******STARSHIP-SIZED SPOILERS AHEAD!!****** The latest episode of Star Trek: Discovery’s 4th season, “The Examples,” is available for streaming now on Paramount+. Written by Kyle Jarrow and directed by Lee Rose, “The Examples” is, itself, a classic example of the intersecting A and B stories; a structure that became a staple of the Star Trek franchise…
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Star Trek: Discovery, S4.4: “All Is Possible” puts Tilly to the test…
******STARSHIP-SIZED SPOILERS AHEAD!!****** The latest episode of Star Trek: Discovery is available for streaming, and “All Is Possible” focuses on trust and personal growth as we see Ni’Var (formerly Vulcan) tepidly questioning whether it should rejoin the Federation, and Lt. Tilly placed in command of Adira and a group of Starfleet cadets on a “routine…
Star Trek: Discovery, S4.3: “Choose To Live” is about being there for others…
*****STARSHIP-SIZED SPOILERS AHEAD!!***** This week’s episode, written by Terry Hughes Burton and directed by Christopher J. Byrne, sees Discovery and her crew return to Ni’Var, the planet once known as Vulcan (and childhood home to Michael Burnham) to investigate an ongoing space anomaly and chase down rogue space pirate nuns. While I enjoyed the episode…
Star Trek: Discovery’s 4th season opens with a “Kobayashi Maru” scenario…
RE: PARAMOUNT+/NETFLIX DECISION I usually post spoiler warnings in most of these columns, but I’m doing so with a vengeance for this new season of Star Trek: Discovery reviews in light of a recent real-life controversy. Star Trek: Discovery, which is seen in the United States on Paramount+, CTV Sci-Fi channel in Canada, and on…
Star Trek: Discovery, S3.13: “That Hope Is You, Part 2” ends season three with optimism and change…
****STARBASE-SIZED SPOILERS AHEAD!!**** Forgive the lateness of this column, but unfortunately the horrific events of yesterday’s attempted armed coup at the heart of the United States’ government was very upsetting. It took me a bit longer to lose myself again in a fantasy universe after witnessing such an unsettling reality unfold. However, Star Trek is…
Star Trek: Discovery, S3.12: “There Is A Tide” to be turned…
*****FEDERATION HEADQUARTERS-SIZED SPOILERS AHEAD!!***** Written by Kenneth Lin, the latest episode of Star Trek: Discovery is now available for streaming on CBS-All Access, and this exciting actioner takes more than a few pages from a certain disputed holiday classic. It is also the opposite of last week’s surreal study in angst and loneliness. “There Is…
Star Trek: Discovery, S3.11: “Su’kal” is a mystery wrapped in an enigma…
*****STARSHIP-SIZED SPOILERS AHEAD!!***** The latest episode of Star Trek: Discovery’s third season, “Su’kal”, is available on CBS-AA, and it is the first episode following the departure of regular cast member Michelle Yeoh. Written by Anne Coffell Saunders (“Battlestar Galactica”) and directed by Norma Bailey, “Su’kal” also unravels the mystery of the galaxy-wide calamity known as…
Star Trek: Discovery, S3.10: “Terra Firma, Part 2”
****SPACETIME DOORWAY-SIZED SPOILERS!!**** The conclusion to last week’s episode of Star Trek: Discovery is now available for streaming on CBS-All Access. “Terra Firma, Part 2” is written by Kalinda Vasquez, Bo Yeoh Kim, Erika Lippolt, Alan McElroy and directed by Chloe Domont. Overall, the story is a fitting sendoff to the character of Philippa Georgiou…
Star Trek: Discovery, S3.9: “Terra Firma, Part 1” puts Georgiou center stage…
****STARSHIP-SIZED SPOILERS!!**** The ninth episode of Star Trek: Discovery’s third season is now available for streaming on CBS All Access, and it’s a return to a very familiar place for Star Trek fans, going all the way back to The Original Series. Written by Alan McElroy from a story by Bo Yeon Kim and Erika…
Star Trek: Discovery, S3.8: “The Sanctuary” feels the Burn…
****STARSHIP-SIZED SPOILERS!!**** The latest episode of Star Trek Discovery, “The Sanctuary”, is now available for streaming on CBS-All Access. Written by Kenneth Lin & Brandon Schultz and directed by Jonathan Frakes, this story probes a little deeper into the galaxy-wide calamity known as “the Burn,” as well as the mental health of both Philippa Georgiou…
Star Trek: Discovery, S3.7: “Unification III” takes the next logical step…
****STARSHIP-SIZED SPOILERS!!**** “Last time on Star Trek…” The title of this week’s episode of Star Trek: Discovery, now streaming on CBS-All Access, sequels a 29-year old two-parter from Star Trek: The Next Generation, with the evocative but accurate title “Unification III”. This episode sees a long-held dream of Ambassador Spock’s fulfilled; the reunification of the…
Star Trek: Discovery, S3.5: “Die Trying” sows a few space seeds…
Written by Sean Cochran & James Duff, and directed by Maja Vrvilo, the fifth episode of Star Trek: Discovery’s stellar third season, “Die Trying,” is now available for streaming on CBS-All Access. While the title may sound like a cheesy ‘80s action flick, this elegant entry is anything but, as the temporally-displaced starship Discovery and…