Star Trek: Lower Decks “Much Ado About Boimler”
This week’s episode of Star Drek: Lower Blecchs (RIP MAD magazine) is entitled “Much Ado About Boimler”, yet doesn’t actually have much ado about Boimler at all. The cold open features Tendi excitedly...
View ArticleStar Trek: Lower Decks “Veritas”
This week’s cold open is a dang hot one! The setting: K’Tuevon Prime. Our four intrepid lower decks ensigns are pushed inside a circular stone dungeon in a creepy tower. Jagged metal barriers retract...
View ArticleStar Trek: Lower Decks “Crisis Point”
This week on Star Trek: Lower Decks: Ow, it hurts. Owww, mommy it hurts. Mariner is on a planet with a species of lizard people and a species of rat-like people who are oppressing the lizards and...
View ArticleStar Trek: Lower Decks “No Small Parts”
Previously on Star Trek: Lower Decks: Boimler found out that Mariner was Captain Fletcher’s daughter, a secret that both had kept under lock and key. This brings the show dangerously close to having a...
View ArticleThe 32nd century isn’t so tough: Star Trek: Discovery “That Hope is You, Part 1”
Previously on Star Trek: Discovery’s first two seasons: It was all Michael Burnham, all the time, as she went from disgraced mutineer to a decorated officer to the key to saving all sentient life in...
View ArticleFor a few dilithium crystals more: Star Trek: Discovery “Far from Home”
Previously: The previouslies this week are basically a one-minute cut of last season’s finale, which I suppose was done to explain why the whole crew of Discovery decided to go into the far future with...
View ArticleThe Si-Wens of Titan: Star Trek: Discovery “People of Earth”
Previously: Burnham and her Red Angel suit arrived 930 years in the future and crashed into a spaceship belonging to a nice courier gentleman named Book. She learned the Federation is gone because all...
View ArticleBeing Trill is a Tal order: Star Trek: Discovery “Forget Me Not”
Previously: Discovery arrived in the 32nd Century and had a pretty rough landing. Demter hit her head in the crash and now Something Is Wrong With Her. Stamets almost died and had to be put in a coma,...
View ArticleMaps to the Starfleet HQ: Star Trek: Discovery “Die Trying”
Previously: Michael Burnham and friends travelled to the year 3188, where the Federation has fallen apart, but they did get a tantalizing message from Admiral Senna Tal. They learned Senna was a Trill...
View ArticleThe One Where Burnham Disobeys Orders: Star Trek: Discovery “Scavengers”
Previously: Burnham spent a year alone on a spaceship with the hunky courier/animal activist Book, but nothing happened between them. There’s Something Wrong with Georgiou, who was last seen staring...
View ArticleUnification III: Beyond Thunderdome - Star Trek: Discovery
Previously: Burnham was determined to figure out what caused the Burn, and learned of the existence of a black box data recorder that proved the Burn had a distinct point of origin. Saru told her...
View ArticleTalk with the sea locusts, walk with the sea locusts: Star Trek: Discovery...
Previously: We learned about the Emerald Chain, the Orion-Andorian alliance led by this season’s supposed big bad Osyraa. The Andorian named Ryn tried to revolt against Osyraa, so she cut off his...
View ArticleThe emperor’s new closed time-loop: Star Trek: Discovery “Terra Firma, Part 1”
Previously: Discovery learned the Burn’s point of origin was the Verubin Nebula, and there’s a Federation distress signal coming from inside the nebula. Book was grateful for the Federation saving his...
View ArticleIt’s a wonderful empire: Star Trek: Discovery “Terra Firma, Part 2”
Previously: The Burn’s point of origin was traced back to the Verubin Nebula, and there’s a Kelpien ship inside broadcasting a distress call. Book wanted to make himself useful to Starfleet, so Saru...
View ArticleKids cause the darndest Burns: Star Trek: Discovery "Su’Kal"
Previously: In the solid two minutes of “previously on” clips we get this week, there’s another detailed explanation of the Burn, and another glimpse of that Federation communications officer who...
View ArticleYippee-ki-yay, Michael Burnham: Star Trek: Discovery "There is a Tide..."
Previously on Star Trek: Discovery: Tilly and Saru had a run-in with an evil courier named Zareh who hasn’t been seen since episode two. They turned him over to local authorities, who left him to die...
View ArticleDiscovery gets a new captain, and it’s exactly who you think it is: Star...
Previously on Star Trek: Discovery: A ship crashed on the surface of a dilithium planet 125 years ago and the Kelpien version of Rain Main got scared and caused the Burn. Discovery went to rescue the...
View ArticleThe Honeymutants: WandaVision “Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience”
I may have mentioned it before, but I’ve never been much of a comics reader. Just never got into them. Knowing this, you may be curious how it is I’ve seen so many comic book movies, including all...
View ArticleHelp me, Wanda: WandaVision “Don’t Touch That Dial”
Previously on WandaVision: We learned that sitcoms in the Fifties were cringe, and unfunny, and promoted parochial and backwards attitudes, as opposed to today’s sitcoms, which are cool and hilarious...
View ArticleThe ‘Bot Couple: WandaVision “Now in Color”
Previously on WandaVision: Despite a few hiccups, the Visions are doing a bang-up job fitting into their anachronistic hometown filled with kooky characters and saccharine life lessons. And to boot,...
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