‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’: Celia Rose Gooding Talks Uhura’s Major Decision to Help Ortegas

[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Episode 9 “Terrarium.”] “I don’t think she would’ve accepted a universe in which she loses her best friend,” Celia Rose Gooding says of Uhura in the latest Strange New Worlds episode. The penultimate episode of Season 3 saw Ortegas (Melissa Navia) stranded on a planet — with a Gorn, of all beings — after leaving the Enterprise for a mission. And to ensure the rescue mission carried on, Uhura lied to Captain Pike (Anson Mount) about the scan capability; he told her later he knew she had and understood. And once Ortegas was rescued, the best friends reunited in the pilot’s quarters. Below, Celia Rose Gooding breaks down Uhura’s major decision and…