Josh Reviews Star Trek: Discovery Episode 7: “Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad”
In Star Trek: Discovery episode seven, “Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad” (I always appreciate alliteration), Harry Mudd, having escaped from the Klingons, is out for revenge on Captain Lorca. So Mudd sneaks on board the Discovery, determined to learn the secret of th
Josh Reviews Star Trek: Discovery Episode 6: “Lethe”
On a mission of peace, Sarek’s shuttle is damaged by a Vulcan extremist’s bombing, leaving him lost and on the brink of death, adrift in a nebula. His mental link with his ward Burnham allows her to sense his peril, but how can she find him lost in the vast nebula? Mea
Josh Reviews Star Trek: Discovery Episode 5: “Choose Your Pain”
In Star Trek: Discovery episode 5, “Choose Your Pain,” Burnham becomes convinced that the “Tartigrade” creature that is the key to Discovery‘s fantastic new drive system is suffering each time the drive is used. She wants the Discovery to stop using the
Josh Reviews Star Trek: Discovery Episode 4: “The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not For the Lamb’s Cry”
In Star Trek: Discovery episode 4, “The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not for the Lamb’s Cry,” an important Federation dilithium mine comes under attack by the Klingons. With no starships in range, everyone in the mine will die and the Federation’s war effort w
Josh Reviews Star Trek: Discovery Episode 3: “Context is for Kings”
I seem to be in the minority of the Star Trek fans I know in that I mostly liked the first two episodes of Star Trek: Discovery. I hate all the continuity problems caused by the show’s prequel setting (ten years before Kirk/Spock/McCoy’s adventures on the Original Series
Star Trek Returns to Television (Sort Of) With Star Trek: Discovery!
The first time I can remember being aware of and excited about Star Trek was when Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home came out in 1986. I must have been exposed to Star Trek before that, because I was excited to see that movie in theatres. But I don’t think I’d seen the prio
Josh Examines the First Trailer for Star Trek: Discovery
Yesterday we got our first real look at the new Star Trek show, Discovery: There’s a lot that is encouraging and also a lot that is worrisome in that trailer. I am a huge Star Trek fan, and so the prospect of Trek returning to TV is very exciting for me. I love the spectacle [