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The second season of Star Trek: The Original Series was produced and filmed from May 1967 to January 1968 by Desilu (and later Paramount Television ). It began airing in the fall season on NBC , running new episodes from 15 September 1967 to 29 March 1968, and continuing in repeats until the premiere of TOS Season 3 in the fall of 1968. In the United Kingdom, the season premiered on the ITV network on Sunday, 5 September 1982 , and ended on Sunday, 27 February 1983 .

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Summary [ ].

This season saw Ensign Pavel Chekov added to the regular bridge crew. Although his first appearance in " Catspaw " had him operating the science station, " Friday's Child " established him as the ship's primary navigator.

Following their introduction near the end of the previous season, the Klingons were established as major adversaries, appearing in three episodes, " Friday's Child ", " The Trouble with Tribbles ", and " A Private Little War ". The second of those would turn out to be one of the show's most popular and influential episodes, introducing Koloth and the Tribbles , who reappeared on Deep Space 9 , with other characters reappearing in the Star Trek: The Animated Series episode " More Tribbles, More Troubles ". The Romulans also made a brief reappearance in " The Deadly Years " while Harry Mudd returned for a second tussle with the USS Enterprise crew in the comedic episode " I, Mudd ". " Mirror, Mirror " saw Kirk and company paying a first visit to the mirror universe which also later featured prominently on Deep Space 9 and Star Trek: Discovery .

The show began to explore the rest of the Federation , with the Enterprise making its first trip to Vulcan as Spock underwent Pon farr in " Amok Time ". " Journey to Babel " saw the Enterprise transporting representatives of the Vulcans , Andorians , and Tellarites to a conference to admit the Coridanites to the Federation, among them Spock's father Sarek . " Obsession " provided an insight into Kirk's early Starfleet career, revealing some of the details of his tour of duty on the USS Farragut .

Although most episodes centered around the triumvirate of Kirk , Spock, and McCoy , the other regular crewmembers began to appear more. After first commanding the ship in " The Return of the Archons ", Scotty was firmly established as the Enterprise 's third-in-command, with episodes like " Friday's Child ", " The Apple ", and " Bread and Circuses " giving screen time to his command. He was also given a spotlight in " Wolf in the Fold ", in which he was accused of a series of murders. Chekov and Uhura were given a chance to accompany Kirk on an away mission in " The Gamesters of Triskelion " and Chekov also had a prominent role, and an opportunity for romance, in " The Apple ". Sulu , on the other hand, was absent from nine consecutive episodes in the middle of the season, the result of a film George Takei was working on over-running.

The Enterprise visited several planets based on Earth history, either by coincidence or as a result of Human visitors, such as Ancient Rome (" Bread and Circuses "), Chicago gangsters (" A Piece of the Action "), Nazi Germany (" Patterns of Force ") and the American Constitution (" The Omega Glory "). There were other surprising encounters with Zefram Cochrane , the father of warp technology (" Metamorphosis "), the Greek god Apollo (" Who Mourns for Adonais? ") and a giant space amoeba (" The Immunity Syndrome ").

The show continued Gene Roddenberry 's original idea of political fables, with two episodes identified as providing somewhat opposing commentary on the Vietnam War. " A Private Little War " saw the Federation and the Klingons supporting opposing sides in a civil war, with Kirk talking of the need to maintain the balance of power, while " The Omega Glory " saw Kirk telling a race based around the American Constitution that the values of liberty and freedom of belief also applied to their enemies.

The season closed with " Assignment: Earth ", a back door pilot for a proposed spin-off series which saw Kirk and Spock encountering Gary Seven , a man employed by mysterious aliens to watch over 20th century Earth.

Credits [ ]

• William Shatner as James T. Kirk
• Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock
• DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy
• Majel Barrett as Christine Chapel
• James Doohan as Scott
• George Takei as Sulu
• Nichelle Nichols as Uhura
• Walter Koenig as Chekov
• See : TOS Season 2 performers
• " Catspaw "
• " Friday's Child "
• " Amok Time "
• " Wolf in the Fold "
• " The Apple "
• " The Deadly Years "
• " The Trouble with Tribbles "
• " Journey to Babel "
• " The Immunity Syndrome "
• " Metamorphosis "
• " Bread and Circuses "
• " Obsession "
• " Return to Tomorrow "
• " Who Mourns for Adonais? "
• " The Doomsday Machine "
• " The Changeling "
• " Mirror, Mirror "
• " I, Mudd "
• " A Private Little War "
• " By Any Other Name "
• " Assignment: Earth "
• " The Gamesters of Triskelion "
• " A Piece of the Action "
• " Patterns of Force "
• " The Omega Glory "
• " The Ultimate Computer "
• " Bread and Circuses " (co-wrote)
• " A Piece of the Action " (teleplay)
• " By Any Other Name " (teleplay)
• " By Any Other Name " (teleplay / story)
• " A Piece of the Action " (teleplay / story)
• " A Private Little War " (teleplay)
• " Assignment: Earth " (story)
• " A Private Little War " (story)
• " Assignment: Earth " (teleplay / story)
• Gene Roddenberry
• Gene L. Coon (" Catspaw " – " Bread and Circuses ")
• John Meredyth Lucas (" Journey to Babel " – " The Omega Glory ")
• Gene Roddenberry (" Assignment: Earth ")
• Robert H. Justman
• D.C. Fontana
• Edward K. Milkis
• Richard Carter (" Assignment: Earth ")
• Alexander Courage
• Gerald Fried (" Catspaw ", " Friday's Child ", " Amok Time ", " Wolf in the Fold ", " The Apple ", " Journey to Babel ", " A Private Little War ")
• George Duning (" Metamorphosis ", " Return to Tomorrow ", " Patterns of Force ")
• Fred Steiner (" Who Mourns for Adonais? ", " The Changeling ", " Mirror, Mirror ", " The Deadly Years ", " The Immunity Syndrome ", " By Any Other Name ", " The Ultimate Computer ")
• Sol Kaplan (" The Doomsday Machine ", " The Deadly Years ", " Obsession ", " The Immunity Syndrome ", " The Ultimate Computer ")
• Samuel Matlovsky (" I, Mudd ")
• Jerry Fielding (" The Trouble with Tribbles ")
• Jerry Finnerman (" Catspaw " – " A Piece of the Action "; " Return to Tomorrow " – " Assignment: Earth ")
• Keith Smith (" By Any Other Name ")
• Rolland M. Brooks (" Catspaw " – " Amok Time ")
• Walter M. Jefferies
• Bruce Schoengarth (" Catspaw ", " Who Mourns for Adonais? ", " Wolf in the Fold ", " Mirror, Mirror ", " The Trouble with Tribbles ")
• James D. Ballas , ACE (" Metamorphosis ", " Amok Time ", " The Apple ", " Journey to Babel ", " The Gamesters of Triskelion ", " By Any Other Name ")
• Fabien Tordjmann (" Friday's Child ", " The Changeling ", " Bread and Circuses ", " Obsession ", " A Piece of the Action ", " Patterns of Force ")
• Donald R. Rode (" The Doomsday Machine ", " The Deadly Years ", " A Private Little War ", " The Immunity Syndrome ", " Return to Tomorrow ", " Assignment: Earth ")
• John W. Hanley (" The Ultimate Computer ")
• Bill Brame (" The Omega Glory ")
• Gregg Peters
• Rusty Meek (" Catspaw ", " Friday's Child ", " Amok Time ", " Wolf in the Fold ", " The Apple ", " The Deadly Years ", " The Trouble with Tribbles ", " Journey to Babel ", " Obsession ", " The Immunity Syndrome ", " By Any Other Name ", " Patterns of Force ", " The Omega Glory ")
• Elliot Schick (" Metamorphosis ", " Who Mourns for Adonais? ", " The Doomsday Machine ", " The Changeling ", " Mirror, Mirror ")
• Phil Rawlins (" Bread and Circuses ", " A Private Little War ", " The Gamesters of Triskelion ", " A Piece of the Action ", " Return to Tomorrow ", " The Ultimate Computer ", " Assignment: Earth ")
• Joseph J. Stone (" Catspaw " – " I, Mudd ")
• John M. Dwyer (" The Trouble with Tribbles " – " Assignment: Earth ")
• William Ware Theiss (" The Doomsday Machine " – " Assignment: Earth ")
• Westheimer Company (" Catspaw ", " Metamorphosis ", " Amok Time ", " The Changeling ", " The Apple ", " The Deadly Years ", " Journey to Babel ", " Obsession ", " A Piece of the Action ", " Patterns of Force ")
• Vanderveer Photo Effects (" Friday's Child ", " Wolf in the Fold ", " Mirror, Mirror ", " Bread and Circuses ", " A Private Little War ", " The Immunity Syndrome ", " Return to Tomorrow ", " Assignment: Earth ")
• Effects Unlimited (" Who Mourns for Adonais? ")
• Cinema Research (" The Doomsday Machine ", " The Gamesters of Triskelion ", " The Omega Glory ")
• Howard A. Anderson Co. (" The Trouble with Tribbles ", " By Any Other Name ", " The Ultimate Computer ")
• Douglas H. Grindstaff
• Jim Henrikson
• Elden E. Ruberg , CAS (" Catspaw " – " Patterns of Force "; " Assignment: Earth ")
• Gordon L. Day , CAS (" The Ultimate Computer ", " The Omega Glory ")
• Carl W. Daniels
• George A. Rutter
• Joseph D'Agosta
• Glen Glenn Sound Co. (" Friday's Child " – " Assignment: Earth ")
• Fred B. Phillips , SMA
• Jean Austin (" Catspaw " – " Who Mourns for Adonais? ")
• Pat Westmore (" Amok Time " – " Assignment: Earth ")
• George H. Merhoff
• George Rader
• Irving A. Feinberg
• Ken Harvey (" The Deadly Years ", " Bread and Circuses " – " The Omega Glory ")
• Herbert F. Solow (" Catspaw " – " The Omega Glory ")

