Hemmers Death - Star Trek Strange New Worlds S01E09

#Hemmer
#gorn
#kirk
#spock
#pike

[@robertdemella316]

Hemmer stole every scene he was in this season.He was the epitome of training,discipline,and professionalism that the Star Trek ethos stands for.It’s a shame his character had to die so early in this series.

[@bl8388]

Too good. Too interesting. He was destined to die off.

[@notabannedaccount8362]

That’s why they killed him.

[@jwins]

I miss Hemmer. He was like an alternate Spock but even more stern. Bring back Hemmer...

[@spockboy]

Agreed, but the annoying, unoriginal, unprofessional one lived.

[@rensaldana4265]

I mean we didn't see him die, we saw him jump from a ship

[@randomcurrypuff6237]

“Just like Andoria” I like how Hemmer made an impact on Spock and Uhura. Spock already got a similar advice from Burnham, but seeing Hemmer sacrifice himself is probably one of the reasons why he did the exact same thing years later.

[@LGranthamsHeir]

"The needs of the many outweights the needs of the few...or of one."

[@CommanderZoom]

"I never took... the Kobayashi Maru test... until now. What do you think... of my solution?"

[@jockmcscottish7569]

Or maybe he just loved his mates on the ship, and was going to die either way so decided to die for a reason rather than for nothing.

[@danielbroome5690]

no it isn't, it's a Vulcan axiom, not something spock came up with.

[@randomcurrypuff6237]

@@danielbroome5690 it is indeed a logical act, but considering the fact that he has a human half, it would only be natural that he struggles with his ideology and identity.

[@Drakencrovax]

"my sacrfice will save the people I care the most about, for me there is no other choice" hints of that andorian code of honor we saw during enterprise, hemmer was 100% my fav character on SNW, and I was NOT ok after his death, such a good show

[@brunosantosvillanueva3726]

And then Spock did the same thing in Wrath of Khan

[@alexholden2512]

@@brunosantosvillanueva3726 yeah but he planned ahead, which unfortunately Hemmer could not

[@jamesbuchanan4414]

That one about sacrificing for others is more specific to the Aenar. Though it's reasonable to assume mainline Andorians eventually picked up on it.

[@wemt0014]

"Losing Hemmer hurts. The people you love the most can cause you the most pain. But it's the people you love who can mend your heart when you feel broken. That's what Hemmer's purpose was, "to fix what is broken."

[@danielk5780]

3:34 "Do not weep for me. I had a good life. It's time for me to go." That is a very powerful line. Something similar I told myself when my grandfather died of cancer at 86 years old. He had a long, fullfill life, full of joy. It ending was sad, but rather than weep because it ends, celebrate it's positives.

[@kingbeauregard]

From what I've read, Hemmer was intended from the beginning to die in Season One, since his overall purpose was to help Uhura choose to stay with Starfleet. Mission accomplished. Still, I miss the big lug.

[@macbuff81]

Hemmer was a great character. It's sad to see that they killed him off just after one season

[@jeepdude7359]

I suspect the actor that played him got tired of the extensive makeup involved in playing a character like that.

[@bigfootwalker5399]

In an alternate timeline Hemmer survives, travels back in time, and gives birth to a half Romulan daughter. 😉

[@mitchbarredo3990]

The actor that played him is returning as a different character.

[@asentientcactus]

@@bigfootwalker5399lmao, glad I’m not the only one who noticed the similarity to Tasha

[@hfar_in_the_sky]

But boy what a send off they gave him. Not all characters got that, and while I'm also sad to see him go at least he got one last truly memorable scene

[@TheLongjohntim]

Hearing an Andorian tell Spock Live long and prosper and giving the sign WOW!

[@voyager1983]

I mean, Aenar, but yes.

[@FZVideos9630]

Farewell Hemmer , the Enterprise won't let your sacrifice in vain 😭

[@danielbroome5690]

sure, they'll just go on to form a co-owned dilithium mine with them and begin diplomatic relations and forget all about this.

