STAR TREK: DISCOVERY
Dylan Roth Mar 29, 2022. 11 minute read
Should You Watch Star Trek: Discovery? A New Viewer’s Guide
Star Trek: Discovery might be the most divisive series in the storied science fiction franchise. Premiering in 2017 after a 12-year drought for Trek television, Discovery was the first Star Trek series to debut behind a streaming paywall, a controversial enough move on its own, but it also marked a…
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FEATURES
Dylan Roth Mar 17, 2022. 9 minute read
Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Episode 13 “Coming Home” Review
At its best, Star Trek: Discovery is a thrilling, emotionally-charged space drama that deeply invests in its lead character’s path to becoming a righteous space hero. At its worst, it’s a cloying, self-important product that is mortally afraid of hurting its audience’s feelings. Discovery’s fourth season finale, “Coming Home,” contains…
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TV/FILM
Dylan Roth Mar 10, 2022. 7 minute read
Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Episode 12 “Species Ten-C” Review
For weeks, Star Trek: Discovery has been building towards the fateful first contact between the United Federation of Planets and the mysterious extragalactic beings they call Unknown Species 10-C. Now the moment has finally come, but are Captain Burnham and company ready for its Arrival? That’s right, this week’s episode,…
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TV/FILM
FOLLOW US
Dylan Roth Feb 24, 2022. 8 minute read
Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Episode 10 “The Galactic Barrier” Review
When Paramount announced last month that Star Trek: Discovery would be picked up for a fifth season, they were explicit that this next batch would consist of ten episodes, rather than thirteen or fourteen. Fans have speculated that this is due to Discovery no longer being co-financed and distributed by…
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TV/FILM
Dylan Roth Feb 17, 2022. 9 minute read
Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Episode 9 “Rubicon” Review
This week’s episode of Star Trek: Discovery fires on all cylinders, as Captain Michael Burnham finds herself locked in a deadly battle of wills with the love of her life. “Rubicon” is another high water mark for the season, packed with high emotion, stunning space action, and an affirmation of…
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TV/FILM
Dylan Roth Feb 10, 2022. 9 minute read
Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Episode 8 “All In” Review
Back in the days when Star Trek was episodic television, each individual series would feature a variety of different flavors of stories. Even on Deep Space Nine, the darkest and most grimly serious of the classic Trek shows, the heavy material would be contrasted by light, pointedly silly comedy episodes.…
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REVIEWS
Dylan Roth Dec 30, 2021. 8 minute read
Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Episode 7 “…But to Connect” Review
Star Trek: Discovery’s fourth season began with great promise, and after a few rough weeks it now feels like the show is back at full speed. “…But to Connect” is one of the strongest episodes of Discovery to date, conjoining a classic Trek “message” plot with some tense character drama…
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TV/FILM
Dylan Roth Dec 23, 2021. 7 minute read
Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Episode 6 “Stormy Weather”
All season, the producers of Discovery have seemingly tried to incorporate more classic Star Trek flavor into the new show’s recipe. The results have been mixed, as Discovery’s format of juggling self-contained stories alongside chapters from ongoing arcs hasn’t always allowed for the old school “dilemmas of the week” to…
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TV/FILM
Dylan Roth Dec 16, 2021. 7 minute read
Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Episode 5 Review: “The Examples”
For the past few weeks on Star Trek: Discovery, the storytellers have struggled to deliver self-contained adventures while still dedicating time to advancing the season’s ongoing character arcs and mystery plot. There’s still not quite as much meat on the bone as I’d like, but “The Examples” succeeds where the…
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TV/FILM
Dylan Roth Dec 9, 2021. 8 minute read
Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Episode 4 Review: “All is Possible”
In a previous episode review, I praised Discovery for having found a balance between its own identity as a fast-paced, emotionally-charged adventure show and the themes and superficial trappings of a more traditional Star Trek series. This week, however, Discovery’s growing resemblance to Treks past works against it. “All is…
