Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Season 1

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Season 2

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Paramount+ | Season Premiere Date: May 5, 2022

Summary: The Star Trek: Discovery spinoff follows Captain Pike (Anson Mount), Science Officer Spock (Ethan Peck) and Number One (Rebecca Romijn) as they explore the galaxy on the U.S.S. Enterprise.

Creator: Alex Kurtzman and Akiva Goldsman and Jenny Lumet

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E10. A Quality of Mercy
Air Date: July 7, 2022
7.5
S1:E9. All Those Who Wander
Air Date: June 30, 2022
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S1:E8. The Elysian Kingdom
Air Date: June 23, 2022

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Terry Terrones

May 2, 2022

Smart, addictive and flat out fun, Strange New Worlds is the best Star Trek series since The Next Generation and acts as a faithful love letter to the original. Old fan or new, this is a trek you’ll certainly want to take. Read full review

IndieWire Christian Blauvelt

May 2, 2022

Somehow the way “Strange New Worlds” addresses our present moment feels the most effective narrative choice to date. Read full review

Robert Lloyd

May 4, 2022

What “Strange New Worlds” brings back is some of the Buck Rogers brio of the original series. ... There is enough of William Shatner’s puckishness in Mount that one may easily forget that this is the Pike and Spock Show, and not the Kirk and Spock Show. ... It is in the “Star Trek” way of things to get a little cornball, a little goofball, a little silly. This is more feature than bug. Earnestness has the edge over sense; science, if you want to call it that — it often amounts to magic here — just serves the drama, the philosophy and the themes. Read full review

Dave Nemetz

May 2, 2022

[Star Trek: Strange New Worlds] gets back to basics, closely hewing to classic Trek with an old-school vibe and an episodic alien-of-the-week format. (It even brings back the traditional uniforms and opening narration from the original series.) It’s a throwback, to be sure… and a welcome one. Read full review

Darren Franich

May 3, 2022

This latest Trek marks the fullest embrace of the canon's history ever, really. ... Mount was already delightful as Pike on Discovery, and this show leans into his charm. Read full review

Zaki Hasan

May 2, 2022

While existing within that canon, “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” leverages audience familiarity in a manner that’s welcoming rather than suffocating. As the title implies, this is a loving throwback to the spirit of exploration and derring-do so intrinsic to the brand over the past six decades (right down to Mount reciting a version of the “Space, the final frontier” narration that both Shatner and Stewart had a go at in previous incarnations), while pointing toward a future full of possibilities. Read full review

Empire Owen Williams

Jun 22, 2022

Comfort blanket Trek with a great cast, snappy writing and plenty of strands to unwind in future episodes, Strange New Worlds achieves everything it intends. But there’s a lingering feeling that there’s perhaps not quite enough that’s strange or new. Read full review

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danielsdeboer

Jun 3, 2022

Classic Trek with more modern sensibilities and craft. If Discovery or Picard didn't scratch that "planet of the week" itch, SNW is what you were looking for.

1 of 6 users found this helpful15

TBHgamer

May 9, 2022

Love the fact that the spirit of the original series is so strong in this one.
Yes it was political, yes it had the first interracial kiss of TV and yes was amazing.
You didn't know? well your problem...hope the keep up the way it started

5 of 12 users found this helpful57

vityatsoi

May 5, 2022

that was the best trek show since 90s. im pretty sure there will be a lot of haters from echo-chambers, the pure fact that 21 century crisis was mentioned in ep 1 will be a trigger. maaan, did time change. now you can't have a female badass character without some incel arguing that it's 'politics'

12 of 27 users found this helpful1215

Gregnator

May 17, 2022

As someone who still thinks that Picard and Discovery are not Trek, and shouldn't exist, I was just burned too many times so I had no expectations at all for Star Trek Strange New Worlds.
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I was ready to skip the intro sequence, seeing the intro's for Picard and Discovery are horribleAs someone who still thinks that Picard and Discovery are not Trek, and shouldn't exist, I was just burned too many times so I had no expectations at all for Star Trek Strange New Worlds.
BUT!
I was ready to skip the intro sequence, seeing the intro's for Picard and Discovery are horrible and aren't Trek at all, this intro was what I'd consider "old trek" or "actual Trek".

The first episode was a decent 6.5. The hamfisted "Jan 6" scene already breaks canon (Trump and Obama don't exist in canon because there was the Eugenics war in the 90's which they now set after 2024 for no reason at all). It was the best of New Trek, but other than that small moment, the episode was great.

The second episode is a solid 8.
It felt like old trek, it honored old trek, and I still don't despise a single character yet!

For those who have lost hope in all Trek, try this one out. So far, so good.… Expand

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utkarshbansal

Aug 9, 2022

I love what this show is trying to be, a Trek as diverse in tone and genre as it is in cast. In execution, however, season 1 didn't quite sing. There are brilliant episodes (3, 4, 7), but there are also episodes that miss the mark, particularly the ones centered on Pike. I love Anson Mount'sI love what this show is trying to be, a Trek as diverse in tone and genre as it is in cast. In execution, however, season 1 didn't quite sing. There are brilliant episodes (3, 4, 7), but there are also episodes that miss the mark, particularly the ones centered on Pike. I love Anson Mount's performance in the role, but the conflicts the character has to deal with proved too big, too challenging for the show to do justice to, something we saw most prominently in the one bad episode of the season, episode 6.

But before this, I'm not sure Star Trek has ever even had a good first season. If this show becomes as much better by its third season as Trek shows usually do, it's on the path to becoming the best they've ever made. The arc they've set up for season 2 is already one I find very exciting, particularly because it's following up on one of the very best episodes of this season. I cannot wait.

EDIT: The season would have greatly improved with an episode each focused on Christine and Erica. Christine's story with Spock would've worked better if she also had a story that wasn't about Spock, and Erica's antics in the finale really needed some established backstory.… Expand

0 of 5 users found this helpful05

ScienceAdvisor

May 6, 2022

This has the theme of Star Trek, and very little else. The misogyny and racism (aka diversity) on display, are counter-pointed by the lack of continuity and logic.

10 of 23 users found this helpful1013

Ricovandien

Jun 29, 2023

What started out somewhat good quickly devolved into predictable, boring, tired political woke ideology of leftist activists. Do you love watching a show that virtue-signals to only 1 sociopolitical belief? Do you love watching a show that tries to shove their boring and perverted view ofWhat started out somewhat good quickly devolved into predictable, boring, tired political woke ideology of leftist activists. Do you love watching a show that virtue-signals to only 1 sociopolitical belief? Do you love watching a show that tries to shove their boring and perverted view of humanity onto you? Do you love watching a show that does not care one iota about Star Trek, and instead uses the IP to pander to a very vocal yet small percentage of the population? Then you will love this season. If you are looking for Star Trek, move along.... these are not the droids you are looking for.… Expand

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