[@brianbrown8847]

His purpose was to fix what was broken. It didn’t occur to me until his parting words to Uhura that she was what was broken

[@Adrian-qk2fn]

How many people noticed the reference to Captain Oates who said 'I'm just going outside now.'? That was during the doomed Captain Scott expedition to the South Pole in 1912 and he went outside in a blizzard to certain death to give a better chance for survival to the rest of the expedition.

[@ROBERTODUZZ911]

i thought of the same thing as soon as he said it

[@Notalawyer-PDX]

Had no idea. Thank you for the education.

[@LGranthamsHeir]

2:47 - 3:00 This is how Spock learns about "the needs of the many outweights the needs of the few." #RIPHemmer 😢

[@danielbroome5690]

spock doesn't NEED to learn that from an aenar....it's a frigging VULCAN expression/philosophy.

[@Roper122]

I despise that - he does not need to " learn " that from anybody .

[@howardhowe3453]

@@Roper122 What is learned from leassons and books in schools are not always internalized until later in life. And some of those lessons are hard and kill people.

[@Roper122]

@@howardhowe3453 Yeah... that's always been what Star Trek is about... the fact that Spock doesn't understand basic maths. Wait...

[@howardhowe3453]

@@Roper122 I blame the maths part on the writing staff. Or a lack of a continuity department.

[@mmyers6441]

You know the actor is also blind in real life? Yes Hemmer was a great character.

[@kyleyuen245]

Wait what, from the scenes I've seen his acting is great

[@yellowprime8491]

​@@kyleyuen245legally blind. So he may have some limited sight functionality, just not enough to operate vehicles etc.

[@kutter_ttl6786]

​@@kyleyuen245He had Retinoblastoma (a form of eye cancer) when he was a kid, so he actually lost his right eye and only has 10% vision in his left.

[@Valyontamas]

There are a lot of references to Alien3 in this episode. Newborn gorns are very similar to the chestburster that emerges from the dog. Or in both, the characters used themselves as live bait, running down corridors to lure the monster into a room and then destroy it with ice gas or hot lead. But Hemmer's death is the most serious. He dies in almost the same way as Ripley. He commits suicide, throwing himself backwards into the abyss before the killer monster hatches out of him. Hemmer sacrificed himself for his friends, Ripley for humanity.

[@JimHeivilin]

"To fix what is broken" - there is no great tribute for an engineer.

[@Shazam961]

He's really not dead, as long as we remember him.

[@Mel6701]

They built up the emotions for Hemmer's death from him saying "I'll do anything to protect this crue" to "Its just like Andoria" like cmon man nobody said I had to cry last week 😥

[@LGranthamsHeir]

0:01 - 0:13 La'an is Ripley of the Trek-verse 😆😉

[@poboxchristmas380]

Hemmer was such a great character. Really awesome to see them make a new character that becomes such an instant classic. I'd love to see him pop up in a flashback or old recording in a future episode.

[@ZemplinTemplar]

Hemmer was a wonderful character. I find it a pity he was only in this first season.

[@MAnuscript421]

When I saw that Hemmer was infected with Go'orn babies I was like "This dude is going to DIE. This is bullshit."

[@James-bn6lj]

This series is easily at the top of best Star Treks of all time.

[@kyleyuen245]

Hemmer locked himself with the only person who he knew would let him do the ultimate sacrifice

[@voyager1983]

And likely one of the only ones that would do what needed to be done if he couldn't go through with it.

[@LGranthamsHeir]

1:35 - 1:38 M'benga finally made McCoy's like pronouncement 😉

[@retrochill6527]

Well he’s from Andoria. He is of the cold, a deep part of Andorias caves. Perhaps he goes into a hibernation mode and the gorn within him die. He may be back, just maybe.. I hate he’s dead.I hate it.

[@salilbhatnagar]

hopefully

[@Chase1493]

The cold might not kill an Andorian, but a fall at that height most certainly will lol. Loved his character too, but he’s not coming back from that.

[@alexholden2512]

@@Chase1493 deserves to come back more than Tasha Yar did

[@Chase1493]

@@alexholden2512 if they pull some sort of time paradox / mirror universe episode then yea I’d totally agree. That aside, he’s dead sadly.