Uncredited crew [ ]

• John Chambers – Special Makeup Effects Designer & Creator (" Assignment: Earth ")
• Arch Dalzell – Director of Photography (" Who Mourns for Adonais? ")
• Richard C. Datin – Model Maker (" The Trouble with Tribbles ")
• Kellam de Forest – Researcher
• Linwood G. Dunn – Visual Effects Cinematographer
• Richard Edlund – The Companion effects artist (" Metamorphosis ")
• Al Francis – Camera Operator
• Al Jacoby – Assistant Property Master
• John Jefferies – Set Designer
• Joseph R. Jennings – Assistant Art Director
• Barry Mason – Visual Effects (" Assignment: Earth ")
• Mike May – Props
• Bill McGovern – Clapper/Loader
• Tiger Shapiro – Second Assistant Director
• Charles Washburn – Second Assistant Director
• Andrea Weaver – Women's Costumer

Background information [ ]

• There were some "upgrades" to bridge equipment made at the start of this season (most notably the helm console), but these changes aren't always visible because first-season footage was used in many bridge scenes. You can recognize this footage when you see the viewing screen and the back of Sulu's head – the navigator isn't shown because Walter Koenig hadn't signed on when this footage was filmed. The black viewer or scope at Spock's library computer station was replaced with a gray one (that came with a knob on the left side). A similar scope was added to Scott's engineering station.
• For the second season, the production budget per episode was around US$185,000, slightly less than Season 1.
• Lawrence Montaigne , who played Stonn in " Amok Time ", and Mark Lenard were both being considered as possible replacements for Leonard Nimoy prior to the beginning of the second season if contract negotiations had fallen through. [1] [2] Nimoy's agent had asked for Nimoy's salary to be increased from US$1,250 per episode during the first season to US$9,000 for the second season. Eventually a compromise figure of US$2,500 per episode was reached and Nimoy signed on for the second season. ( Inside Star Trek: The Real Story , pp. 317-324)
• Dr. McCoy's sickbay gained a lab this season. The back bulkhead of said lab appears to be one of the bulkheads of the SS Botany Bay from " Space Seed ".
• A new expanded engineering set was built, including a small set called "Emergency Manual Monitor" built on stilts that looked down onto the engineering set.
• A completely new auxiliary control set was also built.
• In the second season more emphasis was put on the supporting characters (especially Scotty and Chekov), but the show didn't feature scenes of every-day activity around lower decks of the ship anymore as it did in the first season.
• Beginning with Season 2, the episode titles and credits were in the same font as the series title. Also, DeForest Kelley 's and Gene Roddenberry 's names were added to the opening credits.
• Also, during the opening credits, the Enterprise fly-by and the planet that the Enterprise orbited were different from that of Season 1.
• Walter Koenig joined the main cast as the Russian navigator Pavel Chekov .
• The theme music for the series was slightly re-arranged this season, with Loulie Jean Norman supplying vocal accompaniment.
• Season 2 was a period of behind-the-scenes transition from Desilu to Paramount production. On 15 February 1967 , Gulf+Western's purchase of Desilu was announced. It was commemorated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on 26 July . Gulf+Western executives were known to have signed off on production of the then-upcoming Season 2 of Star Trek , as they would have been financially obligated to continue its production after the sale. Therefore, Season 2 technically began filming as a Desilu/Gulf+Western co-production. (Sanders, Coyne Steven and Tom Gilbert. Desilu: The Story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz . HarperCollins. 1994. 297-298) However, the December 1967 intra-company merger between Paramount Pictures and Desilu caused later episodes of the season to be labeled "a Paramount production". Episodes throughout the season thus have a variety of different ownership claims. TOS : " Journey to Babel " is a simple "Desilu production" under just the Desilu logo, while the later " A Piece of the Action " displays the Desilu logo, but a Paramount Pictures Corporation copyright.
• " Mirror, Mirror " was the first to be filmed after the late July ribbon-cutting on the Gulf+Western/Desilu merger, but no episode of the season began filming prior to the February merger announcement.
• Gene L. Coon remained the producer, but he was replaced mid-season by John Meredyth Lucas .
• D.C. Fontana , who took the position of story editor near the end of season one, remained in this capacity during the second season.
• However, after the departure of Rolland M. Brooks (the last episode he worked on was " Amok Time "), Walter M. Jefferies remained the series' sole art director.
• Most of the seasons' episodes were helmed by one of three prominent directors, Joseph Pevney , Marc Daniels and Ralph Senensky . Assistant director Gregg Peters was promoted to unit production manager.
• Andrea Weaver became the women's costumer for the series at the time " Catspaw " begins production. She would remain with the show throughout the remainder of the season and half of TOS Season 3 .
• The first season and " Catspaw ", " Metamorphosis ", " Friday's Child ", and " Amok Time " did not use a copyright until 1978 so starting with " Who Mourns for Adonais? ", all of the episodes have the correct copyright date to them at the end of each episode.

See also [ ]

• TOS Season 2 performers
• TOS Season 2 UK VHS
• TOS Season 2 DVD
• TOS-R Season 2 DVD
• TOS Season 2 Blu-ray

External links [ ]

• Star Trek: The Original Series season 2 at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• The Original Series Season 2 episode reviews  at Ex Astris Scientia
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In those days before the Federation had continuity, there was Star Trek: The Original Series. Watch the TOS stories in any other you wish; it rarely matters, as essentially every single episode in TOS is a bottle episode. Ultimately, however, many TOS episodes are retconned into prequel stories (e.g. “The Menagerie”, “Space Seed”, “City on the Edge of Forever”), sequels (e.g. “Mirror Mirror”) or even crossovers (“The Trouble with Tribbles”) for the other series and movies.

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Season 1 – In the 1960s, TV was a different beast. Serialization (and thus continuity) was essentially non-existent. Each story plays out over a single episode only (with one exception in three years of Star Trek), thereby not allowing for much character development each season of Star Trek’s original run is really barely indistinguishable from another – but at lest that means that season 1 isn’t filled with the “growing pains” every other ST series goes through. The biggest highlights in Star Trek’s first year has got to be “The Menagerie” (episode #s 11 and 12), an eerie story of Captain Kirk’s doomed mentor Captain Pike, and “City on the Edge of Forever” (#29), a neat twist on the traditional “preserve the past” time travel tale. Also of note: “Space Seed” (#22), the introduction of Star Trek II baddie Khan.

Season 2 – Ensign Chekov joins the bridge crew for season 2, which manages to have some fun in the explicitly comic “Trouble with Tribbles” (#15) and the absolutely bananas “Assignment: Earth” (#26). And Spock fans dig on “Amok Time” (#1) and Journey to Babel (#10) for the info doled on that wacky Vulcan culture.

Season 3 – As mentioned above, a fan campaign saved Star Trek for a third series, but NBC executives were not enthused about supporting the marginally successful series and cut the show’s operating budget in half. However, Star Trek Guide must say that tripling the budget could not save scripts like those for “Spock’s Brain” (Can all Vulcans live without a brain or just Spock?), “Specter of the Gun” (Scotty’s dead because he *thinks* he’s dead?) and “The Savage Curtain” (Kirk, Spock, Vulcan hero Surak and Abe Lincoln vs. Genghis Khan, Klingon Empire founder Kahless, 21st-century Earth dictator Mr. Green – who did it in the kitchen with a revolver – and fuzzy chick Zora?) Dude.

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S1.E0 ∙ The Cage

S1.E1 ∙ The Man Trap

S1.E2 ∙ Charlie X

S1.E3 ∙ Where No Man Has Gone Before

S1.E4 ∙ The Naked Time

S1.E5 ∙ The Enemy Within

S1.E6 ∙ Mudd's Women

S1.E7 ∙ What Are Little Girls Made Of?

S1.E8 ∙ Miri

S1.E9 ∙ Dagger of the Mind

S1.E10 ∙ The Corbomite Maneuver

S1.E11 ∙ The Menagerie: Part I

S1.E12 ∙ The Menagerie: Part II

S1.E13 ∙ The Conscience of the King

S1.E14 ∙ Balance of Terror

S1.E15 ∙ Shore Leave

S1.E16 ∙ The Galileo Seven

S1.E17 ∙ The Squire of Gothos

S1.E18 ∙ Arena

S1.E19 ∙ Tomorrow Is Yesterday

S1.E20 ∙ Court Martial

S1.E21 ∙ The Return of the Archons

S1.E22 ∙ Space Seed

S1.E23 ∙ A Taste of Armageddon

S1.E24 ∙ This Side of Paradise

S1.E25 ∙ The Devil in the Dark

S1.E26 ∙ Errand of Mercy

S1.E27 ∙ The Alternative Factor

S1.E28 ∙ The City on the Edge of Forever

S1.E29 ∙ Operation -- Annihilate!

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Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain James T. Kirk. The First Officer is Mr. Spock, from the planet Vulcan. The Chief Medical Officer is Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy. With a determined crew, the Enterprise encounters Klingons, Romulans, time paradoxes, tribbles and genetic supermen lead by Khan Noonian Singh. Their mission is to explore strange new worlds, to seek new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.

On the DVD The remastered episodes are the highlight of the 2008 second-season release; like in season one, the reworked visual effects might irk purists but are an improvement overall, and some of the space exteriors are very exciting. It's not in high definition, however; season one was released in 2007 on two-sided combination HD DVD and standard DVD discs, which are now obsolete. Season two mimics the packaging, but is only standard-definition DVD, not Blu-ray. The picture, while obviously not high-definition quality, is still much improved over the 2004 DVD release. Special features here mostly mirror that 2004 set: 80 minutes of featurettes ("To Boldly Go" season recap, " Kirk, Spock & Bones: The Great Trio," "Star Trek's Divine Diva," "Designing the Final Frontier," and "Writer's Notebook: D.C. Fontana"), though missing from this set are the text commentaries on two episodes, the Red Shirt Logs, the production art, and the photo gallery. There are two new featurettes: " Star Trek 's Favorite Moments," in which cast members of later Trek franchises and fans recall certain episodes, and "Billy Blackburn's Treasure Chest, part 2," in which a Trek extra tells stories and shows some of his on-set home movies. And because season 2 includes "The Trouble with Tribbles," the set includes two bonus episodes: "More Tribbles, More Troubles" from the Animated Series and "Trials and Tribble-ations" from Deep Space Nine . Conveniently, all three Tribble-centric episodes are on the same disc, and include the bonus features from the earlier DVD releases (the commentary by writer David Gerrold on "More Troubles" and the two featurettes--"Uniting Two Legends" and "An Historic Endeavor"--from "Tribble-ations"). The bonus episodes were not remastered, and you can tell the difference when comparing the original Tribble episode on this set with the grainier footage that was used in the DS9 episode. A minor annoyance is that the discs are one-sided but appear to be two-sided, as if they had been designed for combo HD DVD again before a late change. That means the info on the disc is restricted to a ring around the middle, rather than a full label that could have listed the episodes on each disc; as is, they're only listed on the glossy "collector's data cards." And once again, the plastic shell is clunky and the disc spindles are way too tight. All in all, it's a nice package, especially if one doesn't already have the other Tribble episodes, but it feels like it's floating in a standard-definition limbo, stuck in the transition between HD DVD and Blu-ray. --David Horiuchi

