STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS
Season 1, Episode 9
Season 1, Episode 9
All Those Who Wander
Series: Strange New Worlds - (2022 - present)Season: 1
Episode #: 9
Production #: SNW-109
Original Airdate: 06/30/2022
Writer(s): Davy Perez
Director(s): Christopher J. Byrne
Guest Stars
Dan Jeannotte as Lt. George Samuel Kirk
Co-Stars
Carlos Albornoz as Buckley
André Dae Kim as Chief Kyle
Jessica Danecker as Cadet Chia
Emma Ho as Oriana
Jennifer Hui as Ensign Christina
Ted Kellogg as Ensign/Lieutenant Duke
Cameron Roberts as Manu Noonien-Singh
Liza Seneca as Captain Alice Gavin
Uncredited Co-Stars
Ava Cheung as Young La'an
Shannon Widdis as an Enterprise Bridge Crewperson
Stardate: 2510.6
Synopsis
On a Priority One mission to deliver power cells to Deep Space Station K-7, the U.S.S. Enterprise holds a festive send-off for Cadets Uhura and Chia, who have each completed their rotations on the Federation flagship. Uhura remains unsure of her path in life, despite Captain Pike asking her to consider staying on the ship.
The Enterprise soon receives a second Priority One mission from Starfleet; while the crew discusses, Pike once again wows everyone with his cooking skills, which had helped spark a mutiny on the Serene Squall. The U.S.S. Peregrine activated its distress beacon while making an emergency landing on Valeo Beta V, an L-class planet whose atmosphere prevents communication and transport due to the presence of charged ions. Following La’An Noonien-Singh’s suggestion, Pike decides to lead a landing party to search for the Peregrine while Number One makes the delivery to K-7 with the Enterprise.
Using two Enterprise shuttlecrafts, Pike and his team depart the vessel and land near the Peregrine’s location on the frozen planet. En route to the crashed ship, they discover twenty bloody bodies from the Peregrine’s crew complement in the snow. With nearly eighty personnel still unaccounted for, Pike’s team boards the downed Federation ship, only to find even more blood. Dr. M’Benga certifies that the twenty people outside the vessel perished from hypothermia.
According to an audio log from the now-deceased Captain Alice Gavin, the Peregrine rescued three individuals — an Orion, a human girl, and an unknown alien. Unfortunately, the Orion turned out to be infected with Gorn eggs and attempted to end the threat by setting off a plasma grenade in Engineering. Armed with this knowledge, Pike still hopes to find survivors, ultimately encountering the young girl and the unclassified humanoid alien the Peregrine had saved.
Meanwhile, Hemmer and Uhura work to restore power in Engineering, where the bond they forged shines through. Hemmer surmises that Uhura’s uncertainty about her future stems from a fear of settling into a new home. The Aenar adds some extra wisdom, advising Uhura that the pain caused by establishing close friendships is dwarfed by the benefits and love that one receives from those ties.![]()
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Back in Sickbay, M’Benga learns that the girl’s name is Oriana, and the humanoid is simply referred to as “Buckley.” Given her history with the Gorn, La’An is hypervigilant about scanning the pair for Gorn eggs; however, there appears to be no trace of any. The doctor becomes protective of Oriana, accidentally referring to her as his “daughter,” demonstrating the ongoing emotional impact of Rukiya’s recent departure. La’An theorizes that the three refugees had been picked up from a Gorn-breeding planet and initiates a sweep of the Peregrine.
Not long after the security officer sets out on her mission, Buckley becomes quite ill before several baby Gorn burst out of its body in gruesome fashion. Cadet Chia is killed, as Oriana hides and Nurse Chapel barricades herself in with a protective forcefield. The young Gorn immediately set to work, murdering the recently promoted Lieutenant Duke right in front of Pike, Spock, and Sam Kirk. La’An assesses the situation, explaining that the Gorn will mature quickly and fight for dominance.
La’An and Chapel locate Oriana in her original hiding spot — the coldest place on the ship — which sheltered her from the Gorn due to their preference for warmer temperatures. The girl details how the Peregrine’s crew tricked the previous hatchlings into going outside into the freezing climate. The current storm prevents the landing party from making a run for their shuttles. Down in Engineering, Hemmer and Uhura witness a larger Gorn asserting its dominance by killing its smaller sibling. The Gorn sprays Hemmer with a defensive venom before being frightened away by phaser fire.
With power and comms restored, Spock deduces that the Gorn have a natural ability that shields them from the ship’s scanners. With the two remaining Gorn the smartest and most hostile of the hatchlings, Pike’s crew develops a strategy to use the Gorn’s aggressive behavior and distaste for the cold to lure them into a trap. In order to draw out the Gorn, La’An encourages Spock to attack it aggressively — a suggestion that causes the science officer to let down his emotional guard and unleash some verbal rage. The ruse succeeds with the final two Gorn clashing with one another, eventually leaving only one for the crew to combat. The growing Gorn chases La’An into the Cargo Bay trap, where the chief of security and chief of engineering take refuge in cargo pods and kill the final Gorn by blasting it with frigid air.
Tragically, Hemmer realizes that the venom he had been exposed to is actually part of the Gorn reproductive process, with him now a host for its Gorn eggs. With time swiftly running out, Hemmer decides he must sacrifice himself in order to protect his friends. Hemmer advises Uhura to open herself up to others and find a home that will bring her joy. The engineer then steps out into the cold and propels himself into a chasm.
Sometime later, the Enterprise leaves the planet with the Peregrine in tow. The crew holds a memorial service for Hemmer, Chia, and Duke. The fallout from the mission continues, as Spock is unsettled by intense, released emotions and La’An’s requests for time away from Enterprise to find Oriana’s family. Elsewhere, a confident Uhura enters the Bridge and eyes the Communications station, indicating she might have finally found her calling.
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