Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3 is poised to be a banger. After a two-year wait, the highly anticipatedStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3 premieres July 17 on Paramount+, dropping the first two new episodes on the same day.Strange New Worldsseason 3 will be 10 new episodes, and it’s the onlyStar Trekseries on Paramount+’s 2025 slate.
Promising new adventures and new romances,Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3continues the episodic, genre-bending format that has proved to be a hit with critics and audiences, as well as hardcore Trekkers and mainstream viewers.Strange New Worldshas established that it can balance comedy, action, sci-fi, and horror, andtake bold risks never seen inStar Trekbefore.
Here are10 reasons whyStar Trek: Strange New Worldswill deliver a banger season 3for the crew of the USS Enterprise.
10Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2’s Gorn Cliffhanger Will Be Resolved After 2 Years
Maybe The Gorn Will Be In The Starship Enterprise’s Rearview Mirror
It’s incredible that the last new episode ofStar Trek: Strange New Worldspremiered in August 2023.For two years, fans have waited to see the resolution of the USS Enterprise’s crisis with the Gorn Hegemony, and howCaptain Christopher Pike(Anson Mount) will rescue his crew members kidnapped by the Gorn.
Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3’s trailer has made it clear that the Starship Enterprise prevails, and everyone survives this encounter with the Gorn. Still,howPike and company defeat the alien reptiles is the question. Once the crisis is over, it’s also hoped thatStrange New Worldsmoves past the Gorn, who have been the show’s primary antagonists since season 1.
9New Christina Chong Music Accompanies Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3
Christina Is Dropping All-New Tracks With Her Strange New Worlds Cast
A new season ofStar Trek: Strange New Worldsalso means new music from Christina Chong. One of the standouts ofStar Trek’s first-ever musical episode,Christina released an EP titled “Twin Flames” in 2023, timed withStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 2. Chong followed it up at the end of the year with a naughty single, “Fck U 4 Xmas.”
AccompanyingStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3’s premiere, Christina Chong is back with new music.Her first new single, “Baby Blue Day,” features vocals by Ethan Peck, and Christina’s upcoming tracks will also include otherStar Trek: Strange New Worldscast members. Rumor has it that even Anson Mount may sing in one of Chong’s new songs.
8Patton Oswalt Will Guest Star In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
He Plays A Vulcan Named Doug
Vulcan comedy has become one ofStar Trek: Strange New Worlds’calling cards, andit’s only logical that Patton Oswalt dons a pair of pointed ears. Oswalt joinsStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3 in an upcoming episode, playing a Vulcan named “Doug.”
Possible options for Patton Oswalt’sStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3 episode are episode 6, “The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail” and episode 8, “Four-and-a-Half Vulcans.”
Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3’s trailer ends with a tag ofLieutenant Spock (Ethan Peck) mocking Doug for being"too slow"with his high-fives. Patton Oswalt is nerd royalty, of course, and Patton playing a Vulcan inStar Trekpromises to be fascinating.
7Dr. Roger Korby Joins Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Another Rooster In Nurse Chapel’s Henhouse
The first guest star announced forStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3, and one of the most anticipated, is Cillian O’Sullivan asDr. Roger Korby.Star Trek: The Original Seriesfans know Korby (Michael Strong) as the former fiancé of Nurse Christine Chapel (Majel Barrett-Roddenberry).Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3 depictshow Korby and Nurse Chapel’s (Jess Bush) romance began.
Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3’s trailer shows a brief glimpse ofLt. Spock punching Korby in the face, so not only do Christine’s two suitors meet, but they come to blows. Dr. Roger Korby will, no doubt, be a memorable addition toStar Trek: Strange New Worldsas his backstory with Chapel (and Spock) is expanded upon.
6Rhys Darby Will Guest Star In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Is He Playing Who We Think He’s Playing?
Another exciting and unpredictableStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3 guest star is Rhys Darby, the New Zealand comic actor best known for playing Captain Stede Bonnet in HBO’sOur Flag Means Death.Darby is playing an unknown character,yet one who seems very familiar toStar Trek: The Original Series' fans.
