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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Tomorrow’s Enterprise [S4E10] & Season 4 – TV Review

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TL;DR – A heartfelt end to a very uneven season.

Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

Disclosure – I paid for the Paramount+ service used to view this series.

The USS Enterprise in front of a white hole.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Review Introduction

Well, we have reached the end of a very odd season of Star Trek. It almost feels like the beginning of the end, while also celebrating the series’ 60th birthday. The vibes are all over the place. Whatever the case, today we are going to take a little time to explore the series finale while also looking at the season as a whole.

So, to set the scene, the USS Enterprise is exploring a very rare phenomenon, a white hole. They are looking to see if white holes are the other end of black holes when a tractor beam strikes the ship after a signal shot out from the hole, impacting Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding) the most. It’s odd, almost like she can hear things that have not happened, a temporal paradox just affecting her. She hears Scotty’s (Martin Quinn) demise, but he is still fine, and then maybe she hears a disaster from the near future. Wait, why is that white hole now a black hole? Now, from here, we will be looking at the episode as a whole, so there will be [SPOILERS] ahead.

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Human Best Friend [S4E3] – TV Review

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TL;DR – Star Trek tries to do a Farscape episode; it has its moments, but it had completely fallen apart by the time the credits rolled.  

Rating: 2.5 out of 5.

Disclosure – I paid for the Paramount+ service used to view this series.

End Credit – There is a mid-credit scene

An Andorian and Edosian partying.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Review Introduction

Throughout the history of Star Trek, there has been the ‘shore leave episode’. They are a staple of the franchise, and there have been the highs of the titular Original Series episode Shore Leave and the lows of Deep Space Nine’s Let He Who Is Without Sin… Today Strange New Worlds is taking a swing at it and commits a bit too much in places and not enough in others.

So, to set the scene, back in Valles Marineris, it was mentioned that the crew has been going over six months without a break, and last week’s dive into horror, The Griffin Incident, probably didn’t help the situation. Understanding that tensions are fraught and the crew is heading into a difficult negotiation to end the civil war on Rodaxia, Pike (Anson Mount) decides that all the Alpha Shift needs to take some recreational leave. Thankfully, the hotel planet Cesnar is along the way. A planet whose atmosphere is intoxicating and brings everyone along on a journey. I mean, what is the worst that could happen if the whole bridge crew is high at the same time? Now, from here, we will be looking at the episode as a whole, so there will be [SPOILERS] ahead.

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