8.0 BEST NEW SHOW Doctor Who splits hairs in The Giggle and teases a bisected future By: Clint Worthington David Tennant's final(?) special as the Fourteenth Doctor is a giddy, overstuffed callback to the excesses of the Russell T. Davies era -- with a suitably overbaked guest star and a dashing preview of adventures to come.
Recap Doctor Who reverses the show’s downward polarity with The Star Beast By: Clint Worthington Russell T. Davies, David Tennant, and Catherine Tate do a hard reset on the beloved sci-fi show, taking it back to basics and resolving the show's own metacrisis.
Recap Star Trek Lower Decks’ season 4 finale proves who Mariner is and who she isn’t By bringing in a rival with surface similarities, “Old Friends, New Planets” articulates the Ensign's true self and how much she's grown.
Recap Loki runs out of tricks Our God of Mischief can only watch as reality unravels and explodes in "Heart of the TVA."
Recap Star Trek: Lower Decks turns to the past to explain the present "The Inner Fight" channels trouble-making ensigns and cadets from Star Trek’s ago to explain Mariner’s current struggle.
Recap Loki meets Victor Timely Our God of Mischief travels to "1893" Chicago to encounter a confidence man Kang variant.
Recap Loki gets outplayed On his quest to find Sylvie, TVA bad elements outmaneuver the God of Mischief in "Breaking Brad."
Recap Star Trek: Lower Decks finds camaraderie in caves and triumph in its tropes "Caves" is the gem of an already excellent season.
Recap Loki can’t stand still "Ouroboros" finds our protagonists blinking in and out of time while the TVA falls apart.
Recap Star Trek: Lower Decks Pokes Fun at the Franchise’s Recurring A.I.-pocalypses “A Few Badgeys More” balances ribbing some of the franchise's tropes with wholesome sincerity.
Recap Ahsoka mostly sticks its landing with Part 8 It's packed to bursting, but the series' cast carries it home.
Recap Star Trek: Lower Decks tells (short) stories on Ferenginar A visit with the Ferengis in Season 4 Episode 6 sees the show spinning brief yarns.
Recap Thrawn stands revealed, finally, in Ahsoka Parts 6 & 7 The blue-skinned spectre of the Empire proves to be far more than rumor or myth.
Recap Star Trek: Lower Decks explores Vulcan emotion & Betazoid commotion in a spotlight episode By: Andrew Bloom A personal journey for T’Lyn, the newest lower decker, and a fun romp with some Betazoid diplomats prove the ship is the best place to be for a young officer.
Recap On Star Trek: Lower Decks, Tendi finds acceptance, even when it’s not easy bein’ green A girls’ trip to the Orion homeworld raises some old insecurities while Boimler and Rutherford discover cosplay dispute resolution.
Recap Ahsoka Part 5 helps the titular character get her groove back A trip to The World Between Worlds forces Ahsoka to confront her traumatic past.
Recap Star Trek: Lower Decks proves that exciting new promotions can come with exciting new problems A visit to a planet run by an ancient computer brings out the best (and panickiest) in Boimler, while his friends worry they’re being hazed.
Recap Star Trek: Lower Decks finds a true mentor for Mariner in the unlikeliest of places A routine mission to a menagerie leads to some adorable terror and a big epiphany for the series’ protagonist.
Recap Ray Stevenson elevates Ahsoka’s fourth episode Everyone chases a map to the end of the galaxy, but it is the actor's performance that proves the real prize.