Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, and Paul Wesley offer more details on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - JULY 23: (L-R) Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, Paul Wesley, Christina Chong, and Celia Rose Gooding visit the #IMDboat official portrait studio at San Diego Comic-Con 2022 on The IMDb Yacht., California. (Photo by Irvin Rivera/Getty Images for IMDb)

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According to TrekMovie.com, and fresh from SDCC, big things are in store for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Season 2. Many members from the main cast were there to chime in on where the series is headed in its next installment, and what we can expect to see when the series, which streams exclusively on Paramount+ hits the screen again in 2023.

Anson Mount (Pike), and Ethan Peck (Spock) took some time and spoke to Collider and shared a few glimpses of what is in store. Mount alluded that Season Two is pushing the boundaries of what can be done since the series is more episodic and they are on a new planet every week, as well as working with different kinds of directors with each having their own style gives them to the ability to explore more about the crew and their lives.

Mount also spoke about the growth of Captain Pike next season, comparing the character to a patient that has received a terminal diagnosis and is able to come to terms with it and say, “I’ve never been more alive because I know the endpoint and know how many days I have left and I’m going to live them to the fullest.” That’s where he sees Pike, his character is more accepting of what lies in store for him and is making the most out of the time he has left.

Peck quoted current co-showrunner Henry Alonso Meyers in describing season 2 as “season 1 on steroids,” agreeing that “that’s probably the most accurate way to put it.” Peck told TV Insider, “Spock gets to really start to explore his human side and it leads to a lot of funny hijinks. So I’m really excited about bringing that comedic element to Spock.” And to IGN, he said, “You’ll see Spock explore his human side more, in a way that will ultimately affect his more immediate relationships in a fun and interesting way… We’ll see that carry on and it’s definitely a part of his evolution to becoming who he is. He needs to know himself more deeply as a human in order to become the Spock that Leonard Nimoy portrays in The Original Series.”

Paul Wesley (Kirk), who we saw on the final episode of season one, said in the same interview, “Anything you saw in the [season 1] finale is strangely not applicable because it’s an alternate timeline future. So when we meet Kirk again in season 2, there’s no memory. He’s meeting Pike for the first time. He’s a young lieutenant. He’s not a captain. He doesn’t have that formidable Shatner-esque quality yet. And I think that he does take some mentorship and he has a high degree of respect for Pike for sure.”

And to TV Insider, he said: “In the season 1 finale, he’s an alternate version of Kirk… so we get to see the real Kirk in season 2. He’s much younger, he’s a little bit lighter. It’s Kirk pre-Kirk, basically… We’re going to see pre-Kirk trying to figure out who he is, as a lieutenant on the Farragut. And he’s going show up in unexpected places at unexpected times.”

We’ve also been promised more of the ship. More sets of the Enterprise are being built. We’ve already seen one of them; the port galley set used in season 2, which was revealed on The Ready Room.

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