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Episode 9 is another belter. Star Trek does Alien. Great stuff!

Ord wrote:Episode 9 is another belter. Star Trek does Alien. Great stuff!

Yeah that was yet another good episode.



Season finale next week and I'm gonna be gutted once it wraps up.

I knew it.



Absolutely amazing episode.

Nope. Nope. Nope. Too scary

Hexx wrote:Nope. Nope. Nope. Too scary

I was thinking it might be a bit much for younger viewers, but it's not THAT scary.

But then I don't get scared by movies/TV shows, so I find it hard to tell.

Cheeky Devlin wrote:

Hexx wrote:Nope. Nope. Nope. Too scary

I was thinking it might be a bit much for younger viewers, but it's not THAT scary.

But then I don't get scared by movies/TV shows, so I find it hard to tell.

SCREW YOU I'M SENSATIVE

Hexx wrote:

Cheeky Devlin wrote:

Hexx wrote:Nope. Nope. Nope. Too scary

I was thinking it might be a bit much for younger viewers, but it's not THAT scary.

But then I don't get scared by movies/TV shows, so I find it hard to tell.

SCREW YOU I'M SENSATIVE

I don't get scared by TV/Movies but horror games really gooseberry fool me up to the point that I just can't play them.

To be fair it is probably the bloodiest episode in Start Trek history!

So this is good then? After Discovery and Picard I was done with Star Trek.

Fatal Exception wrote:So this is good then? After Discovery and Picard I was done with Star Trek.

It's a return to form, yes.

For me it's arguably the strongest 1st season Star Trek has ever produced.

Well that was an absolutely brilliant finale to a wonderful series. Easily the best first season of Trek since series one of the original, and that had a few duds! Speaking of the original series, it may be best to watch "Balance of Terror" first before watching this.
I strawberry floating love Pike as Captain, and knowing his future fills me with a mix of dread and melancholy. He deserves better! Anson Mount is superb.
Superb stuff!
Roll on season 2!

Cheeky Devlin wrote:

Fatal Exception wrote:So this is good then? After Discovery and Picard I was done with Star Trek.

It's a return to form, yes.

For me it's arguably the strongest 1st season Star Trek has ever produced.

I agree.
I'm watching on Paramount + and up to episode 4 but this has been a fantastic first season.

Having some of the characters already being featured on other series means they didn't have to worry about creating a backstory or getting people used to them so they just got on with great storytelling.
This series shows that the episodic format is still the best way to go with Trek unless you have some really great content like DS9.

Episode 10 - that was fan-motherhumping-tastic.

Such a strong first season

Great season finale.
More thoughts later when I'm not on my phone, but really enjoyed that.

I'm gonna miss this till next season. Anyone know when Lower Decks and/or Prodigy are back?

Ord wrote:Episode 9 is another belter. Star Trek does Alien. Great stuff!

Running a little behind, just watched this last night. Agreed! It was heavy on Alien with a little bit of Predator and The Thing. 1 to go, will miss it too

Episode 10 thoughts...


Season thoughts...



I know I've said this a few times before but I stand by it. This is arguably the strongest season one Star Trek has ever managed. It's not been perfect, but I've only got very minor nit-picks, that aren't even worth bringing up.

Cheeky Devlin wrote:Episode 10 thoughts...

1hr 2m long!
A nice twist on "Balance of Terror" from TOS.
There was so many shots and pieces of dialogue lifted and reworked from that episode, but it really worked. Even the music in places. Wonderful.
Guy playing Kirk took a wee bit to grow on me, but I like that he's not doing a Shatner impression.
"Scotty" appearing in voice only was a nice touch.
I loved the idea that Pike trying a more diplomatic approach here was absolutely the wrong move to make. That sometimes you need a Kirk to just kick someones arse from time to time.
I forgot about Una's gene-modification past so was convinced her "deception" was going to be that she was a Klingon agent or something.
That's three of the recent Trek shows who's seasons have ended with a character being arrested at the very end. (Captain Freeman in Lower Decks, Book in Discovery and Una here)
I wish Picard had ended with the writers being arrested.