[@chilton1975]

These characters are so freaking great. This is the Enterprise I would want to be on!

[@MisterFusion113]

This was a great original character. I'm sure he'll be back.

[@davidsmith5523]

The needs of the many.

[@demarcusfaulkner7411]

Outweigh the needs of the few or the one.

[@spicymeatball3563]

@@demarcusfaulkner7411 Both of you are of course alluding to "The Wrath of Khan" and to Spock, sacrificing his life to save his crew. When he said "A logical conclusion" I shouted at the tv, "WRATH OF KHAN!" Scared my poor wife.

[@LGranthamsHeir]

@@spicymeatball3563 😄😆 Kelvin-verse Kirk also did the same in "Into Darkness." He switched role w/Spock.

[@spicymeatball3563]

@@LGranthamsHeir true, but Spock's comment in this episode foreshadows his death in "the wrath of Khan"

[@willienelsongonzalez4609]

Genuinely gutted when Hemmer dies. Honestly thought he would be an essential character in SNW. Well written and brilliantly played by the actor.

[@GC0077]

I wasn't ready for this. I loved Hemmer!! Such a powerful character.

[@rain73ful]

I'm sorry he died. I really liked his character, but I guess his death paves the way for Montgomery Scott to come aboard the Enterprise.

[@voidw4lker]

This comment has aged well.

[@nerysghemor5781]

@@voidw4lkerThough they have at least met him now.

[@kurtoogle4576]

Dammit! I'll miss Hemmer! :(

[@MadTurnip]

I don't know if this is intentional, but the overall theme for Pike and his inevitable fate is true for the whole crew. We all know who makes it to the start of TOS, and so there is this feeling of dread for those who don't.

[@bthsr7113]

I'd like to thing it is an intentional parallel. Sometimes Interquel and prequel characters can make it out and even get new stories in the present*, but if your story demands the drama of death or a special dark fate, the established characters are off limits, so you work with what's available.

[@soulspacemusic]

Dang it - really bummed about Hemmer... He was just starting to grow on me too!

[@EnterpriseKnight]

Discovery: We need to kill a random character that we never cared about to shock the audience Audience: Meh SNW: Oh you like that character we showed you and got you to know him? Damn shame if anything happened to him Audience: OH GOD NO PLEASE NO.

[@keeper1978]

This episode made me loose my composure , hemmer will be missed 😢😢 😢😢😢

[@andrewm3210]

Over a year later, this still hits hard.

[@infinitium8460]

"Do not weep for me. I've had a good life." HE SAYS WHILE I'M CRYING MY EYES OUT

[@hfar_in_the_sky]

It really is amazing that they turned the Gorn, aka the silly looking rubber suit lizard aliens from the original series, and turned them into by far one of the most terrifying sentient species in Star Trek history

[@shanenway3684]

at least hemmer went with respect ♥

[@SigmaChi04]

Hemmer was the best of the best bodacious bro because he broke barriers and built bridges despite his blindness.

[@dinglebeey]

We hardly had time to get to know him, yet we grieved him. Thats great writing and acting.

[@Laeadern]

Not gonna like...Hemmers death hurt. I liked him.

[@donpula6349]

Me too...

[@80spodcastchannel]

one of the best characters on STSNW...dude was a highly honorable, stern, compassionate, member of his crew. who gave of all he was to make them able to survive and prevail..I salute him

[@aquamote]

Amazing episode that turned a goofy alien species into a really scary one with great followup potential .

[@greencello599]

If they had more time, the growing Gorn within Hemmer could've been extracted. Sadly, there wasn't any time left. Hemmer knew this, and so did La'an. Rather than risk anyone else getting killed by the Gorn that would've violently come from his body, Hemmer made the choice to sacrifice himself. His parting advice to Uhura would help shape her decisions while the Vulcan farewell to Spock showed deep respect to his crewmate. Hemmer died with a smile on his face with good memories of home going through his mind. His sacrifice would motivate Chapel to find a way to extract Gorn from the unfortunate host at the end of season 2.

