After 58 Years, Strange New Worlds' Historic Star Trek Team-Up Couldn't Have Been More Unusual

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Star Trek : Strange New Worlds ' musical episode featured a first - everStar Trekteam - up 58 year in the fashioning that could n’t be more unusual . direct by Dermot Downs and written by Dana Horgan and Bill Wolkoff , with strain composed by Tom Polce and Kay Hanley , Star Trek ’s first - ever melodious , " Subspace Rhapsody , " brought back Paul Wesley as Lieutenant James T. Kirk . One of the low-pitched - key historical moments inStrange New Worlds ' musicalis Kirk share the screen door and a strain with Number One AKA Lt . Commander Una Chin - Riley ( Rebecca Romijn ) for the first time .

Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) became the main hero ofStar Trek : The Original Seriesafter NBC rejectedStar Trek ’s original pilot,“The Cage " in 1965 . Only Mr. Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ) survived NBC ’s purging of " The Cage ’s " cast , as creator Gene Roddenberry created new characters andcast newfangled actors inStar Trek : The Original Series . Among those from " The Cage " excised fromStar Trekwas Number One ( Majel Barrett - Roddenberry ) , andthe original First Officer of the USS Enterprise never fit Captain KirkinStar Trek : The Original Series .

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Musical Was The First-Ever Kirk & Number One Team-Up

Kirk Came To The Enterprise To Learn From Number One

Lieutenant James T. Kirk ’s first - ever squad - up with Number One onStar Trek : Strange New Worldsseason 2 , instalment 9 , " Subspace Rhapsody , " was both odoriferous and unusual . Kirk beamed aboard the USS Enterprise to learn the finer pointedness of being a First Officer from Una , after James ' packaging to Number One on the USS Farragut . After the endeavor was struck with an anomaly that made the crew whistle and dance under the normal of musicals , Una and Kirk make together and performed a duet , " Connect To Your true statement . "

Star Trek : Strange New Worlds ' musical episode ended with a drive out marvellous last where Sung dynasty was both the problem and the solution to save the coltsfoot .

Star Trek : Strange New Worldsdelights in the strange and unexpected , so choosing to couple up Kirk and Number One for the first time with a duet is par for the course . 58 years after Number One was omitted fromStar Trek : The Original Series , a younger Kirk being boost by Una to be a more open and personable air force officer through call was something no one could have predicted as their first - ever group meeting . Nor is a struck Lt . La’an Noonien - Singh ( Christina Chong ) , the relative of Kirk ’s succeeding antagonist , Khan Noonien Singh ( Ricardo Montalban ) , enviously peer at Jim and Una .

Strange New Worlds Must Explain Why Number One Is Gone From Captain Kirk’s Enterprise

What Happens To Una When Kirk Becomes Captain Of The Enterprise?

Lt . James T. Kirk previously visit the USS Enterprise inStar Trek : Strange New Worldsseason 2 , installment 6 , " recede in interlingual rendition , " but he did n’t find Number One . Kirk is rig to return inStar Trek : Strange New Worldsseason 3 , and the prequel may begin to place the fundament for the hereafter of the Starship Enterprise . A few years in the hereafter , Kirk becomes Captain of the Enterprise , butLieutenant Spock ( Ethan Peck ) rise to become First Officer , while Number One exits the spaceship .

Number One does appear in the flashback sequences to " The Cage " inStar Trek : The Original Seriesseason 1 ’s two - parter , " The Menagerie . "

What fall out to issue One when Kirk takes over for Captain Christopher Pike ( Anson Mount ) is one of the predominant mystery ofStar Trek . Does Una become Captain of her own starship ? Does Number One die ? Does Lt . Commander Chin - Riley confront further effectual issues because she is agenetically engineer Illyrian ? Does Captain Kirk take any step to make Una his bit One before Spock?Star Trek : Strange New Worldsis set to return for season 3 and 4 , and perhaps the answer may be forthcoming .

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Strange New Worlds Also Had Another First-Ever Kirk Event

The Kirk Brothers Appeared Together For The First Time On Strange New Worlds

Before Lt . James T. Kirk finally conform to Number One , Star Trek : Strange New Worldsseason 2 , sequence 6 , " Lost in version , " featuredanother first : scenes between Jim and his older buddy , Lt . Sam Kirk ( Dan Jeannotte).Sam , played by a mustached William Shatner , was already perish when he was introduced inStar Trek : The Original Seriesseason 1 ’s " process : Annihilate!“Strange New Worldstook advantage of its prequel status to make a very much awake Sam part of Captain Pike ’s Starship Enterprise crew .

Like Number One , Sam will also be go from the go-ahead when James becomes Captain Kirk .

Unsurprisingly , a deep sibling rivalry exists between Lieutenants Sam and James T. Kirk , gestate from Jim being nigher to their father , Lt . George Kirk . 57 year after a idle Sam Kirk appear inStar Trek : The Original Series , Strange New Worldshas fun with the bickering Kirk brothers . Little does Sam know that his one vantage over Jim , serve on the Federation flagship , has a countdown since James is fate to become the endeavor ’s headwaiter . Like Number One , Sam will also be gone from the Enterprise when James becomes Captain Kirk - historyStar Trek : Strange New Worldsis well mindful of .