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• Run time ‏ : ‎ 21 hours and 51 minutes
• Release date ‏ : ‎ August 5, 2008
• Actors ‏ : ‎ William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Nichelle Nichols
• Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ French
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Wraps Filming & Anson Mount Hangs Up His Boots [UPDATED]

The simpsons season 35's ending finally solved a 30-year old homer mystery, yes, doctor who season 14 just repeated the same story 2 episodes in row.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has revealed the episode titles for season 2, including the finale, "Hegemony" which hints at a potential but huge Star Trek: The Original Series retcon. Meriam-Webster defines hegemony as "the social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence exerted by a dominant group", which could easily refer to Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) and the crew of the USS Enterprise freeing an oppressed civilization. However, it's more likely that the finale title refers to the Gorn Hegemony, the territory of the vicious reptilian species first encountered by Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) in the classic TOS episode "Arena".

The Gorn have emerged as the big threat in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , playing an integral role in the tragic backstory of Lieutenant La'an Noonien-Singh (Christina Chong) and killing off beloved Enterprise engineer Hemmer (Bruce Horak). As Kirk was the first Starfleet officer to make official First Contact with the Gorn, the SNW writers have had to be creative with how they approach the Enterprise's encounters with the brutal reptiles. So far, they've only faced off against Gorn starships and untamed hatchlings, but the title of the finale heavily implies that the Enterprise will be entering their territory in Strange New Worlds season 2. If they do, then it could massively retcon Kirk's First Contact with the Gorn in "Arena".

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Strange New Worlds Season 2 Episode Titles Hint A Huge Gorn Retcon

In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1, La'an asserted that nobody had survived an encounter long enough to make official First Contact. This is a smart fix to let SNW have its Gorn cake and eat it because there's a big difference between an encounter with an alien species and a diplomatic meeting between two representatives. For example, the Vulcans and Ferengi had both visited Earth before official First Contact was established with their respective species. This crucial detail has allowed Strange New Worlds to do exciting Gorn-centric episodes like the thrilling "Memento Mori" or the chilling horror story "All Those Who Wander" without retconning the date of the official First Contact between Kirk and the Gorn Captain in "Arena".

However, as Strange New Worlds continues its Gorn story it will become increasingly difficult to rely purely on those key differences to square Pike's experiences with canon. If Starfleet potentially sends Pike and the USS Enterprise to the Gorn Hegemony in the SNW season 2 finale, it could be a massive retcon because it may bring forward their official First Contact. Surely some form of diplomatic relations or interspecies hostilities would be established by Starfleet encroaching into Gorn space. It remains to be seen exactly what sends Pike into the Gorn Hegemony, or if the Gorn seek to expand their influence into Federation space. However, it may only be a matter of time before someone in Strange New Worlds beats Kirk to First Contact with the Gorn.

Will Captain Pike Make First Contact With The Gorn In Strange New Worlds?

As Captain of the Federation flagship, it would fall to Christopher Pike to establish a dialog with the Gorn Hegemony. Pike's Enterprise has survived two encounters with the Gorn, which is something that few Starfleet ships can claim in Star Trek 's 23rd century. Pike is therefore the most prepared officer to establish talks with the Gorn, perhaps to get them to stop attacking Federation outposts and capturing the crews of starships like the SS Puget Sound. Puget Sound survivor La'an Noonien-Singh could be too blinded by her hatred of the Gorn to be of diplomatic assistance, but her tactical knowledge of the species has been incredibly valuable in Strange New Worlds so far.

It's possible that "Hegemony" will up the stakes of "Memento Mori", by having the Enterprise locked in combat with Gorn ships inside their own territory. Historically, the Gorn don't communicate with their enemies on view screens, and simply hunt down their prey. This simple trick would allow Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2's Gorn storyline to avoid sacrificing canon. However, there's only so long that SNW can keep deploying Gorn ships without also featuring the adult Gorn in all their grisly glory.

How Pike's Enterprise Could Visit The Gorn Hegemony Without Ruining Canon

Ultimately, the only person who fundamentally cannot visit the Gorn Hegemony in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is Lieutenant James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley). In "Arena", Kirk has clearly never encountered a Gorn before, so it would make no sense for him to join the Enterprise's mission to the Hegemony. This gives the SNW writers some leeway to send Pike into Gorn territory at some point in the show's future. However, it doesn't quite explain why Commander Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and Lieutenant Nyota Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) don't mention their previous Gorn experiences in "Arena". The simplest explanation is that they can't, because the Enterprise can only watch Kirk's fight and are unable to communicate with him to give him advice.

Another explanation is that they can't because any mission into the Gorn Hegemony, and their previous encounters, will become classified information. It could be that Pike and the Enterprise are sent on a covert mission to establish a cessation of hostilities between the Federation and the Gorn. When the Gorn later attack a Federation outpost in "Arena", it would mark the breaking of that agreement. Perhaps by informing Kirk of this covert mission, Spock and Uhura would have risked the all-out war that Pike and his crew could avoid in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2. Instead, they kept quiet, and allowed Kirk to face a Gorn one-on-one, leading to the matter being resolved swiftly, and marking the official First Contact.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 premieres Thursday, June 15, on Paramount+.

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‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ Producers Urge Fans To Be Patient Waiting For Season 2 On Netflix

| May 22, 2024 | By: TrekMovie.com Staff 24 comments so far

Last fall, when Netflix announced they were picking up the animated series Star Trek: Prodigy after it had been removed from Paramount+, fans were elated. They also celebrated the worldwide streaming re-release of the first season on Christmas Day. Netflix confirmed they would release the second season in 2024. As the wait continues, producers are urging fans to remain patient.

Season 2 is “worth the wait”

It has now been around five months since the Netflix re-release of the first season of Prodigy , which originally wrapped up on Paramount+ in December 2022. Work on the second season wrapped up at the beginning of 2024. Now fans are starting to wonder how much longer they have to wait. The frustration is understandable, especially after the unexpected early release of season 2 on French TV (dubbed in French) in March.

Executive producers and showrunners Dan and Kevin Hageman took to Twitter/X this week to let fans know they understand. Responding to a fan asking about season 2, they said they were “holding tight like everyone else,” but also promised the second season is “worth the wait.”

we’re holding tight just like everyone else, but we know it’s worth the wait. :) — Dan & Kevin Hageman (@brothershageman) May 20, 2024

Last week, co-executive producer Aaron Waltke also expressed a similar sentiment, posting a clip from Star Trek: Picard quoting Krinn saying “Patience brings great rewards,” adding “Words to live by.”

