The season 4 premiere of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds aired this week on Paramount+ with a story sending the Enterprise crew back in time to the age of dinosaurs.
The episode begins with Captain Pike relaxing on a desert planet before the crew faces a massive space storm. A distress signal draws them into the storm, which transports the ship 65 million years into the past on Earth.
Away team members Una, La'an, and Ortegas encounter dinosaurs including a Tyrannosaurus rex, which Una stuns with a phaser. They also punch a raptor to retrieve needed iridium for repairs.
Meanwhile, Commander Kassell seizes the ship's antimatter to fight the Dol'drm species. Pike realizes the planet's destruction aligns with Earth's history, as a fragment causes the dinosaur extinction. The blast wave returns the Enterprise to its proper time.
Pike declines a promotion and recommends Una instead, who becomes a commander. The crew shares stories of their dinosaur encounters afterward.