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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Mar 8, 2019

Star Trek: Discovery “If Memory Serves”

Previously: Well, this is different; this week, the “previously on” clips all come from “The Cage”, the original Star Trek pilot. I’m going out on a limb and guessing this is the first time in Star Trek history that the…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Mar 3, 2019

Star Trek: Discovery “Light and Shadows”

Previously: For the first time since the pilot, there are no “previously on” clips this episode, and instead Burnham’s obligatory voiceover catches us up on what we missed: Saru saw the Red Angel, it was wearing an “exosuit made of…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Feb 25, 2019

Star Trek: Discovery “The Sound of Thunder”

Previously: Section 31 was on the hunt for Spock, who had a psychic connection to the mysterious signals across the galaxy which presage the arrival of the Red Angel. Dr. Culber was killed, but then resurrected in the mycelial network.…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Feb 18, 2019

Star Trek: Discovery “Saints of Imperfection”

Previously: Mirror Georgiou recruited Voq/Tyler AKA Vyler into Section 31. Lt. Spock was wanted for the murder of his doctors. Tilly started to see the ghost of her junior high classmate May, who turned out to be a “multidimensional fungal…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Feb 11, 2019

Star Trek: Discovery “An Obol for Charon”

Previously: Discovery was out to track down the source of “seven signals” that seem to foretell appearances of the Red Angel. Spock knew about the signals months before they were detected, which in some way led to him voluntarily committing…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Feb 4, 2019

Star Trek: Discovery “Point of Light”

Previously: Michael Burnham fell in love for the very first time with Lt. Ash Tyler, a man who—whoops—turned out to be a surgically-altered Klingon sleeper agent better known as Voq the Torchbearer. Together with his Klingon lover L’Rell,…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jan 28, 2019

Star Trek: Discovery “New Eden”

Previously on Star Trek: Discovery: Captain Christopher Pike arrived to take command of the Discovery, due to the detection of mysterious “red bursts” all throughout the galaxy that need investigating. But instead of a Red Burst, Discovery found an…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Jan 24, 2019

Battle of the Star Trek Western Episodes

Gene Roddenberry originally pitched Star Trek to NBC as “Wagon Train to the stars”. This was for the simple reason that westerns were at their height of popularity on both TV and the big screen during the 1960s. While…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jan 21, 2019

Star Trek: Discovery “Brother”

Last season on Star Trek: Discovery: Michael Burnham’s mutiny aboard the USS Shenzhou led to the death of her captain Philippa Georgiou, though not to the protracted war with the Klingons that followed, but everybody blamed her for it…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jan 7, 2019

Star Trek: Short Treks “The Escape Artist”

And finally, we come to the last of the four Short Treks released on CBS All Access in anticipation of the second season premiere of Star Trek: Discovery. My initial viewing of “The Escape Artist” was honestly a bit…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Dec 13, 2018

Star Trek: Short Treks “The Brightest Star”

It’s time for another installment of Short Treks, AKA the mini-episodes of Star Trek: Discovery being released monthly in the lead-up to January’s season premiere. And unlike the previous two Short Treks, “Runaway” and “Calypso”, the synopsis for “The Brightest…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Dec 12, 2018

Xena: Warrior Princess “A Solstice Carol”

One of the charms of Xena: Warrior Princess, as well as its progenitor Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, is how episodes could alternate from charming romps to dark dramas. This episode certainly falls into the former category, since (as…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Nov 29, 2018

Star Trek: Voyager “Tsunkatse”

As I continue my look back at Star Trek: Voyager, I’ve been focusing mainly on the terrible episodes, but I have to admit that this current episode really isn’t all that terrible. In fact, for anyone who was watching…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Nov 12, 2018

Star Trek: Short Treks “Calypso”

Here we go with another installment of Short Treks, the mini-episodes that are being released only on CBS All Access to help build anticipation for January’s season premiere of Star Trek: Discovery. And I feel like the trailer for…

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· by Thomas Ricard · Oct 23, 2018

Top 10 episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark? (#1-#5)

Halloween is upon us, which is why I’m counting down the ten best episodes of the ’90s Nickelodeon series Are You Afraid of the Dark? In case you missed it, you can read part one of this list here. #5 …

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· by Thomas Ricard · Oct 18, 2018

Top 10 episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark? (#6-#10)

Halloween season is upon us, so you know what that means: Drunk costume parties, an excuse to buy a truckload of candy for trick-or-treaters only to eat most of it yourself, and of course, binging on old horror or Halloween-related…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 16, 2018

Star Trek: Short Treks "Runaway"

To build up hype for January’s second season premiere of Star Trek: Discovery, CBS All Access will be posting a series of “Short Treks” over the next few months. These are basically the service’s latest attempt to drag the…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Oct 11, 2018

Star Trek "Catspaw"

October is here again, and for many, that means the start of Halloween season. So why not look at the only episode in Star Trek franchise history that was an actual Halloween episode? This is the reason “Catspaw”, actually the…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Oct 8, 2018

The Official Drinking Game of the New Picard Series

In an unprecedented step for the Star Trek franchise, it’s been announced that Sir Patrick Stewart will trek through the stars once again in a new series about the further adventures of Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Picard was a natural choice…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Sep 24, 2018

You Can’t Do That on Television (1979-1990)

You Can’t Do That on Television is a Canadian series which initially aired on the CTV station in Ottawa in 1979. Just two years later, it began broadcasting on American TV via the cable network Nickelodeon. Cable TV itself was…

Category: TV

Star Trek: Discovery “If Memory Serves”

Star Trek: Discovery “Light and Shadows”

Star Trek: Discovery “The Sound of Thunder”

Star Trek: Discovery “Saints of Imperfection”

Star Trek: Discovery “An Obol for Charon”

Star Trek: Discovery “Point of Light”

Star Trek: Discovery “New Eden”

Battle of the Star Trek Western Episodes

Star Trek: Discovery “Brother”

Star Trek: Short Treks “The Escape Artist”

Star Trek: Short Treks “The Brightest Star”

Xena: Warrior Princess “A Solstice Carol”

Star Trek: Voyager “Tsunkatse”

Star Trek: Short Treks “Calypso”

Top 10 episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark? (#1-#5)

Top 10 episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark? (#6-#10)

Star Trek: Short Treks "Runaway"

Star Trek "Catspaw"

The Official Drinking Game of the New Picard Series

You Can’t Do That on Television (1979-1990)

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