The fourth season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds moves towards its end this week. We have details and a bunch of new photos from the season’s eighth episode.  There be spoilers ahead.

“Orders of Magnitude”

This week’s episode is titled “Orders of Magnitude,” a ratio scale that escalates at the power of ten, indicating some intensity ahead. It features the return of Paul Wesley as James T. Kirk. The new episode was written by Alan B. McElroy, and directed by Sharon Lewis. Episode eight (of ten) of season four arrives on Thursday, September 10. UPDATE: The new trailer shows how the episode features Emmy-winner Joe Morton (Scandal), as a Starfleet admiral.

Synopsis:

Starfleet commandeers the Enterprise for an alien pursuit that grows far beyond its original orders.

UPDATE: Trailer

New photos:

(L-R): Martin Quinn as Scotty and Christina Chong as La’an Noonien-Singh in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, episode 8, season 4, streaming on Paramount+, 2026. Photo Credit: Jan Thijs/Paramount+

(L-R): Rebecca Romijn as Una, Anson Mount as Captain Pike, and Celia Rose Gooding as Uhura in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, episode 8, season 4, streaming on Paramount+, 2026. Photo Credit: Jan Thijs/Paramount+

(L-R): Anson Mount as Captain Pike, Celia Rose Gooding as Uhura, Jess Bush as Christine Chapel, Rebecca Romijn as Una, and Bianca Nugara as A’Sha in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, episode 8, season 4, streaming on Paramount+, 2026. Photo Credit: Jan Thijs/Paramount+

(L-R): Anson Mount as Captain Pike, Jess Bush as Christine Chapel, Celia Rose Gooding as Uhura, Bianca Nugara as A’Sha, and Rebecca Romijn as Una in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, episode 8, season 4, streaming on Paramount+, 2026. Photo Credit: Jan Thijs/Paramount+

Paul Wesley as James T. Kirk in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, episode 8, season 4, streaming on Paramount+, 2026. Photo Credit: Jan Thijs/Paramount+

(L-R): Paul Wesley as James T. Kirk, Ewa Wolniczek as Yeoman Vanek, and Melissa Navia as Erica Ortegas in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, episode 8, season 4, streaming on Paramount+, 2026. Photo Credit: Jan Thijs/Paramount+

(L-R): Anson Mount as Captain Pike and Rebecca Romijn as Una in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, episode 8, season 4, streaming on Paramount+, 2026. Photo Credit: Jan Thijs/Paramount+

Anson Mount as Captain Pike in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, episode 8, season 4, streaming on Paramount+, 2026. Photo Credit: Jan Thijs/Paramount+

Ethan Peck as Spock in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, episode 8, season 4, streaming on Paramount+, 2026. Photo Credit: Jan Thijs/Paramount+

(L-R): Melissa Navia as Erica Ortegas and Ethan Peck as Spock in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, episode 8, season 4, streaming on Paramount+, 2026. Photo Credit: Jan Thijs/Paramount+

Melissa Navia as Erica Ortegas in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, episode 8, season 4, streaming on Paramount+, 2026. Photo Credit: Jan Thijs/Paramount+

Ethan Peck as Spock in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, episode 8, season 4, streaming on Paramount+, 2026. Photo Credit: Jan Thijs/Paramount+

(L-R): Christina Chong as La’an Noonien-Singh and Babs Olusanmokun as Dr. M’Benga in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, episode 8, season 4, streaming on Paramount+, 2026. Photo Credit: Jan Thijs/Paramount+

Anson Mount as Captain Pike in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, episode 8, season 4, streaming on Paramount+, 2026. Photo Credit: Jan Thijs/Paramount+

(L-R): Christina Chong as La’an Noonien-Singh and Ethan Peck as Spock in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, episode 8, season 4, streaming on Paramount+, 2026. Photo Credit: Jan Thijs/Paramount+

(L-R): Christina Chong as La’an Noonien-Singh and Ethan Peck as Spock in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, episode 8, season 4, streaming on Paramount+, 2026. Photo Credit: Jan Thijs/Paramount+

(L-R): Paul Wesley as James T. Kirk and Dan Jeannotte as Sam Kirk in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, episode 8, season 4, streaming on Paramount+, 2026. Photo Credit: Jan Thijs/Paramount+

(L-R): Rebecca Romijn as Una and Anson Mount as Captain Pike in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, episode 8, season 4, streaming on Paramount+, 2026. Photo Credit: Jan Thijs/Paramount+

(L-R): Celia Rose Gooding as Uhura, Rebecca Romijn as Una, Bianca Nugara as A’Sha, and Anson Mount as Captain Pike in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, episode 8, season 4, streaming on Paramount+, 2026. Photo Credit: Jan Thijs/Paramount+

Previously released photo:

(L-R): Paul Wesley as James T. Kirk and Dan Jeannotte as Sam Kirk in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, episode 8, season 4, streaming on Paramount+, 2026. Photo Credit: Jan Thijs/Paramount+

Season 4 trailers