Kimi
{5/5} “Trust me, I know bad. I used to moderate for Facebook.” Kimi, released in 2022 Angela works for a company that makes Kimi, a device like Alexa but even better. She helps teach Kimi what phrases mean that she’s having trouble with, like new slang. She’s been staying in her apartment during the pandemic […]
Ready or Not
{5/5} “Don’t you think great grandfather would have used the security cameras if he had them? I mean, it’s not tradition that he was born before cameras.” Ready or Not, released in 2019 On Grace and Alex’s wedding night, Alex’s family reveals that they’re going to play a game. It’s called “Hide and Seek” but […]
The Spy Who Dumped Me
{4.5/5} “‘Do you want to die having never been to Europe, or do you want to go to Europe and die having been to Europe?’ ‘Why are those my only two options?’” The Spy Who Dumped Me, released in 2018 Audrey’s boyfriend Drew dumped her just before his birthday and her friend Morgan tells her […]
Star Trek: Prodigy (season 1)
{5/5} “Since we found this planet first, do we get to name it? Can we call it Larry?” — Rok-Tahk Star Trek: Prodigy season 1, aired in 2021 Dal and several acquaintances manage to escape from a prison planet when they discover a hidden ship, which turns out to be the Federation Starship Protostar. Once […]
Glass Onion
{5/5} “‘This never happens in Clue.’ ‘That’s because it’s a terrible game.’” Glass Onion, released in 2022 Four people receive a box from billionaire Miles Bron, which contains a series of puzzles they work together to solve. When they get to the inside they find an invitation to his private island for a murder mystery. […]
Station Eternity
{4.5/5} “Anira had spied Mallory’s bookshelf full of her own Charlette Queen mysteries. Anira had asked lots of questions and figured out pretty quickly that Mallory was both the author and the subject of the books. She didn’t believe that they were true stories, of course. No one ever did until it was proven. And […]
Early Riser
{5/5} “Mother Fallopia gave a speech. It was the same old Fat Thursday stuff we’d heard before, many times: about how we must all embrace the virtues of gluttony and sloth as we headed towards the Winter, and to remember those who had not survived hibernation last year through not being diligent about their weight, […]
DS9 Millennium: Inferno
{4.5/5} “He ran aft again, remembering the time-honored truism every Starfleet officer he had known had insisted on quoting: Whoever controls engineering controls the ship. Chief O’Brien called it Scott’s first law.” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Millennium: Inferno by Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens, published in 2000 The two wormholes have merged, and outside […]
The English
{5/5} “It cannot be that this whole country is only full of killers and thieves.” The English, aired in 2022 Cornelia Locke has come from England to the US to avenge the death of her son. She rescues Eli Whipp, a Pawnee man, and he later rescues her. He’s about to leave her alone when […]
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (season 5)
{5/5} “‘This is the fourth assassination attempt I’ve survived.’ ‘You should find another job.’” — Dukat & Dax, in the past Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 5, aired in 1996-97 Odo has been punished by the Founders because he killed one of them — he’s now a solid. The Klingons have declared war on […]