[@oneproudbrowncoat]

Yes, a poignant scene, especially seeing Ripley- sorry, *Hemmer*- fall off the ledge, to keep the alien parasite from harming anyone else...

[@LGranthamsHeir]

0:06 - 0:10 Meet Trek-verse's equivalent of "Aliens" 😉

[@keithulhu]

I think they should have had La'an shout, "Hey, Fuckface!" at the Gorn.

[@LGranthamsHeir]

@@keithulhu She did say: "Fight me, C'mon! FIGHT ME!!" in this episode. To me she sounds so Ripley-esque 😉

[@keithulhu]

@@LGranthamsHeir Oh, very much so.

[@heuristicalgorithm8465]

They'll bring him back. Nobody dies in hollywood anymore

[@cennon]

They never should have killed off Hemmer. He was really interesting and they needed more alien characters.

[@larrycanupp411]

I feel he will be back for season two. When Henner went into the cold, perhaps his DNA coupled with the cold stopped the process and he survived.

[@SpideyVids]

It was a real shame that we lost Hemmer so soon - his character had so much potential.

[@coletrain583]

I think the Andorians deserve a lot of coverage.

[@NyuuMikuru1]

Hemmer, doing the Ripley act.

[@chilton1975]

Wow! Losing Hemmer broke my heart. 😢

[@Turboy65]

Some things about this episode just don't make sense. Like how a newly hatched Gorn can get so big in a matter of hours. It takes time to eat, metabolized food, and grow. And you have to have something to eat. ALIEN also suffered from this same impossible scenario. Body mass does not come from nowhere and growth is not instantaneous.

[@z1az285]

in alien, the xenomorph could supposedly digest ore/ metal apart from host nutrand it got big by eating the store ore in nostromo after all it was bio engineered. the gorn in SNE was a cheap knockoff without any detailed insight into their biology

[@Borealis-Rainbow]

I just realized "It's dead Chris" by M'benga is kind of a small reference to "He is dead Jim" haha

[@BintyMcFrazzles]

Hemmer was a fantastic character.

[@Marcinex]

A very good series I must say. Quite good life lessons.

[@robertlamb7513]

Sometimes you can tell a person by what they do. This one act tells you what kind of person he was

[@hypercriticalbrit]

“I need to sacrifice myself…but also I need to tell you all a bunch of things and take my time…even though there’s no time to beam me to sickbay and freeze me then extract them….”

[@vullord666]

This was such a loss to Strange New Worlds. A major issue with all Star Trek series is how completely human they end up feeling. A character that feels so alien with blindness and telepathic traits was so interesting. Not to mention how well his personality rounded off the crew while still feeling like a part of the family.

[@safiremorningstar]

I like what he says Hammer says and voice to to text keeps spilling everything I say wrong I wanted to say this and that is he says what anyone who knows they're going to die but gets to choose the when which is something so few get a chance to do these days, like what he says " Do not weep for me I've had a good life, it's time for me to go..." He also gives very good advice to Uhura and she doesn't forget him which is what anyone who is alone can hope for that somehow your life will have enough meaning that somebody will remember you. He also has the blessing of a memory when he says as he's about to do the only thing he can do which is fall off the Enterprise and that is, how much like Andora it is.

[@jonathanmyers2867]

RIP Hemmer 😭😭😭😭😭

[@synaesthesia2010]

all i could think when watching this episode was "oh look, the writers saw the Alien movies"

[@LGranthamsHeir]

What's your thought: Would "Strange New Worlds" copy TNG Season 1 with a new Chief Engineer each episode? Or would they bring Scotty in for Season 2? 🙄

[@Shadowkey392]

Probably not Scotty. There’s still about ten years to go before he becomes chief engineer.

[@LGranthamsHeir]

@@Shadowkey392 True, but Scotty is supposed to be older and have a longer Starfleet career than the rest of the TOS crew, and we don't know exactly when he first became the E's Chief Engineer.

[@danielbroome5690]

I am 110% certain we DO know the exact date he became chief engineer lol. will they stick to the established date though? all signs point to no.

