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Lieutenant Hemmer was a male Aenar Starfleet officer who lived during the mid- 23rd century . He served as chief engineer aboard the USS Enterprise in 2259 , until he committed suicide to protect his crewmates from Gorn which were about to emerge from him. ( SNW : " Children of the Comet ", " All Those Who Wander ")

• 1 Early life
• 2.1 USS Enterprise
• 4.1 Appearances
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Early life [ ]

Before joining Starfleet , Hemmer had dreams of becoming a botanist , as he had a passion for flora . ( SNW : " Memento Mori ")

He was a gifted engineer, though, and confident enough to call himself a "genius". ( SNW : " Ghosts of Illyria ")

It was uncommon for the deeply pacifist Aenar to join Starfleet, although Hemmer once explained that pacifism was not the same as passivity and he would – even if he wasn't willing to fight – defend Starfleet's ideals. For him, pacifism was the active protection of all living things in the natural universe. Like all Aenar, Hemmer believed that death only came after one had fulfilled their life's meaning. He considered it his purpose in life "to fix what is broken". ( SNW : " Memento Mori ")

Starfleet career [ ]

Hemmer was in Commander Pelia 's Starship Maintenance 307 at Starfleet Academy . Pelia would later recall Hemmer as being an "okay" student. ( SNW : " Lost in Translation ")

At some point prior to 2259 , Hemmer served aboard the USS Angelou . ( SNW : " Memento Mori ")

USS Enterprise [ ]

Hemmer arrived aboard the Enterprise in 2259 , succeeding Louvier as chief engineer. ( SNW : " Strange New Worlds "; DIS : " An Obol for Charon ")

Shortly after arriving on the Enterprise , Hemmer formally met Cadet Nyota Uhura during a gathering in Captain Christopher Pike 's cabin . He, along with Lieutenant Spock hazed Uhura by thinking she had offended Hemmer when offering to help due to Hemmer being blind .

He later helped retrofit several photon torpedoes to help move the comet C/2260-Quentin . ( SNW : " Children of the Comet ")

During the Enterprise 's mission to Hetemit IX , He assisted Chief Kyle when Kyle was having trouble transporting the landing party from the planet. ( SNW : " Ghosts of Illyria ")

When the Gorn attacked the Enterprise , he was in the main cargo bay and was injured. Due to injuries, he told Uhura how to replace reactors. ( SNW : " Memento Mori ")

When an alien consciousness from the Jonisian Nebula brought the fairy tale The Kingdom of Elysian to life on the Enterprise , Hemmer was supposed to be used for the character of Caster. Because of his telepathic abilities, he was able to resist the possession and was able to contact the consciousness and helped resolve the situation. However, Hemmer didn't retain his memories of the events after the ship was returned to normal. ( SNW : " The Elysian Kingdom ")

Hemmer joined the away mission to Valeo Beta V in 2259 , hoping to find and recover the USS Peregrine and its crew. They discovered the ship had picked up three survivors from a Gorn breeding planet – two of them infected with Gorn eggs . Hemmer managed to repair the ship's generators, but was sprayed with venom by one of the newly hatched Gorn. After helping to lure another young Gorn into a trap in the Peregrine 's cargo bay, Hemmer sealed off the bay and sacrificed himself to protect the rest of the away team, as he had realized the Gorn's venom had also infected him with eggs. After bidding farewell to his friend Spock and encouraging Uhura to remain in Starfleet, he was content, because he had lived a good life.

Hemmer then stepped out through the cargo bay's force field and fell to his death in a ravine . ( SNW : " All Those Who Wander ")

Months later, the Enterprise still hadn't replaced Hemmer as chief engineer until Commander Pelia took on the role during the mission to stop the Broken Circle plot and decided to continue with it afterwards. ( SNW : " The Broken Circle ")

An illusion of Hemmer's corpse appearing to Uhura

Uhura continued to use videos made by Hemmer to help guide her in tasks. Later that year, extradimensional lifeforms in Bannon's Nebula communicated with Uhura, which her brain interpreted in the form of Hemmer.

Meanwhile, Number One took exception to Pelia, which the Lanthanite correctly determined as being because she was " a reminder that your friend died and I replaced him. And every time you see me, it dredges up all of that sadness . " ( SNW : " Lost in Translation ")

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Appearances [ ].

• " Strange New Worlds "
• " Children of the Comet "
• " Ghosts of Illyria "
• " Memento Mori "
• " The Elysian Kingdom "
• " All Those Who Wander "
• " Lost in Translation " ( recording and illusions )
• " Holiday Party "
• " Holograms All the Way Down " (hologram)

Background information [ ]

Hemmer was played by Bruce Horak .

External link [ ]

• Hemmer at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
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‘star trek: strange new worlds’ actor bruce horak explores devastating penultimate season 1 episode.

Playing Lt. Hemmer, the Enterprise's chief engineer, the actor became the sci-fi franchise's first blind star when cast as the Aenar character.

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[This story contains spoilers for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds episode “All Those Who Wander.”] 

Bruce Horak was not taken by surprise. He knew how it was going to end for Lt. Hemmer.

The S tar Trek: Strange New Worlds actor was informed shortly after being cast as the Enterprise’s chief engineer for the first season of the Paramount+ series how his character’s arc would conclude. And when it finally came, Horak found great beauty in the moment, even though it signaled his time on the series as a regular had come to an end.

