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Star Trek goes back to the courtroom and brings plenty of old-school throwbacks along for the ride.

This week Star Trek: Strange New Worlds took us on an enlightened spin on a Trek classic: the courtroom drama, where spaceships and scientific ponderings give way to our Starfleet heroes sitting down and having even more fancy chats than they usually do. It’s a format the franchise has been obsessed with since the beginning—but we’re entering our own tribunal to sort the best from the rest.

Sometimes boldly going involves sitting at benches, banging gavels, and giving a good speech or three.

"Ad Astra per Aspera" follows in the footsteps of classic Star Trek courtoom episodes, but finds its victory constrained by existential limitations.

There simply comes a time when a Star Trek show demands a courtroom episode. Whether it’s internal Starfleet politics, or the chance to advocate Federation ideals to an alien society, Star Trek loves an opportunity to make its subtexts so text it can practically beat a book of them over your head. And so it’s no surprise Strange New Worlds already finds itself at this crossroads of exploring the franchise’s classic tropes.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Episode 2.02 - Ad Astra per Aspera - Press Release

Based on the early intel we've got about Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 episode 2, one thing can be said.

Pikes willing to wait for the meeting he needs in a sneak preview of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 Episode 2 "Ad Astra Per Aspera."

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