Summary
To paraphrase Spock (Leonard Nimoy) inStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, if I may be so bold, it was a mistake forStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 2 not to include Sybok. I needStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3 to fix this mistake.Strange New Worlds season 3 must fully introduce Sybok, the Vulcan half-brother of Lt. Spock (Ethan Peck), and bring back Sybok’s partner, Captain Angel (Jesse James Keitel), as well. Sybok is a disruptive elementStar Trek: Strange New Worldscould benefit from.
Sybok appeared in the shocking final moments ofStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 1, episode 7, “The Serene Squall”, whenSpock admitted he has a brotherto Nurse Christine Chapel (Jess Bush). Further, Sybok is a prisoner of the Ankeshtan K’Til Vulcan Criminal Rehabilitation Center under his pseudonym, Xaverius. Captain Angel posed as a United Federation of Planets scientist named Dr. Aspen to hijack the USS Enterprise to ransom the starship and Spock for Sybok’s release. Angel’s gambit failed, but they eluded capture while Sybok remained imprisoned. Butthere was no mention at all of Sybok or Captain Angel inStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 2.
The Ankeshtan K’Til Vulcan Criminal Rehabilitation Center is run by Spock’s fiancée, T’Pring (Gia Sandhu), who may be unaware her prisoner, Xaverius, is Spock’s brother.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 - Cast, Story, Trailer & Everything We Know
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 ended with an epic cliffhanger and here’s everything known about when it will be resolved in season 3.
Sybok Has To Be In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 To Fix Season 2’s Mistake
Sybok and Captain Angel’s story needs a continuation.
The lack of Sybok is my only issue with the wondrousStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 2.Strange New Worldshas proven to be meticulous in how it develops characters and stories, threading arcs across multiple episodes and seasons with copious attention to detail.Star Trek’s first-ever musical episode, “Subspace Rhapsody”, proves how wellStrange New Worldspays off the ongoing inter-character developments aboard the Starship Enterprise.This is whyStrange New Worldsleaving Sybok and Captain Angel’s story unresolved and untouched since season 1 is so glaring.
Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 2, episode 5, “Charades” brought back T’Pring, Spock’s mother Amanda Grayson (Mia Kirshner), and T’Pring’s parents, but Sybok was never mentioned.
OnceStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 2’s episodeswere laid out, it’s understandable that there was no space in those 10 hours to continue Sybok’s story. From Number One’s (Rebecca Romijn) trial to Spock and T’Pring’s break up, to flashing back to Nurse Chapel and Dr. Joseph M’Benga’s (Babs Olusanmokun) trauma inStar Trek: Discovery’s Klingon War, to a crossover withStar Trek: Lower Decks, Strange New Worldsseason 2 was wildly successful. But it also meantSybok was backburnered for a whole season, and it’s time for both Sybok and Captain Angel’s comebacks inStrange New Worldsseason 3.
Sybok Can Be The Star Trek Villain Strange New Worlds Needs
Captain Pike’s Starship Enterprise is moving away from the Gorn.
Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3’s premiere brings back the Gorn for their latest outing as adversaries to Captain Christopher Pike’s (Anson Mount) Starship Enterprise. TheGorn have beenStrange New Worlds' big badsince season 1, but it may be time to move past the man-eating alien lizards. With Sybok inStrange New Worlds' back pocket, season 3 is prime time to unleash Spock’s felonious older sibling. Captain Angel finally liberating Sybok from Vulcan prison wouldgiveStar Trek: Strange New Worldsa pair of villains who can challenge the USS Enterprise in a wholly different and personally deleterious way than the Gorn.
Sybok’s return has unlimited potential.
Sybok is a Vulcan criminal who abandoned logic for emotion and uses his Vulcan telepathy to"share others' pain" to convert them to his cause. InStar Trek: Strange New Worlds,Sybok could be a plague on the USS Enterprise crew, tapping into their deepest fearsand possibly even (temporarily) recruiting traumatized Starfleet Officers like Lt. La’an Noonien-Singh (Christina Chong), Lt. Erica Ortegas (Melissa Navia), or maybe even Captain Pike himself. Sybok could shed light on Spock’s early years, and vice versa, while Captain Angel has a grudge against Spock and Chapel. Sybok’s return has unlimited potential, and I hopeStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3 finally brings the Vulcan disruptor back.
