Sci-fi media franchise that began with Star Trek: The Original Series
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Season 1, Episode 21 “Arsenal of Freedom,” like much of Season 1 of The Next Generation, is not an amazing episode, but it is an all around entertaining one. I appreciate adventures that utilize … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of TNG) – “The Arsenal of Freedom”
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at the Couch Avocados column continues. Find someone who looks at you the same way Rutherford—nicely voiced by Eugene Cordero on Star Trek: Lower Decks—looks at a Jefferies tube. Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – May 15th, 2025
The Skyflakes, a Filipino American garage band and the subject of today’s AANHPI Heritage Month header, did a song about Star Trek that’s way better than “Star Trekkin'” by The Firm. Continue reading Color Outside the Lines continues to celebrate AANHPI month by bringing the piNoise!
***Content Warning: Mention of rape.*** Star Trek: The Next Generation – Season 1, Episode 6 As I’ve said before, I really love when Star Trek goes totally bonkers with high concept ideas that probe the limits of imagination. “Where No … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of TNG) – “Where No One Has Gone Before”
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at the Couch Avocados column kicks off with the comedic skills of Ravi Patel, the funniest non-animal on Animal Control. Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – May 1st, 2025
Kiss kiss climb climb. Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – April 24th, 2025
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Season 1, Episode 20 Lieutenant Worf was a colorful part of The Next Generation cast, providing some alien intrigue and a symbol of how the passage of time had mostly healed the animosity between … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of TNG) – “Heart of Glory”
The Knights of Prosperity and its gags about class inequality came out two years too early. Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – March 6th, 2025
Someone on YouTube should launch a 24-hour stream that plays Miss Sally’s Schoolyard from Oz in the morning and the fake TV shows from Dear White People and 30 Rock the rest of the day. Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread — February 27th, 2025
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Season 6, Episode 6 Oh, man. I’ve been waiting to do this one for a while, because it’s my #2 favorite Deep Space Nine episode. “Sacrifice of Angels” (sick title, brah) is an absolutely … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? – “Sacrifice of Angels”
The Rockford Files theme kicks off Cannell-ary, where every Original TV Score Selection of the Week this January is a Mike Post instrumental from a Stephen J. Cannell show. Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – Cannell-ary 2nd, 2025
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 5, Episode 23 The cheesy Hallmark Channel Christmas romance movie has become a well-known meme that’s already been through several cycles of self-reference and parody. The classic template is of a big city gal cooling … Continue reading You Jingle Trek to Me? – “11:59”
Interior Chinatown roasts the hell out of “the Chinatown episode.” Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – December 26th, 2024
New season, new episode! Post your thoughts here. Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks S5E010 Discussion
New season, new episode! Post your thoughts here. Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks S5E09 Discussion
New season, new episode! Post your thoughts here. Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks S5E08 Discussion
Welcome to the Cerritos, where the ship’s counselor sounds an awful lot like Frank Doyle from Beyond Belief. Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – December 5th, 2024
New season, new episode! Post your thoughts here. Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks S5E07 Discussion
New season, new episode! Post your thoughts here. Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks S5E06 Discussion
New season, new episode! Post your thoughts here. Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks S5E05 Discussion
New season, new episode! Post your thoughts here. Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks S5E04 Discussion
