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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy Joshua Tyler<\/a>
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When Gene Roddenberry created Star Trek, his goal was to depict a bright and hopeful future in which humans had learned to use science, reason, and common sense to work together and explore the universe. In its season three finale, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds managed to undo all that and has now completed transitioning his franchise into a series of flailing emotions and empty nonsense.<\/p>\n

The episode, titled \u201cNew Life and New Civilizations,\u201d pulls together breadcrumbs scattered throughout season 3 into a plot involving end-of-the-universe stuff. I\u2019d explain it, but I can\u2019t, since the show doesn\u2019t. It\u2019s all about the vibe of bad things happening. Characters then respond to this vibe by asking, \u201cWhat if this thing we can\u2019t know, is true?\u201d and then someone responds, \u201cI bet it is!\u201d and they proceed accordingly.<\/p>\n

\"\"She can do Vulcan neck pinches now. Why? How? Feels good.<\/p>\n

None of it makes any sense, and that\u2019s the way Star Trek<\/a>: Strange New Worlds wants it. The show seems to be avowedly against reason and common sense.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

So the Strange New Worlds\u2019s overstuffed cast of characters goes to work on the feelings they\u2019ve all had about the developing situation. They then do whatever those feelings lead them to do, and the audience is supposed to accept this as a plot.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"The Strange New Worlds science and engineering team does some vague things to solve some vague things.<\/p>\n

It culminates in an emotionally manipulative side-tangent in which we watch Captain Pike live out a life with Captain Patel, for no reason other than that it\u2019s what Captain Patel feels she wants before becoming a statue. Why does she have to become a statue? No one knows, but she feels it. <\/p>\n

Then Captain Patel vanishes, sort of, but it\u2019s not clear why. The bad guys, the Vezda, are defeated, though it\u2019s also unclear why that happens or even who they are or why they are bad. The show doesn\u2019t seem to care. There was a nice hug, though.<\/p>\n

\"\"Captain Pike and Captain Patel hold hands to fight bad vibes.<\/p>\n

At one point in the episode, the Enterprise\u2019s wacky chief engineer, Pelia, reveals she once went on some adventures with a time-traveling doctor. This is a clear reference to Doctor Who, and the second time Strange New Worlds has tried to integrate the universe of that other sci-fi<\/a> franchise into its own. The first was an appearance by the TARDIS in a previous episode<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The show\u2019s strong desire to associate itself with Doctor Who, a sci-fi property so thoroughly ruined and discredited that the one show it has left on the air is probably being canceled, explains a lot about what Strange New Worlds has become.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"Spock<\/a> mind-melds with Kirk for the first time, for no good reason.<\/p>\n

The reason Doctor Who is now a dead franchise is its decision to switch to a model of crass emotional manipulation and wish-fulfillment over reasonable, interesting science fiction ideas. That\u2019s what Strange New Worlds is doing too.<\/p>\n

As bad as Star Trek has been in the past few years, this Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 finale is a real low point. Not only because its one of the worst episodes Star Trek has ever produced, but because of the season of terrible writing that went before it, and because of what this means about the show\u2019s plans for the future. None of those plans are good.<\/p>\n

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STRANGE NEW WORLDS SEASON 3 FINALE REVIEW SCORE<\/p>\n

When Star Trek: Strange New Worlds first launched, it seemed like a hopeful course correction for a franchise in trouble. That hope is over. I\u2019ve been a Star Trek fan my entire life. I\u2019ve watched every season of every series, even truly terrible ones like Star Trek: Picard season 2 and every episode of Star Trek: Discovery. I\u2019m not sure I\u2019ll be back for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 4.<\/p>\n

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Episode 10 Hug Counter<\/p>\n

How many hugs is too many? Star Trek: Strange New Worlds used its season 3 finale to demonstrate. pic.twitter.com\/YkDu3dOJLS<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT (@GFRobot) September 11, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n

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