In “All Those Who Wander,” the penultimate season one episode, Hemmer — unknowingly at the time — sacrifices himself to save Nyota Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding) when a Gorn attacks, spitting venom that hits him instead of her. Initially believed to blind or burn would-be victims, it is later discovered the vemon turns the body into a host for Gorn, leading to the deadly species’ babies bursting out of the body à la Alien . Hemmer, realizing what has happened, kills himself to spear his crew more harm and himself from horrendous agony.

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Playing Hemmer was a delight and honor, Horak told The Hollywood Reporter prior to the premiere of “All Those Who Wander.” The brave, wise Hemmer is an Aenar, which are an albino subspecies of Andorians. Although blind, Aenars have powerful telepathic abilities. In landing the role, the Calgary-born Horak actor became the sci-fi franchise’s first blind star.

Even though “All Those Who Wander” had been shot a year ago, Horak recalled with THR all the emotions that swirled around not only for his farewell but the entire Star Trek journey. In the below conversation, the actor touched on a number of topics, including how he was cast in the series, and the strong bonds he forged with the cast and his makeup team.

First, how are you doing, sir? I assume there must be a lot of emotions now that this heartbreaking and surprising episode has arrived. 

Well, we shot it a year ago, but I’m really happy with how the episode turned out. When I was approached to play the part, they told me right off the bat that this was going to be the character arc of Hemmer. So, I knew it going in. There was a bit of trepidation off the top about how the death was going to happen, how the grand finale was going to play out. When I read the script, I was so happy — well, happy is not the right word. I was relieved. It’s a pretty great death for a red shirt. ( Laughs .)

Was there a special dinner or party for your goodbye? I know some shows have a tradition when a beloved character meets their demise. 

There were a lot of tears. The final day we shot was actually the landing on the planet. It was really tearful, especially the prosthetics crew Allan Cooke and Shane Zander, who worked tirelessly on the look of Hemmer for the season. We really had a special bond, spending three and a half hours every morning getting ready and then an hour at the end of the day to get out of the prosthetic gear. Honestly, Shane and Allan sent me off in great style. There were exchanges of gifts. It was really lovely.

That perfectly leads me to my next question: How was the makeup process for you? Some actors tell me they don’t mind it, while others get super anxious sitting for so long. 

I have to say, I actually really enjoyed the process. I found it incredibly relaxing, and I was just in awe of their skill. It’s really a work of art industry. On the initial day, I had the head mold made, so they had to cover my face and hair with this sloppy goo, kind of like blue mud. And all of that was fine, but then when they covered the whole thing in plaster, that was a little unnerving.

How did you land the role of Hemmer, and what did it mean to you once cast? 

The audition call came through my agent. We knew it was a new Star Trek , but we didn’t know anything else about it. But as soon as I found out it was Star Trek , I was totally in. Then the character description sold me: I’d be playing a blind alien, and they were specifically looking for a blind or visually impaired performer to do the role, which again, I got really excited about because it felt like the door was being open[ed] to me. I think there were three or four auditions. I just couldn’t believe it during the whole process. When I did the camera test in the full makeup, standing on the bridge of the Enterprise, that was the point I took a huge breath in and had this incredible feeling of climbing to the top of a huge mountain and looking at the vast expanse in front of me while thinking, “This is going to be a heck of an adventure.” And it sure was.

What was the development of the character like? Did you have input given they sought to cast a blind actor in the role? I think of the scene early in the series when Hemmer dismisses any claims that his blindness is a handicap.

Honestly, all of that great character was written, and that very first scene you mentioned is what I read for the auditions. They’re kind of leaping in and discussing his impairment, which is — it’s a tricky word and always kind of has been when you’re coming up against living in the world. When I read that scene, I just immediately connected to it. In terms of the contribution, I added nothing to the text, it was all in the playing of it. It was really just about finding the way he moves and how he interacts in the world and bringing the physicality and the poise to it. That was my contribution.

I loved the bond formed between Hemmer and Nyota. Not only does he save her, but through the series, he encouraged her to believe in herself and let her walls down. What was it like working with Celia and creating those lovely moments? 

I knew that Hemmer was going to be a mentor figure. He starts off gruff and kind of aloof, but there are beautiful moments when he guides Nyota and then in the end, talks about purpose with that wonderful resolution in this episode. It feels like a really beautiful arc for the character. And for myself, mentors have been absolutely forefront in my life. I wouldn’t be where I am without people who have guided me and offered advice. So, I really connected with Hemmer. Celia and I connected from the very beginning. Most of our scenes are together, so we spent a lot of time off-camera just hanging out and connecting about music and theater. She has a background in theater, as do I. That was one of the hardest goodbyes, for sure.

And finally, Star Trek has taught me to never say never, so I will say I hope Hemmer comes back via a flashback or an alternate timeline. Safe to assume you’re on board for that? 

I do feel the same way, and so does my bank account! ( Laughs .) Well, I have been released to say that this is not the end of Bruce Horak’s career in Star Trek .

Interview edited for length and clarity. 

The season finale of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds streams on Paramount+ next Thursday.

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'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' star Bruce Horak on Hemmer’s pivotal episode

SYFY WIRE interviewed actor Bruce Horak about what happens to Hemmer in  Strange New Worlds . 

If you’ve seen Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ’ ninth and latest episode, “All Those Who Wander,” you know that it’s a doozy, especially for the Enterprise’s Chief Engineer, the Aenar Hemmer (Bruce Horak). SYFY WIRE had the chance to interview Horak via Zoom about Hemmer’s journey in the show’s first season, including what happens in “All Those Who Wander.” Read on to find out what Horak knew about his character when, what his favorite line was, and what piece of memorabilia he took home from the set. 

