Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is, at this point, very clearly a series that is unafraid to dabble in its format on a regular basis . That can lead to episodes of Star Trek that don’t necessarily look or feel like what we expect of Star Trek , even if they still play with ideas and approaches that fit into what the franchise has done for generations now. This week’s Strange New Worlds definitely fits into both of those ideas, with an episode in a new format, an in-universe documentary, and an episode that tries to raise one of the oldest critiques of the franchise with one question: is Starfleet an organization of scientific inquiry or a martial tool of empire?

Unfortunately, this means this is an episode that wants to be two things at once… and ultimately spectacularly fail

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