: A comedic episode where Spock and his fiancée, T'Pring, accidentally swap bodies.

: Along with Pike, the central trio features Spock (Ethan Peck) as Science Officer and Una Chin-Riley/Number One (Rebecca Romijn) as First Officer.

The inaugural season consists of 10 episodes and explores the early missions of a crew that includes both new faces and younger versions of legacy characters:

: A significant narrative thread is Captain Pike's struggle with the knowledge of his future fate—a tragic training accident he witnessed in Star Trek: Discovery .