# Star Trek Strange New Worlds season three {summer 2025} **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** star-trek-paramount\ **Created:** [April 2, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-three-summer-2025/1016541 "2025-04-02T21:07:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-three-summer-2025/1016541/81 "2025-08-22T02:34:50Z")
Agreed not as good. The jarring cut though fit. It is supposed to be through the lens of Beto’s footage. Shuttle footage got disrupted so we picked back up from the return to ship. Were they helping the side that had the nine million dead or the other one? I’m not sure. I thought that was part of the discomfort that at first hot take they were helping the aggressor side. Maybe I’m confused. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-three-summer-2025/1016541/82 "2025-08-22T02:44:57Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > That was a slow episode, I’m not a fan of this style at all. Yeah I didn’t know if I just wasn’t in the mood for it, but I see others are _meh_ on it, too. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-three-summer-2025/1016541/83 "2025-08-22T02:53:48Z")
This is a case where LowerDecks did it first - and better. Especially that episode with the Ro…mulans. We knew they had to be setting up something with Ortega’s brother being ‘authorized to do a documentary’ and him always filming stuff - and this then became it as seen thru ‘his eyes’ and biases - and we learn at the end the why. I didn’t mind certain aspects of it - but missed what was missing - the crew genuinly interacting with each other and solving the issue of the week - this style was too jumbled that we (the audience) never got the full story. And I was so hoping the alien was going to have a baby along that was going to attach to a nacelle. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-three-summer-2025/1016541/84 "2025-08-22T10:03:07Z")
I’m not sure why I should care about Oretega’s brother learning a lesson. He was a pretty weak character to begin with and now I care even less about him. If he had spent the previous episodes subtly badmouthing Starfleet at the very least there would have been some sort of narrative throughway for his character to this episode. Instead, his bias is just out of the blue. Or was there foreshadowing and I just missed it? > [@DSeid](#): > > Were they helping the side that had the nine million dead or the other one? I’m not sure. I thought that was part of the discomfort that at first hot take they were helping the aggressor side. Maybe I’m confused. They were helping the nine million dead people. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-three-summer-2025/1016541/85 "2025-08-22T11:24:37Z")
Well he did have a character arc. This episode revealed the reason he had a chip on his shoulder about Starfleet was he was scared that his sister had almost died from the Gorn. That part did make sense I just didn’t like how his dialogue sounded like someone on Tumblr in 2025. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-three-summer-2025/1016541/86 "2025-08-22T22:45:53Z")
Am I the only one who half expected the creature to have something to do with spore trans dimensional ones from Disco? Did Star Fleet Command care anything about anything other than either gaining control of it or minimally preventing the weaponized creature getting under Klingon control (since the planet that weaponized it had previously apparently worked with the Klingons)? Nice that this ship is good people. Family for each other. But bottom line is the clear message that they would be those “just following orders” even if they found the orders repugnant. And being real: they have more often been functioning in military capacities than pure exploration for its own sake. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-three-summer-2025/1016541/87 "2025-08-22T22:58:54Z")
I was wondering at how the Jikaru was moving; it seemed to be moving wings up and down which might work in an atmosphere. But in the vacuum of space? And the question posed by the documentarian (is Starfleet a group of peaceful explorers and scientists or are they a military force?) sounds like one I’ve heard people pose in real life. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-three-summer-2025/1016541/88 "2025-08-22T23:19:46Z")
The jikaru was very pretty. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-three-summer-2025/1016541/89 "2025-08-23T01:07:19Z")
I assumed it has a biological version of a solar sail to move. Either way space born life is a staple of Star Trek and Sci Fi in general so I’ll allow it. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-three-summer-2025/1016541/90 "2025-08-23T03:07:26Z")
They said some technobabble converting something into some sort of particles explanation that Ortega I think said amounted to it being like it had an engine. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-three-summer-2025/1016541/91 "2025-08-23T04:38:35Z")
Something about ion generation. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-three-summer-2025/1016541/92 "2025-08-23T18:22:12Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > Did Star Fleet Command care anything about anything other than either gaining control of it or minimally preventing the weaponized creature getting under Klingon control (since the planet that weaponized it had previously apparently worked with the Klingons)? Like the captain said, that is “classified.” But, surely, the Federation embroils itself in foreign wars out of pure magnanimity. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-three-summer-2025/1016541/93 "2025-08-25T22:30:50Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > > [@What\_Exit](#): > > > > Also why did I think Patton Oswalt was going to be in this one? > > I can’t find anywhere that mentions which episode he’s going to be in. Going by the episode titles only, I think it will probably be episode 6, “The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail”. (Second choice, 4.5 Vulcans.) And it’s 4.5 Vulcans. > **[Preview “Four-And-A-Half Vulcans” With 14 New Images From ‘Star Trek: Strange...](https://trekmovie.com/2025/08/25/preview-four-and-a-half-vulcans-with-14-new-images-from-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-episode-308/)** > > New episode arrives on Thursday. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-three-summer-2025/1016541/94 "2025-08-25T22:31:44Z")
Cool, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-three-summer-2025/1016541/95 "2025-08-28T08:49:43Z")
Well that was zany. Heads-up, 4.5 Vulcans has a pretty long post-credits scene. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-three-summer-2025/1016541/96 "2025-08-28T14:15:24Z")
Yeah. It was zany and fun. But honestly the season is too much fun. I like the goofy eps, but the series overall is out of whack towards the wacky? It’s becoming excessive in its campy fun. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-three-summer-2025/1016541/97 "2025-08-28T14:20:26Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > It’s becoming excessive in its campy fun. That’s always been enough for me with Trek. Long story and character arcs are overrated. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-three-summer-2025/1016541/98 "2025-08-28T14:24:49Z")
So far this season we have five serious episodes and three light ones. Serious: Hegemony, Part II Shuttle to Kenfori Through the Lens of Time The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail What Is Starfleet? Light: Wedding Bell Blues A Space Adventure Hour Four-and-a-Half Vulcans ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-three-summer-2025/1016541/99 "2025-08-28T14:33:31Z")
I don’t need the long story arcs. Stand alone eps are wonderful. (Do like characters I care about which usually means they grow.) But Star Trek isn’t ‘60s Adam West _Batman. Lower Decks_ worked so well partly because it had more of a serious make you think balance than you went in it expecting. I’m thinking this is more than every other ep is leaning into comedy and camp or “special” (the playing with the documentary format)? ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-three-summer-2025/1016541/100 "2025-08-28T14:50:37Z")
Three all out zany. The “special” documentary bit. A zombie ep. A Raiders of the Lost Ark one. So yeah less than half truly camp, some more covers of other sci fi motifs. And really only one that hit the sort of story I personally love from the universe Trek (The Sehlet Who Ate Its Tail.) Not perfect but in the ball park. I am still a fan. Enjoying it. But I do want to see the characters and the universe not only as funny or as takes on broader tropes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-three-summer-2025/1016541.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-three-summer-2025/1016541.md?page=6)