Overview

• Episode 9, Terrarium, debuted September 4 on Paramount+ as the penultimate chapter of season 3.
• The story centers on Lt. Erica Ortegas in a survival scenario that cultivates unexpected cross-species understanding and challenges prior portrayals of the Gorn.
• The Enterprise pursues an unorthodox rescue shaped by Uhura and Spock’s planning, reinforcing the crew’s commitment to their helmsman.
• The hour overtly nods to The Original Series’ Arena and brings back a long-absent element from 1967-era canon without relying on nostalgia alone.
• Coverage highlights a meaningful reappraisal of a classic foe and points to an in-universe mechanism for reconciling past depictions ahead of the September 11 finale.