Sounds like the season finale is boldly going into the future.
Every Star Trek: Strange New Worlds title was officially revealed on Wednesday, July 15, along with its corresponding episode numbers on clever, trading-card-looking one-sheet posters featuring characters from the show. So, the complete SNW season 4 schedule is now filled out, courtesy of Collider, which fans can check out below.
July 23 (episode 1): “Valles Marineris” — Captain Pike image
July 30 (episode 2): “The Griffin Incident” — Spock image
Aug. 6 (episode 3): “Human Best Friend” — Ortegas image
Aug. 13 (episode 4): “A Case of Chiaroscuro” — Number One image
Aug. 20 (episode 5): “Level-Five Transporter Accident” — Scotty image
Aug. 27 (episode 6): “Off-Hour” — Chapel image
Sept. 3 (episode 7): “Like Chronitons Through the Hourglass” — Dr. M'Benga image
Sept. 10 (episode 8): “Orders of Magnitude” — Kirk image
Sept. 17 (episode 9): “Once La’an a Time” — La'an image
Sept. 24 (episode 10): “Tomorrow’s Enterprise” — Uhura image
Contrary to what director Chris Fisher said regarding which episode is the premiere, it seems like the Trek-meets-Yellowstone Western installment will kick off the next allotment of stories, rather than the Jurassic Park one, given these titles. However, I most intrigued by the time-traveling title for the season finale, “Tomorrow’s Enterprise” — more on that below, though.
I suspect the Yellowstone-esque story is up first in Strange New Worlds season 4 because the episode 1 title, “Valles Marineris” is the name of the biggest canyon in our solar system, which is located on Mars.
In the SNW teaser, official trailer, and photos online, fans have already caught a glimpse of Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount), Dr. M’Benga (Babs Olusanmokun), and La’an Noonien Singh (Christina Chong) riding horseback through the freezing desert of what appears to be the fourth planet from the sun.
The image Fisher said was from premiere corresponds with the dinosaur episode, which would seem to be episode 2, judging from the title, “The Griffin Incident.” For those who aren’t familiar with a Griffin, the lion-hawk hybrid was a mythical creature, which would fall in line with the “Jurassic” footage and photos online: dinosaurs, pterosaur, and Griffins... oh, my!
However, “Tomorrow’s Enterprise” intrigues me the most because of its implications: traveling forward in time and encountering a future version of the beloved starship, at least that's the vibe I got from the title. I also wonder if this will be part one of a time-travel twofer with the season 5 premiere picking up where things left off.
Lastly, I’d like to point out that it sounds as if the Pike puppet episode is lined up for “Level-Five Transporter Accident.” In the Strange New Worlds season 4 official trailer, there is a scene toward the end where the commander of the Enterprise can be seen sparkling (transporter beam?) in the captain’s chair, which is where the Muppet version of Pike is seated in last year’s SNW San Diego Comic-Con footage.
After glancing over the schedule, which episodes are you most excited about in season 4? Share your thoughts and comments with us on the Redshirts Always Die Facebook and X pages. And dinosaurs or not, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 4 debuts Thursday, July 23, on Paramount+.
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