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Kirk Steps Into the Captain's Chair for the First Time on the Next 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds'
Kirk Steps Into the Captain's Chair for the First Time on the Next 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' originally appeared on Parade.
Last week's episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds saw the away team in actual danger, where they could neither sing mor beam their way out of trouble. This week, Kirk (Paul Wesley) is put in the hot seat when his first day in the captain's chair doesn't go as smoothly as he had hoped.
Read on for more about the episode "The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail".
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What happened in last week's episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds?
In "Through the Lens of Time," last week's episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Chapel (Jess Bush) and Korby's (Cillian O'Sullivan) quest to uncover the next step in human evolution led the Enterprise to a planet where ancient ruins hid a deeper mystery and an even more terrifying secret.
Not all worlds are friendly, and the away team soon discovered this when they were trapped inside the ancient ruins of a planet Korby hoped to explore. Nurse Gamble (Chris Myers) turned out to be the "redshirt" this season, as the friendly, enthusiastic ensign on his first away mission had his eyes literally ripped out of his sockets. As M'Benga (Babs Olusanmokun) tried to regenerate them with what appears to be the same light therapy mask I use at home, we discovered Gamble is now possessed by the parasitic Vezda, something that is so evil that even Pelia (Carol Kane) is creeped out by it. Even more so, Marie's (Melanie Scrofano) residual Gorn DNA recognized it and had an innate instinct to eliminate it on sight. If the Gorn thinks it's bad news, I mean...
In the end, the rest of the away team were able to make it out of the ruins intact, uninfected and alive. Much to Korby's dismay, they leave the ruins behind, mostly untouched. Gamble had pretty much died long before he ever returned to the ship, and it was up to M'Benga to inform the young man's family of his untimely death.
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What happens in this week's episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds?
In this week's episode, "The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail," it's Lieutenant Commander James Kirk's (Paul Wesley) first day in the Captain's chair of the U.S.S. Farragut. In the beginning, he's a bit bored with the monotony of the daily routine, but it's not all smooth sailing when the day takes a disastrous turn when the Enterprise is captured by a deadly Scavenger Ship. But the alien menace is not exactly what it seems…
Check out images from this week's episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Take a look at select images from this week's episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
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Paramount+Kirk Steps Into the Captain's Chair for the First Time on the Next 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' first appeared on Parade on Aug 12, 2025
This story was originally reported by Parade on Aug 12, 2025, where it first appeared.
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