Strange New Worlds: Dave Foley on Guest-Starring, Spock, KITH & More
Dave Foley’s Dendru hosts a shore-leave planet where inhibitions drop and Scotty and Ortegas try to figure out what happened.
- On the latest Star Trek: Strange New Worlds episode, 'Human Best Friend,' the U.S.S. Enterprise crew visits a planet hosted by Dendru, played by Dave Foley, triggering zany consequences from loosened inhibitions.
- Co-Showrunner Akiva Goldsman noted the series alternates between 'classic Trek and more pushed-genre' storytelling, shifting from the horror-themed 'The Griffin Incident' to this comedy of errors.
- Spock views Kirk as his 'human best friend' in the episode, an emotional bond referencing Gene Roddenberry's 1979 't'hy'la' concept from 'The Motion Picture' novelization.
- Tasked with uncovering what transpired, Scotty, played by Martin Quinn, and Ortegas, played by Melissa Navia, must determine the cause of the planet's influence during shore leave.
- As Strange New Worlds continues into its final season, the Kirk-Spock friendship is expected to evolve further, with new episodes streaming on Wednesdays on Paramount+.
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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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