Whereas Spock and La’an’s connection has been forming, I hadn’t anticipated the present would construct this up into an out-and-out romance till now. Spock has a lot on his plate already with the love triangle between himself, his ex Christine Chapel (Jess Bush), and his Vulcan fiancée T’Pring (Gia Sandhu). However “Unusual New Worlds” is a prequel, so we knew neither of these choices would work out. In contrast to these characters, La’an’s destiny will not be carved in stone.
Chapel (performed by Majel Barrett) was a recurring character on the unique “Star Trek.” In her very first look, “The Bare Time,” the crew of the Enterprise lose their inhibitions. Chapel confesses to Spock (Leonard Nimoy) that she’s in love with him, each for his human and Vulcan halves, and has been for years. Spock, unwilling to compromise his strict emotional management, tries to maintain it skilled.
The subsequent episode with Chapel, “What Are Little Women Made Of?”, contradicted her buried love for Spock. She’d joined Starfleet, this episode mentioned, to seek for her lacking fiancé Dr. Roger Korby (Michael Robust, and just lately launched onto “Unusual New Worlds” performed by Cillian O’Sullivan). By no means all through “TOS” did Spock and Chapel truly get collectively. Them sharing a romantic historical past, even a quick one, in “Unusual New Worlds” does not fairly line up with “The Bare Time” both, which means they’d by no means even talked about their attraction earlier than. However hey, the “Unusual New Worlds” crew has proven earlier than that it will play free with canon.
As for T’Pring, her character goes again to “TOS” episode “Amok Time.” Spock returns to Vulcan to wed T’Pring (Arlene Martel), however she manipulates a duel between him and Kirk (William Shatner). “Unusual New Worlds” is intent on fleshing out, if not redeeming, T’Pring’s character to know how her bond with Spock turned bitter.
We all know from “Amok Time” that Spock and T’Pring’s engagement will finally get again on monitor … and so, presumably, his relationship with La’an cannot final, both. Although La’an is expounded to an notorious “Star Trek” character, she’s an unique creation of “Unusual New Worlds.” She’s nowhere to be seen in “TOS,” so it is unlikely she and Spock are the endgame any greater than Spock & Chapel had been. Everyone knows who Spock’s true love is anyway, and primarily based on her personal fling with Jim again in season 2’s “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow,” I am positive La’an would perceive him falling for Kirk.
“Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds” streams on Paramount+, with new episodes arriving on Thursdays.
