One of many true delights of “Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds” Season 3 is the fourth episode, streaming this Thursday, July 31, on Paramount+. Titled “A Area Journey Hour,” it facilities on La’an within the new holodeck now put in aboard the USS Enterprise. This system she runs is a homicide thriller set within the late Sixties among the many solid of a TV present that… appears to be like very, very acquainted.
On this ’60s present, Paul Wesley performs the captain of a starship who likes to indicate some pores and skin and chew the surroundings, each one in all his line readings taking over galactic import. Sound acquainted? Check out a clip of Wesley sinking his enamel deeply into one little bit of dialogue whereas surrounded by pop artwork colours, papier-mache props, and beehive hairdos under.
This is likely one of the nice examples of “Star Trek” having enjoyable with its historical past, and poking some mild enjoyable at William Shatner. One can very nicely think about him staring off into the center distance, squinting his eyes, arching an eyebrow, and portentously intoning, “That is house, lieutenant. There is no such thing as a such factor as ‘native.’ We’re all kids of the cosmos.”
As viewers will discover out within the episode, homicide befalls the set of “A Area Journey Hour,” and Christina Chong’s La’an has to unravel the crime in order that this system can finish and she will go away the holodeck. Right now within the 2260s, holodecks can solely make folks appear to be the profiles which have been uploaded into it — specifically, the Enterprise crew.
So Rebecca Romijn’s Quantity One is the previous actress turned producer behind all the “A Area Journey Hour” present — an apparent reference to how Lucille Ball was the manufacturing head who introduced “Star Trek” to TV within the first place. And Anson Mount performs the visionary behind the present, a model of Gene Roddenberry, with Wesley because the present’s captain and Jess Bush and Melissa Navia portraying members of the ship’s crew (with Babs Olusanmokun as Bush’s character’s boyfriend). The entire thing has a wild “As soon as Upon a Time in Hollywood” vibe that makes it one of many extra singular hours of “Unusual New Worlds” so far.
Watch the clip under.
The episode “A Area Journey Hour” of “Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds” streams on Paramount+ July 31.