Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Episode 9 Review

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One of the really great things about Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is that instead of being a series that follows a story from one week to the next, each particular installment is a stand-alone tale. Certainly there are things learned and remembered from week to week, there isn't a real need to pick up one week where the last one left off. By making Strange New Worlds this way, the show can jump all over the map when it comes to tone and plot. That allows for the show to jump from last week's episode, which was a bit more light-hearted, to the latest installment which took a hard turn towards horror science fiction.

The season has also been about combining the more traditional elements of a Star Trek show with other genres. There was the show that was clearly all about politics of the day. Then there was the installment that made the Enterprise look and feel very much like it was a submarine in a standoff with a much more powerful enemy. This time around, there was a definite homage being paid to horror movies set in space that came before them. In some ways, it felt like more than an homage but even when the episode came dangerously close to straight ripping off other science fiction films, it managed to make the plot its own.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Episode 7 Review

The crew of the Enterprise starts off this week's story with much love, happiness and comradery. It turns out that a couple of the younger members of the detail are being promoted and may even be moving off the ship. That includes everyone's favorite linguist, Uhura who believes that her tour with Star Fleet is about to come to an end. Of course, anyone who is a devotee of Star Trek knows full well that she doesn't leave, but that's not really the point