S Categories Recap TV March 2, 2023 Star Trek: Picard rescues its silly plot twist by daring to take it seriously “Seventeen Seconds” uses an otherwise cheap ploy to explore the life-changing nature of parenthood in one of the series’ finest hours.
S Categories Recap TV February 23, 2023 Star Trek: Picard remembers the moral dilemmas that fueled Jean-Luc’s best outings The question of whether to turn over a familiar rogue to the bad guys echoes classic beats from The Next Generation.
S Categories Recap Reviews TV February 16, 2023 Star Trek: Picard channels The Next Generation’s past, but strains to justify its future A reunion among the Enterprise-D faithful and a mysterious new threat set the stage for a nostalgia-heavy final season.
S Categories Reviews TV October 27, 2022 Star Trek: Prodigy’s returns to show the power of Starfleet’s ideals, even for pretenders and hopefuls As Dal, Gwyn, and Janeway set course for a new set of adventures aboard the Protostar, the series invokes the past to brighten the kids’ futures.
S Categories Reviews TV October 27, 2022 Star Trek: Lower Decks season 3 finale embraces the power of community over technology Everything’s bigger in this showdown between the Lower Deckers’ California class ships and the flashy new automated Texas class vessels.
S Categories Recap TV October 20, 2022 Star Trek: Lower Decks’ biggest twist is a personal one, even in an episode full of big turns Mariner reckons with her place in Starfleet and her family as a special mission and visit from a reporter keep the Cerritos on its toes.
S Categories Recap TV October 15, 2022 Star Trek: Lower Decks tests the limits of what fiction can do for us A return to the holodeck leads to Boimler’s search for answers and Tendi’s chance to live out her dream.
S Categories Recap Reviews TV October 9, 2022 Star Trek: Lower Decks Pens a Joyous Love Letter to Deep Space Nine A visit to the venerable station brings Captain Freeman, Tendi, and the audience in line with the seminal series.
S Categories Recap Reviews TV October 6, 2022 Star Trek: Lower Decks forces some aliens & the audience to endure an annoying character Peanut Hamper the exocomp returns in an irksome but subversive parody of Avatar-style tales of redemption.
S Categories Recap TV July 7, 2022 Strange New Worlds remakes The Original Series with a twist in its rousing season finale Reimagining the Enterprise’s first encounter with the Romulans leads to meaningful moments for Pike, Kirk, and Spock.
