The Nerd Social

We review and do a spoiler breakdown and discussion of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1, Episode 10 “A Quality of Mercy”; written by Henry Alonso Myers & Akiva Goldsman, and directed by Chris Fisher.

00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:53 Review 00:07:10 Breakdown

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Spoiler-Free Summary (Logline): In the season one finale, just as Captain Pike thinks he’s figured out how to escape his fate, he’s visited by his future self, who shows him the consequences of his actions.

• Created by

  • Akiva Goldsman
  • Alex Kurtzman
  • Jenny Lumet

• Written by

  • Henry Alonso Myers & Akiva Goldsman

• Directed by

  • Chris Fisher *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

• Melanie Scrofano as Captain Batel

• Dan Jeannotte as Samuel 'Sam' Kirk

• Paul Wesley as James T Kirk

• Co-starring

• André Dae Kim as Chief Kyle

• Matthew MacFadZean as Romulan Commander

• Matihieu Bourassa as Romulan Subcommander

• Ali Hassan as Comander Hansen Al-Salah

• Chris River as Maat Al-Salah

• Carolyn Scott as Praetor

• Matthew Wolf as Engineer