Lieutenant James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley) may not experience a classicStar Trektrope inStar Trek: Strange New Worlds. Lt. Kirk is the younger version of Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) inStar Trek: The Original Series. Strange New Worldsis set about 5-6 years beforeStar Trek: The Original Series,when Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) commands the USS Enterprise. AlthoughStrange New Worldsfinds a way to beam Kirk aboard the Starship Enterprise, James is currently First Officer of the USS Farragut, andLt. Kirk has yet to time travel inStrange New Worlds.
Time travel is old hat to Captain Kirk inStar Trek.Kirk goes back in time to the 20th century a handful of times, including inStar Trek: The Original Seriesseason 1’s “Tomorrow is Yesterday” and “The City on the Edge of Forever,” arguablyStar Trek’s greatest episode. Perhaps Admiral Kirk’s most famous time travel was to 1986 San Francisco inStar Trek IV: The Voyage Home.Kirk has also jumped forward in time; the Captain of the Enterprise ended his days in the 24th century inStar Trek Generationsafter he was pulled into the extradimensional space ribbon called the Nexus.
Lt. James T. Kirk May Not Time Travel In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Kirk’s reaction in “Tomorrow is Yesterday” indicates it’s his first time travel
InStar Trek: Strange New Worlds' time frame, Lieutenant James T. Kirk has yet to experience time travel, and it may not happen at all for him untilStar Trek: The Original Series' “Tomorrow is Yesterday.” When the Starship Enterprise goes back in time to the 1960s,Captain Kirk famously reacts with genuine surprise, spinning around and saying"What?“in a moment that became aStar Trekmeme. This is Kirk’s first time travel event inStar Trek: The Original Seriesand, indeed, it may be Captain Kirk’s first time travel experience, period.
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This means that whatever happens inStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseasons 3 and 4, it won’t involve Lt. James T. Kirk time traveling. It’s possible thatStrange New Worldsseasons 3 and 4 could have a time travel adventure involving Captain Pike’s Enterprise, butKirk wouldn’t be in that episode. Thus far,Star Trek: Strange New Worldshas only had one time travel episode, and it did involve Kirk, but not the Lieutenant James T. Kirk ofStar Trek’s Prime timeline.
Strange New Worlds’ Alternate Reality Captain Kirk Did Time Travel
Kirk died in “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow”
Confusingly,Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 2, episode 3, “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow” was a Captain Kirk time travel saga, but it involveda different Captain Kirk from an alternate reality. When Romulan time agents alteredStar Trek’s Prime timeline, Lt. La’an Noonien Singh (Christina Chong) teamed up with Captain Kirk from the changed reality. Kirk and La’an time-traveled to 2022 Toronto, Canada, to restore the Prime timeline, even though it meant erasing the history Kirk knew. Tragically,Captain Kirk was shot and killedby Sera (Adelaide Kane), the Romulan time agent out to assassinate the young Khan Noonien Singh (Desmond Sivan), La’an’s ancestor.
Paul Wesley has played two alternate reality versions of Captain Kirk and Lt. James T. Kirk in the first two seasons ofStar Trek: Strange New Worlds.
InStar Trek’s timeline, it seemsStrange New Worlds'“Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow” slots in asthe first Captain Kirk time travel story, although it’s a doomed alternate reality Captain Kirk.Strange New Worldsseason 2, episode 3’s endingthen introduced Lt. James T. Kirk, who quickly became a recurring part of the Starship Enterprise’s adventures, and a potential new love interest for La’an. WhileStar Trek: Strange New Worldshas a penchant for rewritingStar Trekcanon, it remains to be seen if the prequel will change when Lt. James T. Kirk first time travels in the Prime timeline.
