Overview

• Episode 7 of Season 3, titled "What Is Starfleet?", begins streaming Thursday, August 21 on Paramount+.
• The installment is written by Kathryn Lyn and Alan B. McElroy and directed by Sharon Lewis, marking her Star Trek directorial debut.
• Paramount+ released new official photos carried by TrekMovie and TrekNews that feature the Enterprise crew and prominently highlight Melanie Scrofano’s Captain Marie Batel.
• Early coverage suggests a more introspective hour that examines Starfleet’s ideals and bureaucracy, with some speculation that Batel’s Gorn connection could play a role.
• Strange New Worlds continues its weekly Thursday rollout on Paramount+, with separate reporting indicating guest star Patton Oswalt appears in a different episode later in the season.