Strange New Worlds returns for its long-awaited third season with a double shot of episodes that remind us all why it's the gold standard of modern Trek.

The third season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds finally started this week, and its opener, “Hegemony, Part II,” picked up right where the last season left off. But along the way, it surprisingly ended up taking the Gorn—a Trek mainstay and the show’s longest-running threat—off the board.