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REVIEWS
Dylan Roth Dec 2, 2021. 8 minute read
Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Episode 3 Review: “Choose to Live”
The first two chapters of Star Trek: Discovery season four introduced us to this year’s ongoing mystery plot, centered around a devastating gravitational anomaly that is roaming the galaxy and swallowing entire planets whole. This week’s new episode, “Choose to Live,” is the first to relegate the big mystery to the…
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REVIEWS
Dylan Roth Nov 25, 2021. 7 minute read
Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Episode 2 Review: “Anomaly”
Three years ago, the mark against Discovery was that it “wasn’t really Star Trek.” Granted, every new series since The Next Generation was met with a similar fan response at first, but Discovery did start a bit farther afield than any of its predecessors. While watching this week’s new episode,…
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REVIEWS
Dylan Roth Nov 18, 2021. 9 minute read
Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Episode 1 Review: “Kobayashi Maru”
When Star Trek: Discovery debuted in 2017, it was a dark, violent prequel series with a serious case of Game of Thrones envy. The show has been reshaped and retooled over three seasons, shedding its original tone and setting in favor of a far-flung, optimistic future centuries beyond the rest…
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REVIEWS
Dylan Roth Jan 7, 2021. 10 minute read
Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 Episode 13 Review: “That Hope Is You, Part 2”
While it’s titled “That Hope Is You, Part 2,” marking itself as a bookend to the season premiere, the third season finale of Star Trek: Discovery is really the third part of a trilogy that began two weeks ago when the season’s recurring plot lines finally converged. The first part…
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REVIEWS
Dylan Roth Dec 31, 2020. 7 minute read
Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 Episode 12 Review: “There Is A Tide…”
Last week’s episode kicked off the season’s three-part conclusion, uncovering its central mystery and making a true threat out of Osyraa (Janet Kidder) and the Emerald Chain, who capture Discovery and jump towards the hidden Federation headquarters. For part two in the trilogy, we leave the riddle of Su’Kal and…
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REVIEWS
Dylan Roth Dec 24, 2020. 10 minute read
Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 Episode 11 Review: “Su’Kal”
Season Three of Star Trek: Discovery can be easily divided into three acts. The first four episodes, during which Discovery attempts to locate and reunite with the last vestiges of the United Federation of Planets, is our Act One. Episodes five through ten have been our Act Two, in which…
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REVIEWS
Dylan Roth Dec 17, 2020. 7 minute read
Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 Episode 10 Review: “Terra Firma, Part 2”
Last week’s Discovery took a sharp right turn into the Mirror Universe, as we followed Emperor Philippa Georgiou back into her home domain for a chance to change her past and keep from turning to dust. In this week’s conclusion, we wrap up not just Discovery’s take on the Mirror…
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REVIEWS
Dylan Roth Dec 10, 2020. 7 minute read
Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 Episode 9 Review: “Terra Firma, Part 1”
In recent weeks, fans of Star Trek: Discovery have been teased about the mysterious illness of the former Emperor Philippa Georgiou (legendary kicker of faces Michelle Yeoh). Over the course of the show’s three seasons, Georgiou has evolved from the despotic ruler of an evil space empire to an amoral…
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REVIEWS
Dylan Roth Dec 3, 2020. 6 minute read
Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 Episode 8 Review: “Sanctuary”
Once upon a time, nearly every episode of Star Trek: Discovery was a “Michael episode,” in which the main plot centered upon putting Commander Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) through as much hell as could be managed in about 50 minutes. This season, however, there’s been more of an effort to…
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REVIEWS
Dylan Roth Nov 27, 2020. 6 minute read
Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 Episode 7 Review: “Unification III”
When the episode titles leaked for this season of Star Trek: Discovery, “Unification III” was the one that stuck out immediately. “Unification” is a two-part episode of The Next Generation that guest stars Leonard Nimoy as Spock, making it the first substantial crossover between the original and contemporary Star Trek…
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