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SNW “Spock Amok” – Review

Think of an awkward comedian, like David O’Doherty. Now spread that out like nails on a chalkboard for an hour. Only then do I think you’ve got Henry Alonso Myers & Robin Wasserman’s “Spock Amok.” Directed by Rachel Leiterman, the mostly second…

SNW “Memento Mori” Review

See Picard, this is how to do titles. Call your episodes something but translate it to Latin, use a line from a poem, or as we’ll see next time use a bit of wordplay. Directed by Dan Liu, best known for some Walking…

SNW “Ghosts of Illyria” – Review

Though I enjoyed “Children of the Comet,” it wasn’t my favorite. However, Akela Cooper & Bill Wolkoff’s “Ghosts of Illyria,” directed by Leslie Hope, is one of the worst episodes. Probably best known as Teri Bauer of 24 or Kira Meru of DS9, Hope’s…

SNW “Children of the Comet” Review

This episode showcases the other half of the showrunning team for Season 1 of Strange New Worlds. We’ve got Henry Alonso Myers & Sarah Tarkoff’s “Children of the Comet,” directed by Maja Vrvilo. Vrvilo is probably best known for some work on…

SNW “Strange New Worlds” – Review

I hate using this specific terminology, but it is time to get to some “proper” Star Trek. Specifically, a series about adults being adults instead of whatever you’ll call Lower Decks. That said, the era of Captain Snogs-A-Lot and his pointy-eared boyfriend isn’t…

Star Trek: Lower Decks “The Stars at Night” Review

The Stars at night are big and bright, especially when the Texas class is committing suicide via independent control. There isn’t much need to recount or set up what we’ve got this time around with Mike McMahan’s “The Stars at Night,” as…

Star Trek: Lower Decks “Trusted Sources” Review

I think I’ve figured out when I believe it is ok to swear in Star Trek, and it seems to be when Picard’s name is being knocked around on the news. Ann Magnuson got to do it in “Maps and Legends,” and…

Star Trek: Lower Decks “Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus” Review

We’ve had two decent episodes written by women, it must be time to go back to all men for the rest of the season. Ben Rodgers, Ben M Waller, and Mike “Not a Ben” McMahan are taking us home for the next…

Lower Decks: “A Mathematically Perfect Redemption” Review

Can we stop with all this kink-based character design? Blacksad does it with no shame. Disney’s Zootopia/Zootropolis does it while trying to avoid the weird glances. Zelda does it with less of a wink for the furries, and now Lower Decks has given Rule34…

Star Trek: Lower Decks – “Hear All, Trust Nothing” Review

From the fascist Cardassian occupation to the pseudo-military operation alongside the Bajorian provisional government, and then the eventual full Bajorian operations of what was once called Terok Nor. Ask any fan of the franchise as a whole, the standout of that TNG-led…