- Role: A space psychiatrist, mirroring her iconic, long-running daytime role as Dr. Marlena Evans on Days of Our Lives.
- Theme: The installment is a special soap opera-themed tribute episode. Instead of the classic Days opening line, it features a sci-fi twist: "Like Chronitons through the hourglass."
- Co-stars: She shares scenes alongside returning guest star Rhys Darby as Trelane. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
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- "Like Chronitons Through the Hourglass" is the seventh episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4, premiering on September 3, 2026. [1, 2]
- Episode Overview
- Release Date: September 3, 2026
- Platform: Paramount+
- Director/Cast: Starring Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike
Plot Details- The Premise: A strange temporal anomaly traps the entire crew of the USS Enterprise inside a daytime soap-opera reality.
- Pike's Journey: Captain Pike faces a deep emotional challenge as he confronts an alternate life and choices he previously lost.
The Science and ConceptsThe title plays on the famous soap opera opening line ("like sands through the hourglass") combined with "chronitons," a recurring fictitious temporal particle in the Star Trek universe.If you'd like, I can tell you:- More about other episodes in Season 4 of Strange New Worlds
- Details about guest star Deidre Hall and her role
- The history of temporal anomalies in Star Trek
Deidre Hall’s New Role
According to SoapSteph’s Daytime Dish newsletter, Hall is scheduled for a guest appearance in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
This will take place during Season 4 of the Paramount+ show, and Hall will be playing a psychiatrist (talk about typecasting!)
In all seriousness, the daytime drama star will appear in episode 7, which is titled “Like Chronitons Through the Hourglass”, so it sounds like Star Trek is just as excited to have Hall on the show as Days of Our Lives fans will be to see her! Hall’s show is set to air on Thursday, September 3.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ star, Anson Mount, who plays Captain Pike, revealed via a video interview that Hall’s episode was a ‘heavy lift’, and it was amazing to work with the soap star.
The series cast also has another daytime drama actor in it as Guiding Light alum, Paul Wesley (ex- Max Nickerson), who plays James T. Kirk.
Hall has been playing the legendary Marlena Evans (on and off) on Days of Our Lives since 1976 and is best known in the land of soaps for this character.
Still, that wasn’t the actress’s first daytime drama gig, as she was also on The Young and the Restless from 1973 to 1975 playing the role of Barbara Anderson as a regular on the cast.
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