• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds — “Human Best Friend” (S04E03) Review

    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds — “Human Best Friend” (S04E03) Review

    Scotty and Ortegas find unexpected common ground during the Enterprise crew’s spectacularly messy shore leave. “Human Best Friend” is often genuinely funny, but its best comedy works because the characters remain themselves.

  • Star Trek: Strange New Worlds — “The Griffin Incident” (S04E02) Review

    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds — “The Griffin Incident” (S04E02) Review

    A haunted starship, disturbing body horror, and Paul Wesley’s strongest performance as Kirk make “The Griffin Incident” compelling viewing. But beneath the atmosphere lies a mystery that seems strangely uninterested in being understood.

  • Star Trek: Strange New Worlds — Valles Marineris (S04E01) Review

    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds — Valles Marineris (S04E01) Review

    Strange New Worlds returns with dinosaurs, ancient Martians, and an impossible moral choice. “Valles Marineris” is ambitious, funny, visually impressive, and far too eager to explain the entire history of the Solar System in one hour.

  • Star Trek: Strange New Worlds — The Seeds of Salvation TPB (Review)

    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds — The Seeds of Salvation TPB (Review)

    Christine Chapel leads a rescue mission into an ancient prison hidden beneath the frozen world of Poilant in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds — The Seeds of Salvation. Robbie Thompson delivers a thoughtful horror-flavoured Star Trek adventure with strong character work, impressive artwork, and a satisfying Trek conclusion, even if a mid-book art change and…

  • The Tricorder: Star Trek’s Faith in Evidence Made Physical

    The Tricorder: Star Trek’s Faith in Evidence Made Physical

    The tricorder is more than a handheld scanner. Through its design, use, and storytelling economy, it represents Star Trek’s faith in evidence before action.

  • Star Trek: TOS — The Menagerie, Parts I & II (S01E11–12) Review

    Star Trek: TOS — The Menagerie, Parts I & II (S01E11–12) Review

    Star Trek takes its rejected pilot, a broken Christopher Pike, and Spock’s extraordinary loyalty, then turns them into something far more uncomfortable: a story about when reality stops being enough.

  • The Vulcans: Logic, or Emotion? (Race Spotlight)

    The Vulcans: Logic, or Emotion? (Race Spotlight)

    A single tear forms at the corner of Sarek’s eye during a chamber recital. It should be almost nothing. By the time it reaches his cheek, the Enterprise is beginning to come apart. That is “Sarek”, and it might be the most devastating hour Star Trek ever built around a Vulcan. Ambassador Sarek, two hundred…

  • Star Trek: TOS – The Corbomite Maneuver (S01E10)

    Star Trek: TOS – The Corbomite Maneuver (S01E10)

    There’s a small moment early on that tells you more about this episode than the plot ever does. Spock looks at Balok’s face on the viewscreen, a snarling oversized puppet built to terrify, and instead of flinching he says one word: fascinating. Leonard Nimoy was still refining Spock at this point, and director Joseph Sargent…