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{4.5/5} “Humanity. It’s not a state, it’s a quality. Max is a machine, but he’s got more humanity than anyone.” Humans season 1, aired in 2015 Joe buys his family a synth when his wife Laura is out of town for a few days. She is against it, but they can take it back up […]
{5/5} “We’re running out of time. If I had to partner up with Darth Vader right now I’d freaking do it to save the human race.” Salvation season 2, aired in 2018 Darius and Liam are working on trying to deflect the asteroid. President Mackenzie is trying not to go to war with the Russians, […]
{4.5/5} “It’s like — what are the odds we’re the only ship in the quadrant, right? Surely there’s someone else nearby who can help and get here quickly — thanks to their standard-issue engines that let them travel at thousands of times the speed of light???” Star Trek: Lower Decks — Warp Your Own Way […]
{5/5} “The way I see it, you’ve got two choices — tell me or kill me.” Salvation season 1, aired in 2017 Liam, a student at MIT, is charting asteroids heading for Earth that other people aren’t looking at. When he finds a big one that’s going to hit in 186 days, he reaches out […]
{5/5} “Now they were ‘free,’ according to the reporter, who also explained that bots would of course never be allowed to join a union, nor open a bank account, nor vote. Bots had the right to sell their labor, which was the important thing. It seemed normal at the time, to be free and not […]
{5/5} “‘I didn’t know you could juggle.’ ‘Neither did I.’ ‘How do you do it?’ ‘It was simply algorithmic tossing.’” — Mariner & T’Lyn Star Trek: Lower Decks season 5, aired in 2024 When the Cerritos winds up in an alternate universe they have to work together with slightly different versions of themselves. Tendi is […]
{5/5} “Captain, we’re going to need a bigger landing party.” Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3, aired in 2025 Captain Pike tries to rescue crew members who have been beamed aboard a Gorn ship — meanwhile La’an and the others try to escape on their own. When Christine returns to the Enterprise after 3 […]
{5/5} “If we’re just information, just noise in the system, we might as well be a symphony.” — Root Person of Interest season 5, aired in 2016 Finch has attempted to rescue the machine but it’s now precariously in a briefcase and the battery is losing power. Samaritan is still after Finch, Reese, and Root. […]
{4.5/5} “If anyone else identified it, they would have a riot on their hands. So Dax decided to create one of her own. ‘Drinks on the house!’ she shouted. ‘Rom will take orders.’ A huge cheer went up and extended to the farthest reaches of the bar.” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — The Long […]
{5/5} “Do not put me on a pedestal because I will burn it down.” Wednesday season 2, aired in 2025 After tracking down a serial killer with Thing, Wednesday returns to Nevermore where she is once again rooming with Enid. Pugsley is going there this year too. Wednesday finds that she’s very popular — new […]