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Under The Cloak of War

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Season 2: Episode 8

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Season 2

Under The Cloak of War

Episode Details & Credits

Paramount+ | Air Date: July 27, 2023

Summary: Captain Pike and his crew welcome a Klingon defector aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise, but his presence triggers the revelation of some shocking secrets.

Creator: Alex Kurtzman and Akiva Goldsman and Jenny Lumet

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

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Air Date: August 10, 2023
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Air Date: August 3, 2023
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S2:E8. Under The Cloak of War
Air Date: July 27, 2023

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NjC121

Aug 8, 2023

This is the one episode so far that has been more dark and serious in tone. While it was done well, that style doesn't fit the optimistic tone that the rest of the series has set our expectations up for.

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Jamesvogner

Aug 27, 2023

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Something terrible happened in the episode. It's obvious that entire scenes were rewritten and voiced over in post. I suspect the original version of this episode was dramatically different which makes this episode almost impossible to watch other than as a logic puzzle to try and figure out what the original script was. I haven't seen voice over this bad since Artemis Fowl. There's even a very bad clip of "M'benga" and the "Klingon ambassador" fighting behind frosted glass that was obviously added in post with terrible voice over. It is a literal hodgepodge of an episode.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

79

Series Overview
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: July 23, 2026
Season 3

75
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: July 17, 2025
Season 2

88
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: June 15, 2023
- tbd
  S2:E10. Hegemony
  Air Date: August 10, 2023
- 6.5
  S2:E9. Subspace Rhapsody
  Air Date: August 3, 2023
- 5.5
  S2:E8. Under The Cloak of War
  Air Date: July 27, 2023
- 8.2
  S2:E7. Those Old Scientists
  Air Date: July 22, 2023
- tbd
  S2:E6. Lost In Translation
  Air Date: July 20, 2023
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  S2:E5. Charades
  Air Date: July 13, 2023
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  S2:E4. Among The Lotus Eaters
  Air Date: July 6, 2023
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  S2:E2. Ad Astra per Aspera
  Air Date: June 22, 2023
Season 1

76
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: May 5, 2022