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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Dec 11, 2020

The emperor’s new closed time-loop: Star Trek: Discovery “Terra Firma, Part 1”

Previously: Discovery learned the Burn’s point of origin was the Verubin Nebula, and there’s a Federation distress signal coming from inside the nebula. Book was grateful for the Federation saving his ass again, and wanted to join up. The Discovery…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Dec 6, 2020

Talk with the sea locusts, walk with the sea locusts: Star Trek: Discovery “The Sanctuary”

Previously: We learned about the Emerald Chain, the Orion-Andorian alliance led by this season’s supposed big bad Osyraa. The Andorian named Ryn tried to revolt against Osyraa, so she cut off his antennae, but luckily, Book and Burnham saved him…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Nov 26, 2020

Unification III: Beyond Thunderdome - Star Trek: Discovery

Previously: Burnham was determined to figure out what caused the Burn, and learned of the existence of a black box data recorder that proved the Burn had a distinct point of origin. Saru told her Discovery had more important things…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Nov 21, 2020

The One Where Burnham Disobeys Orders: Star Trek: Discovery “Scavengers”

Previously: Burnham spent a year alone on a spaceship with the hunky courier/animal activist Book, but nothing happened between them. There’s Something Wrong with Georgiou, who was last seen staring off into the distance for a considerable amount of time.…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Nov 19, 2020

The Boys series review (so far)

In the past few months, the Amazon series The Boys has generated a lot of buzz. The show, based on the comic series by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, and co-produced by Seth Rogan, basically takes the superhero craze that…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Nov 14, 2020

Maps to the Starfleet HQ: Star Trek: Discovery “Die Trying”

Previously: Michael Burnham and friends travelled to the year 3188, where the Federation has fallen apart, but they did get a tantalizing message from Admiral Senna Tal. They learned Senna was a Trill and his symbiont is now hosted by…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Nov 6, 2020

Being Trill is a Tal order: Star Trek: Discovery “Forget Me Not”

Previously: Discovery arrived in the 32nd Century and had a pretty rough landing. Demter hit her head in the crash and now Something Is Wrong With Her. Stamets almost died and had to be put in a coma, but he…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 30, 2020

The Si-Wens of Titan: Star Trek: Discovery “People of Earth”

Previously: Burnham and her Red Angel suit arrived 930 years in the future and crashed into a spaceship belonging to a nice courier gentleman named Book. She learned the Federation is gone because all the dilithium went boom 100 years…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 24, 2020

For a few dilithium crystals more: Star Trek: Discovery “Far from Home”

Previously: The previouslies this week are basically a one-minute cut of last season’s finale, which I suppose was done to explain why the whole crew of Discovery decided to go into the far future with Michael Burnham. Also, we get…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 17, 2020

The 32nd century isn’t so tough: Star Trek: Discovery “That Hope is You, Part 1”

Previously on Star Trek: Discovery’s first two seasons: It was all Michael Burnham, all the time, as she went from disgraced mutineer to a decorated officer to the key to saving all sentient life in the galaxy. Her ship…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Oct 9, 2020

Star Trek: Lower Decks “No Small Parts”

Previously on Star Trek: Lower Decks: Boimler found out that Mariner was Captain Fletcher’s daughter, a secret that both had kept under lock and key. This brings the show dangerously close to having a consequential plot development, and the…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Oct 2, 2020

Star Trek: Lower Decks “Crisis Point”

This week on Star Trek: Lower Decks: Ow, it hurts. Owww, mommy it hurts. Mariner is on a planet with a species of lizard people and a species of rat-like people who are oppressing the lizards and eating them…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Sep 25, 2020

Star Trek: Lower Decks “Veritas”

This week’s cold open is a dang hot one! The setting: K’Tuevon Prime. Our four intrepid lower decks ensigns are pushed inside a circular stone dungeon in a creepy tower. Jagged metal barriers retract from the door frame, preventing them…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Sep 18, 2020

Star Trek: Lower Decks “Much Ado About Boimler”

This week’s episode of Star Drek: Lower Blecchs (RIP MAD magazine) is entitled “Much Ado About Boimler”, yet doesn’t actually have much ado about Boimler at all. The cold open features Tendi excitedly showing the other lower decks ensigns her…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Sep 11, 2020

Star Trek: Lower Decks “Terminal Provocations”

This week on Star Trek: Lower Decks: The show still hasn’t decided whether or not it has a cold open, nor what should go in it. Last week didn’t have one. This week does, but wastes it on a…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Sep 4, 2020

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

Our episode gets off to an uninspired start when Ensign Boimler narrates his personal log about an interaction he wasn’t there to see and has no reason to write in his log about. The Cerritos is in the Mixtus system,…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Aug 28, 2020

Star Trek: Lower Decks “Moist Vessel”

Well, what a pleasant surprise. This episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks got three; count ’em, three laughs out of me. Keep this pace up and we should have a watchable program by like 2022. In the cold open, Captain…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Aug 20, 2020

Star Trek: Lower Decks “Temporal Edict”

Hello, masochists! Time to watch Star Trek: Lower Decks and die a little inside. This series has made a name for itself as that gummy ring left behind in the tub after you give Star Trek a bath, and in…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Aug 14, 2020

Star Trek: Lower Decks “Envoys”

In today’s cold open, we trot out a well-worn Star Trek trope of a glowing ball of energy invading the ship, much like the alien that impregnated Troi in the Next Generation episode “The Child”. Mariner and Tendi are wheeling…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Aug 6, 2020

Star Trek: Lower Decks “Second Contact”

Before we’d gotten too far into the fabulous 21st century, it became evident that the kind of television the Star Trek franchise produced wasn’t going to be relevant for very much longer. New technologies such as DVR and streaming, new…