STRANGE NEW WORLDS Season 2 Finale BREAKDOWN: Every Star Trek Easter Egg and ENDING EXPLAINED
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- Our Strange New Worlds Season 2 Finale Breakdown is here! After several all-time great episodes including "Those Old Scientists" and "Subspace Rhapsody," we get a straight-up Federation vs Gorn thriller that introduces us to....SCOTTY! We break down every Easter Egg and Trek references to TOS, Next Generation, The JJ Abrams films, and more!
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Written by Ryan Britt / ryancbritt
Hosted by Ryan Arey ( / ryanarey )
Edited by Randolf Nombrado, Brianna McLarty, and Lee Mazzio
#StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds #EasterEggs
If you’ve been sleeping on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, you’ve been missing a bonkers good time with Pike Spock, Uhura and the gang, all aboard the USS Enterprise back in the time just before TOS, better known as the era of “Those Old Scientists.”
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But, we’re not here to talk about the big crossover between Lower Decks and Strange New Worlds
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OR the ambitious musical episode…
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Instead. We’re here to talk about the most important thing in all of Star Trek canon: The Gorn Identity
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First off, the episode is called “Hegemony,” which is a reference to the governing body of the Gorn, a government called “The Gorn Hegemony.” In canon, this name wasn’t established in dialogue until the Enterprise episode “Bound,” [clip] but had existed in non-canon books for a while, even going all the way back to the 1979 roleplaying game Starfleet Battles.
We open with a captain’s log for the USS Cayuga, (Kai-oo-gah) Captain Batel’s ship, which takes its name from three real-life US Navy ships all named in honor of the Cayuga native peoples.
Batel tells us that the people on Parnassus B have made their colony in the vein of an “old midwestern united states” town.The idea that human colonies out in space would replicate old-timey Earth settings goes back to The Original Series. Back then, Gene Roddenberry wanted many of the strange, new worlds of Star Trek to actually seem familiar, and populated with people we could relate to. He called this the “parallel Earths’ theory in both writer’s guides and pitch documents. It certainly saved some money on sets for TOS! Later in the episode, Pike order’s everyone to take shelter in the “barber shop.” Which could be a reference to this old timey barber shop from the TOS classic “City on the Edge of Forever.”
Nurse Chapel has hitched a ride with the Cayuga crew, on her way to a fellowship that will find her studying Archaeological Medicine. Batel asks Chapel [“Doctor Korby doesn’t mind you arriving a little early?”] This references the TOS character Dr. Korby [clip]. Who, will eventually become Christine Chapel’s fiance, before vanishing, and then, resurfacing in the episode “What Are Little Girls Made Of?” In which he reveal he’s become a robot version of himself, and is adept at making robot clones of people, including Captain Kirk
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Korby studies medicine from the distant past, which, in TOS will end-up meaning ancient robot bodies, like Ruk.
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But, within SNW, this field of study doesn’t involve robot bodies (yet) and Chapel has been into for a while, as was mentioned in Episode 5, this season, and in the episode right before this one, “Subspace Rhapsody,” she sang about it.
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Batel and Pike also reference this episode in a cute little Zoom call, in which they say that [“not bursting into song every 10 minutes” is a “minor victory.”]
But then Batel and Pike’s chat gets cut short, and Batel says:
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When Pike loses contact with Batel, he touches his mariner’s keystone, which was a gift from Batel in the episode “Among the Lotus Eaters,” which, was its own massive Easter egg heavy episode, in which Pike and the Enterprise actually returned to the very firsts, strange new world, Rigel 7.
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But back in the TOS/SNW era, Rigel 7 looked more like this:
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Back on Parnassus B, Doug and Batel see a shuttle crashing, and Batel wonders if it’s a shuttle from the Cayuga.
Turns out, much later in the episode, that shuttle crash was not one of theirs at all. Instead, this early shuttle crash is later revealed to be an Easter egg in the form of…Scotty! [clip, him saying hello] - Фільми й анімація
What did you think of the episode?
