{"id":1905601,"date":"2026-04-27T17:09:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T14:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1905601"},"modified":"2026-04-27T17:09:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T14:09:48","slug":"star-trek-strange-new-worlds-returns-for-its-penultimate-season-on-july-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1905601","title":{"rendered":"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds returns for its penultimate season on July 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/m8XpeJPcKOVGB8HCY4_6wQ&#8211;\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD03MjA-\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2026-04\/1ef4de10-425a-11f1-ad7f-98b5d0f2d11c&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"article-53c9c57b-3fa9-4dd0-962e-a37b01870c5f\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"mx-auto md:px-10 md:max-w-[1220px]\">\n<nav class=\"prestige-breadcrumb relative mx-4 md:mx-0\" aria-label=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<ol class=\"no-scrollbar overflow-scroll whitespace-nowrap text-battleship\">\n<li class=\"inline\">\n<li class=\"inline-block cursor-default last:pr-10 md:last:pr-20 font-bold\">Entertainment<\/li>\n<li class=\"inline-block cursor-default last:pr-10 md:last:pr-20 ml-2 before:mb-0.5 before:mr-3 before:inline-block before:size-2 before:rotate-45 before:border-r-2 before:border-t-2 before:border-battleship\">TV &amp; movies<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<header class=\"mb-4 px-4 md:mb-6 md:px-0\">\n<h1 class=\"layout-h1 my-2 font-bold leading-tight\">Star Trek: Strange New Worlds returns for its penultimate season on July 23<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"my-2 text-[18px] font-light leading-5 md:max-w-[660px] md:text-[20px]\/[28px]\">A trailer teases a darker tone when compared to last year&#8217;s episodes, but it also has dinosaurs.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"flex-col items-start lg:flex lg:flex-row lg:items-center lg:justify-between mt-6\">\n<div class=\"relative md:mr-[10px]\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n<div class=\"flex mr-2\">\n<div class=\"shrink-0 cursor-pointer inline-block size-[42px] lg:size-[48px]\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt role=\"img\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full rounded-full object-cover object-center shadow-[0_0_0_2px_#ffffff]\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/TcQCYKuJU_9Vi2dogRUGcg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTgwO2g9ODA-\/https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2023-04%2Fbe2dabc0-dee3-11ed-af74-cc21123945d3&amp;compress=1&amp;progressive=1&amp;quality=75&amp;client=hawkeye&amp;signature=b1b4a88b5678acf357d4ca80e15ee9cff64e9455\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-block\">\n<div class=\"w-max text-sm\/5 font-semibold lg:!flex flex items-center\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col\">\n<div class=\"flex w-max items-center\">Lawrence Bonk<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"font-normal sm:before:inline-block\">Contributing Reporter<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lg:hidden\">\n<div class=\"text-xs text-dolphin dark:text-shark md:text-sm\/5 pt-4\">\n<div class=\"inline-block\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-27T17:09:48.000Z\">Mon, April 27, 2026 at 5:09 PM UTC<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ml-0 mt-4 flex items-center lg:ml-3 lg:mt-0\">\n<div class=\"ml-0 mr-2\">\n<div class=\"relative flex\">Add Engadget on Google<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hidden lg:block\">\n<div class=\"text-xs text-dolphin dark:text-shark md:text-sm\/5 pt-4\">\n<div class=\"inline-block\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-27T17:09:48.000Z\">Mon, April 27, 2026 at 5:09 PM UTC<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid grid-cols-1 gap-x-8 lg:gap-x-0 mx-auto md:px-10 md:max-w-[1220px] md:grid-cols-[[main-start]_1fr_[main-end_right-start]_min-content_[right-end]] lg:!gap-x-8\">\n<div class=\"md:col-main\" data-i13n-boundary=\"true\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"grid grid-cols-[[fullbleed-start_body-start]_minmax(auto,750px)_[body-end_fullbleed-end]]\">\n<figure class=\"relative col-body mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative overflow-hidden fig-image-round left-1\/2 w-screen -translate-x-1\/2 md:left-0 md:w-auto md:translate-x-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt class=\"object-cover object-center\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/gfZwZ1S5Vot_rF4rCpLKfg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD03NDY-\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2026-04\/1ef4de10-425a-11f1-ad7f-98b5d0f2d11c\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-[0.875rem]\/[1.25rem] figure-caption mt-1 line-clamp-2 mt-2.5 md:mt-2 pr-2.5\">\n<div><span>Paramount <\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid grid-cols-article-mobile md:grid-cols-article lg:max-w-[750px] drop-cap\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\"><em>Star Trek: Strange New Worlds<\/em><ins>returns for its fourth season<\/ins> via Paramount Plus on July 23. The ten episodes air weekly until September 24. This is actually the second-to-last batch of episodes, as the show was recently <ins>renewed for a fifth and final season<\/ins>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">The streamer has dropped a trailer for season four and it looks promising. The tone looks slightly darker when compared to season three, which was maligned for <ins>being a bit too silly and uneven<\/ins>. The trailer is narrated by Anson Mount&#8217;s Captain Christopher Pike, who discusses the &#8220;terror&#8221; of space as a planet explodes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">This is still <em>Strange New Worlds<\/em>, so it won&#8217;t be all doom and gloom. The trailer shows us a screeching alien dinosaur, which is pretty fun. There have also been reports that season four <ins>will feature a puppet episode<\/ins> with involvement from Jim Henson&#8217;s Creature Shop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">This new batch of episodes will lean even heavier into connections to the original <em>Star Trek<\/em> show from the 1960s. Paul Wesley&#8217;s version of Captain Kirk features prominently in several scenes, with one looking like a direct callback to <em>Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan<\/em>. A younger Scotty also makes an