foreign now that Star Trek's Strange New World season 2 wrapped up filming at the
end of September it's time to take a deeper look at what we can expect for the Enterprise's
sophomore season under Captain Christopher Pike thanks to several energetic and honest
interviews with its cast about the upcoming season we are told we can expect season two
to be season one on steroids but what exactly does that mean and should it actually make us
nervous also what new things have we learned about the crew going into season two and what
are the details of the much anticipated Crossover with lower decks boimler we did it we'll share
all of this plus Gorn an old face in a new role and a new face in an old role plus we
have a few surprises nobody is talking about yet so you don't want to miss this episode
to boldly go where no one has gone before
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hold the jester the first season of Star Trek strange new worlds was a massive hit with both
long time and new Star Trek fans alike it seems as if the classic formula of space exploration
combined with an episodic planet of the week was exactly what fans have been looking for as
the show has quickly become the leading show in the Star Trek franchise but don't take our words
for it you only need to look as far as the 2022 Saturn Awards as we have a strange new winner that
seems to confirm the Freshman show outpaced other streaming science fiction shows like the Orville
New Horizons the Mandalorian and the expanse and it never looked back but accolades aside Strange
New World season 2 needs to prove its success wasn't some random streaming spatial anomaly
thankfully a big part of strange New World success has come in the form of Anson Mount
who plays Captain Pike in the series his debut in Season Two of Discovery has been a breath of fresh
air for fans looking for an exciting charismatic and hopeful Captain his character is arguably the
reason strange new worlds exist at all so when Mount says if you thought we took some big swings
in season one and we did it in a lot of different ways we're going for the rafters in season two in
fact if you could put a theme to Strange New World season 2 it would have to be we're going
big every member of the cast has referred to the show being bigger and better than before co-show
Runners Akiva goldsmen and Alonso Myers have been described by their cast as courageous and
mount has said season two will push the limits of the genre exactly how courageous the showrunners
plan on being for season two will be a key to continued success Mount admits to not being a
conservative Storyteller at all in an interview with collider about season two Mount said I'm
all for saying F tradition let's do it our way but even I found myself going really can we do
this hearing this is a star Star Trek fan who enjoyed Strange New World season one and wants
more of what that had to offer this could make you a bit nervous the good news is that most of
the rhetoric seems to surround around the topic of genre if you were a fan of season 1 episode 8
the Elysian Kingdom where the crew becomes stuck in a nebula that's home to an alien Consciousness
which traps the crew in a fairy tale then you'll see what they are talking about really Star Trek
especially the original series tackled multiple genres to include westerns gangsters and yes even
fantasies expect strange new worlds to really explore strange new worlds and as a result many
of the storytelling genres we are familiar with if they can do it in that special Star Trek way
then season two will be just fine but what will be new with the crew in season two will ortagus
and Chapel finally get their own episodes does La on come back to the Enterprise will Spock find
himself deeper in a love triangle and what exactly is going on with lower decks crossover do it again
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foreign decks and strange new worlds one of the biggest pieces of news coming into Strange New
World season 2 was the announcement that the popular animated Star Trek series lower decks
would be doing a crossover during season two Anson Beckett Mariner played by Tawny Newsom and Ensign
Brad boimler played by Jack Quaid will transform into live action characters while captain pike
gets the two-dimensional treatment contrary to Fan theories that the crossover would involve time
travel or take place on the Holodeck Newsome confirms that they will actually set foot on
the Enterprise in the show Jonathan Frakes of Commander William Riker on Star Trek the Next
Generation Fame directed the episode and describes it as being a hysterical comedy and he said they
took a big swing with this crossover saying that he thinks this is one of the reasons the show is
successful what the hell is happening the barriers between Quantum realities are breaking down
other realities were emerging into our own the crew Strange New World season 2 will show more
of the captain pike and Lieutenant Ortega's witty reparte there's obviously a story there since it's
unusual for a Starship Captain to be so informal with their Helmsman Pike's story will pick up
where it left off however Mount hinted that we'll see a pike making the most out of life because
of the fact that he knows what he has left una's story may be one of the most compelling as last we
saw her she was being arrested by Captain Patel for violating the federation's ban on genetic
modifications by being an illyrian we were left on a cliffhanger with Captain Pike telling Battelle
this isn't over we can expect part of The Season's story arc to include securing una's freedom and
reinstating her as Pike's first officer played by the wonderful Rebecca Romaine the wise and what's
will be compelling even if we already know her future place on board the Enterprise is secure
as we'll eventually see her in the events of the cage LA on nunyan Singh's story was left
with some uncertainty as she formally requested a leave of absence from the Enterprise following
the events of the Gorn and episode 9 all those who wander Leon chooses to help return orianna
to her family of course a sneak peek of season 2 has already given away that LA on is back at
