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Star Trek TOS, “The Galileo Seven” (S01E16) Review
Spock’s first real command becomes a test of more than logic as the Galileo crew fights to survive Taurus II and starts turning on its own commander.
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds — “Orders of Magnitude” (S04E08) Review
Joe Morton delivers one of the season’s strongest guest performances, while Paul Wesley’s Kirk finally gets a command crisis worthy of him. “Orders of Magnitude” is a strong episode about rank, conscience, and the danger of believing your own legend.
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds — “Like Chronitons Through the Hourglass” (S04E07) Review
Strange New Worlds turns the Enterprise into a daytime soap opera, complete with melodramatic revelations, dramatic pauses, and Trelane pulling the strings. There is a genuinely moving story about Pike, Batel, and the daughter he lost buried underneath it all. Unfortunately, it takes far too long to reach it.
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Star Trek: The Last Starship, Vol. 1 Review — A Future Paid For in Lost Time
The Last Starship takes the Burn, the collapse of the Federation, the Jurati Borg, the birth of the Emerald Chain, and even the resurrection of James T. Kirk, then tries to make them part of one coherent future. Its ambition is impressive, but the book is at its best when all that machinery falls away…
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Star Trek: TOS — “Shore Leave” (S01E15) Review
A planet that turns thought into reality should be the perfect place to relax. In “Shore Leave”, Kirk and his exhausted crew discover that play can be rather more dangerous than it sounds.
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – “Off-Hour” (S04E06) Review
“Off-Hour” strips Strange New Worlds back to a damaged Enterprise, a ticking clock, and a competent crew working the problem. It may be Season 4’s best episode so far.
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Star Trek: Voyager — Homecoming TPB Review
Voyager got home in “Endgame”, but we never really saw its crew arrive. IDW’s Homecoming returns to that missing moment with Species 8472, the Borg, and some genuinely affecting character work.
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – “Level-Five Transporter Accident” (S04E05) Review
There is a brilliant cast, genuinely good writing, extraordinary puppetry, and an enormous amount of craft behind “Level-Five Transporter Accident”. I can admire all of that while admitting the same thing after a second watch: I hated watching it.