Star Trek: Strange New Worlds‘ Celia Rose Gooding and Christina Chong reveal a cut moment from the finale of the first-ever Star Trek musical, and Ethan Peck explains why Lt. Spock decided to dance in the closing musical number, “We Are One.” Strange New Worlds season 2’s acclaimed musical episode, “Subspace Rhapsody,” was written by Dana Horgan and Bill Wolkoff and directed by Dermot Downs. All of the songs were composed by Kay Hanley and Tom Polce from Letters to Cleo. The musical required the entire cast of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds to sing and dance, and everyone embraced the musical with gusto.
In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ musical episode, a subspace rift created a reality defined by the rules of musicals that threatened to engulf the entire galaxy. Meanwhile, aboard the USS Enterprise, Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) and his crew unwittingly express their deepest feelings and emotions through songs. Ensign Nyota Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding) deduced that to close the subspace rift, the crew of the Enterprise needed to perform a grand finale, and every single person aboard the starship joined in for the big finish musical number, “We Are One.”
In an interview with TV Insider, Celia Rose Gooding and Christina Chong reveal that there was a bonding moment between Ensign Nyota Uhura and Lt. La’an Noonien-Singh that was cut from the final version of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds‘ musical episode’s finale number, “We Are One.” Read their quotes below:
“We Are One” was a catharsis for the crew of the Starship Enterprise. For La’an, the Strange New Worlds musical’s finale reaffirmed her decision to be more open with her feelings, even after her confession that she is attracted to Lt. James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley) didn’t go as she had hoped. Meanwhile, Uhura realized that her role in keeping the crew of the Enterprise connected was a gift, and it empowered her to save the ship. Both La’an and Uhura shed their old inhibitions and took steps forward to becoming happier people.
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Ethan Peck also explained Lt. Spock’s decision to dance in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds‘ grand finale, “We Are One.” Peck, who understands Spock like Leonard Nimoy did, needed a logical justification for Spock to dance, and he found out. Read Peck’s quote below:
Lt. Spock dancing in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ musical finale did boost the subspace rift’s ‘improbability levels‘, and helped put the Starship Enterprise crew over the top. Unlike Uhura and La’an’s moment, the final cut of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds‘ musical included the awkward moment between Spock and Nurse Christine Chapel (Jess Bush) after the couple ended their relationship through song. What happens next between Spock, Chapel, and the crew of the USS Enterprise in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 remains to be seen, although it won’t include another musical episode. (At least not in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3.)
Source: TV Insider
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is available to stream on Paramount+