The fourth episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 arrives this week. We have details along with new images and two clips. SPOILERS.
“Among the Lotus Eaters”
Episode 4 of Strange New Worlds’ second season is called “Among the Lotus Eaters,” a reference to Homer’s Odyssey. The episode will feature Pike returning to Rigel VII from “The Cage,” the first Star Trek pilot. “Among the Lotus Eaters” was written by Kirsten Beyer & Davy Perez and directed by Eduardo Sanchez. It debuts on Paramount+ on Thursday, July 6.
Synopsis:
Returning to a planet that dredges up tragic memories, Captain Pike and his landing party find themselves forgetting everything, including their own identities as he confronts a ghost from his past.
NEW images from episode 4:
Anson Mount as Pike (Paramount+)
Christina Chong as La’an, Melissa Navia as Ortegas and Babs Olusanmokun as Dr. M’Benga (Paramount+)
Reed Birney as Luq (Paramount+)
Jess Bush as Chapel (Paramount+)
Ethan Peck as Spock and Melissa Navia as Ortegas (Paramount+)
Previously released images from episode 4:
Anson Mount as Capt. Pike (Paramount+)
Melissa Navia as Ortegas (Paramount+)
Clips:
The latest The Ready Room includes a clip of La’an and Pike doing some recon on Rigel VII (clip starts at 29:28).
And on Star Trek Day last fall Paramount+ released a clip featuring Ortegas excited to join the landing party for Rigel VII:
UPDATE: Mount praises costumes
Anson Mount shared an image on Twitter praising costume designer Bernadette Croft who he said “knocked it out of the park” for this episode.
For episode 4 of our second season, which airs this week, our costume designer Bernadette Croft absolutely knocked it out of the park. Hope you can join. @StarTrekOnPPlus @StarTrek pic.twitter.com/DNE7zzk81j
— Anson Mount 🖖 (@ansonmount) July 3, 2023
Season 2 episodes drop weekly on Thursdays on Paramount+ in the U.S, the U.K., Australia, Latin America, Brazil, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Season 2 is also available on SkyShowtime elsewhere in Europe. The second season will also be available to stream on Paramount+ in South Korea, with premiere dates to be announced at a later date.
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Oh cool, another fun trippy element, this time losing their memories. I didn’t expect this angle at all. Don’t expect it to be on the level of Conundrum but still could be fun! :)
And wow, Kirsten Beyer help write this one. I don’t remember seeing any writing credits from her in a while and a first for SNW IIRC.
It’s nice to see Anson back.
Agreed, I have been waiting for pur captain!
Yes it sounds like he is the main focus of the episode.
I haven’t watched the clip, but I notice that the summary says they are RETURNING to this planet. Does that mean they KNOW that it alters their memories or that it didn’t do that last time? And if it didn’t do that last time, how come it can do it now? (And yes, I remember RIgel VII from “The Menagerie.”)
Want me to tell you? Because I’ve seen it. Once you see it, you won’t be asking those questions.
No thanks! Just wondering aloud. :-)
I’m guessing that answer is in watching the episode.
Well, of course it is. But this sort of thing is what discussion is for, y’know.
Btw was it ever explained why Ortegas and the Navigator aren’t in command gold?
The Navigator finally got a line or two a couple of episodes ago and that’s when I really noticed that both were in red.
Does it matter?
I don’t know that everything needs some “in universe” explanation. In this case, why would that even matter?
Probably just that it looks better and makes them easier to differentiate on bridge shots. Similar to why Data was in gold in TNG, the gold/silver skin didn’t look good with blue.
Also why Nichelle Nichols went from a red costume after having worn a gold (green) one in the first few TOS episodes. She just looked better in red.
I also read somewhere that’s why Picard was in red instead of gold too, it just looked better on Stewart so that color became the command color.
On the Delta Flyers Podcast, Garret Wang said Seven was suppose to be in a gold Starfleet uniform the rare times she wore one, but Jeri Ryan hated the look on her and asked to be in the blue one and why we saw her in that color as well.
I don’t think the Data explanation is all that confusion or specifically tied to the makeup color. Technically, gold was Operations and Command, and Data fit to both of those categories over the course of the series. Science would have fit too on a level, but he was more involved with Operations with his role on the bridge.
Ortegas is a lot less clear. But, as someone else mentioned, Uhura wore red. I’m sure there was some sort of “official” explanation at one point, but I’d have to look.
I’ve taken it that they’re moving in the direction that Helm is in the Ops Division now. Red seems to be limited to command.
They did the same thing on Discovery with Detmer and Owo.
Red is only command in TNG plus; during the TOS/SNW era, command is gold, and red is for engineering and ship’s services.
Well on Discovery in the 23rd century, every department was blue, so progress. ;)
Discovery had the metallic side panels to differentiate the departments. Command – gold, Science – silver, Engineering/ops – copper.