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Strange New Worlds Shows a New Side of the Klingon Empire

Laura J. Burns
August 7, 2023
Laura J. Burns
Laura J. Burns writes books, writes for TV, and sometimes writes TV based on books and books based on TV. She will never, however, write a poem. She’s the managing editor of The Antagonist.

Star Trek is a franchise that seemed to be on its last legs a few years back, but it’s been quietly having a renaissance lately. If you haven’t watched the third season of Picard, you should rectify that immediately–it’s an emotional throwback to the glory days of Star Trek: The Next Generation while still being its own modern Star Trek show.

And then there’s Strange New Worlds. The adventures of Captain Christopher Pike manages to be a new show about an old captain–the original captain of the Enterprise, in fact. Pike helmed the Enterprise before Kirk, and counted Spock, Uhura, and Nurse Chapel among his crew. The show in general is a rollicking good time and just feels the way Star Trek should because it’s building off the mythology of the original series. Season two ends this week and the whole thing deserves its own post, but for now we simply must mention the musical episode.

So Star Trek did a full musical episode, and you should all go watch it because it actually worked! They sang technobabble in different genres and my friends, everyone in that cast can actually sing. It’s legit impressive, but what I really want to make you aware of right now is the singing Klingons.

SINGING KLINGONS.

You’re welcome.

Laura J. Burns Author
Laura J. Burns writes books, writes for TV, and sometimes writes TV based on books and books based on TV. She will never, however, write a poem. She’s the managing editor of The Antagonist.
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