Words to live by. pic.twitter.com/wNId29MDiw — Aaron J. Waltke (@GoodAaron) May 15, 2024

Season 2 is not coming in June

Even though Netflix and Paramount+ are separate streaming services, there may be coordination to avoid any overlap with the release of Star Trek content, all of which is produced by CBS Studios. The fifth season of Discovery wraps up on Paramount+ next week, on May 30th. The fifth and final season of the animated comedy  Star Trek: Lower Decks is expected later this year. Typically, new seasons of Lower Decks have arrived at the end of summer, but last year’s SAG strike delayed some of the voice acting and that might have had an impact on their release timing. Netflix just announced its lineup for June 2024 and Prodigy season 2 is not listed, so the wait will continue into the summer and possibly beyond.

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Watching season 1 on Netflix helps

Hopefully, when the time comes, Netflix will make an effort to promote the second season of Prodigy with a publicity campaign. So far all we have is a clip released by CBS last summer (before the Netflix deal was announced). The producers have all made it clear that Netflix could commission a third season if the show performs well on its new streaming home.

One way fans can show support for the show is by watching the first season on Netflix. One of the fans behind last year’s #SaveStarTrekProdigy campaign  is rallying fellow fans around celebrating the show by watching it on Netflix this Sunday, May 26th, in an effort to show the algorithm how much love there is for the series.

We’re making May 26th a big day of celebrating #StarTrekProdigy and everything we love about it. Get your stuff ready, and we’ll show our love and get Netflix’s attention at the same time. #StarTrek #Animation #Netflix — Captain Meg 🟡🟡🟡🟡 (@Commander_Meg) May 17, 2024

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Netflix just released its June line-up. No Prodigy.

I’m *hoping* that Netflix made some handshake deal with Paramount not to draw attention away from Disco S5, and that’s why we haven’t heard anything yet.

Can’t wait for this! Have enjoyed enjoy most of the modern shows with my fave being Lower Decks, but I think the writing on Prodigy has been the best.

I’m trying to maintain my patience, even though it’s gotten tougher since the French release. Even if we don’t get a June release, I did have the thought that we could at least hear something then, since that’s when they usually have their Tudum event which seems like the perfect place to show it off. Here’s hoping.

My hope is that Netflix are biding their time and working with Paramount to launch Prodigy effectively and properly, in a way it should have always been done; branded and marketed to a younger demographic and families around the world. Much in the same way the 2009 movie was launched with a barrage of campaigns and merchandising – Playmates Toys, where are you with the Prodigy toys… hopefully this break gives Netflix the chance to get Playmates Toys onboard, and actually make a go of this new series which will be the key to introducing Star Trek to kids. It has to succeed if Star Trek is to live in the minds of those who are going to shape the future. Prodigy needs to work for Star Trek to remain relevant

I hope you’re right. No one in my family are kids and we all love it, tho, so I hope EVERYONE watches it. Esp the second half of season one was excellent. I keep thinking the biggest mistake Paramount and the writers made was keeping real Janeway a surprise. I’m remember reading Kate would be back…but for a hologram with a bunch of kids and just being like, oh. Deflated. It’s not must-see for Voy fans. And then it WAS, and I enjoyed the twists and all and b/c I always give any new Trek a try I was literally there for it, but it felt like maybe people checked out before then, when not only Janeway appeared but the show got much more complex and Trek-y. I hope they can find the balance of getting the kids in there but also letting adults know this is vital, exciting Trek storytelling.

So what Happens, when a fan loses patience? Not watching it? I doubt that.

They rant on the internet

Literally two comments down someone saying they won’t watch it b/c it’s been so long. So, yes. Streamers and networks very much do lose viewers for having shows on long breaks. People forget what happened previously, people feel like the “buzz” is gone, they lose interest despite reporting having “loved” the previous season, etc.. I have actually seen multiple threads of people talking about wanting to go back to life with 22 episode per season shows on network simply b/c they want to watch the same show every week where the same thing happens every week and there are only a couple breaks in the year. Not breaks that TAKE years. I’m not talking Trek fans specifically here, but we need casuals to tune into things for them to survive. I think people are lazy, tasteless, and full of it wanting to go back to crap network tv, but it’s still a reality right now.

Kid watched season 1 and liked it. The wait between part 1-2 was too long for what they said was a kids show. Prolly why they cancelled it

I made my 4 nephews watch it. They found it boring and ‘tame’. So they all went back to playing their violent computer games.

They better still release season 2 on blu-ray as it will be the only way I can see it as I do not have netflix and never have had it and never will have it they are on my permanent boycot list for multiple reasons one for not canceling and removing all of the homophobic and transphobic stand up comedian’s crap from the service and for getting rid of password sharing and being far to expensive compared to other streaming services Plus Netflix has never had enough content I would want to watch that I don’t have on physical media or on other services

They’ve done releases of some of their shows, like Sandman (which is so good.) But not everything, ob. Fingers crossed they’ll feel like Trek has enough of a fanbase to justify producing some discs.

I have a feeling paramount home video will the ones to release it like they do with other releases and I know the dubbedPokémon anime seasons and movies that are on netflix first end up not being released by Netflix but the Pokémon company who owns and makes the show as Netflix is just the international distributor for it

Alright, I think this means I’m going to mordre la balle and watch this sucker in French.

Why? Because they politely asked you not to?

The show is zombie at this point. I doubt I’m going to even bother watching.

By all accounts, the second season is excellent and wraps up the story in a compelling way, with the possibility for more if it does well.

Did you say the same thing when TNG, DS9 or TOS were announced to be in their final seasons?

I can’t wait for S2. Prodigy and LDS are the only trek I watch now. I’m looking forward to it! Prodigy rocks!

Funny I asked about this the other day and a bit frustrating but not the end of the world. But this is the definitely the show I’m looking forward to and hopefully we will hear something soon.

And really do think it will be worth the wait! 😊

All I got from this is that “Rory The Nerd” needs to get outside and get some air. And perhaps a girlfriend?

It’s a TV show. It’ll come back. Just relax.

It’ll be canceled without passionate fans, so have a little respect.

I’m starting to feel a bit of despair, tbh. I love this show but it feels like Netflix doesn’t. When will they promote it? Give us some kind of REAL update? I’m sure it’ll be worth the wait and I’m glad they didn’t just drop it with no fanfare b/c of the French mistake…but still. I rewatched season one as soon as it came out on Netflix and it feels like forever ago.

Netflix rarely promotes their shows until the month it premieres, because they need to keep the hype going.

Season one came out on Netflix over Christmas, it hasn’t been that long.