**Warning! Major spoilers for  Strange New Worlds ’ ninth episode, “All Those Who Wander,” lie ahead!

I've seen the upcoming episode “All Those Who Wander” and I have to say it was extremely sad and moving when Hemmer died. When did the showrunners tell you that that was going to happen to Hemmer?

[Co-showrunner] Henry Alonso Myers told me about it in my Zoom audition. So before I even landed the part officially, they outlined the arc of the character's journey and his archetypal role as a mentor figure for Uhura. And they said he's going to have a heroic death and there’s going to be a sacrifice that he makes. That was as much as I knew going into shooting the season.

How did you approach filming that final moment when Hemmer knows he’s infected by the Gorn and has to leave the ship and face certain death? 

Chris Byrne, the director of the episode, did an extraordinary job of building the tension and the nightmarish horror side of the episode. And we talked about that final scene in particular, and his direction was, "This isn't a wallowing in the moment — time’s ticking and you've got to go." 

Hemmer does take a moment to connect, he takes a very brief pause to reflect on his own life. The Gorn sickness might be like a lead weight in his body, but the compassion that the Aenar have —  the sense of duty, the sense of love — is what draws him and drives him towards leaping out.

You mentioned earlier how Hemmer served as a mentor for Uhura on the show, and that definitely comes across, especially in his final moments when Hemmer talks to her before he knows he's going to die. What was it like talking to her as Hemmer in that scene?

It really it feels like a process of grieving, having shot that scene. They say that death is hardest on those left behind. And I feel it now — I feel that Bruce Horak the actor has been left behind by the sacrifice that Hemmer has made. I just have so much love for their character and such respect for his act. Shooting that scene with Uhura, I think we may be shot five or six takes and each one was just as hard as the one before. 

I also want to talk about and celebrate Hemmer’s other moments in the season. Did you have any particular favorite scenes or dialogue that you got to deliver that you just especially enjoyed?

I loved getting to say I'm a wizard because I play a wizard in [ Dungeons & Dragons ]. That was a really nice moment there. And I really enjoyed the dinner table scene in Captain Pike’s quarters. That was a lot of fun to shoot — just getting to sit around the table and chat between takes, which we never got to do because we were in lockdown and had COVID protocols. So just getting to sit around the dinner table in Pike's quarters, which is one of the coolest sets, and just chat with people — it was such a wonderful place to meet and learn about each other. 

You mentioned you played D&D and your character is a wizard. I have to ask — have any of Hemmer’s character traits translated over to your D&D character or vice versa?

No, the wizard I play, he's an elf and his name is Perrin Dutch Oven. And he's really nothing like Hemmer. He's much goofier — he's probably more like me than Hemmer’s like me. 

And Hemmer is, of course, Chief Engineer on the Enterprise, and the engineering set on the show is fantastic.  What was it like filming on that set? Were there any particular props that you got to use that you were just like, ‘Wow! I'm in a Star Trek show!’

Oh yeah. Getting to push all the jelly buttons, and the sliders on the transporter, that was a total highlight. And getting to hold a communicator because that's just such a classic Trek thing.  And also the little wizard wand that I use to open up the jail cell in the eighth episode, that was so much fun. The only thing I didn't get to use was a phaser but it wouldn't make much sense for the pacifist to be firing one.

Did you get to take anything home with you from the set after your last day of shooting that you’re comfortable divulging?

This was from the prosthetics department. [Horak holds up a prosthetic of Hemmer’s Aenar antennae.] Out of anyone on Star Trek , I spent the most time with my prosthetics team. One of the hardest goodbyes was saying farewell to them because we had just a wonderful connection and really a great time. So that's the Trek gift I was very grateful to have. And I keep him on a Chewbacca from when I was a kid. He's about 40 years old.

There you go. That can be your sidekick for your D&D character.

That's right. He's my familiar.

The first nine episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds are now streaming on Paramount+, with the season finale set to drop on July 7. This interview has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity. 

Looking for more sci-fi? The entire run of SYFY’s Battlestar Galactica is streaming now on Peacock, along with the second season of Resident Alien , which returns to SYFY this fall with new episodes.

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[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for  Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1 Episode 9 “All Those Who Wander.”]

The penultimate episode of  Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1 has everything that makes this show so good and so entertaining each week: emotional moments, jump scares with an  Alien vibe as the Enterprise  crew faces the Gorn, and a heartbreaking death.

The crew leaves the  Enterprise to investigate after another ship activated a distress beacon before losing contact. After encountering the bloody remains of some of the crew, they soon realize they’re dealing with the Gorn — La’an ( Christina Chong ) was the sole survivor of an attack when she was young — and while they do kill them, they suffer some losses as well: an ensign just promoted to lieutenant, a cadet who finished her training rotation, and Chief Engineer Hemmer ( Bruce Horak ).

Here, Horak opens up about saying goodbye to Hemmer.

When did you know Hemmer would be dying and how?

Bruce Horak: I found out about the death of Hemmer from the very get-go. Henry Alonso Myers and I met over Zoom and he just flat out said, “Listen, this is what we have in mind for Hemmer.” And yeah, so I knew before I’d even had my head mold made.

Talk about filming that last scene saying goodbye.

Tough scene to shoot. Heartbreaking. Connecting over the four or five months with the cast and having to say goodbye was just one of the hardest things. I was really happy with how it turned out and even on the page, it just read like a really beautiful moment. And I feel really lucky that he did get to say goodbye, that he did get to have that moment, and ultimately that his sacrifice was noble. It felt like the perfect way to send this character off and that he would leave a lasting impression and the message that he was giving with his own his own death was one of sacrifice and love. As an actor, I couldn’t ask for better.

