SNW · SEASON 22×09

Subspace Rhapsody

NOMADIC PICK · FAN FAVOURITEThe Enterprise crew bursts into song.
FIRST SHOWN (US)
3 August 2023
ON
Paramount+
STARDATE
2398.3
DIRECTED BY
Dermott Downs

WRITTEN BYWritten by Dana Horgan & Bill Wolkoff

IN BRIEF

SPOILER-FREE

A subspace experiment goes strangely wrong, and the Enterprise crew find themselves bursting into song about their deepest feelings.

SYNOPSIS

SPOILERS
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While the Enterprise studies a mysterious subspace fold, Uhura broadcasts a song into it. The result is an improbability field that compels the crew to sing their feelings aloud, like characters in a musical. Secrets spill out: Pike and Batel argue in song, Chapel reveals that her new fellowship matters more to her than her relationship with Spock, and La'An confesses her feelings to Kirk, who explains that he is involved with Carol Marcus, who is pregnant. As the field grows, a Klingon ship arrives threatening to destroy the fold, and its warriors are caught up in the music too. In the end the whole crew join in a joyful ensemble number celebrating their life of exploration, which collapses the field and ends the singing.

DID YOU KNOW?

  1. 01The original songs were written by Tom Polce and Kay Hanley of the band Letters to Cleo.
  2. 02Director Dermott Downs had previously directed “Duet”, the musical episode of The Flash.
  3. 03It was a finalist for the 2024 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form.
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