B-Season 1Star Trek: Discovery ends its first season with a promise to do betterZack Handlen2/11/18 8:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkIt almost works. If you squint and you’re kind (or if you’ve been enjoying the ride thus far and see no reason to get…
B+Season 1The less you think about it, the more fun Star Trek: Discovery isZack Handlen2/04/18 8:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkAt this point, the hardest artistic decision on Star Trek: Discovery to justify is the fact that it’s a prequel series.…
BSeason 1Star Trek: Discovery is exciting, but not much elseZack Handlen1/28/18 9:35pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkI’ve been trying to cut back on my use of “fan fiction” as a pejorative. It’s the sort of vague, over-done descriptive…
B+Season 1Burnham meets the Emperor and Discovery finds a new grooveZack Handlen1/21/18 8:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkWeek three in the Mirror Universe, and I’ll give Discovery this much: They are making the most out of this premise.…
B+Season 1Truths are discovered and old friends return on a fast-paced DiscoveryZack Handlen1/14/18 8:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkMichael Burnham is not having a good time in the Mirror Universe. This is not a huge surprise; Michael Burnham hardly…
BSeason 1A new Star Trek: Discovery finds the show struggling to go forwardZack Handlen1/07/18 8:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkWhen last we left the U.S.S. Discovery, they were lost. Excessive use of the spore drive had battered poor Stamets’…
B+Season 1Star Trek: Discovery goes on hiatus with a bang and a jumpZack Handlen11/12/17 9:37pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkMid-season finales are a weird idea. Arbitrarily forcing not just one but two bigger-than-average cliffhanger moments…
B+Season 1Saru hears the music on an in-tune Star Trek: DiscoveryZack Handlen11/05/17 9:21pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkI’ve spent so much time in these reviews talking about the ways that Discovery isn’t Star Trek (or at least, it isn’t…
B+Season 1Again on a time-looping Star Trek: Discovery, it’s happening againZack Handlen10/29/17 9:53pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkI’m a sucker for a good time loop story. “Magic To Make The Sanest Man Go Mad” is an okay one. The premise—Harry Mudd…
B-Season 1Another episode with too much Star Trek, not enough Discovery Zack Handlen10/22/17 9:37pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThe problem isn’t that Star Trek: Discovery is terrible. It’s not. It’s not great; it’s not even consistently good. But…
BSeason 1An old new face returns on a not terrible Star Trek: DiscoveryZack Handlen10/15/17 9:22pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkAnyone disappointed by Star Trek: Discovery’s grim/dark view of the future past will likely leave “Choose Your Pain”…
B-Season 1A cluttered Star Trek: Discovery fails to make its caseZack Handlen10/08/17 9:40pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkWith the prologue officially over and Star Trek: Discovery well under way, “The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not For The…
A-Season 1A new ship and a new captain as Discovery comes to the end of the beginningZack Handlen10/01/17 8:30pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkTwo-thirds of the way through “Context Is For Kings,” Michael Burnham is running away from a monster. Actually, it’s…
B+Season 1Star Trek: Discovery introduces something (and someone) newZack Handlen9/24/17 11:09pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThe costumes are wrong. The bridge is too dark. And the tech, for a series set ten years before the original Star Trek,…