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And you got the “live long and prosper” to Spock ( Ethan Peck ), which I absolutely loved.

So many things off the bucket list in this season and one of them is definitely getting to do the Vulcan salute and say “live long and prosper.”

One of my favorite dynamics all season has been Hemmer and Uhura’s ( Celia Rose Gooding ). Talk about working with Celia throughout and then Hemmer’s last piece of advice for her.

Celia and I connected really, really quickly. She’s just such a dynamic and fun person and brings all of that to what you see on screen with Uhura, so it was really hard to say goodbye to her, to get the wrap call. And realizing also that the character that I was playing was playing a really important part in her arc — obviously, the character of Uhura, we’re gonna be seeing through all the way to the movies and everything, so she’s got already that good chunk of the story that’s been told, filling in the gaps as it were — I feel really honored that that I got to play that role as a mentor figure. For me, my mentors have made all the difference in the world and I hope that I’ve paid tribute to the mentors that I’ve had and the people that I’ve lost in my life through getting to do this role of Hemmer and getting to go out in such a noble and beautiful way.

He was a mentor to her, but what do you think he learned from her?

We see that in Episode 4 where they’re trapped in the cargo bay and she teaches him to work as a team and to let his guard down a little bit and we learn about him, about how he wanted to be a botanist and his pacifism and how he feels about pacifism. It’s at that point where I think we actually see Hemmer smile for the first time and that sort of bubble and joy kind of leads through the other episodes in the season. I think that certainly the reflection in Episode 108, where he plays the wizard and he sort of gets carried away and is having fun, I think that’s a bit of Celia and Uhura’s influence coming through.

Speaking of Episode 8, I like how each episode of the show is so different and that works so well.

Yeah, I just adore that about the series. Every episode has just a different taste, a different flavor to it. It feels like the writers are certainly giving the fans what they want, but are not afraid to take risks. It’s a risky thing to be killing off a character and knowing very early on that they were gonna be doing this, I could feel that the writers were having as difficult time saying goodbye as the Enterprise crew and certainly the fans are gonna have. I think that people are responding in such an emotional way is just a testament to the quality of their writing.

It’s also risky because the way that Pike ( Anson Mount ) commands the Enterprise , they’re like a family, sitting down for dinner…

Yeah, that’s a beautiful bond.

The line from your character promo pre-premiere about the Aenar believing the end only comes once you’ve fulfilled your purpose has stuck with me all season. In this episode, he says he won’t kill but he will do what he must to protect the crew, and his sacrifice did that. At the memorial, Uhura says that his purpose was to fix what’s broken. Would Hemmer see it the same way, or would he lean more towards his purpose being to protect the crew, as he did, or both?

He does say that it’s to fix what is broken. I think his action in that final episode, ultimately as the engineer, it’s drawn from gotta fix this ship, gotta get it back online, and he eventually does. They’re successful in getting the ship off the planet, and from a purely engineering point of view, that’s what he does. When he sacrifices himself, when he puts his own life aside in order to save the crew, ultimately that I think is more of a spiritual fixing, if you will. He’s going into the unknown, he’s going into the cosmos, as he says, taking that leap into the unknown, knowing that what he is leaving behind will be repaired and will ultimately be made whole by him doing that. I think it’s a really beautiful way of showing what it was that he felt and what his motivation was.

Moving forward, how would Hemmer want the crew to remember him? We already see Uhura taking his advice and ready to make a home on the Enterprise at the end of the episode…

Yeah. I think about that, how he wants to be remembered, which is different than how Bruce wants him to be remembered, but Hemmer, I think, wants to be remembered as an excellent engineer, as a genius. [ Laughs ] I’d say that he was able to achieve his life life’s purpose and that he did fix things.

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And how do you want him to be remembered?

The all-time greatest engineer on any Star Trek franchise ever. [ Laughs ]

How are you going to remember him?

Best year of my life, tops. Absolutely. Tops.

What was your favorite scene to film?

Well, you did remind me that I got to do this [ does the Vulcan salute ], which was so exciting. I remember when I read that in the script, I squealed, so excited to do that. I loved shooting the dinner table scene in Episode 2, that was so much fun. Finally after however many months — we were all in COVID protocols, so there was no socializing and there was no hanging out, and that just felt like a family dinner, which was so great, to finally get to hang out and chat with everyone. That was a great scene, so much fun to shoot.

Honestly, everything in Episode 109 was just made so brilliantly tense. The way that Chris Byrne set up the shooting, the lights were all low and it was cold and there was flickering stuff in the hallways, even when we were off camera. So we just constantly had this sense of, we’re in a horror movie, and anything could happen at any point, keep you on your toes. That whole episode shooting was just full of adrenaline and so much fun. I loved that.

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For the second time this week, the Star Trek franchise is being recognized for inclusivity, this time Star Trek: Strange New Worlds for how it featured a character with a disability.

Ruderman Seal of Approval for Strange New Worlds

The Ruderman Family Foundation is an advocacy group that focuses on the advancement of people with disabilities, and their Ruderman Seal of Approval is awarded to television series and films featuring actors with disabilities in substantial speaking roles that show “the commitment toward full inclusiveness in popular culture.” According to Variety , Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is being honored with the seal for the casting of Bruce Horak, a legally blind actor, to play the blind Aenar Hemmer, chief engineer of the USS Enterprise.

