STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS featured Number One’s (Rebecca Romijn) trial for keeping a secret from Star Fleet. It was slick, powerful, and reminiscent of our 21st-century bad behaviors.
Being an “augment” is the lowest form of social status. There have been so few who stood up against the antiquated laws that govern the “less than” within the entire Galaxy. The dialogues and monologues could have applied to any persecuted group on earth at this very point in time. It was disheartening knowing that changing ideologies and the laws that govern us happen very slowly for many. If the law is bad, then if not now, when? Thought-provoking material.
STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS gave viewers hope through Star Fleet’s mantra…”To the stars through hardship.” It is what new cadets dream about as they enter the academy, especially if they are “different” in any shape or form. A difficult truth to live up to, even for the Federation. It is available to stream on Paramount+.