How STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS Can Change Course in Season 4
In every season of the Star Trek series, there’s usually a handful of comical episodes. Going all the way back to the original, with gems like “The Trouble with Tribbles.” However, this most recent ten-episode season featured four out of ten episodes that were lighthearted and somewhat formulaic. An episode titled “Four and a Half Vulcans” was particularly awkward, and even the holodeck “murder mystery” episode “A Space Adventure Hour” left us cringing. While comedic episodes can be a nice change of pace from the heavy sci-fi content in Star Trek, it seems like this year, they dominated the storylines too much – especially when many of them weren’t particularly good. We’re looking forward to next year’s puppet episode, as it looks entertaining, but let’s try to keep the goofy episodes in moderation, okay?