Hit It: Best Quotes From STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS' 'A Space Adventure Hour'

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31-07-2025

In the immortal words of Maxwell Saint, 'Galaxies, the last frontier…'
Holodeck shenanigans ensue after Pike and Number One task La'an with testing out a prototype 'Re-creation Room' on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Episode 4, 'A Space Adventure Hour.' It's a campy, silly, corny affair, complete with fun Easter eggs like Saint's attempt at the Riker Maneuver and a burgeoning romance. If y'all thought Kirk got around…
Below, I've compiled a list of my favorite quotes from 'A Space Adventure Hour.' Energize!
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ADELAIDE SHAW: 'We can't give them our brain cells. We need it … for many science reasons.'
I think I gave some unknown entity my brain cells long, long ago. Although, admittedly, it could be the persistent, ceaseless horrors slapping me in the face day in and day out. The very act of living in the dumpster fire that is this world. Unfortunately, unlike Adelaide Shaw (Jess Bush), I need my brain cells for more than 'many science reasons.'
MAXWELL SAINT: 'To go forward, to go beyond, to go further and bolder than anyone ever before.'
The narration by Maxwell Saint (Paul Wesley) in the opening credits of The Last Frontier made me giggle. I'm thinking Saint says the above line after the Agonyans snatched his brain cells. Or maybe the formidable alien race took TK Bellows' (Anson Mount) brain cells before he wrote this bit.
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ADELAIDE SHAW: 'Well, my lines and my skirts have been getting shorter and shorter with every episode.'
Listen, I was rewatching The Original Series the other day, and Chapel's (Majel Barrett) uniform is very, very short. I'd be so self-conscious on that set and have my hands firmly fixed to my hemline at all times. Stuck in the Holodeck With You
TK BELLOWS: 'I'm a writer. I'm never happy about anything.'
Oof. This hit me right where it hurts in how painfully relatable it is. But it's also deeply hilarious if, like me, you're a writer. Now, please excuse me while I stare at the ceiling for a few hours instead of writing. Don't worry; it's all part of the process. Then, whatever I crank out will inevitably disappoint me due to my crushing impostor syndrome.
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JOANIE GLOSS: 'You don't think some kid out there is going to see this show and spend the rest of their life searching the stars? You don't think a person can love a piece of art or music or a story so much that it heals them? Shows them parts of themselves they'd never even seen before? And give them hope? … A show like this could've gone on forever. Given generations of fans a place to feel seen, to belong, something to believe in again, no matter who they were or where they came from.'
Joanie Gloss's (Celia Rose Gooding) monologue to La'an (Christina Chong) and Spock (Ethan Peck) should pack an emotional punch for any Star Trek lover. What a wonderful tip of the hat to this enduring franchise. It's also a moving meditation on art and how it's the lifeblood of humanity. Art heals. Art helps us feel. In the case of La'an, the Amelia Moon novels provided much-needed escapism and a respite following her traumatic childhood on the Gorn ship. It's a Strength
NUMBER ONE: 'There is never any reason to do something alone when you need help. … Knowing when to ask for help isn't a weakness. It's a strength.'
Number One (Rebecca Romijn) always has words of wisdom at the ready for whoever needs to hear them. Scotty's (Martin Quinn) know-how is put to the test when Pelia (Carol Kane) is on shore leave. The episode scratches the surface of his trauma from his time stationed on the Stardiver , and we see how this affects his performance during the holodeck dilemma.
Number One's advice to him here is universal — we could all stand to remember to lean on those we trust in times of crisis.
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