Predestination
{5/5} “‘One night he sat me down, told me to wait for a moment. Told me he’d be right back.’ ‘And then?’ ‘And then nothing. I never saw him again.’” Predestination, released in 2014 An agent goes back in time to 1975 to prevent an attack by the Fizzle Bomber. He becomes a bartender so […]
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Warchild
{4.5/5} “‘You are asking for a miracle, Vedek Torin,’ Sisko said. ‘The Federation will help as much as possible, but we can’t promise miracles.’ The Vedek inclined his head. ‘When you first came to Bajor, you promised us peace. Is this not the greatest miracle of all?’” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Warchild by […]
Dual
{4.5/5} “You may be dying, but don’t let it affect those who love you most. Replacement is a gift to them.” Dual, released in 2022 Sarah finds out she’s dying from an incurable rare disease. She decides to sign up for Replacement, where they clone you and after you die your clone carries on your […]
The Adam Project
{4.5/5} “That’s a lightsaber, dude.” The Adam Project, released in 2022 Adam lives in 2050 and intends to travel back in time to 2018. He hits 2022 instead and runs into his younger self, who’s 12. The older self flies time jets, and the younger self gets bullied at school and is grieving the loss […]
Stranger Things (season 4)
{4.5/5} “‘Looks like it’s going to be up to us again.’ ‘It always is, isn’t it?’” Stranger Things season 4, aired in 2022 In Hawkins a cheerleader named Chrissy, who was having disturbing visions, ends up dead. This leads to the gang investigating the situation and determining that a demon they call Vecna is responsible. […]
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Bloodletter
{4/5} “What Sisko didn’t tell him — and he wasn’t about to, either — was that he’d been prepared to grant the doctor’s request from the beginning. But now, Bashir had learned to fight for what he believed in; now, he was that much closer to being an officer as well as a doctor.” Star […]
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (season 2)
{5/5} “‘You can fix computers?’ ‘I dabble with isolinear data subprocessors, it’s a hobby of mine.’” — Bashir & Garak Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 2, aired in 1993-94 When Kira rescues the famous Li Nalas from a Cardassian prison camp the Bajoran government appoints him as their liaison to DS9 — and recalls […]
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (season 1)
{5/5} “Maybe that’s why I’m here, to remind you of the power of… possibility.” Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1, aired in 2022 Captain Pike is recovering at his home in Montana while the Enterprise is in space dock. Admiral April recalls him early because Una, otherwise known as Number One, has gone missing […]
Sea of Tranquility
{4.5/5} “Research teams had been working on time travel for decades, both on Earth and in the colonies. In that context, a university for the study of physics with an underground passageway to the police headquarters and countless literal back doors into government made perfect sense. What is time travel if not a security problem?” […]
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — The Siege
{4.5/5} “Ever since we discovered that wormhole, it’s been both a blessing and a curse. Without it — frankly, and nothing personal intended — things would be pretty… boring around here. On the other hand, it’s the equivalent of staring down the barrel of a gun. Any time at all, something very large and very […]