Go watch the episode and then hear from the stars about putting it all together.
Cerritos (still in animated form) investigating a time portal.
They accidentally activate the tech and send Boimler back through time.
The opening animated sequence of the ‘Lower Decks’ episode of ‘Strange New Worlds’.CBS
He arrives in the timeline of Captain Pike (now in live action), and the U.S.S.
Enterprise has to figure out how to get him home without Boimler drastically changing the course of history.
Once it seems like they’ve figured things out, in comes Mariner.
Tawny Newsome’s Mariner and Jack Quaid’s Boimler meet Captain Pike (Anson Mount) in ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’.Michael Gibson/Paramount+
The early drop also means that there’s been a slight change to the schedule.
“We were guests in their house,” Quaid says of theStrange New Worldscast.
I think the person that made sure that it was all balanced was Jonathan Frakes.
Rebecca Romign’s Number One, Ethan Peck’s Spock, and Christina Chong’s La’an in ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’.Michael Gibson/Paramount+
“And also Jonathan was in the room and he loved it.”
“We drank probably 40 of those.
The sugar from that absolutely made us lose our minds because you also kind of have the Vegas effect.
You’re just there losing control.
I was like,This is delightful.
We’re all out of our minds.”
“When I am that emotive as Spock, it feels really wrong, right?
Because Spock is so contained and controlled,” Peck says.
Frakes was like, ‘Bigger, bigger!’
I remember telling him, ‘This feels wrong.
Are you sure?’
He’s like, ‘Yes, that’s good.
Itshouldfeel wrong.'"
Peck is also taking his Hot Spock status in stride.
“My head is always appreciating hot people just at any time,” Newsome says of that moment.
You want to confirm everyone feels okay.
It might feel like I’m lightly objectifying you.
Are you cool with that?’
He was like, ‘Absolutely.
And thank you for asking.'"
“I’m very flattered, very honored,” Peck says of holding the moniker of Hot Spock.
So, they had a really great time improvising and bringing their own spin to it."
“Voiceover acting’s really hard for me,” Peck admits.
“I don’t do much of it, and it’s a very different art medium.
I was really excited to try it out.
“I cannot say I prefer it.
But I think they all did so great, and I love their animations.
They all look so cute.”