The Paramount+ Star Trek show is being recognized in 2022 along with HBO’s The Sex Lives of College Girls , Hallmark’s Color My World with Love , the Apple TV+ series Best Foot Forward, and the film Cha Cha Real Smooth . “The latest group of studio productions to receive our Seal of Authentic Representation have once again proven that practicing inclusive casting and authentic representation is not only a principled, morally sound choice, but a significant contributing factor to a production’s actual success,” said Jay Ruderman, president of the Ruderman Family Foundation in a statement.

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Sadly, Horak’s Hemmer met his untimely end in the penultimate episode of the first season, which the actor knew was coming when he was originally cast, revealing after the episode aired that he was happy with the character’s “noble death,” and that working on the show was the best year of his life. And while Hemmer may be gone, the show’s producers have promised they will be finding a way to bring Horak back , likely playing a different character.

Bruce Horak as Hemmer in his final episode

This latest honor comes just days after the announcement that the Star Trek franchise was being awarded The Visionary Award at the Outfest Legacy Awards this weekend. Star Trek is being recognized for its history of representation of LGBTQIA+ performers and characters.

For more on the Ruderman Seal of Approval visit rudermanfoundation.org .

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Excellent! Congratulations SNW!!

No one has played an Aenar as authentically as Bruce!

Bruce Horak did a helluva job on SNW. Congratulations, representation matters!!

Unsurprisingly, I had no idea that’s what Mr. Horak looked like. Congrats to him and Trek!

Gone too soon

I absolutely LOVED his character. It’s so sad how his arc played out in Season 1. I do hope to see more of this actor–fabulous work!

Amazing, gone way too early on the series though.

Casted, Check, killed, Check…

Instead of the “kill your gays trope” do we now have a “kill your disabled?” Hemmer was a brilliant character in SNW, certainly better than the new Chapel or Ortegas who did very little over the course of the season.

I agree, although I thought it was odd that Ortegas was the only cast member who got no substantive character arcs the entire season. I know there were only ten episodes, but everyone else had something pretty heavy at least once.

I did feel like he left us too soon. I appreciate that drama sometime necessitates telling that audience that no one is safe. But Hemmer was a fav of mine. And I really didn’t want to see him go vs some of the others which I care less about.

It’s actually baffling when I think back to that choice to kill him off. Similar to Lorca in Discovery, Rios in Picard, what is it with killing off the characters that people really like and are clearly fan favourites. And to do it so early on in a series as well …making room for Scotty perhaps and completely jumping the shark…I hope not.

No it won’t be for Scotty it has already been announced that Carol Kane is taking over the role of Chief Engineer.

Well that’s good, hopefully common sense prevails and we don’t get throwbacks(forwards) to TOS characters every season.

those episodes were shot and in the can before Hemmer turned into a fan favorite

They also won a Feldheimer commendation for ruthless liquidation of breakout fan-favorite character. Replaced by an aged wacky-voice specialist, presumably to up the zany factor as part of the reported move to metaphorically swing for the parking lot.

Carol Kane is a really great actress, but and initially, it seemed odd that they would go with a 70 year old for the part, but I’m down with it. She’s really good.

She’s that old, really?! She looked practically the same in that photo as she did in her “Taxi” days, seriously.

again. his fate was sealed before the episodes aired. I’m all for bringing him back. Maybe as a blind navigator to pair up with Ortegas

Maybe the engineers will be like the drummers in Spinal Tap and every season we’ll get a new one!

“He’s dead, Chris. A bizarre gardening accident.”

“He choked to death on vomit (not his own.)”

“I’m sorry, captain, you can’t dust for vomit.”

We don’t know Hemmer is dead, only he took a swan dive, perhaps into a soft snowbank. ENT did not retrieve his body or have the classic photon tube funeral. Writers made a point to use a planet similar to his own. I suggest he could have frozen. Not human, his DNA could prevent cellular destruction when freezing. Nine centuries later… it’s aging star warms the planet. A Federation survey vessel discovers his body and using 32nd century tech, removes the infection. Next stop: Discovery.

The producers have confirmed that the character died in the episode. (If he survived the fall, what do you suppose those Gorn larvae did to him?) The actor is supposed to return in another role, though.

The producers have lied before

Alas poor Hemmer, he only appeared in a few episodes of Star Trek, and then he was gorn.

Well played Sir👏👏

Fantastic character played by a equally fantastic actor. Very disappointed that the writers killed Hemmer off.

On a technicality (yeah, I’ll be “that guy”), the character of Hemmer is not disabled. That is simply the way his species is.

That being said, I do applaud the casting of Bruce into that role and that a naturally blind species is represented by him.

I love the actor and love the character. I am looking forward to whatever role they cast Bruce in next.

Hemmer was a really interesting character played by a fantastic actor. I’m so disappointed he was killed off. Yes, for dramatic effect and to more closely represent real life, supporting characters are sometimes killed off. Too bad, because those are often the most intriguing characters—the ones who don’t nicely fit the stereotypical Star Trek persona. Thinking now of Ruon Tarka in Discovery. It’s a real shame he’s gone. His complex personality and technological genius could have been mined for many fantastic stories–like Hemmer.

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Will Be “Our Best Season So Far”, Says Anson Mount

All 6 dexter characters confirmed to return in dexter: original sin, dexter’s prequel casting makes the original show’s funniest 7-year running joke even better.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ' Hemmer actor, Bruce Horak, will return to the show in the future. The latest Star Trek series follows Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) and his crew on the Federation flagship, the USS Enterprise , five years before Captain James T. Kirk takes command. Strange New Worlds is the sixth show introduced to the multi-generational science-fiction franchise following writer-producer Alex Kurtzman's rebranding, which began with Star Trek: Discovery in 2017.

