'Strange New Worlds'' latest episode is more 'Event Horizon' than classic Trek

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But few of the franchise's horror outings have been quite as overt as "The Griffin Incident", the latest episode of " Strange New Worlds ". ANYONE YET TO WATCH "THE GRIFFIN INCIDENT" SHOULD PROCEED WITH CAUTION TO AVOID VIOLATING TEMPORAL PRIME DIRECTIVES. In the tradition of many of "Star Trek"'s scariest missions, "The Griffin Incident" puts a sci-fi spin on classic tropes. Instead, Captain Pike delegates the investigation to Division 12, a mysterious branch of Starfleet that specializes in unexplained phenomena. New episodes of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" debut on Paramount+ on Thursdays.