The Strange New Blog

Aug. 10, 2025

'Through The Lens of Time' Offers a Window Into a More Interesting TV Show

'Through The Lens of Time' Offers a Window Into a More Interesting TV Show

"Through the Lens of Time" is, perhaps, symptomatic of how there is something endemic affecting Strange New Worlds episodes. There is everything here that should make a good episode: strong character work, a mystery, proper TOS-style science ficti…

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Aug. 4, 2025

Preview Nine New Stills from Strange New Worlds “Through the Lens of Time”

Preview Nine New Stills from Strange New Worlds “Through the Lens of Time”

Strange New Worlds  continues its third season this week with Episode 305: "Through the Lens of Time."Written by Onitra Johnson and Davy Perez, and directed by Andi Armaganian, season three officially hits the midpoint, and the newest batch o…

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July 31, 2025

“A Space Adventure Hour” Offers Excitement, Mystery, and a Muddled Message

“A Space Adventure Hour” Offers Excitement, Mystery, and a Muddled Message

I will probably annoy a lot of people by saying I didn’t like this episode as much as I perhaps should have. Listen - for the sake of the record, I did enjoy the conceit of the murder mystery. I did enjoy watching our cast play pastiches of th…

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July 30, 2025

Strange New Spectacle: A Vulcan Wedding, Zombies, and 60's Camp at Warp 10

Strange New Spectacle: A Vulcan Wedding, Zombies, and 60's Camp at Warp 10

You know how they say “expect the unexpected” at San Diego Comic-Con?This year, Strange New Worlds said, “Hold my poisoned martini glass.”Welcome to Strange New Spectacle, a fully live, fully bonkers, totally fabulous imm…

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July 30, 2025

Khan Returns: Star Trek’s New Scripted Podcast Launches This September

Khan Returns: Star Trek’s New Scripted Podcast Launches This September

KHAAAAAAN! A New Era for Star Trek’s Most Iconic Villain Begins This SeptemberGirafe and I are still recovering from a crazy week at San Diego Comic Con, but as the lights dimmed and the Star Trek theme played,   one unex…

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July 28, 2025

Preview: Murder, Mystery, and the Enterprise in SNW "A Space Adventure Hour"

Preview: Murder, Mystery, and the Enterprise in SNW "A Space Adventure Hour"

After back-to-back genre swings with "The Elysian Kingdom" and the musical episode "Subspace Rhapsody," and now those puppets coming in season four, Strange New Worlds  isn’t slowing down.Episode 304, titled “A Space Adventure Hou…

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July 27, 2025

IDW Sets Phasers to STUN at SDCC With The Next Frontier of Star Trek Comics

IDW Sets Phasers to STUN at SDCC With The Next Frontier of Star Trek Comics

The final day of San Diego Comic-Con brought with it one last burst of warp speed energy thanks to the IDW Publishing Star Trek: The Next Frontier panelAnd if you thought Sunday would be quiet...nah. It was wall-to-wall Trek from Red Shirts to The…

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July 26, 2025

The Puppets Have Beamed Aboard: Strange New Worlds Unveils Puppet Episode at Comic-Con!

The Puppets Have Beamed Aboard: Strange New Worlds Unveils Puppet Episode at Comic-Con!

It’s not every day that Hall H explodes into cheers over a puppetBut leave it to Star Trek: Strange New Worlds to boldly go where no Trek has gone before… straight into Muppet territory.During the Star Trek Universe panel at San Die…

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July 26, 2025

Class Is In Session: Starfleet Academy Wows Hall H with First Trailer, New Details, and That Starship Reveal

Class Is In Session: Starfleet Academy Wows Hall H with First Trailer, New Details, and That Starship Reveal

Star Trek  fans packed into Hall H today got their first glimpse at the next generation of bold explorers when Paramount+ dropped the Starfleet Academy teaser trailer.And yes, we were there. Myself and Girafe were in the room as the lights di…

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July 25, 2025

First Look at Starfleet Academy: Klingons, Cadets, and the Return of The Doctor

First Look at Starfleet Academy: Klingons, Cadets, and the Return of The Doctor

First Look at Starfleet Academy – 12 New Images Tease the Future of TrekParamount just dropped a surprise ahead of tomorrow’s Star Trek Universe panel at San Diego Comic-Con: a first-look photo set from Starfleet Academy Season 1, and …

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July 25, 2025

Set Phasers to Collect: Nacelle’s Star Trek Line Beams into SDCC

Set Phasers to Collect: Nacelle’s Star Trek Line Beams into SDCC

One of the biggest surprises for Star Trek fans at San Diego Comic-Con came courtesy of The Nacelle Company, which revealed a bold and deeply fan-driven vision for its next wave of Star Trek action figures.Yesterday's panel began with Nacelle Comp…

