Summary
- The season finale of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds features an alien invasion by the Gorn.
- Captain Pike and Captain Batel are reunited amidst the chaos, but it's clear that the Gorn have declared war and the Enterprise is engaged in battle.
- The Gorn have employed a frequency weapon that disrupts the Enterprise's communications, scanners, and transporters, and the crew must find a way to overcome this interference to save the day.
Invasion! The crew of the U.S.S Enterprise will face off against the Gorn in the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (SNW) finale on Thursday. Year two of the Paramount+ prequel to Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS) wraps up with Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) and company squaring off against an unprecedented alien threat in season two, episode ten, Hegemony. And a new teaser features an alien invasion by the Gorn.
Check out the footage below, courtesy of StarTrek.com:
Captain Marie Batel (Melanie Scrofano) is on the surface of what appears to be a Class-M planet when Gorn vessels fly directly overhead. Immediately after, an encrypted distress signal received by the Enterprise resonates, which originates from the U.S.S. Cayuga — Batel’s ship:
“To any Federation vessel in range, we need help… under attack by the Gorn.”
After studying the footage, the good news for Trekkies is that Pike and Batel, who is his love interest in the streaming series, are reunited. At the 29-second mark, the captains embrace one another amidst approximately a half-dozen other people. However, it’s clear that the Gorn have declared war in the teaser footage, and the Enterprise can be seen engaging at least two — possibly more — Gorn Hunter ships.
Starfleet Battles the Gorn in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
The new Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ season finale teaser features the shattered remains of the U.S.S. Cayuga. In another clip released last week, via The Ready Room with host Wil Wheaton, Captain Pike (Anson Mount) assesses the devastation brought upon the Cayuga in an attack perpetrated by the Gorn. And it’s during that footage the crew of Enterprise discovers the Gorn have employed a frequency weapon that won’t allow the ship’s communications, scanners or transporters to function.
La’an Noonien-Singh (Christina Chong) theorizes that the Gorn are using an interference field as a part of an invasion. It’s obvious from the footage that La’an will play a large part in the finale, as she has the whole season. And La'an's past with the Gorn will certainly heighten the stakes for her character. And Chong warns that Trekkies are going to find the final episode of season two quite emotional.
Chong said in an interview with The Ready Room (via Paramount+):
“You are definitely going to want all of those things: tissues, security blanket. There’s going to be a few laughs here and there, but as there always is because you’ve gotta have comedy in drama. But it’s gonna come to a head — almost, but not quite.”
Judging from Chong’s comments, fans might have a cliffhanger to deal with in the final episode. What Trekkies should also know is that the Federation has received a map from the Gorn. And it features a demarcation line, which suggests a territorial dispute between the aliens and Starfleet. And the Gorn are hellbent on maintaining that the M-Class planet in question is on their side of the border.
The season finale of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds drops Thursday, August 10 on Paramount+. And check out more footage from the season finale below: