In the same tradition that produced a fairy tale story in Season 1, the Lower Decks crossover and musical in Season 2, and the recently-announced puppet episode for Season 4, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 delivered an episode with an especially kooky premise this week on the 2025 TV schedule.

Shatner has a well-deserved reputation as a ham (not that he's a bad actor, to be clear), both for being a prima donna and his often exaggerated, easily imitable performance as Kirk. "Family Guy" episode "When You Wish Upon A Weinstein" did a cutaway gag of Shatner (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) acting in "Fiddler on the Roof" and giving Tevye the same mannerisms as Kirk.