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Some questions as usual with my-trek.. not a bad episode though.. will be a while until we get a conclusion.. I have to ask though where are the Gorn come TNG? Does the federation wipe them out?
Not as strong as the S1 finale. IMHO.
Will you review the show Painkiller with your favourite actor Matthew Broderick ??
Dude you are all about chronology! That's your thing!! Why are you not mentioning the inconsistencies of them meeting the GORN before TOS!! I still love SNW only as a alternate timeline!
We love this channel, we love Doug and Ryan. But this is by far the absolute best Breakdown you guys have ever done! We so wish you had done the entire series.
bot. Tell me the place you bought breakfast from 50% of the time. I'll wait. I don't regularly eat breakfast before 11am. If I'm wrong you are wrong. Lucky Charms is fine.
yes !!
Your breakdown proves you have far more knowlege of the background of Star Trek than almost all the commenters on Facebook Star Trek groups that circle in argumentation.
I love this series so much. I wish they had made more than 10 episodes. Star Trek needs to go back to 22 episodes a season.
I heard that that they want to return to it. It’s a great idea.
I love Strange New Worlds. It's done extraordinary work in its two seasons, especially in creating original characters like La'an, Oretgas, Hemmer and Pelia. Not to mention the really strong interactions of Spock, Kirk, Uhura and Number One and now we see baby Scotty!
bot. Tell the place you but breakfast from 50% of the time. I'll wait. I don't regularly eat breakfast before 11am. Try me. If I'm wrong you are wrong.
we all know what will happen with Pike and Chapel, but i'm wondering what happens to the others. they aren't seen or mentioned in TOS
Thank goodness it was absolutely nothing like Discovery, which should have been hauled away as garbage about 30 seconds after the season 1 teaser trailer dropped.
@@kingofmonsters14 I'm not really liking the writers gradually replacing everyone. It's like they haven't got the guts to just recast all the TOS crew in one go, so they're doing it gradually as if no one would notice that Kirk is absolutely nothing like Kirk, and is becoming as irritating as Michael Burnam. I'm not particularly impressed with recasting any roles. Spock is yet again an emotional teenager. They've got a franchise with an entire galaxy, and they are too chicken to do anything that isn't a prequel or a reboot of someone else's work.
@@kingofmonsters14 M'Benga was in a couple of TOS episodes, chief among them being "A Private Little War". He got to slap Spock. 🙂
One of my favorite shows out there right now.. the cast and production crew did an amazing job for a second season in a row.. thanks for covering it!
what is your favourite place to buy lettuce? I expect no reply.
@@withershinMy local letteracy.
The first season felt like they were trying to ride that line between old Trek and flashy Trek in a detrimental way. Season two shifted gears and took the show to new heights. I don’t know if Kurtzman is being kept in the corner, but Picard season 3, all of Lower Decks, and now this? Man, I’m feeling good as a Trekkie! Hopefully the studio execs see the light soon and give the writers and actors what they deserve so they can get the next season rolling!!!
I've really enjoyed this season of SNW. Thanks for covering it, at least the finale, hopefully you'll be able to devote more time to it for season three. The musical episode really surprised me in a pleasant way. The whole season really.
Yes, more SNW coverage please. It’s my favorite show. It’s bringing ST back into the forefront
seriously if you are this skilled in the English Language you missed history.
A star trek show that focuses on exploration again and it being a hit, who knew... Those musical episodes can be a real swing or miss for shows. What are you hoping to see more of in season 3?
I was wondering why you weren’t covering the show. I’m glad you got to the finale at least!
Absolutely brilliant, that was the strongest second season of any Trek show so far, and a fantastic cliff hanger. I cannot wait until season 3. SNW is awesome.
@@@@ nope. fake. sorry nerds i figured out the old code. @T will never reply. Doesn't exist.
Same here!! Looking forward to Season 3.
