Star Trek: Strange New Worlds star Melissa Navia says season 2 will be even better than the first. The Paramount+ series is still airing its critically acclaimed first season, with season 2 currently filming. It is expected to be released in 2023. Strange New Worlds stars Navia, Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, Jess Bush, Celia Rose Gooding, Christina Chong, Babs Olusanmokun, Bruce Horak, and Rebecca Romijn.
Strange New Worlds takes place a decade before the events of Star Trek: The Original Series and follows Captain Pike (Mount) as he leads the crew of the USS Enterprise to explore new worlds throughout the reaches of space. Strange New Worlds features a more episodic structure than other contemporary Star Trek shows, harkening back to the plots of The Original Series and The Next Generation. Strange New Worlds has already foreshadowed stories and character beats explored in broader Star Trek canon, indicating more references to past stories are to be expected in future episodes.
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In an interview with CinemaBlend, Navia talks about the high quality of the scripts she's receiving for Strange New Worlds season 2, saying they're better than season 1. Navia has lots of praise for what's ahead, which she says includes hints of classic Star Trek and real life science. Read her quote below:
I think I would even go so far as to say it’s even better than 1, and Season 1 we are really happy with. Season 2, we just keep getting these scripts that are just knocking it out of the park. It incorporates Trek, and it incorporates history, it incorporates actual science and technology. And then it interweaves it in a way that makes you want to be on the Enterprise. It
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