Strange New Worlds episode 9, "All Those Who Wander," saw the USS Enterprise accept a priority assignment to investigate a missing starship, the USS Peregrine . In the episode, Pike leads a small team down to an icy planet to find that the ship had crashed and its crew were killed by the Gorn, a race of violent and highly intelligent aliens. After juvenile Gorn burst from an infected survivor , the crew come face-to-face with the creatures and one of them spits on Hemmer. Unfortunately for the USS Enterprise 's chief engineer, the spit carries the eggs of the Gorn, dooming Hemmer. In a noble act, Hemmer leaps from the USS Peregrine into a deep chasm, killing himself.

Related: Strange New Worlds Retcons Star Trek: TOS' Gorn Timeline

In a recent interview on 7th Rule podcast (via Trek Movie ), Strange New Worlds writer and co-executive producer Davy Perez reveals that Horak will return to the show. Hemmer is definitely gone, though Perez acknowledges that " flashbacks ," could be a possibility. However, Hemmer's death doesn't impact Horak's involvement with  Star Trek.  Read what Perez said about Horak below.

"The thing we’re allowed to say is that Bruce Horak… his relationship with Trek is not over. We really love him. And Star Trek has a long tradition of reusing actors. There are plenty of people that you fall in love with and you’re like, 'Well, they were an alien, they could be another alien, they could be without the makeup because they were an alien.' So whatever it is in the future, we know his relationship with Star Trek is not over."

Perez understands that Star Trek has reused actors many times over for several different characters if the need ever presented itself. Majel Barrett, who played Number One in the Star Trek: The Original Series pilot, "The Cage," returned later as series regular Nurse Chapel. She also lent her voice for many Federation computer vocalizations throughout the years, up until Star Trek: Voyager . Barrett also returned to Star Trek as Lwaxana Troi, Deanna Troi's mother for both Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .

Since Hemmer is an Aenar of Andor, an alien species that required a vast amount of makeup to play, Horak can return to Star Trek as a human if need be. Brent Spiner played the synthetic life form Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation , a character who was covered in a coat of tan makeup, giving him an odd appearance. However, Spiner has returned to play six additional characters within the vast Star Trek universe. Due to the franchise's need for new actors as more and more unique characters are introduced, Horak will most definitely have his chance to return to Star Trek: Strange New Worlds for season 2 , if not also for a role on another series.

Next: Strange New Worlds' Engineer Fixes A Star Trek: Discovery Problem

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Strange New Worlds Easter Eggs Deliver an Unseen Star Trek TOS Era Storyline

From Uhura’s past to a nod to “The Menagerie,” and even a connection to J.J. Abrams, “Lost in Translation,” bridges several big canon gaps.

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As Strange New Worlds inches closer and closer to the timeframe of Star Trek: The Original Series , the amount of references to that iconic show are naturally increasing, almost exponentially. Although we’re still firmly in 2259, the world of 2265 – and Kirk’s Enterprise – seem right around the corner. In the Uhura-centric adventure, “Lost in Translation,” Paul Wesley returns as James T. Kirk, this time finally from the Prime Universe. In addition to having a standalone adventure with Uhura, the return of Kirk to Strange New Worlds also brings a lot of Trekkie loose ends closer together.

Here are all the big canon references and Easter eggs we caught in Strange New Worlds season 2, episode 6, “Lost in Translation.” 

Deuterium Refinery 

The action of this episode takes place at a deuterium refinery that Starfleet is trying to set up near Gorn space. First established in The Next Generation , Deuterium is basically a part of actual starship fuel used to create the matter-antimatter reaction that powers the basics of the warp drive. It’s not to be confused with Verterium , which insulates the warp coils. That was what Seven and Jack were talking about in Picard season 3 .

Fleet Captain

Pike is referred to as “Fleet Captain” in this episode and as he is given “command of the refinery and the Farragut, ” in addition to commanding the Enterprise . Pike insists it’s only temporary, but fans know that calling Pike “Fleet Captain,” comes from “The Menagerie.” In that TOS classic, Pike’s rank of “Fleet Captain,” was retained, even after his injuries rendered him unable to command a starship. Will Strange New Worlds continue to refer to Pike as “Fleet Captain,” forever? Probably not. But it’s a pretty big nod in the direction of The Original Series .

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Bussard Collectors 

Ortegas says: “Activating bussard collectors,” and notes that “refueling [is] underway.” The Bussard collectors are the red shiny things at the front of the warp nacelles. The concept of the Bussard collectors comes from a real scientific theory called Bussard ramjets , postulated by physicist Robert W. Bussard. The idea is that a spaceship scoops up (or collects) hydrogen, and transforms it into fusion. The near “Bussard collector” has been around in Trek since TNG .

Hemmer Flashback

The flashback featuring Uhura and Hemmer is, in fact, a new scene and not something we actually saw during season 1. This means that technically Bruce Horak is guest-starring as both Hemmer and the nebula aliens’ telepathic projection of Hemmer. So that’s two versions of Hemmer, and the one we see in the flashback video is the only “real” one.

The Kirk Brothers and Starfleet History

Sam and Jim Kirk reunite in this episode, which is the first time on Strange New Worlds we’ve seen Paul Wesley and Dan Jeannotte on screen together. This is also the first time we’ve seen the Kirk brothers both alive in canon, on screen together. Sam’s only appearance in TOS was that of a dead body, rocking a mustache and played by William Shatner. 

