The following contains spoilers for "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" Season 4 Episode 2 "The Griffin Incident." "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" Season 3 earned criticism for letting humor get in the way of exploration. Come Season 3, the limits were exposed as it felt like the writers started treating "Strange New Worlds" like a comedy first. The episode isn't just the spookiest "Strange New Worlds" has gotten, it's also the most violent. It's hard to recall a "Star Trek" episode this gruesome since "Conspiracy" on "Next Generation," specifically the infamous scene when Picard (Patrick Stewart) and Riker (Jonathan Frakes) used phasers to blow up Dexter Remmick's (Robert Schenkkan) torso and reveal an alien parasite living inside the viscera.