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July 24, 2025

"Shuttle to Kenfori" Enters Hostile Space and Delivers Most of the Goods

"Shuttle to Kenfori" Enters Hostile Space and Delivers Most of the Goods

“Shuttle to Kenfori” is a good episode, slightly overstuffed with plot. A mildly unnecessary homage to zombie plots obscures a reasonably interesting Klingon plot, and the best character work the show’s done since it started, in …

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July 23, 2025

Inside Paramount+'s The Lodge 2025: Holodecks, Hurricanes, and Heists

Inside Paramount+'s The Lodge 2025: Holodecks, Hurricanes, and Heists

Computer, initiate program...When Girafe and I passed by The Lodge around 1:30 PM, it was clearly still in the final stages of construction. That’s why when we returned just a few hours later for our 4:00 PM press preview, we were honestly f…

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July 21, 2025

Strange New Worlds Gears Up For “Shuttle to Kenfori” With Six New Images

Strange New Worlds Gears Up For “Shuttle to Kenfori” With Six New Images

This week’s new episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, “Shuttle to Kenfori”, is nearly here...And we’ve got a fresh set of six official stills to tide us over until launch day. While we won’t speculate on story spe…

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July 21, 2025

Trek Takes the Streets: Strange New Worlds Comes Alive at San Diego Comic-Con

Trek Takes the Streets: Strange New Worlds Comes Alive at San Diego Comic-Con

If you thought Season 3 of Strange New Worlds was going to quietly drop and settle into your Thursday night watchlist... think again.Paramount+ and the creative minds at JFI Productions are making first contact with San Diego Comic-Con in the most…

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July 21, 2025

Strange New Worlds "Wedding Bell Blues" Offers Fun, Hi-Jinks, and Little Else

Strange New Worlds "Wedding Bell Blues" Offers Fun, Hi-Jinks, and Little Else

I know that’s a very savage title, but here’s the thing. "Wedding Bell Blues" was a fun episode. It was. It’s just that that’s…all it was. It didn’t do anything particularly new with the concept of Spock and Ch…

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July 19, 2025

Things Get Weird in Strange New Worlds “Wedding Bell Blues” With 22 New Images

Things Get Weird in Strange New Worlds “Wedding Bell Blues” With 22 New Images

A Familiar Face Crashes the Party in “Wedding Bell Blues”Two episodes in one week? We’re catching up fast, and Episode two of Strange New Worlds Season three brings some serious chaotic energy. Paramount dropped a fresh batch of …

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July 18, 2025

Strange New Worlds returns with Sound and Fury in Hegemony, Part II

Strange New Worlds returns with Sound and Fury in Hegemony, Part II

Strange New Worlds  returns with Sound and Fury, signifying…Something?Strange New Worlds is back! After two years, two strikes and two-thirds of a corporate buyouts, Paramount’s lead Star Trek show has returned to our screens wit…

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July 15, 2025

Boldly Back in the Gaslamp: Paramount+’s The Lodge Returns to San Diego Comic-Con

Boldly Back in the Gaslamp: Paramount+’s The Lodge Returns to San Diego Comic-Con

One of the hottest offsite destinations at San Diego Comic-Con is beaming back into the Gaslamp District.Paramount+’s The Lodge is returning for its third year with its most ambitious, immersive experience yet. Running from Wednesday, July 2…

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July 14, 2025

Strange New Worlds Is Back! Preview the Two-Episode Premiere with 14 New Images

Strange New Worlds Is Back! Preview the Two-Episode Premiere with 14 New Images

Strange New Worlds  is back, and it's about damn time.After what felt like an actual eternity waiting to find out after the horrific events on Parnassus Beta, Star Trek’s best-kept (and best-dressed) secret has finally returned for Seas…

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July 8, 2025

The Star Trek Universe Returns to Hall H at SDCC

The Star Trek Universe Returns to Hall H at SDCC

And It’s Bringing Some Serious FirepowerSan Diego Comic-Con is almost here, and if you're like us, your warp core is running hot with anticipation. Why? Because Paramount just confirmed that Star Trek is beaming back into Hall H with an abso…

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June 16, 2025

Tribeca Festival Rolls Out the Red Carpet For "Strange New Worlds"

Tribeca Festival Rolls Out the Red Carpet For "Strange New Worlds"

There’s something uniquely electric about watching Star Trek with a crowd, and last night at Tribeca Festival, that magic was turned up to warp 10.Hundreds of fans, press, and industry insiders packed the Indeed Theater for the world premier…

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June 14, 2025

“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” Season Three Feels Like Coming Home Again

“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” Season Three Feels Like Coming Home Again

What do you say about something that you love takes a break for a while, only to come back two years later looking like a million bucks? That’s Strange New Worlds season three, at least when it comes to the first half. A little over three ye…

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June 12, 2025

"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" to End with Season Five

"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" to End with Season Five

On June 12, 2025, Paramount+ officially announced that Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has been renewed for a fifth and final season. The farewell season will consist of six episodes, with production kicking off later this year.That sentence hits a …

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