Captains Pike and Batel prepare for her next assignment as evil returns to threaten the Enterprise. (Season finale)

Summary

Teaser

Captain Marie Batel materializes in the USS Enterprise transporter room, eager to spend some downtime with Captain Christopher Pike after endless meetings in preparation for her new assignment as the director of the Judge Advocate General's Office. But before she can rest, they spend some time relaxing with the crew at one of Pike's captain's table dinners.

On the planet Skygowan, Doctor Roger Korby has been making his way to Cali-Katchna – an ancient city, whose name was spoken by the Vezda. Working his way into the spiritual circles, Korby is escorted by Abna to a meeting with the high cleric Zeperez.

Aboard the Enterprise, diagnostics of the sickbay medical transporter reveal that residual pattern geometries had managed to reconstruct Nurse Dana Gamble, who had been killed to destroy the Vezda.

In the Cali-Katchna temple, Korby realizes the cleric is the Vezda that had possessed Gamble, taking hold on a planet where the Vezda are worshiped as gods.

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Act One

Act Two

Log entries

• "Captain's personal log, stardate 3165.2. After exhaustive evaluation, Captain Batel has been cleared to return to active duty as the new director of the Starfleet Judge Advocate General's Office. While we knew she couldn't stay on Enterprise forever, it doesn't make saying goodbye any easier."

Memorable quotes

Background information

Title

• This episode's title was revealed via press release on 5 June 2025. [1]
• It is one of several Star Trek productions to take its name from the text of the Captain's Oath, or a variation thereon, the others being Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, ENT: "Strange New World" and "These Are The Voyages...", SNW: "Strange New Worlds" (and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds itself), TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before", and TNG: "Where No One Has Gone Before".

Story and script

• According to Akiva Goldsman, Pike and Batel's illusory life together took inspiration from Jean-Luc Picard's experience as "Kamin" in TNG: "The Inner Light". [2]
• According to Henry Alonso Myers, the episode was written with the idea that it might have had to serve as a series finale. [3]

Preproduction

Production

Postproduction

Cast and characters

Sets and props

Costumes

• In Pike's vision, the illusory Elijah April wears an early 2260s version of the cadet dress uniform. In reality, by the time this part of the vision would have taken place, a different uniform style would be in use.

Soundtrack

Special effects

Continuity

• Pelia's deflected reference to having met a time traveler may refer to her encounter with La'an Noonien-Singh in "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow", making this the first time she has referenced those events. Pike was made aware of La'an having traveled in time in "Four-and-a-Half Vulcans" though there is no indication he makes the connection here, though he does give Pelia a warning glance, resulting in her modifying her sentence.

Miscellaneous

• Pelia comments "remind me to tell you about the time I spent with a time traveling doctor I once knew" in another reference to Doctor Who, following the appearance of the police box in "The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail".

Reception

Links and references

Starring

• Anson Mount as Christopher Pike
• Ethan Peck as Spock
• Jess Bush as Christine Chapel
• Christina Chong as La'An Noonien-Singh
• Celia Rose Gooding as Nyota Uhura
• Melissa Navia as Erica Ortegas
• Babs Olusanmokun as Joseph M'Benga
• Martin Quinn as Montgomery Scott

And

• Rebecca Romijn as Una Chin-Riley

Special guest star

• Paul Wesley as James T. Kirk

Guest stars

• Melanie Scrofano as Marie Batel
• Cillian O'Sullivan as Roger Korby
• Dan Jeannotte as Sam Kirk
• Chris Myers as
  • Dana Gamble (photo on PADD)
  • Zeperez

And

• Carol Kane as Pelia

Co-stars

• Zoe Doyle as Captain V'Rel
• Rong Fu as Jenna Mitchell
• Cassandra Guthrie as Cultist
• Michael Hanrahan as Abna
• Eric Miracle as Elijah April
• Anna Mirodin as Juliet

Uncredited co-stars

• Kayla Mirage as Skygowan villager
• Sandy E. Scott as Skygowan villager
• Unknown performers as
  • Young Juliet
  • Pike and Batel's collie
  • Pike and Batel's golden retriever
  • Pike and Batel's golden retriever as a puppy

Stunt doubles

• Avaah Blackwell as stunt double for Rebecca Romijn
• Laiko Foroughi as stunt double for Christina Chong
• Holly McCredden as stunt double for Jess Bush
• Geoff Meech as stunt double for Anson Mount
• Mich Todorovic as stunt double for Cillian O'Sullivan

References

April, Robert; apron; Ba-Dates system; banter; Beholder; Bellerophon-class; blood; bureaucrat; bus; bus route; cabin; cadet; Cali-Katchna; Cali-Katchna native; captain's log; Chateau Picard; cloning; commander; comms; Constitution-class; demons; diagnostic; distraction; doctor; dog (collie; golden retriever); drill; Earth; emergency transponder; ensign; Enterprise, USS; evil; Farragut, USS; Federation; gods; Gorn; hours; Human; hybrid; Illyrian; illusion; imprisoned Vezda; interdimensional space; interdimensional travel; Judge Advocate General's Office; kilt; knife; knife block; Lanthanite; Latin language; lei; ley lines; lieutenant; lieutenant commander; Lucas; magic; meeting; medical transporter; mind meld; nickname; nurse; orb; Orion; PADD; pattern buffer; pepper grinder; phonetics; planetary scan; promotion; Rigel; S/COMS; serial number; Skygowan; Skygowan native; "Sock" ("Uncle Sock"); Spanish language; "Spock-O"; star chart; stardate; Starfleet; Starfleet dress uniform; Starfleet uniform; Swahili; temple; test pilot; thing; time travel; uncle; Vadia IX; vampire; Vezda; Vulcan; Vulcan nerve pinch; wine; year; yoga

S/COMS references

Planetary scan references

age; analysis; argon; atmospheric composition; carbon dioxide; celsius; coordinates; days (aka rotation period); hours; M-class; mass; mean surface temp; methane; nitrogen; nitrous oxide; oxygen; percent; planet; planetary data; revolution period; Skygowan; solar years; water vapor

Star chart references

Beta Tauri; Cait; Cygnet; Delphi Ardu; Eminiar; Gamma Tauri; Grazer; Janus; Kasar; Kazar; Majalis; Megara; Platonius; Rukari; Skygowan; Starbase 17; Talar; Talarian Republic; Tholia; Tholian Assembly; Tychus; United Federation of Planets; Vadia; Vadia IX

External link

• "New Life and New Civilizations" at the Internet Movie Database

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