Season three of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will begin building the friendship between Spock and Lt. Kirk

The friendship between Mr. Spock [Leonard Nimoy] and Captain James T. Kirk [William Shatner] in Star Trek: The Original Series is the stuff of legends. This is forever cemented by the scene in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan when Spock is dying from radiation poisoning after saving the Enterprise. Spock shares the poignant words "I have been...and always shall be...your friend." And Kirk is forced to watch his friend take his last breath. It's an emotional moment that still leaves a lump in the throat today even though we know Spock was brought back in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.

In season three, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is looking towards establishing that friendship between a younger Spock [Ethan Peck] and Lt. Kirk [Paul Wesley], and according to a recent interview with Screenrant [via CBR], Wesley, who won a Saturn Award for Best Guest Star in a Television Series for the role, says there's "some amazing stuff in season three" which will begin building the relationship between the two characters.

Though Wesley describes the characters as opposite, he also calls them "yin and yang in a good way." And that was never more true than in The Original Series. Spock, being Vulcan, always approached problems from a logical perspective while Kirk had to deal with human emotions that didn't always equate to logic.

"We have some amazing stuff in Season 3. It’s a slow burn. You don’t want to explore everything out of the gate. It’s nice to have the characters slowly get to know one another because that friendship is so important to this series," Wesley said. "It’s really nice to sprinkle hints of what’s to come. Hints of how connected they will be, even though they could not be more opposite. Kirk and Spock are very yin and yang in a good way. We explore that. The short answer is yes. We very much explore that in Season 3. But I think we intentionally let it slowly build."

- Paul Wesley

Knowing that Strange New Worlds is beginning the process of connecting these two legendary characters gives us even more to look forward to as this new season starts as the friendship between this pair is an important part of Star Trek history.