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Tag: Star Trek: Discovery

Cookie Monster give weekly review on sci-fi drama series on CBS All Access in venerable Star Trek franchise

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Star Trek: Discovery, S1E15: Will You Take My Hand?

February 11, 2018February 11, 2018 heymikevago

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?

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Star Trek: Discovery S1E14: The War Within, The War Without

February 4, 2018February 5, 2018 heymikevago

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

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Star Trek: Discovery S1E13: What’s Past Is Prologue

January 28, 2018January 28, 2018 heymikevago

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

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Star Trek: Discovery S1E12: Vaulting Ambition

January 21, 2018January 28, 2018 heymikevago

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

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Star Trek: Discovery S1E11: The Wolf Inside

January 14, 2018January 14, 2018 heymikevago

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

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Star Trek: Discovery S1E10: Despite Yourself

January 7, 2018January 8, 2018 heymikevago

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

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Star Trek: Discovery: S1E6 “Lethe”

November 14, 2017January 8, 2018 TheAvocado

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”

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Star Trek: Discovery S1E9: Into the Forest I Go

November 12, 2017January 8, 2018 heymikevago

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

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Star Trek: Discovery S1E8: Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum

November 5, 2017January 8, 2018 heymikevago

“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

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Star Trek: Discovery S1E7: Magic To Make the Sanest Man Go Mad

October 29, 2017January 8, 2018 heymikevago

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

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