Over the summer, we watched season 3 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds on Paramount+. And we want to know what is going to happen next.
In the upcoming fourth season, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise—led by Captain Christopher Pike—embarks on a series of thrilling and emotional adventures across the stars. As they journey to strange new worlds, they will battle inner demons and external threats, encounter colorful new characters, reunite with familiar faces, and confront terrifying aliens. Through it all, they strive to embrace a bright, hopeful future.
Yesterday, during New York Comic Con, Paramount+ released a clip from season 4. And wow!
As I watched it. I thought to myself, I bet they wish they had special effects like that when they made the OG Star Trek.
But that was almost 60 years ago (Can you believe it turns 60 next September?), and their special effects were so crude as compared to now. In ways, that is what makes it so special, even in today’s standards. Plus, they predicted some of the technology that we currently have.
Season 4 has wrapped production, but it does not have a premiere date.
Before Clint Howard roasted William Shatner at the Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner, he played the role that he roasted him as on Star Trek. How brilliant was the 7-year-old in that 1966 episode?
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is not afraid to go to strange new worlds. They have already done a musical episode and a crossover with the animated Star Trek: Lower Decks. In season 4, they are going to become dummies, as in puppets.
And I am here for it! Granted, we just started the third season on Paramount+, so we will have to wait a while to see this episode.
Here is a fun fact about the episode: the puppets were created by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, and it is directed by Jordan Canning, who also directed Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock.
The third season of Strange New Worlds is going to drop on July 17th. But today, the Star Trek prequel was picked up for a fifth and final season by Paramount+.
“From the very beginning, STRANGE NEW WORLDS set out to honor what STAR TREK has always stood for — boundless curiosity, hope and the belief that a better future is possible,” said executive producers Akiva Goldsman, Henry Alonso Myers and Alex Kurtzman. “We’re deeply grateful to Paramount+ for the chance to complete our five-season mission, just as we envisioned it, alongside our extraordinary cast and crew. And to the passionate fans who’ve boldly joined us on this journey — THANK YOU. With three more spectacular seasons ahead for you to see and enjoy, this adventure is far from over.”
SNW tells the story of Captain Pike. He ran the Enterprise before Kirk and appeared in the pilot episode of Star Trek: Mothership. So in this series, we get a young Kirk, Spock, and Uhura become the crew we got to know and love,
I know people are all about the Star Wars shows on Disney+, but I am a Star Trek girl. So, I was excited to see that Paramount+ finally announced when Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will debut its third season.
In season three, when we reconnect with the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise, still under the command of Captain Pike, they face the conclusion of season two’s harrowing encounter with the Gorn. But new life and civilizations await, including a villain that will test our characters’ grit and resolve. An exciting twist on classic Star Trek, season three takes characters both new and beloved to new heights, and dives into thrilling adventures of faith, duty, romance, comedy and mystery, with varying genres never before seen on any other Star Trek.
If you are not familiar with the Star Trek universe, Captain Pike was featured in the pilot episode of the franchise, but that is where his story stops (after one more episode). So, SNW is the origin story of him running the Enterprise before Captain Kirk takes over. Therefore, you get to see a young Kirk, Spock, Zulu, and Uhura before we got to know them in the original series.
Along with the Enterprise’s first chapters being told, we also get to watch stories that only Star Trek can tell.
SNW debuts with two episodes on July 17th, and the season finale will air on September 11th.
