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Do you want to catch up on Strange New Worlds but not watch all 40 episodes?

Here is a list of the Top 10 episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, according to IMDB raters, in chronological order. One bonus episode concludes a season cliffhanger.

Originally pitched as a prequel, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds now has to be conceived of as a reboot on an alternate timeline, based on its own changes to the timeline and to the development of its characters. Nor should this be a surprise. The future of the 1960s show didn’t quite pan out.

Embarrassingly, my number one album this year was Subspace Rhapsody, the soundtrack to the Strange New Worlds’ musical episode. After seeing my top songs from the album, I was curious about what others thought. I crunched the numbers for listener stats and viewer stats.

I recently rewatched Strange New Worlds, in prep for the new season, this time watching it with my son (his first time). The series is well regarded (the average episode rating is 7.9, compared to 7.7 for TOS’s best season), optimistic, and embraces episodic television, covering a wide range of genres. That said, the series does suffer from prequelitis, repeating those problems common to prequels. Here are four types of issues that I noticed.