her post on the Enterprise so hopefully we learn whatever soul-searching she was going to find as
she makes peace with her past with a Gorn we've already been promised morgorn for season two so
she won't be able to escape her past completely seeing played by Christina Chung has teased that
the con side of law on will rear its head during season two and that's enough to raise a few Vulcan
eyebrows but what people really want to know is exactly how much loan will be chumming up to our
young Captain Kirk played by Paul Wesley the two actors joked about being in Long scenes together
and keeping everyone on set longer than normal it's apparent the two will have lots of scenes
together during season two and since we all know Kirk is a ladies man the question is is LA
on a man's lady yeah that doesn't work no but what exactly will be the relationship between these two
characters in the upcoming season Spock played by Ethan Peck will continue to really wrestle with
his Human Side much more according to Peck he will continue his experimentation with human emotions
and it will lead to fundamental changes in some very important relationships in his life that's
right to praying we're looking at you expect to see more of the Spock to bring relationship
sprinkled with a bit of nurse Chapel not too much because the will they won't they continues all the
way through the original series but expect to feel uncomfortable in a room with three of them a few
times this season we don't have a lot of insight on Chapel's character played by Jess Bush except
to say she didn't get her own episode in season one and we hope we get the nurse Chapel origin
story early in season two we do know that Strange New World season 2 will definitely be giving
Lieutenant Erica Ortegas her own episode played by Melissa Navia the helmsman's long-awaited
spotlight white could potentially Give us new information on Star Trek's Klingon War Erica
honored her Fallen comrades during season one's Starfleet Remembrance Day and this could tie into
the Klingon war of 2256 and 2257 which was waged just a couple of years before strange new worlds
began it's likely Ortegas is a veteran of the Klingon War prior to coming to the Enterprise
she served on the USS Palenque and lost many of her crewmates which likely happened during that
war although Discovery fought some battles with Klingons much of the war happened on the sidelines
of the first season of Discovery Pike was also kept out of the war by Starfleet so Ortega's
past could give the Klingon War a new personal perspective that we didn't see in Discovery
this may also allow us to explore the special relationship between her and Pike as he was a test
pilot and possibly her Mentor at one point prior to being on the Enterprise the season 2 preview of
strange new worlds comes from the ortega-centered episode where we see see that she is excited to
finally be going on a landing party but is crushed to be pulled from at last minute to continue
maneuvering the Enterprise there appears to be a lot more depth to Ortega's character than we've
seen up to this point Dr embenga will of course be back and he won't constantly have one eye on
the medical transporter now that his daughter is free there is much to be explored by our doctor
as we know he will eventually come to work under Dr McCoy at some point in the future other than
that his slate is clean and the showrunners will hopefully open up a new path for his character to
develop and explore Uhura played by the wonderful Celia Gooding had a fully fleshed out season one
and it wouldn't surprise us in the least bit if her character slid more into the background as the
show tries to explore these other newer characters her interactions with hemmer during season 1 will
no doubt continue to shape her character and choices as she embarks on the full Starfleet
journey in season two old face in a new role and a new face in an old role you're just stalling
now you'd like to think that wouldn't you she's someone most of us will recognize from her roles
in taxi The Princess Bride and the unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt nice Carol Kane is a comedian and
she'll be sliding into the role of chief engineer palia we know everyone was expecting Mr Scott but
showrunner said they weren't quite ready to bring him into the show instead we get Kane who we can
assume as palia will offer more comedic timing to the show like tignataro does for Discovery Kane
might be able to deliver on the classic Woody charm most Starfleet Chief Engineers seem to
attain although we are still unsure why Hammer had to go we'll give pulia a fair shot when the
Enterprise's engines though in the end she's only heating up Mr Scott's chair and we don't believe
showrunners will be able to fend him off longer than season three but we'll have to wait and see
Paul Wesley's Captain Kirk will have one of the biggest obstacles to overcome in season two he
will play a big role in the season but not in the same way he did during the finale of season one in
that episode Kirk was an older alternate reality version of the character and different from the
one we are about to see in season two according to Wesley this version of Kirk will be different
and not so serious this version of Kirk will be a lieutenant on the Farragut so he hasn't developed
into the Kirk we know when asked how Wesley approached the character considering he's filling
the shoes of a legendary actor and cultural icon he said it's important to respect the character
who came before him but not to mimic William Shatner he was told to bring his own version
of Kirk to the screen and they have a lot of confidence in how he portrays him whether or not
we like Captain Kirk is yet to be determined but will give him his fair Shake there is no release
date for Strange New World season 2 but we think we have these Star Trek people figured out pretty
well and we can probably get it in the ballpark with Picard season 3 airing February 16th of next
year expect Star Trek strange new worlds to air the week after the finale of Picard that would
put Strange New World season 2 airing on or about May 4th how do you like that Star Wars [Music]
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