*****STARSHIP-SIZED SPOILERS AHEAD!!***** As some longtime readers of this site may have noticed, I am no longer reviewing new episodes of Star Trek: Discovery‘s 4th season, and there are reasons for that. First, it’s exhausting to keep up with all of the new Star Trek content of late, since there are currently four new Trek…
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Star Trek: Picard, S1.10: “Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2″ delivers on the promise…
*****GIANT BORG CUBE-SIZED SPOILERS!!***** The 10th and final episode of Star Trek: Picard’s first season, “Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2” (Written by Michael Chabon and directed by Akiva Goldsman) has been released via CBS-All Access (AmazonPrime overseas), and it wraps up the freshman season’s arc in a satisfying, very Star Trek-way. The finale is a fascinating rumination on…
Star Trek: Picard, S1.9: “Et in Arcadia Ego,” Part 1” takes a familiar descent…
*****BORG CUBE-SIZED SPOILERS!!***** Taking a brief break from our shared collective anxieties over the COVID-19 pandemic gripping the world right now, the penultimate episode of Star Trek: Picard’s first season, “Et in Arcadia Ego” Part 1 is now streaming on CBS-AA (you know you’re in for some heavy s#!t when they Latin up the title). Written by…
Star Trek: Picard, S1.8: Picking up the “Broken Pieces”…
******BORG CUBE-SIZED SPOILERS!!****** The latest episode of “Star Trek: Picard” is available to stream on CBS-All Access (AmazonPrime overseas). “Broken Pieces” (written by showrunner Michael Chabon, and directed by Maja Vrvilo) finally answers some of the larger questions of both the characters and the story, giving the soon-ending first season much needed coherence. “Broken Pieces.” The…
Star Trek: Picard, S1.7: “Nepenthe” offers a welcome respite…
*****BORG CUBE-SIZED SPOILERS!!***** This week’s episode of “Star Trek: Picard” is titled “Nepenthe”… a title that is very telling. Nepenthe, in Homer’s “The Odyssey,” was a drug that brought relief from pain and sorrow for one who takes it. That’s exactly the reaction I had from this installment, scripted by producer/showrunner Michael Chabon, with a…
Star Trek: Picard, S1.6: Opening up ”The Impossible Box”…
*****BORG-CUBE SIZED SPOILERS!!***** This week’s episode of Star Trek: Picard, “The Impossible Box” (a title subject to multiple inferences) was written by Nick Zayas and was nicely directed by Maja Vrvilo. The best thing about this week’s episode (over halfway into the season) is that the exposition/setup portion of the story is now largely over,…
Star Trek: Picard, S1.5: “Stardust City Rag” entertains in spite of its title…
*****STARSHIP-SIZED SPOILERS!!***** While this week’s Star Trek: Picard bears the unfortunate title of “Stardust City Rag” (possibly the least catchy Star Trek title ever), it is nevertheless a solidly entertaining entry in this young Star Trek series. The episode was written by Star Trek novelist/producer Kirsten Beyer (“The Farther Shore”) and again directed by longtime…
Star Trek: Picard, S1.4: “Absolute Candor” opens up…
*****STARSHIP-SIZED SPOILERS!!***** Written by series’ showrunner Michael Choban and directed by former “Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) costar/veteran director Jonathan Frakes (“Commander William T. Riker”), the 4th episode of “Star Trek: Picard” takes a closer look at Romulan culture following the aftermath of their star system’s supernova (2009’s “Star Trek”) and in the wake…
Star Trek: Picard, S1.3: “The End Is The Beginning” assembles a ‘motley crew’…
*****STARSHIP-SIZED SPOILERS!!***** The third episode of CBS-All Access’ “Star Trek: Picard” series has been released, and it is a strong chapter in this new series; we see Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) get back into space, and we see him assemble a new ‘crew’… former First Officer Raffi Muskier (Michelle Hurd, who is excellent), Dr. Agnes…