History Awesome / StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds

* In spite of pushing April too far and his testimony being thrown out, Neera lays into Starfleet in the same way that fans have done to the franchise for years--for the Prime Directive being their most "sacred rule", they seem to constantly discarding it at their discretion. Moreover, even though she won't succeed in ending the anti-augment ban, she demonstrates that, no matter how justified Starfleet holds it to be due to Khan and Adam Soong, it's still fundamentally flawed and discriminatory. M'Benga was right: humans just traded one prejudice for another, and April's reaction proves it.

** We get to see La'an again for the first time since she left when has a bloodwine drinking contest with a Klingon...and ''wins''. Even taking into account her biology thanks to her genetic make-up, La'an doesn't even seem drunk or even tipsy; then comes the end of the episode where Spock has a massive hangover despite his Vulcan physiology letting him handle it better than some other species.

* Kirk makes them some Earth money by beating half of Toronto at Chess -- and then dismisses it as "idiot's chess", showing just how high-level he is.

* Kirk makes them some Earth money by beating half of Toronto at Chess.

** We get to see La'an again for the first time since she left when has a bloodwine drinking contest with a Klingon...and ''wins''. Even taking into account her biology thanks to her genetic make-up, La'an doesn't even seem drunk or even tipsy; then comes the end of the episode where Spock has a massive hangover despite his Vulcan physiology let him handle it better than some other species.

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* When the ''Enterprise'' crew receive La'an's distress signal while in Spacedock.

** We get to see La'an again for the first time since she left when has a bloodwine drinking contest with a Klingon...and ''wins''. Even taking into account her biology thanks to her genetic make-up, La'an doesn't even seem drunk or even tipsy; then comes the end of the episode where Spock has a massive hangover,

** It should be noted that Pike's speech leaves out the fact that humanity's near-extinction was caused by ''nuclear'' bombs not anti-matter. Meaning its very likely the entire pre-Warp society would have been ''completely'' wiped out: meaning Pike saved an entire species using Earth's mistakes as examples of how bad things could get.

** Spock of course provides endless advise and is instrumental in La'an confronting her traumatic memories - exposing his own grief over losing his sister in the process.

* Spock, in T'Pring's body, [[TalkToTheFist punching out]] the Vulcan fugitive [[HateSink Barjan]] Tor when he insults humanity. T'Pring herself is even sympathetic when things return to normal.

* Spock, in T'Pring's body, [[TalkToTheFist punching out]] the Vulcan fugitive Barjan when he insults humanity. T'Pring herself is even sympathetic when things return to normal.

!!Season 2

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* At San Diego [=ComiCon=] 2022, it was revealed that there would be a crossover with ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'' with Creator/TawnyNewsome and Creator/JackQuaid appearing as ''live action'' versions of Ensigns Mariner Beckett and Brad Boimler. As well, we’ll also get to see Captain Pike drawn up in the ''Lower Decks'' style!

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*** [[spoiler:Very likely due to fail since in A Quality Of Mercy, while Pike sees the future, we find out that Una was arrested and imprisoned, despite Pike defending her.]]

* [[DarkAndTroubledPast While her backstory is horrific]], La'an Noonien-Singh surviving a [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent Gorn]] planetary nursery to the point that, being the SoleSurvivor of her family, she was placed on a raft and sent out into space as part of a cultural ritual. Its outright stated she wasn't expected to survive but did until a Starfleet vessel rescue her, leading her to joining and eventually becoming the ''Enterprise'''s new head of Security.