Every live-action 'Star Trek' show ranked from worst to best. Where do "Next Generation," "Deep Space Nine," and "Strange New Worlds" rank?

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Discovery" wrap up last year, a new season of the cherished "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" arrives this week.

You'd think the show itself would clarify who the mysterious bartender glimpsed in 'Wedding Bell Blues' actually is, but instead you'll have to read an interview to know for sure.

This includes Season 3, which should be exciting as Pike and crew were successfully able to thwart the Gorn, and are pushing ahead to more encounters with creatures across the galaxy. And yes, Erica Ortegas will be along for the ride, but as Melissa Navia said, it'll be up to the Moretegas crowd if she's involved in the season enough.

Star Trek has long had a complicated and changing relationship with religion. This week, it came full circle when the captain of the Enterprise got down on his knees and started reciting the Lord’s Prayer in the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 premiere.

The third season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds finally started this week, and its opener, “Hegemony, Part II,” picked up right where the last season left off. But along the way, it surprisingly ended up taking the Gorn—a Trek mainstay and the show’s longest-running threat—off the board.

Whether you're a Trekkie, Trekker, casual viewer or just confused about it all, it's undeniable that Star Trek has repeatedly proven itself to be nothing short of phenomenal. And that it elevated the Star Trek cast - William Shatner and the late Leonard Nimoy among them - to superstar status as well as spawned no less than 10 spin-off series and 13 feature films and