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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Boldly go one step closer to where it all began.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
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TV DNA
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Signature profile
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds reads strongest on Character Depth, World Building and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Follow Captain Christopher Pike, Science Officer Spock and Number One in the years before Captain Kirk boarded the U.S.S. Enterprise, as they explore new worlds around the galaxy.
The run
Seasons
4 seasons · 40 episodes.

Season 0 · Complete
Specials
202031 episodes
Special installments of the series.

Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
202210 episodes
7.4IMDbThe series follows the voyages of the Starfleet starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), captained by Christopher Pike, during its second five-year mission (2259-2264), which precedes Captain James T. Kirk's five-year mission narrated in the television series Star Trek. The series picks up on stardate 1738.12 (2259), a couple of years after the events that occurred in the second season of the television series Star Trek: Discovery, when Pike temporarily captained the USS Discovery.
Best episode · S01E10 A Quality of Mercy

Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
202310 episodes
7.5IMDbIn season two, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise, under the command of Captain Christopher Pike, confronts increasingly dangerous stakes, explores uncharted territories and encounters new life and civilizations. The crew will also embark on personal journeys that will continue to test their resolve and redefine their destinies. Facing friends and enemies both new and familiar, their adventures will unfold in surprising ways never seen before.
Best episode · S02E07 Those Old Scientists

Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
202510 episodes
6.5IMDbIn 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.
Best episode · S03E06 The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail

Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
202610 episodes
6.6IMDbIn the fourth season, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise—led by Captain Christopher Pike—embarks on a series of thrilling and emotional adventures across the stars. As they journey to strange new worlds, they battle inner demons and external threats, encounter colorful new characters, reunite with familiar faces and confront terrifying aliens. Through it all, they strive to embrace a bright, hopeful future.
Best episode · S04E01 Valles Marineris
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S01E10
A Quality of Mercy
Just as Captain Pike thinks he's figured out how to escape his fate, he's visited by his future self, who shows him the consequences of his actions.
- Directed by Chris Fisher
- Written by Akiva Goldsman, Henry Alonso Myers

S02E07
Those Old Scientists
An accident while investigating a time portal sends Ensign Brad Boimler through time from the twenty-fourth century, and Captain Pike and his crew must get him back where he belongs before he can somehow alter the timeline.
- Directed by Jonathan Frakes
- Written by Kathryn Lyn, Bill Wolkoff

S02E02
Ad Astra per Aspera
Commander Una faces court-martial along with possible imprisonment and dishonorable dismissal from Starfleet, and her defense is in the hands of a lawyer who’s also a childhood friend with whom she had a terrible falling out.
- Directed by Valerie Weiss
- Written by Dana Horgan

S01E04
Memento Mori
While on a routine supply mission to a colony planet, the U.S.S. Enterprise comes under an attack from an unknown malevolent force. Pike brings all his heart and experience to bear in facing the crisis, but the security officer warns him that the enemy cannot be dealt with by conventional Starfleet means.
- Directed by Dan Liu
- Written by Davy Perez, Beau DeMayo

S01E09
All Those Who Wander
The U.S.S. Enterprise crew comes face-to-face with their demons – and scary monsters too – when their landing party is stranded on a barren planet with a ravenous enemy.
- Directed by Christopher J. Byrne
- Written by Davy Perez

S02E10
Hegemony (1)
When the U.S.S. Enterprise investigates an attack on a colony at the edge of Federation space, Captain Pike and his crew face the return of a formidable enemy.
- Directed by Maja Vrvilo
- Written by Henry Alonso Myers
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S04E03
Human Best Friend

S04E02
Griffin Incident

S04E01
Valles Marineris
S00E26
Deleted Scenes "New Life and New Civilizations"
S00E13
Deleted Scenes "Hegemony (2)"
S00E17
Gag Reel "A Space Adventure Hour"
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

Alex Kurtzman
Creator

Akiva Goldsman
Creator

Jenny Lumet
Showrunner

Trevor Roth
Executive producer
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Dana Horgan
Executive producer

Aaron Baiers
Executive producer
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Frank Siracusa
Executive producer
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Davy Perez
Executive producer

Chris Fisher
Executive producer

Heather Kadin
Executive producer

John Weber
Executive producer
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Henry Alonso Myers
Executive producer

Eugene Roddenberry
Executive producer

Robbie Thompson
Writer
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Sarah Tarkoff
Writer
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Kathryn Lyn
Writer

Akela Cooper
Writer
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Robin Wasserman
Writer

Alan B. McElroy
Writer
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David Reed
Writer
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Beau DeMayo
Writer
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Kirsten Beyer
Writer
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Onitra Johnson
Writer
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Bill Wolkoff
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Trevor RothExecutive Producer
- Dana HorganExecutive Producer
- Aaron BaiersExecutive Producer
- Alex KurtzmanExecutive Producer
- Frank SiracusaExecutive Producer
- Andrea RaffaghelloProducer
Writing
- Dana HorganWriter
- Robbie ThompsonWriter
- Davy PerezWriter
- Sarah TarkoffWriter
- Kathryn LynWriter
- Akela CooperWriter
Direction
- Andi ArmaganianDirector
- Axelle CarolynDirector
- Eduardo SánchezDirector
- Dan LiuDirector
- Valerie WeissDirector
- Amanda RowDirector
Cinematography
- Magdalena GórkaDirector of Photography
- Ian AndersonDirector of Photography
- Benji BakshiDirector of Photography
- Glen KeenanDirector of Photography
- Maya BankovicDirector of Photography
Music
- Nami MelumadOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
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The wider universe
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