Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds Season 2 has been fairly eventful, from that large Khan shock in “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow” to the crossover with Decrease Decks happening in “These Outdated Scientists.” However now we’ve got what could also be this season’s weirdest episode coming in just some weeks, and I imply that in the easiest way potential. It’s been introduced that Unusual New Worlds’ penultimate Season 2 episode will probably be a musical, and there’s a pleasant trailer giving followers their first style of Captain Christopher Pike and the remainder of the Enterprise crew exhibiting off their singing chops.
“Subspace Rhapsody” would be the first time within the sci-fi franchise’s historical past that an episode has been musical-themed. 10 authentic songs will probably be featured, together with a “Subspace Rhapsody” model of the Unusual New Worlds foremost title. Kay Hanley and Tom Polce dealt with music and lyric duties for “Subspace Rhapsody,” and whereas no particular particulars had been offered on why the Enterprise crew is breaking out into music and dance aboard the ship, the trailer signifies that is the doing of a mysterious cosmic wave that strikes the ship. If that trailer wasn’t sufficient for you, then you definitely’re in luck, as a poster for “Subspace Rhapsody” was additionally launched that splendidly channels that vibe of the musicals from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
The principle solid of Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds, plus Carol Kane’s Pelia, will probably be joined in “Subspace Rhapsody” by Paul Wesley’s James T. Kirk, with this marking his fourth look on the present and second time taking part in the character in the primary Star Trek timeline. As those that watched “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow,” Christine Chong’s La’an Noonien-Singh fell in love with a model of Kirk from an alternate timeline, and it appears just like the musical shenanigans on this episode will lastly deliver her collectively romantically with the primary model of him. Whether or not that romance will stick after “Subspace Rhapsody” is completed and everybody has reverted to their regular selves stays to be seen.
Though I used to be able to exclaim upon listening to about “Subspace Rhapsody” that Pike and the Enterprise crew will physique sing the place nobody has sung earlier than, this truly isn’t the primary time that singing has been prominently featured in a narrative set throughout Pike’s captaincy. The Brief Treks episode “Q&A,” which confirmed Rebecca Romijn’s Una Chin Riley assembly Ethan Peck’s Spock for the primary time, belting out “I Am the Very Mannequin of a Trendy Main-Common” whereas they had been caught in a turbolift to indicate a “freaky” a part of herself she often retains non-public. “Subspace Rhapsody,” nevertheless, goes all-out with the musical components, and it jogs my memory of when the Arrowverse delivered a musical crossover between The Flash and Supergirl within the “Duet” episode from the previous’s third season. Due to its distinctive premise, I’m curious to see if “Subspace Rhapsody” finally ends up changing into one of many Star Trek franchise’s most talked-about episodes within the years to return.
“Subspace Rhapsody” premieres to Paramount+ subscribers on Thursday, August 3, and the Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds Season 2 finale, titled “Hegemony,” follows per week later. The present has already been renewed for Season 3, so hold your eyes peeled right here for updates on that subsequent batch of episodes and different upcoming Star Trek TV exhibits, and don’t neglect to additionally peruse our 2023 TV schedule.
