Strange New Worlds: Dave Foley on Guest-Starring, Spock, KITH & More
Dave Foley makes his live-action Star Trek debut as a shore-leave host whose planet loosens the crew’s inhibitions and drives a comic mystery.
- On Wednesday, Strange New Worlds Season 4 released episode 3, "Human Best Friend," on Paramount+, featuring the U.S.S. Enterprise crew visiting a planet hosted by Dendru, played by Dave Foley, where loosened inhibitions create zany results.
- Co-Showrunner Akiva Goldsman noted the series balances genres, shifting from the horror-themed "The Griffin Incident" to this comedy of errors, aiming to "enhance the emotion of the emotional storytelling."
- While officers Scotty, played by Martin Quinn, and Ortegas, played by Melissa Navia, investigate the shore leave mishap, Spock, played by Ethan Peck, hallucinates James T. Kirk, played by Paul Wesley, deepening the bond foreshadowed in 2019.
- The title references Spock's view of Kirk as his "human best friend," a concept connected to Gene Roddenberry's 1979 "t'hy'la" term from The Motion Picture footnotes explaining their deep connection.
- Dave Foley praised the episode's "Original Series-style fun," noting the power of psychedelics to transform; as the final season continues, the series will likely explore this immortal bromance.
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Strange New Worlds season 4 features bizarre cameo from 53-year-old Star Trek series
**Warning: Spoilers ahead for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 4 episode 3.**As a prequel to the original Star Trek series that first made Captain Kirk a household name, Strange New Worlds regularly connects with the classic '70s show, often in rather surprising ways. Still, few could have predicted just how bizarrely the latest episode of season 4 would call back to the past. Exhausted by all their recent adventures, the Enterprise crew end…
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Strange New Worlds Provides The Least Likely Origin Story Imaginable For Star Trek's Most Important Relationship
Kirk and Spock's relationship gets the spotlight in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4, Episode 3, which reveals their friendship's (very) unlikely origin.
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