Rebecca Romijn's Number One (aka Una Chin-Riley) and Christina Chong's La’an Noonien-Singh have gone through some transformational character changes over the past two seasons of “ Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ” and this fresh batch of episodes for Season 3 sees that trend continue.

"Hegemony, Part II" had several moments when things could have taken a much darker turn. But through teamwork and perseverance, the crew of the Enterprise pulled off a victory on all fronts. The Gorn are gone (for now), the Parnassus residents were saved, the crew is safe and Pike's beloved Batel survives her ordeal as a Gorn baby incubator.

Strange New Worlds" is a more direct prequel to the original show than "Star Trek: Enterprise." Set less than a decade before "The Original Series," "Strange New Worlds" follows the U.S.S. Enterprise,