Spoilers for "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" to follow .

"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" season 3, episode 5, "Through the Lens of Time," introduced an all new villain race of "Star Trek" aliens: the Vezda , malevolent extra-dimensional beings locked in an ancient prison on planet Vadia IX. The episode's ending hinted (and the "Strange New Worlds" showrunners later confirmed ) that the Vezda would be back.

The season 3 finale, "New Life and New Civilizations," lives up to that promise. The member of the Vezda who possessed Ensign Dana Gamble (Chris Myers) is revealed to have escaped imprisonment and is plotting to free his brethren. The only one who can stop him is Captain Marie Batel (Melanie Scrofano), but the price is her future with Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount).

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