Finally, the third season in the new world gave the fans the story of Ortigas that they wanted

Security alert! This article contains Spoilers For season 3, episode 9 of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.”

“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” Really love Lothanant Erica Ortegas (Melissa Navia), somewhat free pilot and projects on “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds”. There is something about Navia’s performance based on a deep foundation, besides writing of characters, Ortegas is incredibly dependent and works as an ideal audience when things become really strange because their reactions look authentic. Although they are surrounded by old characters like Spock (Ethan Peck), and Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding), and more, she managed to place a place for herself as one of the great “Star Trek” characters. In the third season of the show, she had an incredible arc that she watched, passing a serious shock captured by criminals and barely escaped while she was seriously injured, which led to some wrong behavior a little and more intense fiery than usual.

She had to overcome her fears and face her face to face, using her confidence in herself as a pilot To get the most difficult momentsIt seems that all of this was building towards episode 9, “Terraium”. After facing a difficult individual task for data from inside a satellite storm, it ended up with a worm and sweat hole on an abandoned foreign planet. Only when things look like they cannot get worse, she discovers that there is a gorne pilot with a way there is also, and Ortegas must befriend her greatest enemy. It is a somewhat common science fiction cup, and is used in films such as “Mine Mine” and even in the “Star Trek: The Next Generation” “The Enemy”, but the seriousness of Ortegas makes “terrarium” particularly difficult.

Everyone in Starfleet really great in their jobs, but sometimes they feel very ideal in some “Star Trek” shows. Their “faults” are very specific and often not these challenges, so characters like Spock and Captain Pike (ANSON Mount) can feel more perfect personalities than real people. Meanwhile, Ortigas could be a little conceited and shocked by Gorn Escape and Her years as a soldier She made her a little discipline, to the extent that the first lieutenant Ona (Rebecca Romain) looked at her marginalization of the missions a little. She got a wonderful feeling of humor and always feels that she grows and changes, and it is a real pleasure to explore this human aspect of “strange new worlds” through her experiences.

In “terrarium”, Ortigas realizes that the pilot who was cut off from her will not harm her, and that the two are developing a deep bond of their joint situation. She even learns to play the Gorn dice, which shows this These really terrifying strange creatures We are more able than we expect. If one of the other characters is in its position, the episode may not succeed, but because Ortegas is very original and has passed a lot of growth, it looks like a natural part of the development of its personality. Not only that, but because it is not one of the old characters, when you are in danger, it seems a little more serious, because there is no guarantee that it will remain, unlike its citizens who continue in “Star Trek: The Original Series”. All these things together help make “terrarium” an enormous episode of TV, and a pure story “Star Trek”.

The characters are a huge part, which makes the development of “Star Trek” great, and the development of the real character was a vital part of the concession that goes throughout the way Return to William Shatner James T. KirkSo watching Ortegas gets a completely planned arch this season was very satisfactory. It is a bit shameful thing that the show does not contain the breathing room in the seasons of 26 episodes of its predecessors, because these personal side searches are really important from the personal point of view, and in the past it was something that made “Star Trek” show singing. Who does not like to see their favorite characters get a chance to shine on their own, or watch two very different people who must be forced to work together?

It is great to hear the team behind “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” fans screams for more Ortigas and were handed over with not only one episode but a long bow in “Terrarium”. It is a testimony for writing employees and Navia itself that Ortegas has managed to be a prominent character in a presentation full of big characters and familiar favorites for fans, and “Terraium” is the finest offer for her so far.

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