Is "The Griffin Incident" in Strange New Worlds season 4, episode 2 a lore expansion or fresh worldbuilding?

The "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" episode "The Griffin Incident" might quickly earn the nickname of "The Event Horizon episode," as it mirrors the plot and the tone of Paul W.S. Anderson's 1997 sci-...

Infected by the same space madness that afflicted the Griffin's chief security officer Rose Harper, La'an told Kirk that "your little boy is going to die just like you: at the end of a blade, bleeding...