star trek discovery recaps
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On Star Trek: Discovery, Does Anyone Actually Want To Follow The Rules Any More?
Star Trek might be the ultimate nerdy franchise not because it’s about space exploration, spaceships, and science, but because really, it’s a TV series about a group of people who really love rules. And they love them because those rules bring with them a bountiful, idealistic utopian society. But lately, no one aboard the Discovery…
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Discovery Is Laying The Groundwork For Another Classic Star Trek Debate To Begin Anew
The earliest episodes of Discovery’s first season set up a battlefield for an argument underlying the entire history of Star Trek: How do we reconcile Starfleet as a scientific and militaristic entity? It seems as though the second season is setting up an equally familiar debate: One between faith and logic, and the perils of…
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Star Trek’s Latest Short Treks Gives Saru The Brilliant, Inspiring Origin Story He Deserves
Lt. Saru is one of Star Trek: Discovery‘s most fascinating characters — not just as a previously unseen species within the canon, but because he brings with him the question of how a member of his seemingly ever-fearful race ever got into boldly going. The latest Short Treks episode masterfully delivers on exploring both of…
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Star Trek: Discovery Offers An Unsubtle, Messy End To Its Mirror Universe Saga
The thing about Discovery is that it’s good in everything but the writing. So this episode’s extended action sequences and few long expanses of dialogue served to make “What’s Past Is Prologue” one of the most watchable episodes to date.