Season thoughts...

I like that they've not been afraid to move characters about. Yeah Hemmer dying just as he was getting stuff to do sucks, but it was a good moment. La'an is almost certainly going to be back next season, but it was nice to see her going off to do her thing after the Gorn/Alien episode.

I know I've said this a few times before but I stand by it. This is arguably the strongest season one Star Trek has ever managed. It's not been perfect, but I've only got very minor nit-picks, that aren't even worth bringing up.

Would agree with overall season thoughts.

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Stunning to think this is coming at the same time as Picard/Discovery and from the same "people"

That was quite possibly my favourite episode in the series. Absolutely loved every second of that.

I still feel



Has a second season been confirmed? If so, consider me really strawberry floating happy.

Hexx wrote:

Cheeky Devlin wrote:Episode 10 thoughts...

1hr 2m long!
A nice twist on "Balance of Terror" from TOS.
There was so many shots and pieces of dialogue lifted and reworked from that episode, but it really worked. Even the music in places. Wonderful.
Guy playing Kirk took a wee bit to grow on me, but I like that he's not doing a Shatner impression.
"Scotty" appearing in voice only was a nice touch.
I loved the idea that Pike trying a more diplomatic approach here was absolutely the wrong move to make. That sometimes you need a Kirk to just kick someones arse from time to time.
I forgot about Una's gene-modification past so was convinced her "deception" was going to be that she was a Klingon agent or something.
That's three of the recent Trek shows who's seasons have ended with a character being arrested at the very end. (Captain Freeman in Lower Decks, Book in Discovery and Una here)
I wish Picard had ended with the writers being arrested.

Season thoughts...

I like that they've not been afraid to move characters about. Yeah Hemmer dying just as he was getting stuff to do sucks, but it was a good moment. La'an is almost certainly going to be back next season, but it was nice to see her going off to do her thing after the Gorn/Alien episode.

I know I've said this a few times before but I stand by it. This is arguably the strongest season one Star Trek has ever managed. It's not been perfect, but I've only got very minor nit-picks, that aren't even worth bringing up.

Would agree with overall season thoughts.

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I like that they didn’t push Kirk is ‘better’ than Pile (or vice versa). Just different. A Kirk was needed here (because only the 2nd in Command on Ronulsn ship) not a Pike.

I didn’t like they skirted around Spock being ‘important’. Pike making the choice purely for friendship/loyalty would have been enough - although you can still read it that if you want .

Stunning to think this is coming at the same time as Picard/Discovery and from the same "people"

If anything it lays bare just how disappointing the first two new live action shows have been.

Discovery I've always at least gotten some enjoyment from, even if it's a deeply flawed show in a lot of ways. But it's found it's level and while I can't see it ever getting much better, as long as it doesn't get worse I'm going to keep watching it.
Picard season one, was the same, where I more or less enjoyed it even with it's issues. But season two is almost certainly the worst Star Trek I've ever seen. I'll watch season three, just to see them wrap it all up, but it's going to be out of spite at this point.

Which is why it's been so refreshing to go from the utter depths Picard sank to, all the way to the heights that Strange New Worlds has maintained from the start.
During the finale I even caught myself thinking how happy it made me to have live action Trek that was actually, genuinely good again.
They've rekindled my faith in the live action shows with this one and if it can maintain this level of quality I'm going to be very happy.

I just wish we had 24/25 episode long seasons for it, but that's not how modern shows work unfortunately.


Found this Esquire piece that talks a little bit about season 2 and what we can expect:
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a40361637/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-2/

Qikz wrote:That was quite possibly my favourite episode in the series. Absolutely loved every second of that.

I still feel

There would be a way for Pike to stay alive and also protect the timeline, but maybe that will come up later, or maybe they'll just fill as many stories as possible in the 7 year period before he eventually dies when they decide to end the series

Has a second season been confirmed? If so, consider me really strawberry floating happy.

2nd season wrapped filming like last week