From the beginning, Discovery has been concerned with identity. Burnham’s human nature pushing against her Vulcan upbringing. Saru’s fearful instincts holding back his heroic responsibilities as a Starfleet officer. Ash Tyler’s past as Voq, and then Voq’s outsider status as an … Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery, S1E15: Will You Take My Hand?

The second-last show of a season is usually the one that raises the stakes, before things come to a head in the finale. So what do you do with a show where things come to a head every week, and … Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery S1E14: The War Within, The War Without

No cold open this week, we just drive right into it, and there’s a lot to dive into. For a show that rarely lets off the gas pedal (or drops out of warp, if you prefer), this week’s show seems … Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery S1E13: What’s Past Is Prologue

We can’t go too deep into a Star Trek show without some Shakespeare, so tonight’s title comes from MacBeth: “I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself and falls on th’ … Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery S1E12: Vaulting Ambition

We open on Disco’s power fluctuating — caused somehow by Stamets, found huddling in a corner, cradling his dead lover. The crew still don’t know who murdered Dr. Culver, so Saru and Tilly have to both solve the crime, and … Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery S1E11: The Wolf Inside

We’re back! And the U.S.S. Discovery is… not. After the spore drive mishap that ended the first half-season, the ship is in uncharted territory. Or, more accurately, the ship is in the right place, it’s everything else that’s wrong — they’re … Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery S1E10: Despite Yourself

This post was put up by a banned user.  The Avocado does not condone their actions and preserves their threads for the sake of the conversations in the comments. Since experiencing Star Wars fandom firsthand with the audience disappointment in the … Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery: S1E6 “Lethe”

It wouldn’t be Star Trek without a hardass Admiral who doesn’t understand the realities out on the front lines, and a captain who disobeys orders because dammit, he gets results! Unfortunately, Lorca’s results are putting Lieutenant Stamets in danger. He’s … Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery S1E9: Into the Forest I Go

“If you want peace, prepare for war.” That’s the English translation of this episode’s Latin title, but this installment of Discovery is less focused on war and peace, and more on friendship and enmity. When one hand is extended in friendship, … Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery S1E8: Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum

I never got that into comic books as a kid. It took ’90s indie comics like Eightball and Hate for me to work my way back to superheroes. The comics of my youth were simplistic, and one of the clumsiest storytelling … Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery S1E7: Magic To Make the Sanest Man Go Mad