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Melissa Navia discusses her intense and pivotal episode in 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' where her character Ortegas faces survival challenges and forms a bond with a Gorn, highlighting her growth and the episode's significance for her character arc.
The classic Star Trek episode "Arena" featuring the iconic villain Gorn actually predates the TV show itself. The episode's storyline, in which Captain Kirk and the Gorn Captain are forced to fight on a prepared world, was accidentally plagiarized from a 1944 short story by Fredric Brown. While the original story had a more action-packed and gripping narrative, the Star Trek version added a humanist twist by having Kirk spare the Gorn's life. The upcoming series Strange New Worlds will explore the Gorn further, presenting a battle that feels dangerous and less inclined towards mercy.
The Season 2 finale of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" features the return of the Gorn, who attack a human colony while Captain Pike's girlfriend and Spock's ex-girlfriend are visiting. The episode ends with a surprise introduction of the beloved character Scotty. Showrunners Henry Alonso Myers and Akiva Goldsman discuss the decision to bring back the Gorn as the main antagonists, the possibility of introducing other "TOS" era characters, and their plans to continue pushing boundaries in Season 3.