Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S1E5: “Spock Amok” Review & Breakdown
By The Nerd Social on June 5, 2022
In this edit of our Thursday (06/02) Livestream, we review and do a spoiler breakdown and discussion of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1, Episode 5 “Spock Amok”; written by Henry Alonso Myers & Robin Wasserman; directed by Rachel Leiterman.
00:00 Introduction 00:31 Spoiler-Free Review 02:49 Spoiler Discussion and Breakdown
#StarTrek #StarTrekSNW #ParamountPlus Spoiler-Free Summary (Logline): It’s a comedy of manners when Spock has a personal visit in the middle of Spock and Captain Pike’s crucial negotiations with an unusual alien species.
Cast & Crew
- Created by
- Akiva Goldsman
- Alex Kurtzman
- Jenny Lumet
- Written by
- Henry Alonso Myers
- Robin Wasserman
- Directed by
- Rachel Leiterman *Cast
- Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike
- Ethan Peck as Science Officer Spock
- Jess Bush as Nurse Christine Chapel
- Christina Chong as La'an Noonien-Singh
- Celia Rose Gooding as Cadet Nyota Uhura
- Babs Olusanmokun as Dr. M'Benga
- Melissa Navia as Lt. Erica Ortegas
- And
- Rebecca Romijn as Una Chin-Riley/ Number One
- Guest starring
- Adrian Holmes as Robert April
- Gia Sandhu as T'Pring
- Co-starring
- Alden Adair as Barjan T'Or
- Jennifer Hui as Ensign Christina
- Alex Kapp as USS Enterprise Computer
- Ron Kennell as Vasso
- André Dae Kim as Chief Kyle
- Graham Parkhurst as Lieutenant Dever
- Tahirih Vejdani as K'Tyll
- Carlisle J. Williams as Brax
- Torri Webster as Ensign Zier
- Uncredited co-stars
- Yvette McKoy as Vulcan officiant