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Tagged: Michael Burnham

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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…

· by Rob Kirchgassner · Aug 15, 2019

My hopes for Star Trek: Picard

As most everyone is aware by now, the next Star Trek series, Star Trek: Picard, is set to begin on CBS All Access next year. Like Star Trek: Discovery, it will only be available for viewing on the…

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

Star Trek: Discovery “Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2”

Previously: Leland-Control and his Section 31 ships were coming for the Discovery and its Sphere data. They couldn’t delete the data or destroy the ship, so the only solution was to build a brand new Red Angel Suit (to be…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Apr 12, 2019

Star Trek: Discovery “Such Sweet Sorrow”

Previously: Pike got a time crystal from the Klingons on Boreth, but paid the price by getting a glimpse of some really bad things in store for him. Control took over Burnham’s old friend Gant, which tried and failed to…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Apr 6, 2019

Star Trek: Discovery “Through the Valley of Shadows”

Previously: There were seven signals, but even Mama Burnham AKA the Red Angel had no idea what they meant. Culber was resurrected, but no longer loved Stamets. Control wanted that Sphere data, so it possessed Leland using nanoprobes while saying…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Mar 29, 2019

Star Trek: Discovery “Perpetual Infinity”

Previously: The Discovery crew found the bioneural signature of the Red Angel, and it was a perfect match for Michael Burnham. Burnham learned that her parents worked for Section 31 and designed the Red Angel suit. On the Section 31…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Mar 23, 2019

Star Trek: Discovery “The Red Angel”

Previously: Spock had contact with the Red Angel, who came from the future and showed him the end of all life in the galaxy. Culber died and was resurrected but no longer had feelings for Stamets. Airiam got possessed by…

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

Star Trek: Discovery “Project Daedalus”

Previously: Pike and Vyler’s shuttle got hit by a squid-like probe from the future that downloaded all of Discovery’s data. Lt. Airiam, the robot-like bridge officer, got infected with nefarious programming which was symbolized by three red lights flashing in…

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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 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 · Feb 13, 2018

Star Trek: Discovery "Will You Take My Hand?"

Previously on Star Trek: Discovery: The Discovery traveled to the Mirror Universe and lost a captain but gained an empress, and Mirror Georgiou made no secret of how she considered Saru’s race to be nothing more than chattel. Tyler…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Nov 14, 2017

Star Trek: Discovery "Into the Forest I Go"

Previously on Star Trek: Discovery: Lt. Stamets is the key to powering the Discovery’s spore drive, but it’s been doing strange things to him, and he’s afraid to tell his boyfriend Dr. Culber. Lt. Tyler was previously held captive…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Nov 8, 2017

Star Trek: Discovery "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum"

Previously on Star Trek: Discovery: Mutineer Michael Burnham accepted a bridge post on the USS Discovery, the Federation’s not-so-secret weapon in its war against the Klingons. Captain Lorca and Lt. Ash Tyler pulled of an escape from a Klingon…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 10, 2017

Star Trek: Discovery "The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry"

Previously on Star Trek: Discovery: Burnham was stripped of rank and sentenced to life in prison, but still somehow ended up on the USS Discovery and became roommates with lovably awkward Ensign Tully. The ship’s captain Lorca revealed the…