If you like the series then you will love the new SNW book "The High Country" which I believe is one of the best Trek I've read in a long time. Oh and I agree SNW is really good the best we have had since TNG.
@@justhere8149 Thanks for the recommendation. 👍
I can't stop thinking about how without knowing for sure if the Cayoga had survivors they were willing to launch it into the planet without a thought. Miraculously there is (ONE?) survivor and it's Chapel. Even after they learn there was one survivor they never think "could there be more?" and still launch it into the planet.
Yup. this and Spock being the only one for the mission were my only nitpicks.
Yes, I had the same thought. I was also bothered by the fact that Chapel never looked for other survivors which is completely out of character for her.
Exactly. If Chapel survived, then there were other survivors. Were.
@@AndrewJohnson-oy8ojEveryone else aboard is dead. Chapel survived.
Pacing. If you were to be a purist to the extreme there would be no bang bang explosives in space, nerve pinching, singing klingons and have 10 hour long episodes where characters need to explain things ad nauseum to satisfy lawyer-esque audiences. Just roll with it in the name of entertainment.
One thing I think you overlooked: the colony seen here is, of course, a tribute to the various worlds TOS filmed on existing, standing backlot sets: the ruined city of "Miri" and the New York City of "City on the Edge of Forever" were both, in fact, Mayberry from "The Andy Griffith Show." When you talk about the barbershop, and show the shot from "City," you can see the signage on the window: "Floyd's Barber Shop." Surely that iconic TV location was part of the reference when Pike ordered "Barber shop!"
Damn, i just posted the same thing before seeing your comment! - Great minds think alike! 😀
I screamed when I saw the transporter beam. I thought it looked too green and then it wasn’t mentioned for a while. and I was so stressed until it was lol. Please do more SNW coverage, it’s fantastic!
yes bot. Easy question. Where do you spend most of your money?
@@withershinTaxes.
@@withershin well I do have electric dreams… maybe I am a bot and this has all been a long Data’s day of endless android synaptic relays firing into the binary void of my soul. Only Asimov knows. Can you help me? For the love of R Daneel Olivaw can you save me from this matrix? Kataatu barada nikto!!! Marvin was right 😭
@@withershin and by the way! Your mom. I spend all my money on your mom. Sorry, I forgot to answer your weird question😘
I wish y'all were doing breakdowns for the whole season. I've missed you guys.
This show has really been exceptional. Hope Yaoundé and Doug get to cover it more.
I hate how we're going to have to wait until 2025 before seeing a third season. If the strikes ever come to an end of course. This was the episode on the edge of forever.
see the algos give an @ when... ignore me
you soo young.
@@withershin you're just living in this comment section, rent free. go to bed grandpa. unless you have some valid input, but hey, by the looks of it you're just parroting the same ol' BS. keep it up, you can do it!
Your last line of ‘the episode on the edge of forever’ is a great one! Lol
The way Scotty is awkwardly holding equipment as he beams up to the Enterprise is exactly the same as he holds a bunch of Tribbles in "The Trouble with Tribbles".
Yes! About time you guys covered Strange New Worlds! I love this series and hope you go back and cover Season 2 in full. Love your work on this video!
Fantastic recap and overview of the references. Missed you doing these, Ryan. Also, I think this is the best mom joke yet just cause I never thought the dog (Doug?) Would make one. Kudos to all involved in this production
I love this show. Bringing in TOS character was a pleasant surprise! Loved this season! Looking forward to season 3 and crossing paths with other TOS characters.
There was also a homage to Serenity from Firefly when the Federation shuttle is covered with debris form the destroyed Federation ship. In Serenity their ship would sneak by the Reavers by attaching dead bodies to their ship.
Scotty is a miracle worker and will likely help to save the day in the next episode. La'an has been captured by Gorn, so I am guessing Pike will want to save his people! It won't be the first time a captain ignores a command from his superior when April asked him to pull back.
not real. Try me.
