![]() ![]() known this whole time, but not mentioned until now? Buck wild. And this is something that everybody in Star Trek has just. This is brand-new information for Star Trek canon, and it would mean that somewhere in the 2100s - a century that includes the founding of the Federation, the obsolescence of money, and the events of the Star Trek: Enterprise series - humanity discovered that there had been aliens living among them. That you managed to live on Earth among other humans undetected until the 22nd century is remarkable.” In the episode’s final scenes, Spock drops one more tantalizing, explosive line about Lanthanites in conversation with Pelia: “I’ve always been fascinated by your people. ![]() Which is very interesting, because there’s no analogous Star Trek species to that name. In the same scene, Uhura, the ship’s polyglot, takes note of Pelia’s accent and asks if she is “Lanthanite,” to which Pelia replies, “Guilty as charged.” The first hint we get is when she casually refers to being more than 100 years old. But, as “The Broken Circle” reveals, Pelia is definitely not human. And you won’t find a pointed ear or ridged forehead anywhere in Kane’s show wardrobe. The usual sign that a character is human rather than one of Star Trek’s innumerable humanoid aliens is that they’re not wearing some kind of facial prosthetics. Given that she’s brand-new, there’s very little anybody knows about Pelia - but in the season premiere, “The Broken Circle,” she’s already upending everything we know about Star Trek’s alternate history of humanity. And as it’s still a little too early for Montgomery “Scotty” Scott to show up, that role has fallen to an original character: chief engineer Pelia, played by legendary actor and comedian Carol Kane. With last season’s heartbreaking death of chief engineer Hemmer, there’s a space to fill on the Enterprise roster. And it’s all the same cast - except for one. It’s still a return to the episodic Trek formula of yesteryear. ![]() It’s still the Enterprise as helmed by Captain Pike, Kirk’s predecessor. As season 2 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds comes to Paramount Plus this week, most things about the show are the same. ![]()
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