YOUNG ENTERPRISE
AS STAR TREK BEAMS UP A NEW SHOW, WE’LL SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES — HUMAN AND, WELL, OTHERWISE…
WORDS JORDAN KING
Ethan Peck as Spock and Anson Mount as Captain Pike.
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STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS
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IT BEGAN WITH a supporting role.
Then came the catchphrase (“Hit it!”), and the character’s show-stealing popularity. Now, three years after his introduction in Star Trek: Discovery’s second season, Anson Mount’s Captain Pike returns with his own spin-off series.
Based on characters first introduced in Gene Roddenberry’s original, unaired Star Trek pilot, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds could technically be considered the longest pilot-to-series pickup ever — as well as an inspired gearshift for a franchise that’s been boldly going for over half a century.