Truth is the big gorn hacking into the command computer had me rolling...lol. Best scene ever. My phone locks me out after 5 attempts. It just kept going. I loved it. Writers are hilarious...
The beginning reminds me of Independence day
This channel is a treasure and must be protected at all cost
I think the ending shows the beginning of the events that Captain Pike conceives as his own death. That is maybe the reason he reacted so shocked.
So wish Screen Crush had done SNW episode breakdowns over Secret Invasion
I want to see more breakdowns for this season
like you breakdown breakfast muffins? Humour.
I have played the board game Starfleet Battles. It's a great game.
If memory serves me correctly, the Gorn are the good guys in that particular game.
It also provided a race that hasn't been explored much on TV, known as the Kzinti.
I really wish that you guys would include more things than just Disney/Marvel. This was an excellent breakdown of this episode, so, why not go back and do them all? It’s just 9 more episodes for this season and this has been a glorious season! Honestly, we won’t take points off for going back and giving this show the respect it is due.
Did you notice the name on the olde tymey barber shop? "FLOYD'S". It was the set used in the Andy Griffith Show. And as far as the hand wringing over Gorns with a tail, or Klingons with ridges on their head- I go with what somebody who was interviewed waay back when ST:TMP came out said about the new look Klingons: "We have more money". Which is also why the ST:SNW Enterprise bridge is bigger, darker and has more LED panels on the controls. Updating for today's audiences.
Best Star Trek show since TNG seasons 3-4 !! 10 episodes is not enough for me!! Every ST show was always like 30 episodes per season before this one.
TNG had 26 per season specifically. Except 22 for season 2. TOS's 3 seasons were 29, 26, 24. Those days are long gone. Though I wish they would do at least 13 or 15.
Absolutely love seeing you cover Trek, would love to see more coverage! There aren't a lot of top tier UA-camrs doing Trek content
Probably not too many out there, but TrekCulture is definitely my go to channel!
@@jeffs6090 that's my favorite
you drink milk? testing bot BTW
@@withershin what the hell does that mean?
I'm so happy you did a Strange New Worlds episode. Your analysis abilities are some of the best out there!! 😊👍
THIS IS STAR TREK … what they’ve been able to pull off these last 2 seasons is incredible . This is the cast that will kick off the the return of Star Trek to the Major Motion Movie Screen . 🤘
The guy playing Scotty imitated the odd way James Doohan would cross his arms in front of him to hide his missing middle finger from camera.
I am glad you bought up the Blish novelizations which often referenced earlier drafts of the script. And that there been speculation about different species of Gorn. I wish you would do SNW.
I would love it if you reviewed "Star Trek" shows regularly, but particularly this one.
Thank you Ryan and team for covering the finale of Strange New Worlds. I love this show. I love your channel. These things MUST converge!! I know it's a lot but I'd love to see more Star Trek coverage. With Lower Decks coming next month I hope there could be at least a few episodes for it. Thanks guys.
Really glad you're back with Star Trek recaps, even if it's just for the season finale! I can't imagine how much work goes into these so I understand but if you chose to go back and recap the other Strange New Worlds episode, I wouldn't complain. 🙂
Please do all eps that have aired in the slower weeks We are all here for it. And thank you and the team for the content and true care.
One of the best cliffhangers ever. You know it’s good when you curse at the screen and realize damn how many months we gotta wait. Noooooooooo
During the barbershop scene when they were tracking the human life signs, it was reminiscent of Aliens(2nd movie) radar with pinging sound getting louder and louder as they got closer and closer.
So glad to see you back on Star trek. Totally understand that there aren't enough hours in the day to cover everything. A lovely surprise to get this gem
WELL DONE!! So glad you figured out that 1st crashing shuttle was Scotty's I heard so many reviewers criticize the question "is that one of ours?" GREAT VIDEO! Would love if you went through each episode !
I enjoyed the episode. What I fear with season 3 is that due to the greed of companies such as Paramount, they will not want to pay adequate wages to the creative personnel that bring series like this to life and if they concede, it will take a long time which may affect the series as well as others overall.
