Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 must deliver on several teases from prior seasons, some of which have been dangling for over two years. The highly anticipated Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 premieres July 17 on Paramount+, following Strange New Worlds season 3's world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 14. Strange New Worlds season 3 promises to up the ante in regards to the Star Trek prequel's bold bending of genres.
Although structurally episodic like Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' character development is serialized, with Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) and the crew of the USS Enterprise growing and changing as the series progresses. Strange New Worlds is generally effective at resolving its ongoing storylines, like Lt. Commander Una Chin-Riley being arrested, tried, and acquitted of lying to Starfleet about being a genetically engineered Illyrian.
However, a handful of story threads from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds seasons 1 and 2 remain unresolved. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3's plan to push the envelope to explore genres new to Star Trek is clear from what's been already revealed about the next 10 upcoming episodes. However, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 would still have ample room to finally follow-up on these four teases that fans want resolved.
Sybok
Spock's Brother Is In A Vulcan Prison
There was no mention of Sybok in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2, to the chagrin of fans who wanted answers about Spock's criminal elder sibling. Sybok is the first son of Ambassador Sarek (Mark Lenard, James Frain) and a Vulcan princess, and the mad Vulcan heretic would go on to become the villain of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. Lawrence Luckinbill originated Sybok in Star Trek V, but Strange New Worlds hasn't announced if an actor has been cast as Sybok. Strange New Worlds season 3 must deliver on its Sybok tease, at last.
It's high time Star Trek: Strange New Worlds picked up this plot thread left dangling since season 1.
Along with Sybok appearing in full bloom, the return of Spock's logic-eschewing half-brother should also involve Captain Angel's comeback. Angel posed as a Federation scientist and tried to hijack the Starship Enterprise to rescue Sybok. Captain Angel escaped and remains at large, and it's high time Star Trek: Strange New Worlds picked up this plot thread left dangling since season 1.
La’an Told Kirk About Her Time Travel
Will There Be Temporal Ramifications?
Lieutenant La'an Noonien-Singh (Christina Chong) restored Star Trek's broken Prime Timeline in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2, episode 3, "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow," at the cost of her newfound love, an alternate reality's Captain James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley). Upon her return to her proper timeline, Agent Ymalay (Allison Wilson-Forbes) from the Department of Temporal Investigations swore La'an to secrecy, or else the timeline would again be in jeopardy.
However, La'an couldn't carry the burden of her great secret, and she told Lieutenant James T. Kirk that she met a different version of him from another reality. While La'an confessing her time travel to Kirk was understandable, she broke her word to Temporal Investigations. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 should follow up on La'an's indiscretion, and perhaps the timeline will again be affected because La'an chose to "change her paradigm."
Dr. M’Benga Killed Klingon Ambassador Dak'Rah
Will Starfleet Find Out About What M'Benga Did?
Dak'Rah claimed he was the infamous "Butcher of J'Gol," but he was living a lie and defected to become a Federation Ambassador.
Ambassador Dak'Rah and Dr. M'Benga had a violent physical altercation in Sickbay that led to M'Benga stabbing the Klingon and killing him. M'Benga claimed Dak'Rah attacked him, and he acted in self-defense, a story Nurse Chapel corroborated, but the truth isn't as clear-cut, which Captain Pike suspects. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 has to follow up on the truth about Dr. M'Benga killing a high-ranking Klingon diplomat. Surely, Starfleet will investigate to glean the truth about Ambassador Dak'Rah's death.
