Despite being classic television, “Star Trek: The Original Series” was so episodic it felt disconnected from itself at times, and it frustratingly lacked serialized elements.

“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” however, is an episodic show that satisfyingly weaves in ongoing, character-driven subplots, unlike “Star Trek: The Original Series.”

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, “Strange New Worlds” co-creator Akiva Goldsman divulged how the evolution of TV storytelling created a structural shift in “Star Trek.”

Goldsman said, “The context of available entertainment has allowed us to do [...] episodic storytelling with serialized characters. [...] It's the best of both worlds.”

Episode 3 of “Strange New Worlds” introduces the terminally ill daughter of Dr. Joseph M'Benga (Babs Olusanmokun), a subplot that’s folded into the main plot in Episode 8.

That narrative weaving is just one example of how “Strange New Worlds” combines “serialized characters” with “episodic storytelling,” according to Goldsman.

The new narrative engine of “Star Trek” helps mend frustrations Goldsman felt with “Star Trek: The Original Series,” as it catered to viewers with one-off episodes in the 1960s.

Goldsman added, “The idea that you could bring emotion from episode to episode, but still do that classic TOS genre jump [...] that's super fun for me.”