Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Warning: SPOILERS For Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds Season 3Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is heading into its remaining two seasons, and the final 16 episodes should ship one thing that Star Trek: The Unique Collection ever did. Though the just lately ended Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 was divisive, seasons 4 and 5 are on their solution to Paramount+.

Surprisingly and pleasingly, Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds boasts an abundance of Kirks. Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds‘ collection premiere ended with the shock introduction of Lieutenant Sam Kirk (Dan Jeannotte), a pal of Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount), who’s a xenobiologist on the USS Enterprise.

Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds season 1’s finale launched Lieutenant James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley), though he was initially only a file on Pike’s display. Paul Wesley performed two alternate actuality variations of Jim Kirk earlier than Star Trek‘s Prime Timeline Lt. James T. Kirk beamed aboard the Starship Enterprise.

Sam and Jim Kirk have solely had a few interactions in Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds seasons 2 and three, and much more of them referencing one another to different characters. Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds has to offer us the final word Kirk brothers story.

A Kirk Brothers Group-Up Should Occur In Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds’ Remaining Seasons

Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds seasons 4 and 5 solely have a mixed 16 episodes left, and one among them has to incorporate Lt. Commander James T. Kirk and Lt. Sam Kirk lastly teaming up and dealing collectively.

Sam’s dynamic along with his youthful brother has revolved round jealousy. Jim is the favored star of the 2 brothers, who’s extra intently following of their father, Lt. George Kirk‘s, Starfleet footsteps. When he was promoted to First Officer of the USS Farragut, James broke George’s document as Starfleet’s youngest Quantity One.

Sam does have bragging rights of his personal, nevertheless. The mustachioed Kirk secured a coveted spot as a xenoanthropologist aboard the USS Enterprise. Sam’s one large factor he can lord over his little brother, Jim, is that he is serving aboard the flagship of the United Federation of Planets.

Sam and Jim shared the display in Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds season 2, episode 6, “Misplaced in Translation,” and that led to laborious emotions. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3’s finale, “New Life and New Civilizations,” noticed Sam provide Jim a glass of whiskey as an olive department, and the Kirks drank collectively like brothers ought to.

Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds‘ remaining two seasons should workforce Sam and Jim Kirk collectively on a mission, so we are able to lastly see the Kirk brothers work collectively for the primary time since Sam was launched in Star Trek: The Unique Collection 58 years in the past.

Maybe Sam is quickly transferred to the USS Farragut and positioned underneath his youthful brother’s command. Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds can lastly inform the story of why Sam chooses to go away the USS Enterprise when Captain James T. Kirk takes over reasonably than serve with him.

Why Sam & James T. Kirk Might By no means Group-Up In Star Trek: The Unique Seasons

George Samuel Kirk appeared solely as soon as in Star Trek: The Unique Collection, and he was already useless. Earlier than Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds reintroduced him, Sam was performed by William Shatner (sporting a mustache) in Star Trek: The Original Series season 1‘s remaining episode, “Operation – Annihilate!”

Since Sam Kirk was basically a cameo in Star Trek: The Unique Collection, William Shatner was solid to play his personal just lately deceased older brother.

There was by no means a possibility in Nineteen Sixties Star Trek to develop Sam Kirk exterior of what “Operation – Annihilate!” revealed about him, a lot much less workforce up Jim and Sam Kirk.

Sam Kirk was an afterthought for 55 years and was not talked about exterior of Star Trek novels and ancillary supplies earlier than he resurfaced aboard the Starship Enterprise in Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds’ collection premiere.

Unusual New Worlds Can Additionally Remedy One other Kirk Household Thriller

Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds seasons 4 and 5 should not solely benefit from this golden alternative to workforce up Sam and Jim Kirk, however the prequel saga may additionally reply much more questions in regards to the Kirk household.

James and Sam’s father, Lt. George Kirk, has not appeared in Star Trek‘s TV collection canon. George Kirk was performed by Chris Hemsworth, and his spouse, Winona Kirk, was portrayed by Jennifer Morrison, in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek (2009).

Apparently, George and Winona Kirk in Star Trek (2009) technically depend as happening in Star Trek‘s Prime Universe canon, since they existed when Nero (Eric Bana) time-traveled from 2387 aboard the Nerada, and the Romulans destroying the USS Kelvin is what created the alternate Kelvin Timeline.

Nonetheless, Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds has the distinctive alternative to recast George and Winona Kirk and set up the entire Kirk family collectively. Maybe George and Winona will seem on the finish of Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds when James turns into Captain Kirk and takes command of the USS Enterprise.

Curiously, Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds has additionally not talked about the truth that Sam Kirk is already married and has younger sons. There may be loads of alternative for Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds’ remaining 16 episodes to totally spherical out the Kirk household legacy.

Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds‘ govt producers and co-showrunners, Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers, hope to proceed Captain Kirk’s Starship Enterprise in a spinoff dubbed Star Trek: 12 months One. However by then, Sam may have already exited the Enterprise, and will probably be too late for Sam to workforce up with Jim.

Launch Date

Could 5, 2022

Community

Paramount+

Showrunner

Henry Alonso Myers, Akiva Goldsman