Strange New Worlds season 3 premiere wastes no time pulling viewers back into its high-stakes universe of diplomatic tensions, ethical quandaries, and emotional reckonings.

Further confirmation can be found in the previous season of Strange New Worlds during the Lower Decks crossover, of all places. After Ensign Boimler and Ensign Mariner were thrown back in time 120 years, a throwaway line between them foreshadowed the latest episode in spectacular fashion.

Strange New Worlds have hinted that a new series centered on Captain Kirk could be in the works to follow the fan-favorite show. In a new interview with Screen Rant, co-showrunners Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers addressed the possibility of continuing the crew’s story into the era of The Original Series.