Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S1E3: “Ghosts of Illyria” Review & Breakdown
By The Nerd Social on May 20, 2022
We review and do a spoiler breakdown and discussion of the premiere of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1, Episode 3 “Ghosts of Illyria”; written by Akela Cooper & Bill Wolkoff, directed by Leslie Hope.
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Spoiler-Free Summary (Logline): The U.S.S. Enterprise encounters a contagion that ravages the ship. One by one, the entire crew is incapacitated except for Number One, Una Chin-Riley, who must now confront a secret she’s been hiding as she races to find a cure.
Cast & Crew
- Created by
- Akiva Goldsman
- Alex Kurtzman
- Jenny Lumet
- Written by
- Akela Cooper
- Bill Wolkoff
- Directed by
- Leslie Hope *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 Una Chin-Riley/ Number One
- Co-starring
- Sage Arrindell as Rukiya
- Andre Colquhoun as Probasco
- Daniel Gravelle as Ensign Lance
- Alex Kapp as USS Enterprise Computer
- André Dae Kim as Chief Kyle
- Curtis Legault as Carter