The latest trailer for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ third season is only about 90 seconds long, which is a shame, because it’s fun. “Our job is to bring light, bring warmth, bring life back to wherever we go,” Number One (Rebecca Romijn) says in voiceover as the first few images play. And then the trailer does just that, promising new adventures, new romances, and plenty of the particular, delightful Captain-Space-Daddy-and-his-crew-of-genius-young-folks style this show has been delivering for two seasons already.
The synopsis tells us nothing about plot, just vibes:
In season three, when we reconnect with the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise, still under the command of Captain Pike, they face the conclusion of season two’s harrowing encounter with the Gorn. But new life and civilizations await, including a villain that will test our characters’ grit and resolve. An exciting twist on classic Star Trek, season three takes characters both new and beloved to new heights, and dives into thrilling adventures of faith, duty, romance, comedy and mystery, with varying genres never before seen on any other Star Trek.
They really want you to think this is not like any other Trek, don’t they? Interesting. Also it’s certainly a choice to note that the Enterprise is “still” captained by Pike (Anson Mount), who has a serious moment in the trailer when he tells young James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley), “The choices you make in that chair—they are yours to make, and yours to live with.”
Strange New Worlds also stars Ethan Peck, Jess Bush, Christina Chong, Celia Rose Gooding, Melissa Navia, Babs Olusanmokun, and Martin Quinn. This season, we also get guest stars Rhys Darby, Patton Oswalt, Cillian O’Sullivan, Melanie Scrofano, and Carol Kane. Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers are co-showrunners.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds returns—with two episodes!—on Paramount+ on July 17th. As a special treat, the first season will be available for free June 30th through July 31st on Pluto TV, Paramount+ channels on Amazon, Apple and Roku, Paramount+’s Free Content Hub, and Paramount+’s YouTube channel.
