# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/161 "2023-07-27T00:16:11Z")
This episode was just perfect. Great humor, great in-jokes, great references, fantastic acting, I can’t think of a better episode. SO MUCH FUN! Riker! ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/162 "2023-07-27T17:16:29Z")
It looks like the cross over was a bonus this week. There is a new episode available today like normal (I had assumed the crossover was this week’s episode). ---
**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 27, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/163 "2023-07-27T18:04:45Z")
Huh. I had assumed that, too. Hadn’t even checked for a new episode. ---
**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 27, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/164 "2023-07-27T18:07:50Z")
I made the same assumption, now I have something extra to look forward to. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/165 "2023-07-27T19:18:21Z")
Saw the new episode. A bit of a tonal shift from the previous one. Note to self: do not push M’Benga too far. ---
**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 27, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/166 "2023-07-27T21:01:28Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Saw the new episode. A bit of a tonal shift from the previous one. Yeah, that was one of two things I was going to mention. The second is that something that should have been pink wasn’t pink. ---
**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 28, 2023, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/167 "2023-07-28T00:54:16Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Note to self: do not push M’Benga too far. I realized that after the first episode this season, where he revealed himself to be a Klingon War veteran with advanced MMA skills and access to a Super Soldier Hypospray. ---
**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 28, 2023, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/168 "2023-07-28T05:06:42Z")
Was that TOS alum Clint Howard as the base commander? ---
**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 28, 2023, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/169 "2023-07-28T05:25:15Z")
Yes. (Discord characters.) ---
**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 28, 2023, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/170 "2023-07-28T05:34:21Z")
I was amused to see him. ![](https://media.tenor.com/eUQ2kIoJRKYAAAAC/fall-weather.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/171 "2023-07-28T11:23:46Z")
I wonder if two roles in the same franchise separated by 50+ years is some kind of record. This episode did not have the optimistic Trek ending I crave but the acting was really good. ---
**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 28, 2023, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/172 "2023-07-28T11:35:07Z")
I think Clint Howard already held the record, he was on **Discovery** in 2018 as Creepy Orion. > **["Star Trek: Discovery" Will You Take My Hand? (TV Episode 2018) ⭐ 7.1 |...](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6902346/?ref_=nm_flmg_eps_tt_1)** > > 45m | TV-PG Bernard Cribbins as Wilfred Mott {Donna’s Grandfather) on **Doctor Who** was the previous record holder having played Mott as recently as 2010 and Tom Campbell in **Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.** 1966. [Video Link](https://imdb-video.media-imdb.com/vi1559609625/1434659607842-pgv4ql-1602858708765.mp4?Expires=1690629653&Signature=A1~wzFnatvGPK4GmzSlHt3dCNKMrAR28Gt~fgpPtkmOsh4Udxaov~I17POznrhLleV80iQHy7RhEJFxCXFxB1MlVd8pS~5MAp0r0wm8Do50XWUetMC4stJfhMZdIQ~FBci39FIS~OGTVed32u6qbKsitp4lORRbO6yGgTsxDY1ydTlFe7a-NI~EkHHs4t0TZzKeXUeiQVfQxF-ta--it1ZWCBhkKa45CkIoN7GhvpmjWOZYLW0IwAxKqN~ZzeizljLfi6VqGBcCTs8B55QDWaH05IyWmJvOgSH-u2qJyPRQZ3o1oSIlEem4BCySc9GGIcumetR3w9KCNHYzxfUgOYQ__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIFLZBVQZ24NQH3KA)(hint, it wasn’t good) * * * * * * That was a very dark episode, I think the darkest for Strange New Worlds and a bit jarring after the prior episode. ---
**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 28, 2023, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/173 "2023-07-28T11:50:27Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > The second is that something that should have been pink wasn’t pink. Since more people have had a chance to watch this by now, I’ll be less vague. The Klingon blood on the knife was red. But it seems like the color issue is already muddled. > **[Klingon Blood Is Pink? Why Star Trek VI Made It So](https://screenrant.com/star-trek-vi-klingon-pink-blood-reason/)** > > The most feared warriors in the galaxy have pink blood. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/174 "2023-07-28T15:00:42Z")
Yeah at this point Star Trek 6 is the outlier when it comes to Klingon Blood. ---
**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 28, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/175 "2023-07-28T15:27:20Z")
ST:SNW takes place before the brilliant Klingon pharmaceutical company, Procter & Gamble, introduced Pepto Bismol to the galaxy. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/176 "2023-07-28T15:38:26Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Yeah at this point Star Trek 6 is the outlier when it comes to Klingon Blood. I’ll just go with Worf’s “We do not discuss it!” bit. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/177 "2023-07-28T19:22:43Z")
On Worf’s Honor. ---
**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 28, 2023, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/178 "2023-07-28T19:55:35Z")
BTW, what was the significance of the saddle in the crossover episode? ---
**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 28, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/179 "2023-07-28T19:58:19Z")
It is just an object seen in that stateroom before. No major significance. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959/180 "2023-07-28T20:08:17Z")
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