Summary
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 could introduce Carol Marcus, played by Sarah Jones from For All Mankind.
- Sarah Jones brings intelligence, charisma, and emotional maturity to her roles, making her an ideal choice to portray the brilliant scientist and conflicted lover, Carol Marcus.
- Introducing Carol Marcus in Strange New Worlds season 3 would provide insight into her decision to keep Lt. James T. Kirk away from their son, David, and could shed light on her motivations for creating the Genesis Device. Sarah Jones has the qualities to embody this complex character.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 could introduce Carol Marcus, and Apple TV+'s hit sci-fi series, For All Mankind, just had the perfect actress to play the girlfriend of Lt. James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley). In Strange New Worlds' musical episode, Kirk confesses to Lt. La'an Noonien-Singh (Christina Chong) that he can't act on their mutual attraction because his "on again/off again" girlfriend, a woman named Carol, is pregnant. Carol can only be the future Dr. Carol Marcus, who will be the mother of Kirk's son, David Marcus (Merritt Butrick).
Dr. Carol Marcus (Bibi Besch) was introduced in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Set in 2285, about 25 years after Strange New Worlds season 2, Star Trek II showed that Carol and Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner) were estranged for many years. Kirk did as Carol asked and stayed away from David, whom Carol raised on her own to follow in her footsteps as a scientist. Carol and David masterminded the Genesis Device, a revolutionary terraforming technology that could turn dead celestial bodies into Class M planets suitable for human life. The Genesis Device was stolen and turned into a dreadful weapon by Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalban). Carol and Kirk reconciled, but she wasn't seen again after The Wrath of Khan. Tragically, David was killed by Klingons in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. However, Strange New Worlds season 3 would introduce Carol before all of that tragedy, when she and Kirk were still "young as when the world was new."