Here, Sam complains that Kirk is showing off because he’s become the youngest first officer in history, and previously, that record was held by George Kirk Sr., first officer of the Kelvin . Yes, this references the USS Kelvin from the first J.J. Abrams Trek movie. But notice that in this universe, the Kirk boys refer to their father in the present tense. That’s because George Samuel Kirk Sr. is alive in this timeline. While the Kelvin was created specifically for the first J.J. Abrams movie, the idea is that what we see at the beginning of that reboot film is the “Prime” timeline in 2233. That timeline was altered when the Kelvin was destroyed, and Kirk was born “early” in space, instead of in Iowa. So, although the Kelvin established the Kelvin-verse (or the Abrams verse) it also exists in the regular canon, too. And, in theory, somebody playing an older George Kirk Sr. could guest star on Strange New Worlds someday!

Uhura Orders Saurian Brandy 

Frustrated that nobody believes her, Uhura orders some Saurian Brandy at the bar. This type of space booze has been around since The Original Series , specifically the episode, “The Enemy Within.” It has a very specific curved handle on the bottle, which we see reproduced here.

Talking About “Sabotage” 

Kirk and Uhura talking about “sabotage,” could be a sly reference to all the interesting ways Willam Shatner pronounced this word in The Original Series . In some cases, it sounds like he’s saying “sab-ah-stage.” Really!

Pike Meets Kirk

So, if there’s a butterfly effect from Romulans messing with Earth’s past, and Khan now rises to power in the 2030s instead of the 1990s, then…maybe this also means that Kirk and Pike meet earlier than they should? Then again, maybe not, in “The Menagerie,” Kirk mentions he met Pike “once” when Pike was “promoted to fleet captain.” That does happen in this episode. So, does that mean Kirk can’t meet Pike again on  SNW ? 

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Astrometrics

La’an and Kirk are near a part of the ship called “Astrometrics.” In Voyager , this was essentially a specific kind of space laboratory on a starship. Seven of Nine was a big fan of astrometrics. This is the first time it’s been referenced in the SNW or TOS eras.

Facing Death 

Uhura tells Kirk that “I’ve never been able to face death.” Kirk responds by saying “Our job puts us up against death, more than is fair.” This not-so-subtly foreshadows The Wrath of Khan , in which Kirk’s inability to face death is central to the story. Basically, it seems Uhura has learned to be real about death, well before Kirk does, even though Kirk is the one comforting her in this episode.

Uhura Family Shuttle Crash

The final vision Uhura sees from the nebula aliens is from the shuttle crash that killed her family. This was mentioned back in season 1, episode 2, “Children of the Comet.” But here we see the actual shuttle wreckage. This event, retroactively, has defined Uhura’s backstory, not just in Strange New Worlds , but now, throughout the rest of Trek canon, too.

Admiral Nogura

Pike has to talk to “Admiral Nogura” on a private channel toward the end of the episode. This is a character that was established back in Star Trek: The Motion Picture and was the person Kirk had to convince to let him take command of the Enterprise again. Nogura has never appeared onscreen, though he pops up in Gene Roddenberry’s novelization of TMP quite a bit, and also has appeared in several Trek comics over the years. At some point, the character of Nogoura was to be played by James Shigeta, although that never actually happened.

Kirk and Spock Meet for the First Time

At the end of the episode, as Uhura and Kirk are hanging out in the bar, Spock joins them. Uhura says: “Spock, meet James Kirk, first officer of the Farragut .” Although Paul Wesley and Ethan Peck have been on screen together twice already in Strange New Worlds , both times their characters were in alternate timelines. In the season 1 finale, “A Quality of Mercy,” Kirk and Spock are in an altered timeline in which Pike is in command of the Enterprise during the events of “Balance of Terror.” In the recent season 2 episode, “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow,” Kirk speaks to a version of Spock who is a captain in the Vulcan fleet. But “Lost in Translation” marks the actual first time Kirk and Spock meet in the Prime Timeline. 

This meeting has never been depicted on screen before, although some non-canon novels, notably, Vonda McIntyre’s Enterprise: The First Adventure , did depict Kirk, Uhura, and Spock all meeting for the first time. But that story is nothing like the story Strange New Worlds. Then again, we get Uhura’s first name, “Nyota,” from Star Trek novels , so who knows? Star Trek canon is always in flux. And clearly, when it comes to filling in new pieces of information with the backstories of the classic crew, Strange New Worlds is just getting started.

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23 Years Later, Strange New Worlds Brings Back a Shocking Star Trek Trick

Showrunners Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers explain that cliffhanger ending.

For the first time since the Star Trek franchise relaunched on TV in 2017, a new live-action Trek series has used three words that we haven’t seen appear on the screen in a long time: “To Be Continued...”

While it’s true that in the age of serialized TV, the notion that a season finale will drop plot twists to be continued in the next season is basically a given. But, with the Season 2 finale, “Hegemony,” Strange New Worlds has brought back the vibe of a classic TV cliffhanger that feels impossible to resolve and shocks fans because the story seems to suddenly stop in the middle.

“We really love ‘The Best of Both Worlds,’ from The Next Generation ,” Strange New Worlds co-showrunner Henry Alonso Myers tells Inverse, referring to that Trek show’s most famous 1990 cliffhanger. “And that’s what we were going for here. We felt we owed the audience a great moment like that.”

