The pressure is on during the second season of any hit show. Showrunners must use the creative foundation they’ve already established and build on from it, often exploring a show’s characters more deeply and placing them in situations audiences will find intriguing. It’s a heavy lift, especially for a beloved IP like Star Trek. What a refreshing surprise it is then to know that we’re in good hands with showrunners Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers at the helm of season two of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Like the third season of Star Trek: Picard before it, this is some of the finest Trek we’ve seen in years. It’s inventive, often daring, sometimes genre-busting, and most of all — and this is important — fun.
