Summary
Christina Chong hints that"anything could happen"between Lt. La’an Noonien-Singh and Lt. James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley) inStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3. InStrange New Worldsseason 2’s musical episode, Kirk told La’an he can’t pursue a relationship, despite their mutual attraction, because he has a pregnant girlfriend named Carol. Meanwhile,La’an was inspired by her brief and tragic romance with an alternate reality Captain Kirk to"change her paradigm"and open herself up more, as she sang about inStar Trek: Strange New Worlds' musical.
Screen Rantexclusively interviewed Christina Chong atSTLV: Trek to Vegas, where we discussed how La’an Noonien-Singh feels about James T. Kirk going intoStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3.Christina explained that La’an is taking steps to become a more open person, and she hints at what that could mean forKirk and Carol. Read Christina’s quote below:
Christina Chong: Well, obviously she has accepted at the end of episode 10, season two, that they can’t be together. And that doesn’t mean that his love and their relationship hasn’t evolved her in some way. So you know it’s gonna be interesting. It feels like maybe she’s gonna open up even more, because we certainly saw that towards the end of the season. And what would that mean? So if you’re on a ship and you are open and ready, what does that mean? I can’t tell you. You have to watch season three. And who knows? Like, who knows? Anything could happen? Just because he’s with Carol doesn’t mean to say that can’t go wrong, right?
Screen Rant: In fact, we know it does.
Christina Chong: We know it does, do we? What do we know?
Screen Rant: Wrath of Khan. Those two do not stay together.
Christina Chong: Oh, of course. Well, there we go. So yeah, let’s see season 3. What happens. But yeah, La’an’s definitely opening up.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 - Cast, Story, Trailer & Everything We Know
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 ended with an epic cliffhanger and here’s everything known about when it will be resolved in season 3.
What Could Happen Between La’an & Kirk In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3
What if La’an changes Kirk’s paradigm?
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’executive producers have described the show as"love stories in space,“andLa’an Noonien-Singh’s relationship with James T. Kirk is one ofStrange New Worlds' most interesting - and complicated - love stories. After all, La’an fell for a different Kirk from an alternate reality inStrange New Worlds season 2, episode 3, “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.” That Kirk tragically died, and the Lt. James Kirk La’an meets throughout the rest ofStrange New Worldsseason 2 is a different person - but also still the same Kirk.
Kirk is First Officer of the USS Farragut, butStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3 has no trouble finding reasons to bring James aboard the Enterprise.
Lt. James T. Kirk does keep visiting the Starship Enterprise inStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3, but how Kirk seeing La’an again will turn out, especially if the Enterprise’s Security Chief is opening herself up more to people, remains to be seen. Also, it’s a guarded secret whether Kirk’s girlfriendCarol Marcus appears inStrange New Worldsseason 3. Still, the attraction between Kirk and La’an, andthe chemistry between Christina Chong and Paul Wesley, is undeniable. What happens next between La’an and Kirk inStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3 could be unexpected and surprising.