Perfect timing, just finished the episode. Good stuff
I LOVE that you did this video. I DO have one quibble/debate. The anti-grav thing was not some amazing reference to TAS. It's clearly a visual callback to First Contact (Star Trek 8). Antigrav boots, walking on the hull, placing devices, two good guys attacked by a lone bad guy, cracks in the faceplace, saved by a phaser shot by a friend, bad guy floating away into space, and--YES--the turning off the boots to jump across a gap and evade the bad guy--they all take place in the scene where Picard, Wof, and Hawk try to sabotage the Borg's attempt to mess with the deflector dish to call for Borg backup.
This look from Pike in the end of the episode like the last episode from season 1 is absolutely FASCINATING!!!❤❤❤ It's like he is gonna speak with fans... Thanks for this show thanks for this crew and finally THANKS FOR CAPTAIN CHRISTOPHER PIKE!!!❤❤❤
fascinating? bot. try me.
I love this show and I feel like nobody is paying attention. I loved the crossover and even the musical. The musical was pleasantly surprisingly good. Please do more and give the show the place it deserves. I can confidently say that from all (just) the TV (streaming) series: Star Trek > Star Wars > MCU.
I've watched the musical episode from last week an embarrassing amount of times. I don't normally like that kind of thing, but holy shit it's incredible. The Una episode was also amazing!
Enterprise getting trashed by the Gorn would be a neat in-universe way to make the Discovery/Strange New Worlds Enterprise look like the TOS version
Interesting idea.
@@rickjohnston2667 and possibly the success of Pike's Enterprise will inspire the creation of other Connies in that configuration
Loved this season can go from musicals and animated crossovers to war crimes and cliffhangers, this is trek baby. Thanks for covering the finale at least.
fair
Loved this! Please do more Star Trek! The episode was great and cannot wait for season three.
Strange New World is the best. So happy you did an Easter Egg video for it.
"Floyd's Barber Shop" is probably a nod to The Andy Griffith Show and their Floyd the barber
You missed the amazing attention to detail of Scotty's missing finger. Original actor James Doohan lost his finger (in WWII I think) and the Scotty we see in this episode was similarly missing a digit.
Perhaps Scotty loses his finger later in his career,i remember a marine engineer on a trawler telling me once that all the best engineers lose a finger then he showed me his hand and he had three fingers missing to which he replied "I must be a bloody good engineer."Lol.
Great anecdote @@williammackenzie6115 but maybe read my comment again.
Thanks for the video the episode was brilliant as was your review!
The old-timey barber shop in "City on the Edge" was really Floyd's -- they shot that scene on the "Andry Griffith" set, so Jim and Edith were strolling through Mayberry.
I can imagine the Gorn from TOS watching in horror as Juliet, the disabled cooker without a tail, limps after Captain Kirk after being selected as the "champion".
That adult Gorn in it space suit was truly menacing.
I wish you did more Star Trek. Love Star Trek and Love this channel.
Great recap! Really loved this season. What a cliffhanger!
Floyd was also the name of the barber in the Andy Griffith show.
Really good to see Scotty. He sounds great.
Great breakdown! I loved the episode and was thrilled with the introduction of Montgomery Scott. What a wonderful actor they cast. This and the musical episodes are some of the best of Trek, and that musical episode was beautifully written! Thank you for this presentation. I love your little dog.
There was the Serenity reference, when they talked about Space movies where they tied dead bodies to the hull of the ship to sneak past space zombies. :D
Thanks for doing this Breakdown!
I loved your video. This is my favorite Star Trek show ever. Say hello to Doug .
0:19 I know Secret Invasion was the logical choice to cover week by week both because of the hype and the monetization, but BOOOOOY, I'd have loved if you could have covered SNW every week
Great job on the recap. Thanks!
114 Please cover Strange New World more often. These one-offs are not enough.
Agree!
