The "Star Trek" universe is filled with interstellar menaces prowling the spaceways: there's the cloaked Klingon Birds of Prey; that awesome Reman battlecruiser, the Scimitar; a weaponized Romulan mining ship named the Narada; and even those pesky, hive-minded Borg Cubes.

But nothing quite compares to the shock and awe of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds"' latest cosmic boogieman seen in this past week's new episode, "The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail."

Here, in this "Trekiest" chapter of the entire series so far, director Valerie Weiss pulls off a powerful entry in this third season by dispensing with the lighter genre episodes and plunging straight into the signature core of what has made the beloved franchise so special for nearly 60 years. The Sehlat in the title refers to a bipedal, bear-li

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