– it was the sort of light-hearted, knockabout story that's a necessary component of every 'Trek' season. of a crew member – in this case, removing the Vulcan half of Spock's D.N.A. Indeed, while the sci-fi storytelling had to jump through some pretty contrived hoops to get the crew singing and dancing around the Enterprise, you couldn't fault the execution of an episode that featured musical Klingons, and will undoubtedly be immortalized via the medium of the sing-along party.Īnd even though ' Charades' was just the latest in a long line of 'Trek' stories where a transporter malfunction (or similar) has altered the D.N.A. Musical episode 'Subspace Rhapsody' might also have been up there with the best had 'Fringe,' 'Grey's Anatomy' and – most notably – classic 'Buffy' episode 'Once More With Feeling' not already burst into song for themselves. Scene from 'Subspace Rhapsody,' a musical episode of 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.' (Image credit: Paramount+) Nonetheless, Ensigns Boimler and Mariner's away day on the Enterprise got the tone spot on, as their constant worship of their Starfleet heroes developed into a touching celebration of fandom. Seeing as 'Strange New Worlds' is a live-action drama based in the 23rd century, and 'Lower Decks' is an animated comedy set more than a hundred years later, it had the potential to go spectacularly wrong. Of this season's many format-breakers, the standout was arguably ' Those Old Scientists', the much-trailed crossover with sister show 'Lower Decks'. (Add the last three episodes of season one to the sample, and the run of novelty-heavy storylines also featured the divisive fairytale of ' The Elysian Kingdom,' and new-Kirk's introduction in the brilliant, 'Original Series'-riffing ' A Quality of Mercy'.) In fact, there were so many gimmicks this season that the more 'conventional' stories started to feel like a gimmick in themselves. Setting the Universal Translator to the ubiquitous language of 'Friends,' for a moment, season two provided us with ' The One Where Spock Turns Human,' ' The One with the 'Lower Decks' Exchange Program' and ' The One Where Everybody Starts Singing.' We also got to see the infamous Khan Noonien Singh as a kid (in ' Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow'), and three 'Special Guest Star' appearances from Paul Wesley's new-look, pre-captaincy James Tiberius Kirk. Human Spock hiding under a stylish Starfleet-branded beanie.

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