I’d love to have the “patience” they’re asking us to have, but it’s almost 3 months since the release in France. Also I looked up the shows/movies Netflix has bothered to give us dates for, ang all the way through to the end of 2024, Prodigy is nowhere on said list. Instead it’s on a seperate list on the same web page that says shows with no date. All it says is 2024. Yeah well where halfway through 2024 and nothing. I also heard that someone said something about it being released in Spring 2024. Well…Spring is ending, and it’s not being released in June, so that was obviously either a guess, or Netflix actually said this somewhere and I haven’t been able to find it, which would mean they lied, but wouldn’t surprise me. Now, if Netflix would have at the very least shown us a 10 second clip with the logo of the show and the words “Coming Soon” like they do with pretty much most of their own productions, then i’d have been happy with that. But they didn’t, and instead have given us silence. So this “patience” they want us to have? Sorry but for me that “patience” left the building, went to Kennedy Space Center, blasted off on one of the SpaceX rockets, and then from there left for outer space (AKA it’s gone, obviously, but I figured the space reference was appropriate). Will I still watch it when it finally does drop? Yes. Will I hold my breath and still be patient? Definitely not. Instead I will be giving my attention to The Acolyte on Disney+ in June. I’d watch Prodigy Season 2 first, but of course they wont let us see it so, The Acolyte it is.

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Strange New Worlds Season 2 Review: Star Trek Boldly Goes to Great New Heights

Fun, daring, and sometimes genre-busting, season two of Strange New Worlds delightfully zips along at warp speed.

The pressure is on during the second season of any hit show. Showrunners must use the creative foundation they’ve already established and build on from it, often exploring a show’s characters more deeply and placing them in situations audiences will find intriguing. It’s a heavy lift, especially for a beloved IP like Star Trek. What a refreshing surprise it is then to know that we’re in good hands with showrunners Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers at the helm of season two of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds . Like the third season of Star Trek: Picard before it, this is some of the finest Trek we’ve seen in years. It’s inventive, often daring, sometimes genre-busting, and most of all — and this is important — fun.

Season two of Strange New Worlds, which drops June 15 on Paramount+, finds the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise , once again exploring uncharted territories — new life and new civilizations and all that Star Trek stuff we love. One of the most refreshing perks this season is the addition of more personal journeys that reshape the crew’s destinies. Humor filters into the mix, too, and you’ll be thanking Goldsman and Myers for the addition of newcomer Carol Kane, who plays Pelia, the new Chief Engineer. Not since Guinan on Star Trek: The Next Generation has such an offbeat yet deep character captured such interest. Bottom Line: Phasers have been set on “fun” this go around. Read on.

All Things Pike, Spock, Number One & Kirk

Strange New Worlds had a lot of things going for it coming into season two. Its Rotten Tomatoes score was a certified 99%. All around, fans and critics heralded the new prequel series, set some seven years before any episode of Star Trek: The Original Series . The episodic format was a refreshing return to form. And that season one finale! Let’s chat about that for a moment…. What a cliffhanger it was. Number One/Commander Una Chin-Riley (Rebecca Romijn) was arrested for lying to Starfleet about being a genetically engineered Illyrian. Her fate comes into question in the first few episodes of season two. Season one also featured one of Star Trek's most iconic figures, Captain James T. Kirk, played by Paul Wesley . Lieutenant Kirk figures prominently in season two.

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About that… fans will undoubtedly be gasping with delight when episode three drops. Dubbed “Tomorrow and Tomorrow,” the story is bold and inventive if not reminiscent of one of the original series' most iconic episodes. (Best to experience this on your own rather than give anything away here.) The character Lieutenant La'an Noonien-Singh (Christina Chong) figures prominently in the outing, too. You may recall that early in season one, La'an Noonien-Singh revealed that she had long ago been saved by Una-Chin Riley after the Gorn killed her immediate family. Khan Noonien-Singh (Ricardo Montalbán) also happens to be her ancestor, so it’s captivating to watch this stellar episode play out.

Speaking of Number One, look for her plight to be a primary focus in the first few episodes where that “will Starfleet kick her out?” question creates an added sense of mystery. The characters of Captain Pike (Anson Mount) and Spock (Ethan Peck) are given plenty to work through this season as well. Mount and Peck seem to have generously embodied these characters with confidence, and by the time you arrive at episode five, dubbed Charades — boy, is it loaded with wit and lore — you’ll feel as if you’ve known these characters forever. And yeah, watch how things play out between Spock and Nurse Chapel (Jess Bush) this season.

Thrills, Depth, Humor, and Carol Kane

One of the best things about season two is that showrunners Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers know how to balance the more personal stories featured with plenty of action-packed episodes. Episode one delivers on that front as does the episode four, Among the Lotus Eaters, where Pike, Lieutenant Erica Ortegas (Melissa Navia), and Dr. M'Benga (Babs Olusanmokun) find themselves on life-and-death mission with seemingly no way out. Fun.

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Throughout the first six episodes provided for critics, it is evident that the show’s writing has never been this sharp and refined. There’s a true sense of world building, or perhaps prequel building going on here. You wound up feeling that way by the time you were midway into season three of both Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Discovery. You sense the amount of thought and care the writers have given to these characters and where they will all fit into the Star Trek canon.

There’s also the great addition of Carol Kane ( The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Scrooged ) who enters the fold as Pelia, the new Chief Engineer, after the surprise death of Hemmer (Bruce Horak) last season. This may smack of Discovery's engineer Jett Reno (Tig Notaro). But what fun it is to experience this character. Kane is on the mark. And, like TNG’ s Guinan (Whoopi Goldberg), the character has a storied history. She’s also a smart mouth and isn’t afraid to speak up. As clever as she is wise, it will be great to see how this character evolves throughout the run of the series. Note to Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers: Let’s explore this captivating soul more deeply, thank you.

Meanwhile, the cast of season two, including Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn, and Jess Bush, have all teased that this season’s last few episodes will surprise fans. In fact, in an exclusive interview with MovieWeb , Mount and Romijn shared that Paramount+ gave the writers plenty of freedom to be creative. Cheers to that. This season delivers some of the best Star Trek we’ve experienced. Let these groovy Trekkers keep boldly going exactly where they’re going. Onward...

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds premieres June 15 on Paramount+.

'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Season 2 Review: The Enterprise Crew Is Back and Bolder Than Ever

'Strange New Worlds' Season 2 takes full advantage of the series' episodic storytelling to deliver captivating one-hour adventures.

Star Trek has a long and storied history of boldly going to new and glorious heights in the sci-fi genre, and Strange New Worlds Season 2 is set to do just that with the show's return. The prequel series debuted last year with a spectacular first season following Captain Christopher Pike ( Anson Mount ) and the crew of the USS Enterprise, roughly a decade before the events of The Original Series , and the first six episodes of Season 2 are even bigger and better than that strong start.

The first half of Strange New Worlds Season 2 takes full advantage of the series' episodic storytelling to offer up unique and captivating one-hour adventures. In Season 2, every episode feels like its own mini-movie, optimizing the show's streaming runtime and covering every genre from tense courtroom drama to romantic comedies through a brilliant Star Trek lens. With Strange New Worlds , no two episodes are alike in a way that allows the show to feel extremely fresh and wildly entertaining from week to week. The characters themselves are consistent, and the shifting genres and storylines allow the actors to flex their range.

