Carol Kane is like Kris Kringle, if you don’t love or believe in her, you are on the naughty list. This episode has the exact same creative team as “A Quality of Mercy,” though with a little help from Onitra Johnson from…

Regrettably, I can’t say the word, but I think he certainly is a word that rhymes with punt. That’s enough about Captain Snogs-A-Lot, we’ve got Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers’ season finale in “The Quality of Mercy.” This episode was directed…

Don’t come clanging down the street with saucepans for feet when it comes to your sci-fi horror, or quite frankly horror in general. A solid suspenseful horror will always outshine the jumpscare-athons that plagued us throughout the 2000s. This is the only…

Storytime, now where were we? I oddly admire Akela Cooper, Benny Russell, & Onitra Johnson’s “The Elysian Kingdom.” It is as camp as Brian Blessed marching down the street clad only in a big trans-pride flag shouting obscenities at those saying pride…

The Orions are totally not overused recently in Star Trek. Returning from episode 2 “Children of the Comet,” we have Sarah Tarkoff, and Beau DeMayo of “Memento Mori” as well as every gay Star Trek fan’s Instagram timeline. These two head up writing…

This is the first Strange New Worlds episode with two returning writers, Bill Wolkoff of “Ghosts of Illyria,” and Robin Wasserman with “Spock Amok.” The two are joined by Arrowverse director Andi Armaganian, who also did some work with Discovery, but those are seasons 4…

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…

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…

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…

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…