[@gregorybrown6719]

He's not dead. The Andorians thrive, in the cold ; ridiculous agonizing cold to most huminoid species a brisk fall day for Andorians. The Gorn, not so much. Furthermore, as stated in the episode the eggs gestate at different speeds in different species. The fall may not have killed Hemmer if he fell at all. If it didnt the extreme cold may make the eggs dormant or kill them outright. Hemmer on the other hand will probably be running naked purging himself and using mental / telepathic discipline to maintain control. He'll be back.

[@rain73ful]

So, you think he'll come back in future episodes? I guess will just have to wait and see about that!

[@biohita]

I would like that. But the dude fell from 100m... IF he landed right on the border of the cliff, otherwise we would be looking at andorian/gorn soup.

[@martynstembridge7714]

He's dead. He fell a LONG way.

[@TheNamgorf]

Unfortunately there is a blink or you’ll miss it moment where you do see him falling from a pretty serious height.

[@kiraking87]

This was so hard. And so beautiful. A good death but so sad to see him good.

[@joshuamurray-nevill9127]

'This prosthetics character is expensive so...'

[@danielshottopics8187]

This Scene Felt so Long ago.

[@nathanseybold6679]

Gorn but not forgotten

[@stevenrichardson1838]

Alternative title: Hemmer just watched Alien 3 and now tries the Ripley Challenge! (Gone wrong! Caught on camera!)

[@xual235]

Hammer should have stayed in the show. One of the best characters in the show.

[@timrose9826]

I can understand why the actor only wanted to do one season with all that makeup on but why kill the character

[@maxstr]

You're telling me those disgusting little monsters have a space-faring empire? Are there Gorn engineers with little glasses and torn lab coats that built the starships?

[@alexodom1212]

Who replaces Hemmer? Maybe Scotty. Guess we will find out next season

[@synivy4576]

I can’t believe they finally introduced an Aenar and killed him off….

[@TheJPinder]

damn.... this show.

[@samtani278]

Andorians was the hurthless adversary of Federation in Enterprise, misterious in the classic series and horonable in Strange New Worlds.

[@cmdrlincolnf.sternn6677]

Had to make room for Scotty

[@tjames9698]

The Gorn prob evolved like our dinosaurs would’ve had they not went extinct.

[@Mogget01]

Sing’s can rip stuff apart at the limbs

[@christopherg2347]

So, gorn basically hatch fertile? "That sounds like a timesaver, if you ask me."

[@EngCenturion]

An honourable end.

[@atanvardo5730]

The only Andorian (actually Aenar) character so far as a Federation starship officer, and they kill him in the first season... Unforgiven!!

[@keithulhu]

Poor Hemmer, felled by a Gorn money shot.

[@anthonydhinnant6602]

Lost in Space 3 seasons • 98 episodes

[@89volvowithlazers]

messed up man messed up

[@AlekzMayo]

Es: Murió de la forma mas macha posible. Eng: He died in the most macho way possible.

[@andrewyurick7758]

This kills me.

[@kermitefrog64]

This is as sad as when James T. Kirk died.

[@TorstenKnodt]

Who came to the insane idea to let him make a sacrifice, which really kills him. Could he just not have gotten in winter sleep and only the Gorn killed? No, he had to fall from the clip. Hope they show that there was something on which he fell and their sensors did just not detect it, so he can come back. On the other side, he cannot come back, at least not in this position, because they have to introduce Scott sooner or later.

[@KEEPROLLINROLLINROLLINROLLINYO]

what was that little monster thing yo

[@BoloBouncer]

Pikachu

[@jefferyyoung2580]

I love hammer 😢

[@erklng]

No 😭

[@williamraino8528]

😢

[@rockpadstudios]

Hemmer was the only character that had any depth

[@maundamartin59]

Shiiiiddd HEMMER may come back ...we don't know WHAT HAPPENED... we didn't see him SPLAT!

[@purefoldnz3070]

OH noooooo not.... what's his name again? Oh yeah not Hammers! I mean Hemmers!

[@colinmaclaughlanweir9670]

Baby is hungry