Uncanny Treks: Star Trek- Strange New Worlds S3E5 (2025, TV)

Trek does cosmic horror. Bob and Matt break down 'Through the Lens of Time,' the Strange New Worlds episode that sends Chapel and Dr. Roger Korby to the ruins of Vadia IX hunting immortality tech — and leaves Ensign Dana Gamble blinded by a glowing orb, then possessed by an ancient non-corporeal evil called the Vezda. The away team splits across quantum realities, Pelia name-drops the oldest things she's ever seen, and Batel's Gorn DNA flares violently. It's the show's darkest hour yet, and Matt has notes on the rules of the quantum split.