Star Trek Viewing Guide
Chapter 2 · Toward the Five-Year Mission
  1. 1The Road to the Federation2063–2161
  2. 2Toward the Five-Year Mission2230s–2261
  3. 3The Expanding Federation2265–2268
  4. 4The Long Road to Khitomer2268–2293
  5. 5A New Generation2324–2367
  6. 6Continuing Voyages2367–2369
  7. 7New Frontiers and Foundations2369–2370
  8. 8Exploring New Quadrants2371–2372
  9. 9Storms on the Horizon2372–2373
  10. 10The Dominion War2373–2375
  11. 11Trying to Get Home2375–2379
  12. 12Life on the Lower Decks2380–2382
  13. 13Echoes and Legacies2383–2401
  14. 14The Far Future3074–42nd century

Strange New Worlds · S1 · E1

Strange New Worlds

First aired May 5, 2022

When one of Pike's officers goes missing while on a secret mission for Starfleet, Pike has to come out of self imposed exile. He must navigate how to rescue his officer, while struggling with what to do with the vision of the future he's been given.

Commentary

Archer once suggested that Starfleet would need rules for dealing with the consequences its presence might have on less-developed civilizations. A century later, we discover that Pike has just such a rule: General Order 1, soon to be known as the Prime Directive. I'm sure it will always be followed to the letter.

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