Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Season 1

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Paramount+ | Season Premiere Date: May 5, 2022

Summary: The Star Trek: Discovery spinoff follows Captain Pike (Anson Mount), Science Officer Spock (Ethan Peck) and Number One (Rebecca Romijn) as they explore the galaxy on the U.S.S. Enterprise.

Creator: Alex Kurtzman and Akiva Goldsman and Jenny Lumet

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E2. Children of the Comet
Air Date: May 12, 2022
4.3
S1:E1. Strange New Worlds
Air Date: May 5, 2022

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Terry Terrones

May 2, 2022

Season 1 Review: Smart, addictive and flat out fun, Strange New Worlds is the best Star Trek series since The Next Generation and acts as a faithful love letter to the original. Old fan or new, this is a trek you’ll certainly want to take. Read full review

IndieWire Christian Blauvelt

May 2, 2022

Season 1 Review: Somehow the way “Strange New Worlds” addresses our present moment feels the most effective narrative choice to date. Read full review

Robert Lloyd

May 4, 2022

Season 1 Review: What “Strange New Worlds” brings back is some of the Buck Rogers brio of the original series. ... There is enough of William Shatner’s puckishness in Mount that one may easily forget that this is the Pike and Spock Show, and not the Kirk and Spock Show. ... It is in the “Star Trek” way of things to get a little cornball, a little goofball, a little silly. This is more feature than bug. Earnestness has the edge over sense; science, if you want to call it that — it often amounts to magic here — just serves the drama, the philosophy and the themes. Read full review

Zaki Hasan

May 2, 2022

Season 1 Review: While existing within that canon, “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” leverages audience familiarity in a manner that’s welcoming rather than suffocating. As the title implies, this is a loving throwback to the spirit of exploration and derring-do so intrinsic to the brand over the past six decades (right down to Mount reciting a version of the “Space, the final frontier” narration that both Shatner and Stewart had a go at in previous incarnations), while pointing toward a future full of possibilities. Read full review

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Rob Owen

May 5, 2022

Season 1 Review: “Strange New Worlds” is at its best in its fifth episode, which delivers more cheeky fun and short bursts of character development with economy that are more meaningful than the paragraphs of breathless character exposition found in the first four episodes. Read full review

Darren Franich

May 3, 2022

Season 1 Review: This latest Trek marks the fullest embrace of the canon's history ever, really. ... Mount was already delightful as Pike on Discovery, and this show leans into his charm. Read full review

Pat Brown

May 9, 2022

Season 1 Review: The first six episodes are fun, light, and well-crafted, but much of what Strange New Worlds offers can’t help but come off as clever franchise strategizing. Read full review

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Simon_Says

May 12, 2022

Never thought I'd say this since Kelvin, but this actually looks good so far. Contrarily to DIS/PIC and co. Some real Trek for the TOS/TNG fans once. The Orville actually might have some competition now. We'll see.

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helohe

May 5, 2022

Finally star trek as it was and as it should be. A much needed refreshment after the disappointments that were ST:Disc S1 and Picard: S1

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vityatsoi

May 5, 2022

that was the best trek show since 90s. im pretty sure there will be a lot of haters from echo-chambers, the pure fact that 21 century crisis was mentioned in ep 1 will be a trigger. maaan, did time change. now you can't have a female badass character without some incel arguing that it's 'politics'

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MandatoryName

May 12, 2022

I hate Discovery. I hate Picard. This I don't hate. I am also very confused by all the hate others are giving this comparing it to Picard and Discovery. This isn't either of those shows. Give it a few more episodes before you throw it in the trash. I did knock off a point for that awfulI hate Discovery. I hate Picard. This I don't hate. I am also very confused by all the hate others are giving this comparing it to Picard and Discovery. This isn't either of those shows. Give it a few more episodes before you throw it in the trash. I did knock off a point for that awful lesbian haircut though. If the show gets worse I will update my review but so far I like it.… Expand

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Gregnator

May 17, 2022

As someone who still thinks that Picard and Discovery are not Trek, and shouldn't exist, I was just burned too many times so I had no expectations at all for Star Trek Strange New Worlds.
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I was ready to skip the intro sequence, seeing the intro's for Picard and Discovery are horribleAs someone who still thinks that Picard and Discovery are not Trek, and shouldn't exist, I was just burned too many times so I had no expectations at all for Star Trek Strange New Worlds.
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I was ready to skip the intro sequence, seeing the intro's for Picard and Discovery are horrible and aren't Trek at all, this intro was what I'd consider "old trek" or "actual Trek".

The first episode was a decent 6.5. The hamfisted "Jan 6" scene already breaks canon (Trump and Obama don't exist in canon because there was the Eugenics war in the 90's which they now set after 2024 for no reason at all). It was the best of New Trek, but other than that small moment, the episode was great.

The second episode is a solid 8.
It felt like old trek, it honored old trek, and I still don't despise a single character yet!

For those who have lost hope in all Trek, try this one out. So far, so good.… Expand

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PhoenixReveiws

May 9, 2022

While it is an improvement over the awful shows they've been tossing out like Picard, Discovery, and the abomination that was Lower Decks. I'm not yet convinced that this can be an improvement over said shows, however, it does show promise. As another viewer has said: "so much for 'strangeWhile it is an improvement over the awful shows they've been tossing out like Picard, Discovery, and the abomination that was Lower Decks. I'm not yet convinced that this can be an improvement over said shows, however, it does show promise. As another viewer has said: "so much for 'strange new worlds'" it does seem to be a very political first episode, but I see this as a possible good thing or a possible bad thing, the Star Trek we all know and love did dabble in space politics, but it was not directly tied to real-world events, and that's just the thing isn't it? Many movies have been forcing politics down our throats and calling it entertainment, but if they stray away from this they might have something good on their hands.… Expand

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dtg12

May 7, 2022

This appears to be the more of the same as previous recent Star Treks - instead of focus on sci-fi, we get modern gender tropes (you know, men weak and stupid, women flawless) situated in incoherent, boring stories.

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: May 5, 2022
- tbd
  S1:E2. Children of the Comet
  Air Date: May 12, 2022
- 4.3
  S1:E1. Strange New Worlds
  Air Date: May 5, 2022