Paramount+ has confirmed that Star Trek: Strange New Worlds returns on July 17, 2025 with a two-episode premiere, and fans now have the full slate of ten Season 3 episode names. The titles were first posted on the franchise’s Instagram account and echoed by StarTrek.com; they open with “Hegemony, Part II” and close with “New Life and New Civilizations”.
Mid-season entry “The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail” drew immediate notice, as a sehlat—Spock’s famously fanged Vulcan “teddy bear” last depicted in live-action during Enterprise’s “The Forge” arc—has been absent from the screen since 2004. CinemaBlend suggests the title could herald either a literal creature cameo or a metaphorical nod, sparking lively debate across social media boards.
The list underscores the show’s tonal range, with lighthearted labels such as “A Space Adventure Hour” sitting beside lore-heavy “Four-and-a-Half Vulcans”. Paramount plans weekly Thursday drops through September 11 after the season’s first episode screens at the Tribeca Festival in June, offering select attendees an early look alongside a cast-and-creator Q&A.
Production setbacks from the 2023 labor stoppages shifted principal photography to December 2023, but the franchise has regained pace, already rolling cameras on Season 4 in Toronto with filming booked through late July.
StarTrek.com marked the new cycle with a bridge-set photo of Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, and Celia Rose Gooding, while industry tracker Hollywood North Buzz logged ongoing work at Mississauga soundstages. A recent Hamilton set image—showing 1930s-era trucks—hints that time travel could feature in next year’s stories.
Co-showrunner Henry Alonso Myers has advised viewers to “assume nothing,” a message embraced by a fandom eager to see whether the sehlat returns in fur and fangs or in metaphor as Strange New Worlds continues its episodic exploration of the final frontier