Though each episode is fairly self-contained, Season 2 also does a great job of picking up the threads left dangling after Season 1 as well as some from Season 2 of Star Trek: Discovery . We learn where La'an's ( Christina Chong ) journey with the little girl they rescued takes her, and Una's (Romijn) Starfleet trial is on par with classic episodes like The Next Generation 's "Measure of a Man." Spock's unruly human emotions are a running thread that leads to some incredible comedic work from Ethan Peck as well as some delightful Original Series references. While Pike missed the Klingon war, there are members of his crew who certainly did not, and it's quite compelling to see the other side of that coin. The first episode of the season also features a dedication that will no doubt conjure emotions from longtime fans.

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'Strange New Worlds' Season 2 Revels in the Power of Possibility

In Season 2, the Enterprise has gained a new crew member in the form of the legendary Carol Kane . Her energy invokes classic Star Trek while simultaneously feeling like something entirely unique within the franchise. The way by which she joins the crew of the Enterprise is equal parts unexpected and delightful, as she comes in to fill the role of Chief Engineer left open after the tragic passing of Hemmer ( Bruce Horak ) in Season 1. The playfully chaotic nature she brings is a marked difference from his stoic pacifism.

In each episode she's featured in, Kane gets to play into her comedy skills opposite some of the Enterprise's most straight-laced characters including Spock, La'an, and Una. Pairing her up with these characters is brilliant, and it makes for some true television magic each time. She's completely compelling, and you can't help but fall in love with Pelia's mischievous energy immediately. Strange New Worlds weaves in a fascinating backstory for her akin to The Next Generation 's Guinan ( Whoopi Goldberg ), making her one of the best new additions to the franchise in quite some time.

Of the returning cast, Peck is certainly the strongest stand-out, as he really gets to inject an impressive amount of nuance into his performance that would make Leonard Nimoy proud. Though Vulcans are known for suppressing their emotions, Peck really digs into his younger version of Spock's human nature through triumph, heartache, and even comedy. There are also more notes of romantic tension between Spock and Chapel ( Jess Bush ) and while it's true to The Original Series , Christine's story does suffer a little from primarily being about her love interest. However, she still earns several kick-ass scenes, particularly in the first episode of the season with Doctor M'Benga ( Babs Olusanmokun ), and she never loses her agency both on her own and in regard to Spock.

Mount and Romijn's Captain/First Officer dynamic feels richer and more lived in. There's a strong sense of the shared history between their characters, and they're both able to find a balance of emotional honesty and humor in their roles as the mom and dad of the ship. Mount's performance in particular makes Pike one of the best Starfleet captains to ever grace the bridge of the Enterprise. His good-natured Boy Scout instincts are still present, but he also gets to show a propensity for darkness that proves how deliberate his choice to lead with kindness and gentility really is. Meanwhile, the revelation of Una's Illyrian heritage allows her a new level of comfort aboard the Enterprise and a new level of camaraderie with the crew — but don't worry, she's still a stickler for protocol, which allows her to bump up against Kane's Pelia in very fun ways. Celia Rose Gooding does really fantastic work with Uhura once again, embodying the classic character while adding profound new layers of depth and emotion to her backstory. There's also more great character work and history for Melissa Navia 's swashbuckling helmsman Erica Ortegas, including more of the "why" behind Ortegas' dedication to her crew.

As teased in the trailer for Season 2, there is an episode in which La'an and Kirk ( Paul Wesley ) encounter a bit of time travel, and while saying anything more would venture too deeply into spoiler territory, it is easily one of the best Star Trek episodes I've ever seen. While many fans initially voiced concerns that Wesley's Kirk would take over the series following his appearance in the Season 1 finale , Season 2 does a great job of utilizing the character in a guest capacity that complements the Strange New Worlds crew beautifully. Wesley's Kirk is a near-perfect hybrid of the Kirks that came before him, blending inspiration from William Shatner and Chris Pine while putting his own twist on the character in a way that proves he's the right pick for this role.

As far as relationship dynamics and creating a satisfying balance for the show's stacked ensemble of characters, Season 2 improves upon the groundwork laid by the first season. Each of the connections established in Season 1 comes back in ways that move these characters forward, and each episode shifts the spotlight between various members of the crew in a way that doesn't leave anyone standing in the dark. The strength of the show's cast takes center stage right from the start of Season 2, as Pike and Una are pulled away into the storyline reserved for the second episode and Spock leads the rest of the crew on an absolute thrill ride in their absence. The only drawback here is that Strange New Worlds Season 2 only clocks in at 10 episodes, which feels like an insufficient amount of time with this story and these characters.

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This review would be incomplete without taking a moment to praise the incredible people behind these episodes : the writers. Strange New Worlds ' episodic nature allows for a variety of writers to tell vastly different stories. Showrunners Henry Alonso Myers and Akiva Goldsman pen the premiere, which takes fans on a daring adventure that will have hearts pounding through its thrilling climax. Dana Horgan tackles the resolution to Una's fate in Starfleet in Episode 2 through a riveting courtroom drama. While I can't say much about the plot of the remaining episodes yet, David Reed who has also worked on The Magicians and The Boys , also delivers phenomenal work.

Other returning Strange New Worlds writers include Davy Perez , Bill Wolkoff , and Onitra Johnson . Johnson penned Season 1's acclaimed fairytale episode , while Perez was behind La'an's gorn backstory and Hemmer's farewell , and Wolkoff wrote some of Season 1's most tense moral quandaries. Kirsten Beyer , who has penned several beta canon Star Trek novels and comics and has writing credits on both Picard and Discovery , throws her name behind an episode, and Kathryn Lyn makes the jump from Lower Decks to inject a delightful dose of humor into Strange New Worlds Season 2.

Season 2 is also incredibly constructed with breathtaking visual effects that make every episode feel worthy of theatrical showings. The costume department also once again knocks it out of the park, continuing an impressive show of craftsmanship following Season 1's new uniform designs and fairytale fits from "The Elysian Kingdom." The first half of Season 2 boasts gorgeous undercover outfits for multiple occasions as well as a fresh take on the dress uniforms of this particular era of Starfleet.

Everything both in front of and behind the camera comes together for a bigger, better season that offers bold new adventures, grounded character work, and a true sense of wonder. Strange New Worlds Season 2 feels fresh and exciting, while also honoring every other Star Trek series that has come before it, in ways that will delight fans both new and old.

Season 2 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds returns on June 15, exclusively on Paramount+.

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• Despite having a shortened run of episodes, Star Trek: The Next Generation 's second season ended with Star Trek 's first clip show.
• 'Shades of Gray' features Commander Riker battling an alien infection with his memories, and is regarded as one of the worst episodes in Star Trek history.
• It's a strange way to end a year that introduced storylines that would last for decades and revealed the series' major alien threat, the Borg.

