Those mundane moments have always the lifeblood of Star Trek, and it’s good to see them continue. We start the episode observing what constitutes everyday work for the head of security on a starship: listening to disputes about whether or not transporter buffers can steal jewelry, and dealing with Pelia’s collection of stolen artifacts from her time working in an “archeology department” (which is relevant later), and so on. “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow” is packed with character development for La’an and never drags it’s a masterclass in economic storytelling. Now that we’re so used to serialized TV shows and the episodic format of Strange New Worlds seems odd, it feels almost miraculous that they can fit a whole satisfying story into one hour. All about La’anĮver since her introduction, we’ve been waiting for an episode that delved into La’an Noonien-Singh’s famous surname (remember, Khan Noonien-Singh was the genocidal dictator behind the Eugenics Wars of the 1990s). The first time, it was a story about Captain Pike. So far, he’s played the role of a living MacGuffin to move the plot along. And they recede further when you consider that neither of Kirk’s two appearances have been about Kirk. But these criticisms recede when you treat Strange New Worlds as its own show rather than a copy of the original series. It will be strange if they ever have a scene together. He’s a different actor interpreting the character differently, which is fine, but his performance suffers in comparison to Ethan Peck’s eerily pitch-perfect rendition of Spock. It’s still jarring how different he is from Shatner’s Kirk. But catching up with him again in “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow,” he manages to showcase a Kirk- esque easygoing charm and charisma. In his season 1 appearance, Wesley not only failed to channel Kirk, but failed to make much of an impression at all.
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