CROSSOVER MADNESS

 I've finished a review of the first season of STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS. 

In many post-Classic TREK tales, Spock-- one of the three Primary stars of the original show-- made guest appearances on other programs, and most of the time, I'd probably consider these valid "dynamic crossovers." However, since Spock is a major character in SNW, this is more like a "static crossover," in which a character from one "cosmos" becomes a featured member of another one-- much like Worf from NEXTGEN migrating to DEEP SPACE 9, or even Iron Man, a charter member of the original AVENGERS, showing up regularly in WEST COAST AVENGERS.

I've usually maintained that subordinate icons from certain narratives only count as "crossovers" in the very FIRST stories wherein those icons become ensconced as superordinate entities in new narratives, like Hawkeye, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch transitioning from "sympathetic super-villains" to members of the heroic Avengers. So the promotion of previously established support-characters from Classic Trek-- specifically, Uhura, Chapel and Number One-- into main characters means that each would only have "crossover status" at whatever episode they first appeared. Superordinate icon Captain Kirk makes a guest appearance in the season's final episode.