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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Season 2, Episode 2 Ad Astra per Aspera

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Season 2, Episode 2

Ad Astra per Aspera

Aired Jun 22, 2023

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Commander Una faces court-martial along with possible imprisonment and dishonorable dismissal from Starfleet, and her defense is in the hands of a lawyer who's also a childhood friend with whom she had a terrible falling out.

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Keith Phipps

New York Magazine/Vulture

06/22/2023

4/5

Where Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ second season premiere leaned into the action side of Star Trek, this follow-up emphasizes its talkier aspect.

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Adrian Ruiz

But Why Tho? A Geek Community

06/29/2023

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 Episode 2 exemplifies the depth of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. By combining genres, the episode explores important themes and delivers a compelling narrative that engages viewers as a courtroom procedural.

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Vera Wylde

Council of Geeks

06/28/2023

It's very easy to feel like "you know, the new stuff's good but I think we're going to go back to the older things." But every now and then, something from the new era gives you something that is an immediate classic.

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Sam Stone

CBR

06/23/2023

The Strange New Worlds main ensemble is whole again once more and ready to face the future together in what is shaping up to be an even more ambitious second season moving forward.

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Jean Henegan

Pop Culture Maniacs

06/22/2023

4.2/5

And so much of what made this episode truly work came from the performance of Yetide Badaki. It’s not easy to pop onto an established series and essentially carry the episode, as Badaki was asked to do, and successfully pull it off.

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Diana Keng

TV Fanatic

06/22/2023

5/5

Una's court martial trial and the history between her and her counsel is a deep and satisfying foray into the question of societal justice in the world of the Federation.

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Synopsis

Commander Una faces court-martial along with possible imprisonment and dishonorable dismissal from Starfleet, and her defense is in the hands of a lawyer who's also a childhood friend with whom she had a terrible falling out.

Director: Valerie Weiss
Creator: Jenny Lumet, Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman
Executive Producer: Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman, Jenny Lumet, Henry Alonso Myers, Heather Kadin, Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth
Screenwriter: Dana Horgan
Network: Paramount+
Rating: TV-14
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama, Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date: Jun 22, 2023