Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - S2 E9 - "Subspace Rhapsody"
August 3, 2023
'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Season 2 Episode 9 Recap: A Musical That Ends on a High Note
The cast of 'Strange New Worlds' brings their A-game to "Subspace Rhapsody," locking it in as one of the best episodes in the franchise.
By Samantha Coley
Strange New Worlds has officially taken Star Trek where no other series within the franchise has gone before with its very first musical episode. The penultimate episode of Season 2, "Subspace Rhapsody," sees the crew of the USS Enterprise collide with an anomaly that sends the entire federation into an alternate dimension powered by song. As each member of the crew from Captain Pike (Anson Mount) to visiting officer Jim Kirk (Paul Wesley) begins singing about their innermost thoughts, Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding) must race against the clock to reset their reality before the Klingons arrive to destroy the source of their dishonor.
Written by Dana Horgon and Bill Wolkoff, "Subspace Rhapsody," while delivering a whacky off-the-wall musical, still drives several plot points forward as the end of Season 2 draws near, and delivers some truly quintessential Star Trek. The episode is directed by Dermott Downs, who previously helmed the musical crossover for Supergirl and The Flash, as well as several episodes of Fire Country. The ten new songs, which will be available on Spotify and Apple Music, were penned by Letters to Cleo's Kay Hanley and Tom Polce with some stellar choreography from Roberto Campanella. The episode also features an acapella rendition of the show's theme song.
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Well, that happened.
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Apologies, the most confounding thing
We appear to be singing
Most unusual
So peculiar
Laughed my head off at this episode and thoroughly enjoyed it at the same time!
I laughed... Wait, we're singing again?
But the Backstreet Boy Klingons? And I thought they were more into opera....
The Klingon background dancers in that one scene did make me laugh, swinging those bat'leths around.
I laughed my head off and then rewatched it 2 more times. Without the backup dancers, it wouldn't have been as good.
OMG, the Klingon boy band cracked me up. I don't know how anybody kept a straight face for that one.
That was my favorite part of the episode.
I'm out of town for the weekend, so I'll watch once I'm back to my TV and Firestick and comment more then. Singing?
Oh yeah... it was a musical episode.
Probably the named star who did the least singing was Dr. M’Benga who actually told us he doesn't sing.
I loved the episode but then I really like musicals.
Think "High School Musical", LOL!
Ok, I got to watch it last night and it was...surprisingly enjoyable. A bit silly, yes, but I still laughed out loud several times. Do all of the actors do their own singing, or were they lipsynching? Some of those songs were pretty challenging.
But I'm ready to get back to the regular, non-musical format, and especially the regular opening sequence.
I didn't realize until I watched a bit of The Ready Room that Celia Rose Gooding had won a Grammy. Not at all surprised.
I think the episode was entertaining but I could not view it as a Star Trek episode. To me, it destroyed my ability to suspend disbelief. I would rather Star Trek be Star Trek.