In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2, a bold move was made by exploring the American musical tradition. It was a risky choice to go where no Star Trek series has gone before. Of course, it’s not the first genre show to feature a musical episode, and it shares something in common with the first.In Episode 9, “Subspace Rhapsody,” the crew find themselves endangered by a rift in space that causes them to burst out into spontaneous musical numbers. From its use of original songs to the characters’ complete awareness that what’s happening isn’t normal, there are many similarities between this and the first musical episode of a modern television series. But the most significant similarity is why the songs start in the first place.”Subspace Rhapsody” sees the Enterprise come into contact with a subspace anomaly that Science Officer Lt. Spock believes could be used to speed up communication over great distances. It saves time in contacting Starfleet Command and other starships. Unfortunately, every experiment Spock and Uhura attempt on the anomaly ends in failure until they try sending a musical transmission. The resulting energy surge from the rift triggers the episode’s first number, “Status Report,” in which the crew expresses their confusion about what’s happening. More numbers follow, and a pattern emerges.RELATED: How Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Musical Episode Brought Back Hemmer Actor in New Role
In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2, a bold move was made by exploring the American musical tradition. It was a risky choice to go where no Star Trek series has gone before. Of course, it’s not the first genre show to feature a musical episode, and it shares something in common with the first.
In Episode 9, “Subspace Rhapsody,” the crew find themselves endangered by a rift in space that causes them to burst out into spontaneous musical numbers. From its use of original songs to the characters’ complete awareness that what’s happening isn’t normal, there are many similarities between this and the first musical episode of a modern television series. But the most significant similarity is why the songs start in the first place.
“Subspace Rhapsody” sees the Enterprise come into contact with a subspace anomaly that Science Officer Lt. Spock believes could be used to speed up communication over great distances. It saves time in contacting Starfleet Command and other starships. Unfortunately, every experiment Spock and Uhura attempt on the anomaly ends in failure until they try sending a musical transmission. The resulting energy surge from the rift triggers the episode’s first number, “Status Report,” in which the crew expresses their confusion about what’s happening. More numbers follow, and a pattern emerges.
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