Star Trek: Picard — The Dark Veil
{4.5/5} “For some time, Romulan ships have been coming across anonymous caches of survival resources and material, left near border worlds where the refugees have been relocated. Medicines, replicators, and the like. Deposited there by some unknown benefactors, who have diligently scrubbed out any evidence of their origin. Almost as if a handful of Starfleet […]
Star Trek: Discovery — Wonderlands
{4.5/5} “The enormity of this hit her at last when she transported onto the bridge of what was plainly an old science vessel. Even this far into her own future, something of the basic design remained familiar. The curve of the bridge, the various stations, the captain’s chair. Every console was dark, every system was […]
Star Trek: Discovery (season 4)
{5/5} “We are both justified in our anger. Allowing it to be our focus, however, only prevents us from achieving those things which serve the greater good. It is a struggle, yes, but a worthy one.” — Saru Star Trek: Discovery season 4, aired in 2021-22 Discovery is bringing dilithium to planets that haven’t had […]
World Engines: Creator
{4.5/5} “This… this super Earth in a lifeless Solar System, stuffed with samples of lost life from the real Earth. To show us what we missed? This is clearly a comparative exercise. But I doubt very much it is for our benefit.” World Engines: Creator by Stephen Baxter, published in 2020 Reid Malenfant and his […]
3rd Rock from the Sun (season 5)
{5/5} “‘We actually lived in a submarine for 2 years.’ ‘Yeah, a yellow one.’” — Tommy & Harry 3rd Rock from the Sun season 5, aired in 1999-2000 Tommy finds that he doesn’t actually like working with his girlfriend Alyssa at the pretzel place. Sally, Harry, and Tommy get it into their heads that they […]
Free Guy
{4.5/5} “Don’t have a good day — have a great day.” Free Guy, released in 2021 Guy works in a bank that gets robbed a lot — he often hangs out with his friend Buddy, who’s the security guard. He’s looking for the girl of his dreams, but he hasn’t met her yet. When he […]
World Engines: Destroyer
{4/5} “During the crowded centuries a lot of wild animals, mostly in small relic populations, had adapted to nocturnal living. They were like the little squirrelly mammals that had survived at the feet of the dinosaurs… And so in the new British forest there were nocturnal deer, wild boar, wolves. For now, it was too […]
The Book of Boba Fett (season 1)
{4.5/5} “You can only get so far without a tribe.” The Book of Boba Fett season 1, aired in 2021-22 Boba Fett is setting himself up as Daimyo on Tatooine, succeeding Bib Fortuna who succeeded Jabba the Hutt. He wants to rule by respect, not fear. His friend Fennec Shand is with him, as are […]
3rd Rock from the Sun (season 4)
{5/5} “I’m Dick Solomon, and I demand to be condemned for my failures!” 3rd Rock from the Sun season 4, aired in 1998-99 Harry has been kidnapped by Vicki’s ex-boyfriend Randy. The Big Giant Head has been calling, through Harry, to complain that Dick hasn’t submitted his regular report. When Mary becomes dean of the […]
Star Trek: Coda — Oblivion’s Gate
{5/5} “Every glimmer of life that fell from the starless sky represented a sentient being’s anguish and torment; each spark that rained down was another life stolen, another soul murdered, all to feed a hunger that had grown like a cancer until it became insatiable. Millions of brilliant motes descended on the horde like a […]