Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2
SPOILERS TOTAL. You've been warned.
301: Hegemony, Part II 2025 July 17
(First watched 2025-07-17) I thought last episode was after Chapel's 3 months away, but this episode indicates it hasn't started yet. I guess she was on her way out when she got caught up with the Gorn.
I don't fully understand what they eventually did to save Batel. OK, so they changed tactics from focusing on her health to the infant Gorn. By feeding them, their drive to burst out would be negated. OK buuuut doesn't that just leave growing Gorn in her body? They talked about them being reabsorbed, but... why would that happen?
I thought Ortegas was going out for a bit. With a prequel show like this you really look at different characters different ways. Like, I know M'benga and Sam Kirk are going to survive this situation. But Ortegas's future (or lack thereof) is still shrouded in mystery so she's always in danger. And for all of these new-to-SNW characters, dying is the easiest way to explain why they never interacted with TOS characters on-screen in later days.
Telling the Gorn to hibernate of course reminds us of how the Borg were dealt with in The Best of Both Worlds. I'm surprised the Gorn are so... easily fooled, though. They all see a pseudo-star emitting a certain type of light for a few seconds and are like "Forget that invasion, time to go sleep!" Anyway, if they're hibernating for a fairly long time... is that the last of the Gorn we'll be seeing here on SNW?
302: Wedding Bell Blues 2025 July 17