Lieutenant James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley) will be part of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3, and Kirk's bound to fall in love, but not necessarily with Lieutenant La'an Noonien-Singh (Christina Chong). Star Trek's Prime Universe Kirk joined Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 after Paul Wesley portrayed two previous versions of Captain Kirk from alternate timelines. Lt. Kirk is First Officer of the USS Farragut, but every Star Trek fan knows that starship is not Jim's first, best destiny.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2, episode 3, "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" made Kirk a tragic romantic hero. La'an fell in love with Captain Kirk from an alternate timeline when they time traveled to 21st century Toronto. Before La'an could set Star Trek's Prime Timeline right, she watched Kirk get shot to death by a Romulan named Sera (Adelaide Kane). Later in Strange New Worlds season 2, Lieutenant Kirk beamed aboard the USS Enterprise for the first time and meets Ensign Nyota Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding) and Lieutenant Spock (Ethan Peck), as well as La'an in person. In doing so, Kirk also meets what will become the most important 'woman' in his life.
Kirk’s True Love Affair Will Start On Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - With The Starship Enterprise
Kirk Has Already Met His Great Love
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 should begin Lieutenant James T. Kirk's love affair with the Starship Enterprise in earnest. Kirk was already dazzled by the Constitution Class starship when he came aboard in Strange New Worlds season 2, episode 6, "Lost in Translation." Jim was distracted by helping Ensign Uhura during the episode, but the seed was planted for Kirk's love for the Enterprise. Jim certainly immediately felt at home aboard the gleaming flagship of the United Federation of Planets.
Paul Wesley is confirmed to be back as Lt. Kirk for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3. While Wesley's episode count is unknown, the more time Kirk spends aboard the USS Enterprise, the faster and easier it will be for Jim to fall in love with it. After all, the Starship Enterprise is his destiny as Captain. Lieutenant Kirk doesn't know it yet, but Strange New Worlds' creative team certainly does, and building toward Kirk becoming the Enterprise's master would be logical.
Kirk & La'an Can't Last - If It Even Happens
Does Kirk Feel The Same As La'an Does?
It's also possible that Lieutenant Jim Kirk and Lieutenant La'an Noonien-Singh could bond into a love affair in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3. La'an's attraction to her doomed Captain Kirk carries over to his Prime timeline doppelganger, and Jim has confessed he also feels magnetism toward La'an. Kirk also admitted he has a pregnant girlfriend named Carol, but close proximity to La'an every time he comes aboard the Starship Enterprise should prompt them to explore their mutual attraction.
Indeed, a Kirk and La'an love story in Strange New Worlds season 3 seems inevitable, and is even encouraged. But fate and Star Trek canon are against La'an and Kirk as a couple. La'an is nowhere to be found years later when Kirk becomes Captain of the Enterprise, and Jim never speaks of her, not even when her evil ancestor, Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalban), comes aboard. Instead, it's the Starship Enterprise that eventually receives Kirk's devotion.
Why The Starship Enterprise Is Kirk’s True Love In Star Trek
All Kirk Asks For Is A Tall Ship, And A Star To Sail Her By
Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) earns a reputation as a womanizer in Star Trek: The Original Series, but no female (human or alien) comes before the Starship Enterprise in Kirk's eyes. Captain Kirk is completely dedicated to his starship and his crew. Despite Jim's myriad relationships and one-off romances, Kirk's identity and sense of self is synonymous with his position as Captain of the Enterprise. Kirk dedicates his entire life to Starfleet, in general, and the Enterprise, specifically. No flesh and blood woman can ever compete with Kirk's Enterprise.
Except for the death of Spock (Leonard Nimoy) in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Admiral Kirk is never more heartbroken than when he's forced to self-destruct his beloved USS Enterprise in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. Kirk simply didn't have the same affection for its replacement, the USS Enterprise-A. Part of the fun of Strange New Worlds being a prequel is seeing the origin of key Star Trek characters and events. Lieutenant James T. Kirk's lifelong love affair with the Starship Enterprise should ignite in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3.
