Star Trek: Discovery - Season 1

It almost works. If you squint and you’re kind (or if you’ve been enjoying the ride thus far and see no reason to…

At this point, the hardest artistic decision on Star Trek: Discovery to justify is the fact that it’s a prequel…

I’ve been trying to cut back on my use of “fan fiction” as a pejorative. It’s the sort of vague, over-done…

Week three in the Mirror Universe, and I’ll give Discovery this much: They are making the most out of this premise.…

Michael Burnham is not having a good time in the Mirror Universe. This is not a huge surprise; Michael Burnham…

When last we left the U.S.S. Discovery, they were lost. Excessive use of the spore drive had battered poor Stamets’…

Mid-season finales are a weird idea. Arbitrarily forcing not just one but two bigger-than-average cliffhanger…

I’ve spent so much time in these reviews talking about the ways that Discovery isn’t Star Trek (or at least, it…

I’m a sucker for a good time loop story. “Magic To Make The Sanest Man Go Mad” is an okay one. The premise—Harry…

The problem isn’t that Star Trek: Discovery is terrible. It’s not. It’s not great; it’s not even consistently good.…

Anyone disappointed by Star Trek: Discovery’s grim/dark view of the future past will likely leave “Choose Your Pain”…

With the prologue officially over and Star Trek: Discovery well under way, “The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not For The…

Two-thirds of the way through “Context Is For Kings,” Michael Burnham is running away from a monster. Actually, it’s…

The costumes are wrong. The bridge is too dark. And the tech, for a series set ten years before the original Star…