Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S1E2: “Children of the Comet” Review & Breakdown
By The Nerd Social on May 13, 2022
We review and do a spoiler breakdown and discussion of the premiere of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1, Episode 2 “Children of the Comet”; written by Henry Alonso Myers & Sarah Tarkoff; directed by Maja Vrvilo.
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Spoiler-Free Summary (Logline): While on a survey mission, the U.S.S. Enterprise discovers a comet is going to strike an inhabited planet. They try to re-route the comet, only to find that an ancient alien relic buried on the comet’s icy surface is somehow stopping them. As the away team try to unlock the relic’s secrets, Pike and Number One deal with a group of zealots who want to prevent the U.S.S. Enterprise from interfering.
- 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
- Melissa Navia as Lt. Erica Ortegas
- Babs Olusanmokun as Dr. M'Benga
- Bruce Horak as Hemmer
- And
- Rebecca Romijn as Number One
- Guest-starring
- Dan Jeannotte as George Samuel Kirk