Friday, December 25, 2020

Discovery, Season 3: Terra Firma, Part 2

 Discovery, Season 3
"Terra Firma, Part 2"
Airdate: December 17, 2020
36 of 36 produced
36 of 36 aired

Introduction

Emperor Georgiou tries to effect a different outcome to the coup attempt on her, one in which her daughter Michael Burnham survives. Back in the "prime" universe, the Discovery crew tries to convince the viewer that they all have relationships with Georgiou and are sad to see her go.

 

Pictured: Emperor Georgiou, being more interesting than the last 3 seasons of Discovery.

  

Thursday, December 17, 2020

Discovery, Season 3: Terra Firma, Part 1

Discovery, Season 3
"Terra Firma, Part 1"
Airdate: December 10, 2020
38 of 38 produced
38 of 38 aired

 
Introduction

The crew feels strangely dedicated to helping out Emperor Georgiou. To that end, they bring her to a mysterious planet and a portal to another dimension.

"Just 14 or 15 more characters and we'll have finally cleared out the dead weight..."


Monday, December 7, 2020

Discovery, Season 3: The Sanctuary

Discovery, Season 3
"The Sanctuary"
Airdate: December 3, 2020
37 of 37 produced
37 of 37 aired

Introduction

Discovery travels to Book's homeworld in order to... Jesus, I don't know any more. Meet people? Have a minor skirmish with an unconvincing baddie?

 "Hey... you! Stop doing that thing that... bothers me for some reason!"

  

Sunday, November 29, 2020

Discovery, Season 3: Unification III

Discovery, Season 3
"Unification III"
Airdate: November 26, 2020

36 of 36 produced

36 of 36 aired


Introduction

Burnham leads a delegation from the Federation to the world formerly known as Vulcan, and must come to terms with both her past and her future.

"Sweet. Admiral Picard's old spycam footage really came in handy."


Friday, November 27, 2020

Discovery, Season 3: Scavengers

Discovery, Season 3
"Scavengers"
Airdate: November 19, 2020
35 of 35 produced
35 of 35 aired

Introduction

Burnham faces a dilemma when she learns that Book is being held on an Orion slave world.

Hey, are you going to eat that? No, I meant YOUR FACE.

Monday, November 16, 2020

Discovery, Season 3: Die Trying

Discovery, Season 3
"Die Trying"
Airdate: November 12, 2020
34 of 34 produced
34 of 34 aired

Introduction

The Discovery crew finds Federation Headquarters and struggles to prove themselves in this new world.

Also, they struggle to figure out what the heck they're looking at.


Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Discovery, Season 3: Forget Me Not


Discovery, Season 3
"Forget Me Not"
Airdate: November 5, 2020
33 of 33 produced
33 of 33 aired

Introduction

Discovery goes to the planet Trill in order to help Adira reclaim her past memories.

Crap. The pool boy really f-ed up the Ph balance this time!
 

Monday, November 9, 2020

Discovery, Season 3: People of Earth

Discovery, Season 3
"People of Earth"
Airdate: October 29, 2020
32 of 32 aired
32 of 32 produced

Introduction

Burnham is reunited with the Discovery crew after a year's separation (off screen). Many emotions occur. A new character is introduced.

Oh look! The Tree! And... a bunch of people I don't know.

 

Friday, October 23, 2020

Discovery, Season 3: Far From Home

 Discovery, Season 3
"Far From Home"
Airdate: October 22, 2020
31 of 31 aired
31 of 31 produced

Introduction

Discovery crash lands on an unknown planet and its crew must effect repairs while also contacting the native life forms.

 

But you can't make a Star Trek without breaking a few necks...

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Discovery, Season 3: That Hope is You, Part 1

Discovery, Season 3
"That Hope Is You, Part 1"
Airdate: April 18, 2019
30 of 30 produced
30 of 30 aired

Introduction

Catapulting 900 years into the future, Michael Burnham and the Discovery crew find themselves on a television show that is exactly like the one they just left.

 Noooooo! How could this script be just as bad as the last one??!?!
 

Sunday, October 18, 2020

Lower Decks, Season 1: No Small Parts

 Lower Decks, Season 1
"No Small Parts"

Airdate: October 8, 2020
10 of 10 produced
10 of 10 aired

Introduction

Boimler inadvertently reveals Mariner's parentage just as an unexpected adversary rears their slow-witted heads.

"The Red Hour" reminds me of how I feel while watching Discovery...

Thursday, October 8, 2020

Lower Decks, Season One: Crisis Point

Lower Decks, Season 1
"Crisis Point"
Airdate: October 1, 2020
9 of 10 produced
9 of 10 aired

Introduction

Mariner reprograms Boimler's holodeck simulation of the crew in order to play out her violent revenge fantasies against them.

 Kurtzman Trek gets a much needed infusion of viscera.

Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Lower Decks, Season 1: Veritas

 Lower Decks, Season 1
"Veritas"
Airdate: September 24, 2020
8 of 10 produced
8 of 10 aired

Introduction

The Lower Decks crew finds themselves in a strange alien silo, being asked to explain their whereabouts on one very unusual day.

 

Don't wait for the translation!

Monday, September 21, 2020

Lower Decks, Season 1: Much Ado About Boimler

 Lower Decks, Season 1
"Much Ado About Boimler"
Airdate: September 17, 2020
7 of 10 produced
7 of 10 aired

Introduction

Boimler suffers a transporter accident, while an away mission with an old friend means that Mariner must confront her life choices.

The show has almost materialized into something quite good...

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Lower Decks, Season 1: Terminal Provocations

 Lower Decks, Season 1
"Terminal Provocations"
Airdate: September 10, 2020
6 of 10 produced
6 of 10 aired

Introduction

Rutherford shows Tendi his holodeck program. Boimler and Mariner run afoul of one of their less qualified shipmates.

Ah, good old Kurtzman Trek.
 

 

Monday, September 7, 2020

Lower Decks, Season 1: Cupid's Errant Arrow

 Lower Decks, Season 1
"Cupid's Errant Arrow"
Airdate: September 3, 2020

5 of 10 produced

5 of 10 aired

Introduction

While the ship aids in an engineering mission, Boimler struggles to convince Mariner that his girlfriend is real.

You ain't bad! You ain't NOTHIN'!

Thursday, September 3, 2020

Voyager, Season 7: The Void

 Voyager, Season 7
"The Void"
Airdate: February 14, 2001
158 of 168 produced
158 of 168 aired


Introduction

Voyager becomes trapped in a large space anomaly that contains no resources and no exit. The crew must decide whether to become pirates like many of the anomaly's current occupants, or to stick to their Federation ideals.


Ah, the good old days, when Star Trek characters were not cannibals, disembowelers, or cold-blooded murderers.

Wednesday, September 2, 2020

Lower Decks, Season 1: Moist Vessel

 Lower Decks, Season 1
"Moist Vessel"

Airdate: August 27, 2020

4 of 10 produced

4 of 10 aired

Introduction

The Cerritos is tasked with another vessel to tow an ancient derelict ship with phenomenal terraforming ability. Meaning, in her enthusiasm to make friends, Tendi goes a little too far.

 

 Pictured: The captain recklessly destroying crew morale

 

Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Voyager, Season 7: Prophecy

Voyager, Season 7
"Prophecy"

Airdate: February 7, 2001
157 of 168 produced
157 of 168 aired

Introduction

Voyager comes across a Klingon warship in the Delta Quadrant. It has been wandering the galaxy for nearly a century, looking for their Messiah. The one they've found? B'Elanna and Tom's unborn daughter.

 

Today is a good day for cosplay

Saturday, August 22, 2020

Lower Decks, Season 1: Temporal Edict

 Lower Decks, Season 1
"Temporal Edict"
Airdate: August 20, 2020
3 of 10 produced
3 of 10 aired

Introduction

Mariner accompanies Commander Ransom on an away mission, while the rest of the crew struggles with the captain's desire for efficiency.

Stabby stabby!

Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Lower Decks, Season 1: Envoys

Lower Decks, Season 1
"Envoys"
Airdate: August 13, 2020
2 of 10 produced
2 of 10 aired

Introduction

Boimler and Mariner are tasked with escorting an unruly Klingon dignitary.

Tendi displayed pretty much my reaction upon watching this scene.

Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Voyager, Season 7: Repentance

 Voyager, Season 7
"Repentance"
Airdate: January 31, 2001
156 of 168 produced
156 of 168 aired

Introduction

Voyager rescues the crew of a disabled ship and finds it was a prison ship full of condemned prisoners on their way to execution, forcing the crew the reconcile their personal beliefs about capital punishment with their obligation to not interfere.

 Leola Root Stew claims yet another victim...

 

Monday, August 17, 2020

Lower Decks, Season 1: Second Contact

Lower Decks, Season 1
"Second Contact"

Airdate: 6 August 2020

1 of 10 produced

1 of 10 aired


Introduction

Four ensigns on a galactically  insignificant Federation starship try to navigate their way through a second contact mission and a zombie apocalypse.


 
Look at me, I'm being "edgy!"

Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Voyager, Season 7: Lineage

Voyager, Season 7
Airdate: 24 January 2001
155 of 168 produced
155 of 168 aired

Introduction

Tom and B'Elanna learn that they are expecting a child, but B'Elanna has mixed emotions owing to her own difficult biracial childhood.


This "selfie" trend has gone way too far and needs to be STOPPED.

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Voyager, Season 7: Shattered

http://www.treknobabble.net/p/rating-system.htmlVoyager, Season 7
Airdate: 17 January 2001
154 of 168 produced
154 of 168 aired

Introduction

When Voyager runs afoul of an Anomaly Of The Week, it is split between different time periods along its trek home to the alpha quadrant.


"You built me a bath tub, you say? Put 'er there, Platonic Life Partner."