Star Trek: Picard — Second Self
{5/5} “She had not liked him (was it possible to like a Tal Shiar agent?), but their working relationship during the Dominion War had been mutually beneficial. She hadn’t trusted him (was it possible to trust Tal Shiar?), but she had respected him. He’d understood the gray area in which they operated, and how to […]
Star Trek: Picard — Rogue Elements
{4.5/5} “The ship was already freedom, and that was all Rios had wanted in the first place. It was the only reason he had bothered with the Iotians at all. He’d gotten what he wanted from them, and he’d made enough warp jumps to ensure they’d never find him. That was that.” Star Trek: Picard […]
Star Trek: A Choice of Catastrophes
{4.5/5} “The doctor thought about it for a moment. But would Jim understand? This was a man for whom space was a passion — for McCoy it was an escape. How could Kirk understand that McCoy felt he didn’t belong here and never had?” Star Trek: A Choice of Catastrophes by Michael Schuster and Steve […]
Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy (s1)
{4/5} “It’s a trap.” Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy season 1, aired in 2024 Sig and Dev are nerf herders who stumble across an old Jedi temple — they grab a bright piece that looks tempting. Unfortunately that collapses the temple and it was keeping the universe together — now everything is different. Dev […]
Paper Girls (season 1)
{5/5} “‘If that really is future you up there, then maybe she can call someone.’ ‘Who’s she going to call? Time travel 911?’” Paper Girls season 1, aired in 2022 Four girls who deliver newspapers in 1988 band together to fend off some boys. They experience something strange where the sky goes unusual colours, which […]
Star Trek: Section 31
{3/5} “In my universe, there were always plotters. Always a coup. So I built a weapon to end all threats. I called it the Godsend.” Star Trek: Section 31, released in 2024 Philippa Georgiou was ruthless as emperor of the Terran Empire. Decades later she worked, in another universe, for Section 31. Now she’s been […]
The Shattering Peace
{4.5/5} “‘The Conclave citizens have some latent bigotries to work out.’ ‘They don’t like humans?’ ‘No one likes humans,’ Ran said. ‘This is well-known.’” The Shattering Peace by John Scalzi, published in 2025 Humans and aliens are at peace. But part of the deal between Earth, the Colonial Union, and the Conclave was that there […]
Living with Yourself
{4.5/5} “Was that the credenza?” Living with Yourself, aired in 2019 Miles has been feeling out of sorts, so he goes to a spa recommended by his coworker Dan. It turns out that the spa clones you and replaces you with your clone who is a better version of you — as for you, you’re […]
Humans (season 3)
{4.5/5} “As far as we know, not a single new synthetic has become conscious since Day Zero. We can’t procreate, Niska, and our bodies are finite. In 50 years we’ll all be gone.” Humans season 3, aired in 2018 Synths woke up all over the world, and the resulting chaos resulted in many deaths — […]
Star Trek: Discovery — Die Standing
{4.5/5} “The people of this continuum were different from the residents of hers; many, she still thought, were much inferior. But a current of hope ran through this universe, encouraging lightweights to seek responsibility — and giving those with dark pasts a shot at something other than incarceration.” Star Trek: Discovery — Die Standing by […]