‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Star Anson Mount Was Okay Skipping the Season 4 Premiere Away Mission With All Those Dinosaurs: “My Friend, I’m 53 with Two Young Children”

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4 on opens with Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) of the starship Enterprise living his best cowboy life. He, La’An Noonien-Singh (Christina Chong), and Dr. Joseph M’Benga (Babs Olusanmokun) are riding horseback through the canyons of an alien world. Captain Pike is having so much fun on this particular away mission that he insists that the trio ride on before the real drama of the episode begins. And to be honest, Pike deserves to have his fun! The new season of the Paramount+ hit picks up shortly after the devastating events of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3. Last season ended with Pike’s great love, Captain Marie Batel (Melanie Scrofano), deciding to use her newfound Gorn powers to trap the villainous Vezda by becoming the Beholder. In d