Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
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Hi, Im Sophie, your guest recapper.
As they say, both on Broadway and in outer space, on with the show!
The writers ofStar Trek: Strange New Worldsdid not have to go so hard.
Not even a supersize portion of hand-wavy, Its SCIENCE, okay?!
Its so fun to watch the crew members being hypercompetent.
What if the naturally occurring subspace fold could triple the speed of subspace communications?
They could invent interstellar texting!
Perhaps dynamic harmonics (a.k.a.
songs) would work?
Pelia is a bit cheeky and is still a somewhat mysterious character.
Is she being a sincerely helpful, nearly immortal physics genius, or a trickster?
Maybe its a bit of both.
It is, as they repeat several times, so peculiar.
Shout-out to Polce and Hanley for writing toward their cast members skills.
Actor, supermodel, singer she can do it all!
Seems unlikely, but at least theyre not terrified of bunnies likeBuffys resident vengeance demon andleporiphobia sufferer, Anya.
This leads to a trio of related songs about balancing the responsibilities of leadership with ones feelings.
Throughout this song, the camera keeps panning to Laan, crouched behind a hallway buttress.
Is it any wonder that Laan raises the alarm about the crews emotions being a security threat?
Kudos to Christina Chong and Paul Wesley for leaning into the maybe-next-lifetime of it all.
All that honesty may be for naught, though.
The threat of total communications annihilation grows more intense now that even the Klingons are affected.
Chapels is the most fun song of the episode so far, and yet it also raises some questions.
You came in hot.
Its making me sweat.
I love this line delivery so much and have been waiting all season for it.
Musical Pun Watch: Pike tells Uhura and Spock, Youre applying old rules to a new reality.
I suggest you find a different tempo.
Does the grand finale include an homage toThe Muppet Showtheme song?
