Strange New Worlds Season 3 - Release Date + Cast
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Posted on Jun 13, 2025 | 09:15am
The first season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds returned the Star Trek franchise to its episodic roots. The second season branched out, genre-wise, delivering everything from a full-blown musical episode to an animated/live-action crossover with Star Trek: Lower Decks. What will Season 3 bring?
Read on for everything we know right now about the upcoming third season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, including premiere date, cast info, trailer, and more.
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And more good news: Martin Quinn, who plays engineer Montgomery Scott in a guest-starring turn in Season 2, is set to return for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3, now as a series regular.
Wesley's Kirk has contained multitudes. In "A Quality of Mercy," Kirk is Capt. James T. Kirk of (wait for it) the U.S.S. Farragut. (The episode is about Pike glimpsing an alternate version of the future.) In Season 2's "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow," Kirk is both the captain of the Enterprise (in a timeline variant), and, later, a Federation lieutenant (in the show's standard timeline).
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A 10-episode season matches the output for Season 1 and Season 2, respectively.
For more on Strange New Worlds, and so many other Star Trek things, including movies, check out the Star Trek Collection.
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Read on for everything we know right now about the upcoming third season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, including premiere date, cast info, trailer, and more.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 release date
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 is scheduled to premiere with two new episodes on Thursday, July 17, exclusively on Paramount+. After, new episodes will drop weekly through the season finale, which is set for Thursday, Sept. 11.Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 cast: Who’s returning?
Below is the rundown of series regulars from the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 cast who are returning for Season 3. The good news for fans is that the U.S.S. Enterprise crew, as announced by Paramount+, is going to look awfully familiar:- Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike
- Rebecca Romijn as Number One
- Ethan Peck as Spock
- Jess Bush as Christine Chapel
- Christina Chong as La'An Noonien-Singh
- Celia Rose Gooding as Nyota Uhura
- Melissa Navia as Erica Ortegas
- Babs Olusanmokun as Joseph M'Benga
And more good news: Martin Quinn, who plays engineer Montgomery Scott in a guest-starring turn in Season 2, is set to return for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3, now as a series regular.
Will Kirk be back in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3?
Mark this stardate: Yes, Kirk will be back in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3. Paul Wesley, who first appeared as Kirk in the Strange New Worlds Season 1 finale, "A Quality of Mercy," and returned for a trio of Season 2 episodes, is billed as a special guest star for Season 3.Wesley's Kirk has contained multitudes. In "A Quality of Mercy," Kirk is Capt. James T. Kirk of (wait for it) the U.S.S. Farragut. (The episode is about Pike glimpsing an alternate version of the future.) In Season 2's "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow," Kirk is both the captain of the Enterprise (in a timeline variant), and, later, a Federation lieutenant (in the show's standard timeline).
Who are the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 guest stars?
In addition to Wesley, guest stars for Season 3 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds include Rhys Darby, Patton Oswalt, Cillian O’Sullivan, Melanie Scrofano, and Carol Kane, who's introduced in Season 2 as Pelia, the Enterprise's new chief engineer.When will the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 trailer be released?
The official trailer for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 was released on June 7. Is this a "hit-it situation," as Number One asks in the clip? Indeed, it is. Play and watch the official Season 3 trailer below:How to watch Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 will stream exclusively on Paramount+.Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 episodes: How many will there be?
There will be 10 new episodes in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3. According to StarTrek.com, the episode list is as follows:- Episode 1: "Hegemony, Part II"
- Episode 2: "Wedding Bell Blues"
- Episode 3: "Shuttle to Kenfori"
- Episode 4: "A Space Adventure Hour"
- Episode 5: "Through the Lens of Time"
- Episode 6: "The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail"
- Episode 7: "What Is Starfleet?"
- Episode 8: "Four-and-a-Half Vulcans"
- Episode 9: "Terrarium"
- Episode 10: "New Life and New Civilizations"
A 10-episode season matches the output for Season 1 and Season 2, respectively.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3: What to watch before the new season starts?
The episodic beauty of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is that you can jump in any point in the show's run. That said, it doesn't hurt if you bring love of all things Pike and Spock to the show. If that's a goal of yours, then we recommended sampling the following episodes:- Star Trek: The Original Series Season 1, Episode 1: See the earliest iterations of Pike and Spock in "The Cage." And while this adventure is the starting point for the franchise, it was not the first Star Trek episode seen by audiences (that would be "Man Trap"); rather, it's the first produced Star Trek pilot. Back in the day, the episode was originally glimpsed, and positioned as flashbacks, in the Season 1 Star Trek episodes, "The Menagerie, Part 1" and "The Menagerie, Part II." "The Cage" features Jeffrey Hunter as Capt. Pike, and, in his maiden Enterprise voyage, Star Trek icon Leonard Nimoy as Spock.
- Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 1: Anson Mount's version of Pike debuts in "Brother."
- Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 7: The Ethan Peck era of Spock begins in "Light and Shadows."
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds any episode: This is your gentle reminder that you don't have to watch Strange New Worlds from the beginning in order to fall in love with Strange New Worlds (or Pike and Spock).
For more on Strange New Worlds, and so many other Star Trek things, including movies, check out the Star Trek Collection.