# Strange New Worlds season 2 to start June 15, 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** star-trek-paramount\ **Created:** [June 3, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959 "2023-06-03T15:25:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**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:** [July 21, 2023, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/141 "2023-07-21T03:06:22Z")
I know a show is great when the stupid parts can be easily ignored! Who cares? It was fun! Seriously. I think even the “previously on” parts were done well, as they misdirected our expectations for where it was going to go. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2023, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/142 "2023-07-21T04:07:22Z")
Boy! That was a really expensive Real Cookie Day for the Federation. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/143 "2023-07-21T04:18:16Z")
A nice bit of Continuity: in the TOS episode Menagerie Kirk said he first met Pike when he was promoted to Fleet Captain which he was (temporarily) in this episode. I liked this even if the mystery was very obvious very quickly but I forgive Trek for going to the same well over and over. When you produce hundreds of episodes, stories will be reused. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2023, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/144 "2023-07-21T05:13:40Z")
Certain aliens are going to be in a lot of pain when certain protostars ignite. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/145 "2023-07-23T01:58:59Z")
FYI because of Comic con the SNW Lower Decks cross over is available to watch now. I liked it! ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/146 "2023-07-23T05:45:06Z")
That physical installation had a substantial dollar value attached to it. This is a multimillion dollar operation. She can’t make that kind of decision. She’s just a grunt! No offense. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2023, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/147 "2023-07-23T05:51:21Z")
What are these “dollars” of which you speak? ---
**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:** [July 23, 2023, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/148 "2023-07-23T06:59:12Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > FYI because of Comic con the SNW Lower Decks cross over is available to watch now. I liked it! Thanks for pointing this out. Episode did not disappoint. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/149 "2023-07-23T20:30:52Z")
That was an excellent episode. Really well done cross-over. I loved that Boimler was still Boimler. Don’t skip the opening, special fun to watch for this episode. Did anyone know who Pelia was referencing with the become the hero story? ---
**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:** [July 23, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/150 "2023-07-23T20:46:37Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Don’t skip the opening, special fun to watch for this episode. [![](https://i.postimg.cc/DwH2w05P/Strange-New-koala.jpg) ](https://i.postimg.cc/DwH2w05P/Strange-New-koala.jpg) ---
**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:** [July 23, 2023, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/151 "2023-07-23T20:51:49Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Did anyone know who Pelia was referencing with the become the hero story? Cary Grant. [https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/cary\_grant\_113633](https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/cary_grant_113633) ---
**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:** [July 23, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/152 "2023-07-23T20:53:05Z")
Nice, I thought it sounded vaguely familiar but I couldn’t place it. 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:** [July 23, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/153 "2023-07-23T20:53:39Z")
I recognized it immediately by googling for it. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/154 "2023-07-23T21:03:32Z")
As a fan of both shows this latest episode was a real treat. Also the references to _Enterprise_ toward the end. Jonathan Frakes directed this episode, he seems to do a pretty good job. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2023, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/155 "2023-07-23T21:09:09Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Jonathan Frakes directed this episode, he seems to do a pretty good job. “Riker!” ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/156 "2023-07-24T02:43:51Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Jonathan Frakes directed this episode, he seems to do a pretty good job. That came as no surprise to me - Frakes has become one of the better Trek directors. Except for perhaps Wrath of Khan, he directed the best of the films. Definitely a fun episode, but I was disappointed we did not get to see live-action Tendi. She’s my favorite on Lower Decks. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2023, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/157 "2023-07-24T02:47:14Z")
Nimoy, the Voyage Home. Star Trek IV. The Whale Movie. Also Frakes directed a good one and a terrible one. **Star Trek: First Contact (1996)** Good, very good. **Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)** Bad, very bad. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/158 "2023-07-24T03:19:08Z")
> [@Llama\_Llogophile](#): > > Definitely a fun episode, but I was disappointed we did not get to see live-action Tendi. She’s my favorite on Lower Decks. I thought about why they might have done that, and I think it’s because Tendi (and Rutherford) are very different from their voice actors. Tendi’s actor is Noel Wells, who is 5’5”. Tawny Newsome is about 5’10”, and Jack Quaid is 6’ even. It might have been jarring to see them standing side by side. I mostly remember Wells from _Master of None_, where she played Aziz Ansari’s girlfriend early in the series. [![](https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/09_uaap_03918r.jpg) ](https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/09_uaap_03918r.jpg) Eugene Cordero, who voices Rutherford, is 5’7”. Fans of _The Good Place_ might remember him as Jason’s best friend, “Pill Boy”. [![](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/medium_portrait/185/464471.jpg) ](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/medium_portrait/185/464471.jpg) Again, I think it might have been a bit jarring. Just a WAG from me. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/159 "2023-07-24T03:39:30Z")
Loved the episode. It’s a measure of how good the show is that in midst of this rampant silliness, they can do a scene like the one with Boimler and Chapel in the turbolift that’s legit dramatic and moving. Oh, and the ending, at Capt. Pike’s party? “What’s _in_ these things?!” ---
**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:** [July 26, 2023, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/160 "2023-07-26T22:06:19Z")
I saw and enjoyed the crossover episode today (despite being cool on the Lower Decks show). It was fun to watch the Lower Decks crew fanboying over the Enterprise crew (and the ship itself). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959.md?page=9)