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Category: TV Recap

· by Tyler Peterson · Jan 11, 2020

Star Trek: Short Treks “Children of Mars”

The run-up to Star Trek: Picard officially kicks into high gear with “Children of Mars”, a new Short Trek directly tying in to the events of the series I just mentioned. The verdict: less than promising. We start off with…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Dec 24, 2019

Star Trek: The Next Generation “Power Play”

Welcome to a surprise bonus edition of… Earlier this year, I was fortunate enough to stumble across a great essay by Nicasio Andres Reed talking about a particular detail that sets the Star Trek franchise apart from its peers. He…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Dec 16, 2019

Star Trek: Short Treks “Ephraim and Dot”

“Ephraim and Dot” is one of two animated Short Treks that premiered last Thursday, along with “The Girl Who Made the Stars”. But unlike that other short, “Ephraim and Dot” has a strong connection to Star Trek lore—which may be…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Dec 13, 2019

Star Trek: Short Treks “The Girl Who Made the Stars”

Previously in the Star Trek franchise: On October 12, 1974, the Star Trek Saturday morning cartoon aired its final episode, and (save for a proposed idea for a post-Nemesis animated web series) this would be the last time Star…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Dec 12, 2019

Star Trek (TAS) “More Tribbles, More Troubles”

It’s hard to believe, but for some reason our host Dr. Winston O’Boogie and I never got around to recapping the last two Star Trek (the animated series) episodes. And given that two new animated Short Treks episodes are premiering…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Dec 10, 2019

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Time’s Orphan”

Oh gosh, it’s been such fun. Miles is the kind of wholesome, kindhearted lug your inner sadist wants to see kicked until he screams. But today we draw the curtains on our sad bumbling hero with our final installment of……

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· by Tyler Peterson · Nov 21, 2019

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Honor Among Thieves”

Top o’ the mornin’, you cheeky monkey! Welcome back to… Today’s episode, “Honor Among Thieves”, checks off several different Trek boxes. First, there’s the well-worn trope of Chief O’Brien being assigned to a task that’s either well above his pay…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Nov 20, 2019

Star Trek: Short Treks “Ask Not”

And now, the last of the Captain Pike-era Short Treks, “Ask Not”. At around nine minutes, this is the shortest Short Trek so far, and one of the most inconsequential. It’s built around a pretty obvious twist that negates…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Nov 5, 2019

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “The Assignment”

Hello DSNiners, and welcome to another spot of… In a previous installment of the Trials of Miles, the Star Trek franchise engaged in an all-too-brief bit of self-reflection in the form of a stray line of dialogue from Dr.…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Oct 22, 2019

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Hard Time”

Bloody hell, it’s another wee bit of… “Hard Time” is considered a landmark Star Trek episode and regularly dominates “best of franchise” lists in the way that only an episode featuring a man almost killing himself with a Dirt Devil…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 15, 2019

Star Trek: Short Treks “The Trouble with Edward”

As I suspected at the end of my previous Short Trek recap, “The Trouble with Edward”, in addition to being the latest Star Trek tribble episode, is indeed a flat-out comedy. But it’s one that actually works; it’s a pretty…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 10, 2019

Star Trek: Short Treks “Q & A”

Surprise! Star Trek: Short Treks is back. Without any advance notice, executive producer Alex Kurtzman announced last Saturday at New York Comic Con that the newest short “Q & A” was available on CBS All Access. Also, five more shorts…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Oct 8, 2019

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Visionary”

Listen: Miles O’Brien has come unstuck in time. Yes, we’re doing “Visionary” this week. One O’Brien’s worst ordeals, this episode features the long-suffering chief catapulted through time, on each occasion trying to correct a horrible misfortune, only to return to…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Sep 24, 2019

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Tribunal”

Fire up those tin whistles, because it’s time again for… Season 2 of Deep Space Nine has really put O’Brien through the wringer, hasn’t it? He got stranded on a hostile planet and infected with a biological weapon that turned…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Sep 10, 2019

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Whispers”

Welcome once again to… This Trial of Miles occurs only one week after the last one, “Armageddon Game”, in which Miles almost died from exposure to chemical weapons. “Whispers” finds O’Brien growing increasingly desperate and paranoid in the midst of…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Aug 27, 2019

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine "Armageddon Game"

Welcome to another Hibernophobic installment of… This episode, Chief O’Brien and Dr. Bashir are on another field trip. The cold open happens with both men on a cruiser belonging to the T’Lani species. Dr. Bashir narrates that the T’Lani have…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Aug 13, 2019

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “The Storyteller”

Chief Petty Officer Miles O’Brien. What is to be done with you? The only regular Star Trek character who’s in Starfleet but not an officer. A blue-collar toiler living incongruously in a post-scarcity utopian future. A loser. A dum-dum. A…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Jun 13, 2019

Star Trek: The Next Generation “All Good Things...”, 25 years later

As anyone who’s seen this episode knows, Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s final episode “All Good Things…” depicts a future 25 years from the current point in the series. Hence, I thought it appropriate to look at that landmark…

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

1985’s Otherworld imagined a universe without the Beatles

Next month sees the release of Yesterday, the Danny Boyle-directed musical fantasy where an aspiring musician wakes up in a parallel reality where the Beatles never existed. He proceeds to pass off the Fab Four’s compositions as his own,…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · May 1, 2019

Xena: Warrior Princess “Maternal Instincts”

As another Mother’s Day will soon be upon us, I thought it appropriate to look at one of the most dramatic episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess. Before I begin with the episode itself, I’ll briefly cover what occurred prior…

Category: TV Recap

Star Trek: Short Treks “Children of Mars”

Star Trek: The Next Generation “Power Play”

Star Trek: Short Treks “Ephraim and Dot”

Star Trek: Short Treks “The Girl Who Made the Stars”

Star Trek (TAS) “More Tribbles, More Troubles”

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Time’s Orphan”

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Honor Among Thieves”

Star Trek: Short Treks “Ask Not”

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “The Assignment”

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Hard Time”

Star Trek: Short Treks “The Trouble with Edward”

Star Trek: Short Treks “Q & A”

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Visionary”

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Tribunal”

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Whispers”

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine "Armageddon Game"

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “The Storyteller”

Star Trek: The Next Generation “All Good Things...”, 25 years later

1985’s Otherworld imagined a universe without the Beatles

Xena: Warrior Princess “Maternal Instincts”

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