Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4 Episode 3 Premieres August 6, 2026

The third episode of Season 4 of *Star Trek: Strange New Worlds* will debut on Thursday, August 6, 2026, on Paramount+. The episode, titled “Human Best Friend,” opens with the crew on a pleasure‑planet shore leave that quickly turns dangerous. Paramount+ will release the episode simultaneously worldwide, with local times ranging from 12:00 a.m. PT in the United States to 7:00 p.m. NZST in New Zealand.

At the 2026 Comic‑Con, series producer Henry Alonso Myers and actors Paul Wesley and Dan Jeannotte discussed a speculative storyline in which James Kirk and his older brother Sam Kirk might launch a space‑tourism venture, though the idea is presented as speculative and tied to Sam’s upcoming fate.