Viewers did get to see a little peek into La'an's gentler, caring side as she developed a deep crush on an alt-reality James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley) in last season's touching episode, "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow."

Strange New Worlds has done it all — a musical episode, an animated crossover, a documentary (upcoming in season 3), a murder-mystery episode (also in season 3) — the show will now delve into the puppet-verse.

Captain Pike has been turned into a puppet in the new teaser for the fourth season of "Star Trek: Strange New World," which was shared with fans at San Diego Comic Con Saturday. "Hit it," Muppet Pike says in the new video — "hit it" being the thing he says when he wants the ship to go to warp speed — before confusedly adding,