If you’re reeling from the cliffhanger of “Hegemony,” Inverse caught up with both Myers, and co-showrunner Akiva Goldsman to get the scoop on this episode, how SNW is expanding canon from The Original Series , hints for Season 3, and why they’re steadfast that this version of the Gorn is the one they’re sticking with. Spoilers ahead.

Strange New Worlds Season 2 cliffhanger, explained

Christina Chong as La’an in the Season 2 Strange New Worlds finale.

Although the Gorn were only briefly mentioned at the start of Season 2, the first season of Strange New Worlds firmly established this infamous reptilian alien species as the dominant villain of the years 2259 and 2260. And while some of SNW Season 1 retcons a lot of what we know about the Gorn from that classic episode “Arena” (the one where Kirk fights a guy in a rubber lizard suit) on paper, SNW is still in relatively safe canon territory. In “Arena” Kirk is told that he’s fighting a Gorn by the Metrons, a fact which SNW writers like Davy Perez have interpreted as canon “wiggle room.” In 2022, Perez told Inverse that “Kirk’s idea of the Gorn is different from what he is being told by the Metrons.” And now, with “Hegemony,” Trek canon is revealing that several members of Starfleet (including Scotty!) were involved in huge skirmishes with the Gorn, well before Kirk’s five-year-mission in The Original Series .

In “Hegemony,” the Gorn claim a non-affiliated human colony as part of their territory, which puts Pike and the Enterprise in a sticky situation, because their sister ship, the USS Cayuga — including Captain Batel and Nurse Chapel — is caught right in the middle. By the end of the episode, after a daring rescue, in which Spock crashes the wrecked hull of the Cayuga into the planet below, and a newly minted Scotty (Martin Quinn) helps Pike and Batel hide from the Gorn, everything gets even more complicated at the last minute. Instead of getting beamed up by the Enterprise , all the colonists and crew members Dr. M’Benga, La’an, Ortegas, and Sam Kirk are captured by the Gorn. Meanwhile, Captain Batel has been infected with Gorn eggs, which proved to be fatal for Hemmer in Season 1. On top of all of this, Pike has been ordered to take the Enterprise out of the area to avoid making the Gorn territory dispute any worse.

And so, the cliffhanger rests on Pike’s impossible choice: What can he do next? We know the Enterprise won’t be destroyed, but what makes this cliffhanger so smart is that the stakes aren’t about Pike, Spock, Number One, or the ship. Instead, it’s about everything else. We know M’Benga and Sam will likely escape because both exist in TOS . But, to be clear, canon can’t protect La’an, Batel, and Ortegas, because they’re all 100 percent unique to this show.

Is SNW Season 3 planned already?

“We knew the broad shape of this finale going into Season 2,” Myers explains. “And we knew the broad shape of what the follow-up would be. Now, there obviously have been some slight changes because it’s gonna be hard to work on things for a little while.”

Myers is, of course, referring to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes , both of which are still ongoing as of this writing. And when directly asked, Akiva Goldsman confirms, “We haven’t filmed anything for Season 3, yet.”

So, yes, a lot of Season 3 is planned, including the resolution to the cliffhanger created by “Hegemony.” But, unlike this time last year in 2022, the next season of SNW is not already filming while the new season is airing. This time, there is bound to be a slightly longer gap.

SNW canon versus TOS canon

One of the Gorn from Strange New Worlds , first glimpsed in Season 1.

Ever since the prequel series Star Trek: Enterprise revealed a more agile Gorn with a tail in the Mirror Universe, various quasi-canon sources have speculated that there are, in fact, several subspecies of Gorn. If true, this would mean that the Gorn we see in SNW don’t contradict TOS. So, could fans hope for one day in which the new, monstrous Gorn are seen side-by-side with the classic rubber-suited Gorn? Goldsman says that’s not how the visual canon of SNW works.

“You will never see the Gorn like that,” he says. “This is the Gorn as we perceive them.”

That said, Akiva Goldsman has been a longtime advocate of bringing the Gorn (and various TOS elements) into the larger shows. And when pressed about his well-documented Gorn fandom , he relents, slightly .

“Yes, it’s true, I’ve been an agitator for the Gorn,” he says with a laugh. “I mean, this goes all the way back to the Gorn skeleton in Lorca’s lab on Discovery . Much less the Gorn neon velvet painting in the Artifact in Picard Season 1, which was painted out [in post-production.] So yes, I’ve always wanted to sell a version of the Gorn. But, our Gorn are real monsters. Compassion and empathy, are the driving themes and intent for our show. But, we also wanted to say that those things don't preclude the existence of monsters. So, that’s the role the Gorn have currently on our show. I'm a believer in kindness, connection, and understanding. I also believe there are monsters out there. And it's our job to show both.”

The classic Gorn from The Original Series .

But, on a nitty-gritty non-thematic level, Goldsman makes it clear that the visual depiction of the Gorn — as well as the overall exact production design of The Orignal Series — will never be recreated for the purposes of visual canon alignment. “This is our version of the Gorn. It’s an interpretation. In the same way, the transporter room on the Enterprise is never gonna look like the transporter room looked in TOS, right? It’s our interpretation of it. The bridge is never going to either. We’re not gonna wake up one day and say, oh, it’s the other bridge.”

And, with that notion — a hypothetical Strange New Worlds episode that features the classic 1960s TOS sets, Goldsman stops himself with a laugh. “Actually, that would be an awesome episode. We should do that.”

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This article was originally published on Aug. 10, 2023

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