After the two handed first episode with Burnham and Book it was reassuring to be back with the Discovery and the rest of the crew. Burnham is an interesting character but now she is away from her Vulcan heritage and story lines she less spark. For me the real heart of the series of is... Continue Reading →

Season 3 of Star Trek Discovery has hit our screens over the past few days and it seems to have started strong if a little one-sidedly. Of all the incarnations of Star Trek Discovery has suffered the most from fan backlash. I am not an apologist for the show but I am able to overlook... Continue Reading →

And so it ends, the final episode of Star Trek Picard has dropped and pretty much all of the plot is tied up. Taken section by section the last past of the story all works but somehow when added as a whole feels... lacking. Several things were handled well, the series gave us the suitable... Continue Reading →

Its hard to believe it but we are already at the penultimate episode of Picard. After a somewhat slow build up the last few episodes have kept the pace going and adding depth to the story. This episode really does feel like the first part of a two part story, threads are not tied off... Continue Reading →

With the demise of Hugh last week and the rather slower pace of Picard with Riker and Troi the action really picks up. We also get an awful lot of exposition and understanding of what is happening. We learn Oh is half Romulan half Vulcan and that the Zhat Vash are trying to safe the... Continue Reading →

Nepenthe is a stand out episode of Picard up there among the best. A little slower than other episodes at its heart is a moving story of sorrow, soul searching and reunion. Nepenthe is the name of the planet to which Picard and Soje escape to in the last episode. Nepenthe is also a Greek... Continue Reading →

Picard hits its stride this week amping up the action and moving the plot on considerably. Picards motley crew finally reach the Borg Cube and we get a touching reunion between the old captain and Hugh. This was a much needed connection that helped ground the story in it roots. The episode saw Raffi at... Continue Reading →

After an awful lot of setup it finally the story actually starts to progress. With the team all assembled the crew are able to locate Maddox, the problem is he is on a non-federation planet held by a crimelord who makes her money from salvaged Borg tech. The most powerful part of the episode is... Continue Reading →

We finally get into space but don't seem to get very far, again this episode felt as if it was treading water. The b-plot with Soje and Narek on the cube was slow with only tidbits of information disgorged leaving the a-plot to carry the show. It was good to see some of the success... Continue Reading →