appearance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-fullbleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<div class=\"py-2 text-center text-xs uppercase\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_oh9nam95feiv5tilbH1_\">\n<div class=\"flex size-full items-center justify-center bg-marshmallow text-center leading-3\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-body mb-4 hidden pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:block\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_18h9nam95feiv5tilbH1_\">\n<div class=\"flex size-full items-center justify-center bg-marshmallow text-center leading-3\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">For the uninitiated, <em>Star Trek: Strange New Worlds<\/em> is a prequel to the first show and starts several years before Kirk takes over as captain of the Enterprise. It&#8217;s been said that the series will end with Kirk taking the big chair. It&#8217;s also primarily an episodic series, with no real serialized season-long arcs. <ins>It&#8217;s pretty good<\/ins>!<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">It&#8217;s also ending in the near future. Season five will presumably premiere next year and will include just six episodes. As a matter of fact, it looks like the modern incarnation of Star Trek is ending in totality. Sets are being taken down and there are currently <ins>no new shows in production<\/ins> for the first time in a decade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">This is a bummer, <ins>even if I didn&#8217;t always love<\/ins> some of the newer content. The upcoming second season of <em>Starfleet Academy<\/em> will be its last, which is exceptionally sad because it was really <ins>beginning to fire on all cylinders<\/ins>. It was 12 years between the final episode of <em>Star Trek: Enterprise<\/em> and the first episode of <em>Star Trek: Discovery<\/em>, which kicked off the modern era. Who knows how long we&#8217;ll have to wait this time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"md:col-main grid grid-cols-article-mobile md:grid-cols-article lg:max-w-[750px]\">\n<div class=\"no-scrollbar col-body mx-4 mb-8 mt-2.5 overflow-x-scroll whitespace-nowrap md:mx-0 md:max-w-[750px] md:overflow-x-visible md:hidden\">\n<div class=\"mx-auto max-w-screen-sm\">\n<ul class=\"inline-flex text-xs md:text-sm\">\n<li class=\"mr-6\">About our ads<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"grid grid-cols-article-mobile md:grid-cols-article lg:max-w-[750px] drop-cap\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\"><em>Star Trek: Strange New Worlds<\/em><ins>returns for its fourth season<\/ins> via Paramount Plus on July 23. The ten episodes air weekly until September 24. This is actually the second-to-last batch of episodes, as the show was recently <ins>renewed for a fifth and final season<\/ins>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">The streamer has dropped a trailer for season four and it looks promising. The tone looks slightly darker when compared to season three, which was maligned for <ins>being a bit too silly and uneven<\/ins>. The trailer is narrated by Anson Mount&#8217;s Captain Christopher Pike, who discusses the &#8220;terror&#8221; of space as a planet explodes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">This is still <em>Strange New Worlds<\/em>, so it won&#8217;t be all doom and gloom. The trailer shows us a screeching alien dinosaur, which is pretty fun. There have also been reports that season four <ins>will feature a puppet episode<\/ins> with involvement from Jim Henson&#8217;s Creature Shop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">This new batch of episodes will lean even heavier into connections to the original <em>Star Trek<\/em> show from the 1960s. Paul Wesley&#8217;s version of Captain Kirk features prominently in several scenes, with one looking like a direct callback to <em>Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan<\/em>. A younger Scotty also makes an appearance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-fullbleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<div class=\"py-2 text-center text-xs uppercase\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_oh9nam95feiv5tilbH1_\">\n<div class=\"flex size-full items-center justify-center bg-marshmallow text-center leading-3\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-body mb-4 hidden pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:block\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_18h9nam95feiv5tilbH1_\">\n<div class=\"flex size-full items-center justify-center bg-marshmallow text-center leading-3\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">For the uninitiated, <em>Star Trek: Strange New Worlds<\/em> is a prequel to the first show and starts several years before Kirk takes over as captain of the Enterprise. It&#8217;s been said that the series will end with Kirk taking the big chair. It&#8217;s also primarily an episodic series, with no real serialized season-long arcs. <ins>It&#8217;s pretty good<\/ins>!<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">It&#8217;s also ending in the near future. Season five will presumably premiere next year and will include just six episodes. As a matter of fact, it looks like the modern incarnation of Star Trek is ending in totality. Sets are being taken down and there are currently <ins>no new shows in production<\/ins> for the first time in a decade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">This is a bummer, <ins>even if I didn&#8217;t always love<\/ins> some of the newer content. The upcoming second season of <em>Starfleet Academy<\/em> will be its last, which is exceptionally sad because it was really <ins>beginning to fire on all cylinders<\/ins>. It was 12 years between the final episode of <em>Star Trek: Enterprise<\/em> and the first episode of <em>Star Trek: Discovery<\/em>, which kicked off the modern era. Who knows how long we&#8217;ll have to wait this time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/entertainment\/tv-movies\/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-returns-for-its-penultimate-season-on-july-23-170946603.html&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/m8XpeJPcKOVGB8HCY4_6wQ&#8211;\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD03MjA-\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2026-04\/1ef4de10-425a-11f1-ad7f-98b5d0f2d11c&#8221;] Entertainment TV &amp; movies Star Trek: Strange New Worlds returns for its penultimate season on July 23 A trailer teases a darker tone when compared to last year&#8217;s episodes, but it also has dinosaurs. 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