Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4 Episode 5 Recap/Review – “Level-5 Transporter Accident”

It’s time to start the music. It’s time to light the lights. It’s time to get things started on Strange New Worlds tonight. Wait… That’s not how it goes. This is the episode Trekkies have been waiting for since they saw the teaser at San Diego Comic-Con 2025 — the puppet episode. No, that’s not a typo; we’ve really been waiting that long. Orions attempt to take over the Enterprise, but a transporter accident turns the entire crew, except for Science Officer Lieutenant Spock (Ethan Peck), into puppets. Stardate 3019.4 The U.S.S. Enterprise is en route to Spock’s homeworld of Vulcan, where he plans to immerse himself in the study of logic. His recent experience aboard the Griffin still has him questioning his own mind, and he’s hoping a little time with the Vulcan masters can help him find his center again. Little Ricky On the way, they’ve been ordered by Starfleet to slow down to investigate reports of pirate activity in the area. Engineer Lieutenant Montgomery Scott (Martin Quinn) decides to take advantage of the extra time by extending the transporter’s range. The current maximum range is 25,000 kilometers (km), and Scotty’s been able to reach 27,000 km in simulations, but he want...