Given Rhys Darby’s costume and appearance inStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3,fans speculate that he is playing Trelane, who was originally played byWilliam Campbell inStar Trek: The Original Series'“The Squire of Gothos.” If so, how this will affect or alterStar Trekcanon remains to be seen, but Darby’s comic energy should be electric onStrange New Worlds.
5Captain Batel Survives The Gorn In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3
What Does It Mean To Survive A Gorn Infection?
Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 2’s finaleleft Captain Marie Batel (Melanie Scrofano) at death’s door after she was infected by Gorn eggs. Nurse Christine Chapel was left with the difficult and desperate task of trying to find a cure for Batel. However,Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3’s trailer makes it clear thatMarie survives.
Captain Batel only becomes more compelling because she lives.
Captain Batel’s story isn’t necessarily over when it comes to the Gorn, as she is poised to bethe first human known to survive a Gorn infection. What this could mean for Batel and her relationship with Captain Christopher Pike remains to be seen. However, Captain Batel only becomes more compelling because she lives inStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3.
4Uhura Finally Gets A Star Trek Love Interest
With Ortegas' Baby Brother
Star Trek: Strange New Worldshas made great strides in givingEnsign Nyota Uhura(Celia Rose Gooding) a backstory and agency thatStar Trek: The Original Seriesfailed to offer Lieutenant Uhura (Nichelle Nichols).Strange New Worldsseason 3 looks to correct another decades-old error bygiving Uhura her first romance.
Uhura and Scotty (James Doohan) shared a flirtation inStar Trek V: The Final FrontierandStar Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
It looks like Ensign Uhura may find love with Beto Ortegas (Mynor Luken), the younger brother of Lieutenant Erica Ortegas (Melissa Navia). Nyota and Beto is bound to irritate his big sister, who is also Uhura’s best friend. Sparks should fly on the Starshop Enterprise, andit’s long overdue for Uhura.
3More Lt. Erica Ortegas In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3
We Asked For #Mortegas
Lt. Erica Ortegasis one of the most popular characters inStar Trek: Strange New Worlds,and fans have long asked for more of Erica in the spotlight.Star Trek: Strange New Worldslooks to deliver on hashtag #Mortegasby giving the USS Enterprise’s snarky pilot a greater emphasis. There will evidently be a lot more Erica in season 3, and that’s a good thing.
Lieutenant Ortegas is all overStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3’s trailer, from battling her way out of the Gorn mothership, to donning 1960s sci-fi cosplay and 1970s wardrobe in a Hollywood murder mystery, to being front and center using a rotary telephone when the Starship Enterprise goes analog.
2Scotty Joins Star Trek: Strange New Worlds As A Series Regular
Mr. Scott & Commander Pelia Become An Engineering Dream Team
Lieutenant Montgomery Scott’s (Martin Quinn) arrival at the end ofStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 2 was a pleasant surprise. Even better, Martin Quinn’s Scotty is staying inStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3 as a series regular. This meansScotty joins Commander Pelia (Carol Kane) in Engineering, which leads to astounding comic possibilities.
Scotty’s potential inStar Trek: Strange New Worldsis limitless as he takes the crucial steps to becoming the future Chief Engineer of the USS Enterprise. Scotty interacting with Spock, Uhura, and even Lieutenant James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley) sets the stage for theStarship Enterprise’s future crew inStar Trek: The Original Series.
1Jonathan Frakes’ Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Episode
Can Frakes Top His Lower Decks Crossover?
Jonathan Frakes is one ofStar Trek’s greatest directors, and he delivered an all-timer with “Those Old Scientists,“Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 2’s crossoverwithStar Trek: Lower Decks.Can Frakes top it with hisStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3 episode, which is a Hollywood murder mystery set in a holodeck?
Along with Jonathan Frakes, Chris Fisher, Dan Liu, Valerie Weiss, Jordan Canning, Andrew Coutts, Sharon Lewis, Andi Armaganian, and Maja Vrvilo areStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3’s directors.
As an icon ofStar Trek: The Next Generation,Jonathan Frakes knowsStar Trekholodeck episodesbetter than anyone. Frakes also knows how to blend sci-fi and comedy with unforgettable results. “Those Old Scientists” is a high bar, but Jonathan calls his murder mystery episode"the best hour"of television he’s ever directed, so don’t bet against anotherStar Trek: Strange New Worldsinstant classic from Frakes.