Awesome you could get this one work. Would have loved to see your breakdown of the whole Season, perhaps you could do a season review... anyway always stoked to see New Trek
Something else why did the Gorn set a trap for the Enterprise in Arena? Lot of people miss it. But Enterprise gets a message inviting them to the planet. Maybe whatever happens here leaves the Gorn with a grudge?
The old barber shop in TOS was Floyd's from Andy Griffith. Miri and City on the Edge of Forever used the Mayberry sets.
First time they’ve ever had a Scot, Martin Quinn, playing Scotty! His accent is genuine Glaswegian, though he’s from Paisley 🤣🤣
Floyd's Barber shop was actually a homage to same Floyd's B.S. from The Andy Griffith's Show and in the TOS episode where planet where all the kids rapidly aged to adults and died. Also filmed at DesiLu Studios. In which, Ron Howard played Andy's son Opie. Who's brother, Clint Howard who has played numerous characters in Star Trek universe going back to TOS as the adult alien ( Let us drink, the Tranya-grapefruit juice)to a few episodes ago played a Doctor in Klingon war flash back with Chapel and Ubanga..Endless inter woven EGGS.... Thanks guys Strong Work, JD
In the season 1 episode “A Quality of Mercy,” which was an homage to the TNG episode “Balance of Terror,” we heard an unseen engine with a Scottish accent giving a status report to Pike.
Thanks for the breakdown. Love Star Trek
They never said that she was the one who gave Scotty his nickname, she's just the first one that they heard call him that in this crew.
We should’ve gotten scene where one of Scotties fingers gets bitten off
Hiiii puppy!!! I love your shirt AND your universal translator! ❤😊
Oh man, you are the best at this. Been watching (almost) all your MCU related videos, its where I learn the comic book details of the stories and characters, it just adds so much depth. (having never actually read a comic book, I just like the movies based after them)
Then your videos on Star Trek, love them. I laughed so much to your perfect cut to "Laddie, Don't you think you should rephrase that?"
You missed the appearance of the Gorn mothership looks almost identical to the arrival of the alien ship in Independence Day.
Hey Ryan, I'm visually impaired and watch the series with audio description turned on. Interesting fact you may not have been aware but the audio descript for this series is none other than William shatner. He does it all! Love the channel and what you do. Later!
Love you guys covering Strange New Worlds. The show is great.
Since the strike is still on and future material will be very limited to cover by SC, can your team go back to the beginning of season 2 of Strange New Worlds and cover each episode in the meantime please?
I love the series and crew! We need MORE!!!
Excellent episode.
Great breakdown. Side note: Picard S03 and SNW S02 have made me enjoy Star Trek just like back then in the 90s... can't wait for more!
I'm impressed you mentioned the Gorn in Star Fleet Battles. You guys did a lot of digging
SNW's has been incredible ... Thanks for this recap / egg-hunt ... very cool!
Amazing episode
Did anyone notice that when they introduced Scotty, he held his hands to hide two fingers, maybe a nod to James Dohan who did that to hide is missing digits from Word War 2?
I too was taking a close look at Scotty's fingers during this episodes! - But, there are other scenes where it is clear that this Scotty has all of his digits.... for now. ;-)
@@senselessbabble1996 yeah may have just been a wink and a nod, but so nice to see Scotty in SNW
LOVE this series!!
I hope you'll cover Lower Decks in September. S2 of Strange New Worlds was lit 🎉
Love this season!!! Every episode better than the other!!! Can't wait for the next season!!!
That instersting i did not know this thank you for the information about gorn tails
Gosh! Love this serie especially 2nd Season.
This is StarTrek, simple but smart stories, lovely characters and no Idelogies in the surface.
Kudos to the writers!
I liked the episode and I like screencrush breakdowns of Star Trek notably more so. Perhaps a favourite moments from season 2?
The town cracked me up as I think it was the one used on the TV series 'Reacher' -on which, the Barbershop was featured.