History WebVideo / StarTrekContinues

* AnAesop: It wouldn't be ''Franchise/StarTrek'' without one per episode.

* AlienGenderConfusion: Upon a new species making first contact with the ''Enterprise'', one of their ambassadors mistakes Spock for a human female. (The aliens of the week are humanoids themselves, which makes it especially funny.

** Kirk accepts promotion to the admiralty, while [=McCoy=] and Spock announce their intentions to leave Starfleet. Spock's emptional lapses (as he sees them) in the finale are also implied to be his motivation to undergo the Kolinahr ritual that he almost completes in ''The Motion Picture''.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Lolani.

* ThemeSongReveal: "To Boldly Go, Part 2" has a couple of {{Call Forward}}s to ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'' and even ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' by way weaving some of the nodes from the iconic theme tune into the soundtrack, especially during scenes like the saucer separation.

** The Starfleet uniforms featured in ''TMP'' are confirmed to be filtering down through the ranks in the near future, having already been adopted by the admiralty in an earlier episode. The uniforms are also [[MythologyGag instantly disliked]] by the crew, which may go some way to explaining their short-lived nature.

** [[spoiler: The CanonForeigner characters Drake and [=McKenna=], along with AscendedExtra Smith, are all killed.]]

** Kirk recommends that the experimental ship's counsellor position pioneered by [=McKenna=] - not featured in TOS, but prominient in the 24th century Trek era - be rolled out across Starfleet.

* IDieFree: [[spoiler:Sadly, this isn't Lolani's ultimate fate. But maybe her death will be an inspiration to others.]]

* ILied: Sentrek readily admits as much when [[spoiler:his claims of holding the crew of the ''Congo'' hostage and offering to return them safely in exchange for Dr. [=McKennah=]]] turns out to be a deception.

'''[=McKennah=]:''' Uh... no. Not always. Why do you ask?\\

* ThemeSongReveal: "To Boldly Go, Part 2" has a couple of {{Call Forward}}s to ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'' and even ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' by way weaving some of the nodes from the iconic theme tune into the soundtrack.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In "Lolani", the titular character interrupts a not-so-whispered argument between Kirk and [=McKennah=] to ask a... slightly awkward question. [[note]]A reminder than Kirk and [=McKennah=]'s actors are married in RealLife.[[/note]]

** The [[spoiler:female Romulan Commander, returning from "The Enterprise Incident",]] is played by [[spoiler: Amy Rydell, daughter of the original actress Joanne Linville.]] Just like Doohan, she ''strongly'' resembles the original actor - although the makeup job probably helped too.

* TheChainsOfCommanding: In "To Boldly Go", Kirk has a melancholic moment where he notices that 73 crewmembers have lost their lives under his command during the mission. [=McCoy=] tries to reassure him, telling him that during the same time he has also saved countless lives and even a couple of planets as well, but Kirk doesn't find it much consultation, finding each single death still haunts him regardless.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Used as plot twist actually. [[spoiler:The Abicians are easily identified by their purple hair, but because the Hyalians cannot see color, the Abicians has been able to slip under their radar and live peacefully among them for generations.]]

** On a more meta level, the computer voice is provided by Marina Sirtis, who played Counselor Troi. Her mother, Lwaxana Troi, was played by Creator/MajelBarrett, who also provided the original voice of the computer.

** Villainous example in "Fairest Of Them All." Mirror Kirk notices Spock's increasingly erratic ([[EvilCannotComprehendGood to him]]) behavior and eventually decides to [[spoiler: get rid of him with the Tantalus Field. Or he would have, if Marlena disabled it beforehand]].

** The CanonForeigner characters Drake and [=McKenna=], along with AscendedExtra Smith, are all killed.