The third season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds finally started this week, and its opener, “Hegemony, Part II,” picked up right where the last season left off. But along the way, it surprisingly ended up taking the Gorn—a Trek mainstay and the show’s longest-running threat—off the board.

Strange New Worlds Season 3, Episode 3, "Shuttle To Kenfori" Star Trek: Strange New Worlds star Melanie Scrofano offered a hilarious response when asked about her character's Gorn transformation in the show's third season.

Strange New Worlds episode "A Space Adventure Hour." Stream it with a Paramount+ subscription and read at your own risk! La'an Noonien-Singh was able to put the Gorn behind her in the Season 3 premiere of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,