (Anson Mount) USS Enterprise prequel in 5 exciting ways. After a 2-year wait, the highly anticipatedStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3premieres July 17 on Paramount+, following its world premiere on June 14 at the Tribeca Film Festival.Strange New Worldsseason 3 will continue theStar Trekprequelseries' genre-bending voyages and evolve the stories of Captain Pike’s Starship Enterprise crew.
Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3’s premiere, “Hegemony, Part II,” picks up directly fromStrange New Worldsseason 2’s ending cliffhanger. It’s clear Captain Pike and the Starship Enterprise will find a way to defeat the Gorn and rescue their kidnapped crew members, but the thrill will be watching how our Starfleet heroes triumph over the killer alien reptiles. Once the Gorn are in the Enterprise’s rearview mirror, however,Strange New Worldsseason 3 is poised to takeStar Trekin new directionsit hasn’t gone before.
Star Trek: Strange New Worldsboasts serialized character arcs along withStar Trek: The Original Series' episodicformat. Captain Pike and the USS Enterprise’s crew grow and evolve, and they already have by leaps and bounds inStrange New Worlds' first two seasons.Strange New Worldsseason 3 promises mystery, adventure, and romance for the Starship Enterprise’s heroes. By the timeStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3 is over,the show and characters look to be changed in these significant ways.
5Captain Batel Surviving Means The Gorn Can Be Beaten
Batel Survives Her Gorn Infection
Captain Marie Batel’s fate was a major part ofStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 2’s cliffhanger. Batel was infected by Gorn eggs on Parnassus Beta when the alien reptiles invaded the planet. Marie was beamed aboard the Starship Enterprise, with Nurse Christine Chapel (Jess Bush) making it her mission to cure Batel somehow. However, Dr. Joseph M’Benga (Babs Olusanmokun) was a prisoner on the Gorn’s flagship, andBatel seemed like she had a slim chance of survival.
Paramount+’s official logline forStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3 says, “New life and civilizations await, including a villain that will test our characters’ grit and resolve.“This hints thatStrange New Worldsis moving past the Gorn as the show’s main antagonists and introducing a new enemy in season 3.
Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3’s trailer makes it clearCaptain Batel survives the Gorn. Marie is romantically reunited with Captain Pike, and they even go on a landing party mission at some point inStrange New Worldsseason 3. Batel looks good as new, and that means a significant shift inStarfleet’s conflict with the Gorn, who were poised to invade the United Federation of Planets' space.Pike and the Enterprise will find a way to beat the Gorn, perhaps ending their immediate threat until they return inStar Trek: The Original Series.
4La’an Smiles & Dances In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3
Looks Like La’an Changed Her Paradigm
Lieutenant La’an Noonien-Singh (Christina Chong) bared her heart out in song, promising herself she would"change her paradigm"inStar Trek: Strange New Worlds’musical episode. Not only does La’an survive her kidnapping and ‘reunion’ with the Gorn inStrange New Worldsseason 3’s premiere, but the new trailer showsa lighter La’an in demeanor and footwork.La’an smiles effusively inStrange New Worldsseason 3’s trailer, showing that she is moving past her self-imposed limits of getting too close to her crewmates on the Enterprise.
Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3’s trailer teases that La’an and Lieutenant James T. Kirk’s attraction will continue, butLa’an literally finds a new dance partner in Lieutenant Spock(Ethan Peck). La’an and the Vulcan Science Officer will cut a rug inStrange New Worldsseason 3, perhaps because someone is getting married inStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3, episode 2, “Wedding Bell Blues.” La’an’s newfound lightness also finds her cosplaying inStrange New Worldsseason 3’sHollywood murder mystery holodeck episodedirected by Jonathan Frakes.
3Dr. Roger Korby Meets Spock Years Before Star Trek: The Original Series
Spock Doesn’t Seem To Handle Meeting Korby Well
Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3’s trailer offers a first glimpse atDr. Roger Korby(Cillian O’Sullivan), who is Nurse Chapel’s (Majel Barrett Roddenberry) ex-fiancé inStar Trek: The Original Series. Korby coming aboardStrange New Worlds, just as Chapel is leaving to join Korby’s archaeological fellowship, indicates theStar Trekprequel willshow the relationship that was only hinted at in 1960sStar Trek. None of that bodes well for Spock’s romantic designs towards Christine.
Lieutenant Spock meeting Dr. Roger Korby - and the Vulcan Science Officer punching Chapel’s new love interest - isa retcon that the two met prior toStar Trek: The Original Series.It remains to be seen inStrange New Worldsseason 3 whether Spock and Korby will be rivals all the way through, as there is also a shot in season 3’s trailer of Spock, Korby, Chapel, La’an, Ensign Nyota Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding), and Beto Ortegas (Mynor Luken), working together on a landing party mission.
2Uhura Finally Has A Star Trek Romance
With Ortegas' Baby Brother?!
Ensign Nyota Uhura finally gets a love interest. One of the new romances teased byStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3’s trailer isUhura getting flirty (and maybe more) with Beto Ortegas, the younger brother ofLieutenant Erica Ortegas(Melissa Navia). Erica is confirmed to survive her Gorn abduction, but now faces something possibly even more dire inStrange New Worldsseason 3: her baby brother dating her best friend.
Uhura has waited nearly 60 years for a romantic storyline of her own.
Uhura has waited nearly 60 years for a romantic storyline of her own.Lieutenant Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) famously kissed Captain James T. Kirk(William Shatner) inStar Trek: The Original Series, but Nyota never got much in the way of character development or backstory, much less a love interest. Lieutenant Montgomery Scott (Martin Quinn) joiningStar Trek: Strange New Worldsgave hope that audiences could see theorigin of Scotty (James Doohan) and Uhura’s flirtation in theStar Trekmovies. That could still happen, but Uhura looks like she’ll date Beto Ortegas first.
1Lt. James T. Kirk Gets His First Taste As Captain Of The Enterprise
Could Strange New Worlds Show Kirk’s Kobayashi Maru?
Star Trek: Strange New Worldsbringing in Lieutenant James T. Kirkwas a nod to Jim’s future as Captain of the Enterprise, andStrange New Worldsseason 3 has the most blatant tease yet.Strange New Worldsseason 3’s trailer shows Captain Pike counseling Kirk about his decisions as a starship Captain, andKirk looks like he’ll face a crisis while in command of the Enterprise. Luckily, Kirk will have Lieutenant Spock by his side, setting the stage for their eternal friendship.
However, there is another possibility for why Kirk is in command of the Enterprise:Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3 could be depicting Kirk’s infamous Kobayashi Maru test. J.J. Abrams’Star Trek(2009) showed cadet James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) cheating the no-win scenario at Starfleet Academy, butStrange New Worldsmay be showing Kirk’s ingenuity inStar TrekPrime Universe canon.Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, likeStar Trekfans, knows Kirk’s first, best destiny, and season 3 will continue laying the groundwork for the future Captain of the Enterprise.