Fans are used to Star Trek seasons ending on a high, but it took a while for the franchise to set the template. The Original Series didn’t end any of its three years on a particularly strong note, which carried through to Star Trek: The Next Generation . TNG ’s second year was hit by the 1988 Writers Guild of America strike, an exodus of writers, and despite being reduced to 22 episodes, it was short of budget at the year’s end. While it would only be a year until TNG set the bar for Star Trek season cliffhangers with The Best of Both Worlds , the second year ended with a bottle episode.

Even today, beyond the syndication model that shipped TNG out to networks and effectively blocked story arcs, the bottle episode format is famous. The budget-saving format that used reduced cast, sets, and footage from previous episodes has been parodied in shows like Community and Teen Titans Go! Still, it’s pretty uncommon at the end of a series. TNG ’s second-year finale, which sees Commander Riker contract an alien infection, has the odd distinction of not just ending the year weakly but with what’s regarded as one of the worst episodes of all time.

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Season Two ended with Star Trek ’s first clip show. In ‘Shades of Gray,’ fans catch up with the USS Enterprise as it carries out the first geological survey of a jungle planet, and Riker has already picked up an injured. As the transporter's useful biofilters can’t screen out the unidentified microbes in Riker’s signal, Dr. Pulaski beams down before clearing him for sickbay. As Riker says in the episode:

I’m surprised they don’t happen more often — after all, we are exploring the unknown.

As Riker’s leg goes numb, Pulaski confirms that a microorganism with elements of bacteria and virus is spreading through the commander’s body. She warns that it's fused to his nervous system at a molecular level and could kill him if it reaches his brain. Geordi La Forge and Data head to the planet to find the culprit, a predatory vine that strikes at animal life with giant thorns. An ever-entertaining patient, Riker has one-to-ones with Picard and then Troi, proclaiming, “I haven’t given up” before he falls into a coma.

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Pulaski keeps Riker’s brain stimulated with electrical impulses, triggering memories (clips) from previous stories until she discovers that different memories can stop the infection. After a clip from ‘The Last Outpost’ shows Riker lost on an ominous alien planet, ‘Encounter at Farpoint’ has him meeting Data for the first time, and ‘The Dauphin,’ oddly recounts his coaching of Wesley Crusher as he roleplays some comedy roleplaying with Guinan. Inspired, Pulaski stimulates Riker’s romantic memories, much to the discomfort of Troi, who’s reading her Imzadi’s emotions.

A clip from ‘The Icarus Factor" recalls Riker saying goodbye to Troi before being led away for some pleasure in the paradise of ‘Justice" and practices his Humphrey Bogart patter with self-aware hologram Minuet in ‘11001001’. As Troi bristles at the “erotic memories,” he seduces Beata, the leader of an alien world in ‘Angel One’ and is then seduced by Brenna Odell aboard the Enterprise in ‘Up the Long Ladder.’ When Pulaski deduces that passionate memories are doubling the organism’s growth rate, she stimulates Riker’s brain endorphins to induce darker memories, much to Troi and the audience’s relief.

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The first memory is Tasha Yar’s pointless death in ‘Skin of Evil,' followed by the demise of Troi’s child in the bizarre Season Two opener ‘The Child.’ Riker stands up to the second officer aboard the Klingon Bird of Prey Pagh in ‘A Matter of Honor,’ before parasite-infected Admiral Quinn soundly beats him in ‘Conspiracy.’ When Riker only has half an hour to live, Pulaski is forced to stimulate even darker memories.

Quick-fire clips show Riker being tortured in ‘Symbiosis,’ attacked by Ferengi in ‘The Last Outpost,’ and dragged into the malevolent oil slick Armus ‘Skin of Evil.’ After setting the Enterprise self-destruct in ‘11001001’ and narrowly helping Klingons escape the exploding vessel Batris in ‘Heart of Glory,’ the iconic phasering of Commander Remmick’s head in ‘Conspiracy’ eradicates the infection. The episode quickly wraps up with the awake Riker demonstrating his marvelous sense of humor as the Enterprise soars away from the planet that almost killed him.

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The finale of season one left fan expectations high. It signaled the Romulans' in-universe return with a new look and powerful addition to their fleet in the D'deridex warbird. However, creator Gene Roddenberry opposed too many appearances by the alien race, and they only appeared once in the second year.

There were no massive storylines in the second year of TNG , which is typical of its syndicated release, but there were notable first appearances. Big introductions included Professor James Moriarty in 'Elementary, Dear Data,' most recently seen again in Star Trek: Picard . Lwaxana Troi, played by Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, provided her first comic relief before subsequent appearances in TNG and Deep Space Nine .

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Most notable was the first onscreen appearance of the Borg. The eerie episode ‘Q Who’ saw the mischievous Q propel the Enterprise thousands of light years into the Delta Quadrant for Starfleet's first engagement with the Collective . This paved the way for the Borg to become the definitive TNG threat on the small and big screen and play a significant role in Star Trek: Voyager .

Other episodes provided threads for major stories that would be picked up and explored in later series. A notable example is ‘The Measure of a Man,’ which explored Data’s rights of self-determination and would form a significant part of Star Trek: Picard decades later. The finale, ‘Shades of Gray,’ wouldn’t prove so influential.

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The clip show that ends TNG’s shortest season has struggled to conjure up much love. In fact, ‘Shades of Gray’ fails on almost every level. Fans and critics have cited multiple genre shows that have handled clip shows far better, including many examples in Stargate SG1 . Other episodes of Star Trek are considered to have handled the threat of alien infection far better. They include Star Trek: Voyager ‘Resolutions’ and ‘Operation -- Annihilate! Which closed the first season of the Original Series .

The writer of ‘Shades of Gray,’ and Season Two showrunner Maurice Hurley didn’t have kind words for the story in Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages . He called it “Terrible, just terrible, and a way to save some money,” and a few other choice words. It was Hurley’s final episode of Star Trek , just as it was for Diana Muldaur as Dr. Katherine Pulaski. Both departures went relatively unnoticed.

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On Reddit, ‘Shades of Gray’ is central to a lively and colorful debate about the worst episodes of Star Trek . While there are several contenders in Star Trek ’s hundreds of episodes, the TNG Season Two finale is undoubtedly up there and will likely remain. As Riker says in the episode:

This bug is persistent, I’ll admit that.

At the very least, the Season Two finale is considered boring . While the episode insists that facing death is an ultimate test of character, ‘Shades of Gray’ falls foul of many pitfalls that come with clip shows. For one, the meta potential of clips from episodes showing events from an audience’s point of view doesn’t work as a character’s memory, even when they are stimulated to fight infection.

It remains incredible that the second year of TNG ended with a clip show and a clear indication of the tumultuous couple of years the series overcame to become a legendary TV show. As the cliche goes, it’s always darkest before dawn. Apparently, that's even true in space. The vast improvement seen in TNG Season Three and the cliffhangers the show would pioneer a year later owe a lot to ‘Shades of Gray.’

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