In the same tradition that produced a fairy tale story in Season 1, the Lower Decks crossover and musical in Season 2, and the recently-announced puppet episode for Season 4, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 delivered an episode with an especially kooky premise this week on the 2025 TV schedule.

Strange New Worlds just delivered the first-ever team-up of two iconic members of Kirk’s USS Enterprise crew. Written by Dana Horgan & Kathryn Lyn and directed by Jonathan Frakes, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3,

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Thursday’s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. This week’s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds introduced us to the cast of a fictional 1960s sci-fi TV show… and the star of that show sounded very familiar.