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We review and do a spoiler breakdown and discussion of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1, Episode 7 “The Serene Squall”; written by Beau DeMayo and Sarah Tarkoff; directed by Sydney Freeland.

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Spoiler-Free Summary (Logline): While on a dangerous humanitarian mission, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise stumbles into a harrowing game of leverage with the quadrant’s deadliest space pirate.

Cast & Crew

• Created by
  • Akiva Goldsman
  • Alex Kurtzman
  • Jenny Lumet
• Written by
  • Robin Wasserman
  • Bill Wolkoff
• Directed by
  • Andi Armaganian *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
  • Babs Olusanmokun as Dr. M'Benga
  • Melissa Navia as Lt. Erica Ortegas

And

* Rebecca Romijn as Number One

Guest starring

* Jesse James Keitel as Captain Angel
* Gia Sandhu as T'Pring

Co-starring

* Shawn Ahmed as Ensign Shankar
* Michael Hough as Remy
* Phi Huynh as Pirate #1
* Alex Kapp as USS Enterprise Computer
* Lawerence Libor as Weapons Pirate
* Roderick McNeil as Stonn
* Sophia Walker as Fran

Uncredited co-stars

* Nicole Fournier as Pirate
* Shannon Widdis as Enterprise bridge crew
* Unknown performer as Sybok

Stunt doubles

* Avaah Blackwell as stunt double for Rebecca Romijn
* Jen Georgopoulos as stunt double for Jesse James Keitel
* Geoff Meech as stunt double for Anson Mount
* Ana Shepherd as stunt double for Melissa Navia
* Dan Skene as stunt double for Ethan Peck
* Christine Trinh as stunt double for Christina Chong
* Unknown performer as stunt double for Jess Bush