Christina Chong hints that “anything could happen” between Lt. La’an Noonien-Singh and Lt. James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley) in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3. In Strange New Worlds season 2’s musical episode, Kirk told La’an he can’t pursue a relationship, despite their mutual attraction, because he has a pregnant girlfriend named Carol. Meanwhile, La’an was inspired by her brief and tragic romance with an alternate reality Captain Kirk to “change her paradigm” and open herself up more, as she sang about in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ musical.
Screen Rant exclusively interviewed Christina Chong at STLV: Trek to Vegas, where we discussed how La’an Noonien-Singh feels about James T. Kirk going into Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3. Christina explained that La’an is taking steps to become a more open person, and she hints at what that could mean for Kirk and Carol. Read Christina’s quote below:
Christina Chong: Well, obviously she has accepted at the end of episode 10, season two, that they can’t be together. And that doesn’t mean that his love and their relationship hasn’t evolved her in some way. So you know it’s gonna be interesting. It feels like maybe she’s gonna open up even more, because we certainly saw that towards the end of the season. And what would that mean? So if you’re on a ship and you are open and ready, what does that mean? I can’t tell you. You have to watch season three. And who knows? Like, who knows? Anything could happen? Just because he’s with Carol doesn’t mean to say that can’t go wrong, right?
Screen Rant: In fact, we know it does.
Christina Chong: We know it does, do we? What do we know?
Screen Rant: Wrath of Khan. Those two do not stay together.
Christina Chong: Oh, of course. Well, there we go. So yeah, let’s see season 3. What happens. But yeah, La’an’s definitely opening up.
What Could Happen Between La’an & Kirk In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3
What if La’an changes Kirk’s paradigm?
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ executive producers have described the show as “love stories in space,” and La’an Noonien-Singh’s relationship with James T. Kirk is one of Strange New Worlds’ most interesting – and complicated – love stories. After all, La’an fell for a different Kirk from an alternate reality in Strange New Worlds season 2, episode 3, “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.” That Kirk tragically died, and the Lt. James Kirk La’an meets throughout the rest of Strange New Worlds season 2 is a different person – but also still the same Kirk.
Lt. James T. Kirk does keep visiting the Starship Enterprise in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3, but how Kirk seeing La’an again will turn out, especially if the Enterprise’s Security Chief is opening herself up more to people, remains to be seen. Also, it’s a guarded secret whether Kirk’s girlfriend Carol Marcus appears in Strange New Worlds season 3. Still, the attraction between Kirk and La’an, and the chemistry between Christina Chong and Paul Wesley, is undeniable. What happens next between La’an and Kirk in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 could be unexpected and surprising.