Star Trek Strange New Worlds Season 3 Reaction: Episode 3

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 Star Trek Strange New Worlds
Season 3 Reaction: Episode 3


Shuttle to Kenfori

The whole concept of the captain taking on a personal "off the books" mission to obtain thing needed to save someone close to them is very classic Star Trek.  It was also nice to see some more Pike/M'Benga scenes, as well as some background on M'Benga.  The zombies elements is a bit cliche at this point, but it serves to plot fine.  It was a fun twist that the female Klingon leading the "hunting party" was the daughter of Dak'Rah from season 2's "Under the Cloak of War".  Also Klingon discommendation is a nice lore reference callback to TNG and Worf's discommendation to protect the house of Duras.  I have to say, I thought the scene at the end with Una dressing down Ortegas could have been better, especially seeing as the timing of their arrival at the planet was actually critical in getting Pike and M'Benga out.  Also, if the mission to Kenfori was off the record, then shouldn't ALL of it have been off the record, including the Enterprises flight through the system to retrieve M'Benga and Pike?  Therefore there should be no record of what happened during those events, including the "insubordination".  I get that the writers were further exploring the implications of what Ortegas experienced during the Gorn incident (Hegemony 1/2), but A: that was three months ago, and B: it is a TV series, and in TV this kind of thing can get old after a while.

Observations: I like Uhura's new hairdo.  Not so sure about Number One's.  The soundtrack when the Klingons started hunting Pike and M'Benga sounded (at least to me) a little reminiscent of Star Trek VI.  After all of Star Trek Discovery it's really nice to see some "real" (i.e. classic) Klingons for a change.  I did like the little touches like the TNG/DS9-esqe Klingon tricorder and D'K'Tagh knife, and M'Benga's reference to sto-vo-kor.  Also, the Klingon uniforms definitely evoke the vibes of the TOS Klingon costumes (the gold top, black pants, the design of the belt buckle).  Definitely a huge step in the right direction from Star Trek Discovery's "Klingons".


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