Familiar Friends, Too
James T. Kirk isn’t the only famous Star Trek face we’ll see in season two—although as far as we currently know, he’s the only chronologically congruent star we’ll encounter. Through timeline shenanigans, the heroes of Star Trek: Lower Decks, Ensigns Bradward Boimler (Jack Quaid) and Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome) will appear in Strange New Worlds’ first official crossover episode. Newsome and Quaid will portray their Lower Decks characters in live action for the first time. It remains to be seen if any other lower deckers show up, or if the Strange New Worlds crew will find themselves flung into the animated antics of Lower Decks’ future timeline, but we can at least make the assumption that hijinks are going to occur either way.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season two begins streaming on Paramount+ tomorrow, June 15.
