Scavengers felt very much like an adventure of the week style adventure with a daring rescue of Book sent against the wider mystery of the Burn. On the whole the episode was an enjoyable affair and it was great to see the Discovery get refitted. I still have a little difficulty in the speed at... Continue Reading →

Finally we have reached Starfleet and what could have been a disastrous encounter was actually well handled. Starfleet were welcoming but cautious and our leads were given the opportunity to prove themselves. The side mission was somewhat lacklustre with certain plot holes that weren't sufficiently tied up. How did the Discovery know of the ship?... Continue Reading →

A few days late but here is my review of Forget me not. This fourth instalment of Discoveries third season was right up my alley. I have always been fascinated by the Trill as a species and love the whole biological principle of a symbiotic relationship between two sentient organisms. I have always roleplayed as... Continue Reading →

Episode 3 of season 3 was a solid slice of Star Trek, with an interesting story and good Starfleet moralising. In this episode we get to see Discovery return to Earth only to find that things are not as they once were. We are introduced to the United Earth Defence Force and a very isolationist... Continue Reading →

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 →