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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2

second season of television series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ111265017 ↗
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The second season of the American television series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds follows Captain Christopher Pike and the crew of the starship Enterprise in the 23rd century as they explore new worlds and carry out missions during the decade before Star Trek: The Original Series (1966–1969). The season was produced by CBS Studios in association with Secret Hideout, Weed Road Pictures, H M R X Productions, and Roddenberry Entertainment, with Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers as showrunners.

Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, and Rebecca Romijn respectively star as Pike, Spock, and Number One, along with Jess Bush, Christina Chong, Celia Rose Gooding, Melissa Navia, and Babs Olusanmokun. Many of the regular actors and several guest stars portray younger versions of characters from The Original Series. A second season of Strange New Worlds was confirmed in January 2022, prior to the release of the first season. Filming took place at CBS Stages Canada in Mississauga, Ontario, from February to July 2022. The showrunners continued the series' episodic storytelling approach, giving each episode a different genre and tone. This includes "Those Old Scientists", a crossover with the animated comedy series Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020–2024); and "Subspace Rhapsody", the franchise's first musical episode which features original songs by Tom Polce and Kay Hanley.

The season premiered on the streaming service Paramount+ on June 15, 2023, and ran for 10 episodes until August 10. It was estimated to have high viewership and audience demand, and was met with critical acclaim for its "genre-bending" episodes.

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