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“Star Trek Discovery” Season 3 Finale Recap: A good season ends badly

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A third season filled with dramatic narrative shakeups ends in the most abrupt, contrived way possible.

Andrew Bloom Posted on January 7, 2021January 7, 2021

“Star Trek Discovery” Season 3 Episode 12 Recap: “Die Hard” in space

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Action movie antics and rescue missions ensue upon the Emerald Chain’s invasion.

Andrew Bloom Posted on December 31, 2020December 31, 2020

“Star Trek Discovery” Season 3 Episode 10 Recap: Transformations galore

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Emperor Georgiou faces her sins in a messy but camp episode that rehabilitates her character just in time […]

Andrew Bloom Posted on December 17, 2020December 17, 2020

“Star Trek: Discovery” Season 3 Episode 8 Recap: Junk drawer

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A new villain appears while Staments, Adira, and Tilly get closer to The Burn.

Andrew Bloom Posted on December 6, 2020December 6, 2020

“Star Trek: Discovery” Season 3 Episode 7 Recap: The needs of the many

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Michael Burnham finally figures out who she is, as the Vulcans and Romulans return to the Star Trek […]

Andrew Bloom Posted on November 26, 2020November 26, 2020

Star Trek Discovery Season 3 Episode 6 Recap: You can’t go home again

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Burnham and Georgiou track down another clue to the Burn, while the former reevaluates their true place on the Discovery.

Clint Worthington Posted on November 19, 2020November 19, 2020

Star Trek Discovery Season 3 Episode 5 Recap: What’s old is new

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Discovery reunites with Starfleet and struggles to find their role in this new, futuristic dynamic.

Andrew Bloom Posted on November 12, 2020November 11, 2020

Star Trek Discovery Season 3 Episode 4 Recap: “Forget Me Not”

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The Discovery crew recenters itself in this new future, and Adira connects to her new self and her lost love.

Clint Worthington Posted on November 5, 2020November 5, 2020

Star Trek Discovery Season 3 Episode 3 Recap: You can’t go home

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Burnham and company adjust to Earth and the Federation’s changes over the years, coping with the concept of home in the process.

Andrew Bloom Posted on October 29, 2020October 28, 2020

Star Trek Discovery Season 3 Episode 2 Recap: 31st-century kids

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We learn more about the far-flung future of the show’s new setting, as the Discovery crew adjust to their new surroundings.

Clint Worthington Posted on October 22, 2020October 22, 2020

“Star Trek: Discovery” Season 3 Episode 1: Finally charting its own course

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Trek’s flagship series takes a dramatic leap forward, stumbling toward its true potential.

Andrew Bloom Posted on October 18, 2020October 18, 2020

Star Trek Lower Decks Episode 5 Recap: “Cupid’s Errant Arrow”

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Love bites like a parasite in a charming episode that finally locks in Lower Decks’ more refreshing stakes.

Clint Worthington Posted on September 3, 2020September 3, 2020

Star Trek Lower Decks Recap: “Temporal Edict” puts a pin on ‘buffer time’

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Boimler’s rule-following puts the ship in danger, and Mariner and Ransom compare battle scars on an alien planet.

Clint Worthington Posted on August 20, 2020August 20, 2020

“Star Trek: Lower Decks” digs into its misfit crew in “Envoys”

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Boimler and Mariner run afoul of a drunken Klingon, and Rutherford has a Starfleet identity crisis.

Clint Worthington Posted on August 13, 2020August 13, 2020

“Star Trek: Lower Decks” kicks off with an irreverent “Second Contact”

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The Rick and Morty vibe takes a lot of getting used to, but there are glimmers of promise in the latest Star Trek adventure.

Clint Worthington Posted on August 6, 2020August 6, 2020

Rosalind Chao on the trailblazing Western “Thousand Pieces of Gold”

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The veteran actress discusses her early turn in Nancy Kelly’s recently-restored feminist Western Thousand Pieces of Gold, and her career since.

Clint Worthington Posted on May 15, 2020May 15, 2020

Jeff Russo on Crafting the Sounds of “Star Trek: Picard”

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The Emmy-winning composer talks about carrying the torch of Star Trek’s sixty-year musical history.

Clint Worthington Posted on March 27, 2020March 27, 2020

Star Trek: Picard Lumbers Toward Its Finale in “Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1”

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Synths, secret sons and doomsday prophecies arise in a messy penultimate episode establishing galaxy-ending stakes.

Andrew Bloom Posted on March 19, 2020March 19, 2020

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