The third season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds finally started this week, and its opener, “Hegemony, Part II,” picked up right where the last season left off. But along the way, it surprisingly ended up taking the Gorn—a Trek mainstay and the show’s longest-running threat—off the board.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds streams on Paramount+. The next episode of the season, titled “Shuttle to Kenfori,” premieres on July 24 on the streamer. The series has been renewed for a fourth and fifth season. The fifth will be the final season for the show.

In the season opener, we return to those aggressive reptilian creatures known as the Gorn when Pike and Co. come to the rescue of his imprisoned crew and Parnassus Beta colonists. These aliens have been fan favorites for the last two seasons but now they're being laid to rest at last.