This is my guide to Star Trek Discovery episode: Light and Shadows, spoilers ahoy so turn back now if you haven’t seen episode 7 of Star Trek Discovery’s second season. The Search for Spock Concludes, the Search for Spock’s Brain Continues The episode starts with Burnham’s personal log, “my mother taught me that the greatest mysteries come in threes, earth, life, death, the past, the present and future.” Surprisingly Burnham then tells us straight that the red angel is from t

This is my guide to Star Trek Discovery episode: The Sounds of Thunder, spoilers ahoy so turn back now if you haven’t seen episode 6 of Star Trek Discovery’s second season. The Search for Spock Whilst We Take On the Predator “We all come from somewhere; we carry that place with us wherever we go.” Intones Saru, taking on opening scene voiceover duties this week. We see Airiam and Tilly analysing the Sphere data, a nice feature of this season is we are getting follow-ups to pr

This is my guide to Star Trek Discovery episode: Saints of Imperfection. Spoilers ahoy so turn back now if you haven’t seen episode 5 of Star Trek Discovery’s second season. The Search for Spock Takes a Detour to the Underworld Through the weightless throng our heroes travel in the name of love. The episode begins with Burnham running through the corridors of Discovery in slow motion, having just heard the news that Tilly has disappeared. We get a Burnham voice-over during th

This is my guide to Star Trek Discovery episode: An Obol for Charon, spoilers ahoy so turn back now if you haven’t seen episode 4 of Star Trek Discovery’s second season. The Search for Spock is Interrupted by a Sphere The episode begins with Pike in the transporter room. We see “number one” beam aboard; she has come over from the space-docked Enterprise with classified information pertaining to Spock. But first, she needs a burger. Pike accompanies her to the canteen and they

This is my guide to Star Trek Discovery episode: Point of Light, spoilers ahoy so turn back now if you haven’t seen episode 3 of Star Trek Discovery’s second season. The Search for Spock Continues via Qo’nos Imagine you are someone who wants to watch Discovery without spoilers, and that you don’t read any reviews. Imagine that are someone who hasn’t got a google alert set-up to inform them immediately of every little tidbit to do with Star Trek and CBS’s plans for spin-off sh

This is my guide to Star Trek Discovery episode: New Eden, spoilers ahoy so turn back now if you haven’t seen episode 2 of Star Trek Discovery’s second season. The Search for Spock Continues... Pike and Burnham have a tête-à-tête in his very homely ready room as Burnham reveals what she found in Spock’s quarters. Pike surprisingly reveals that he knows where Spock is. Spock has willingly committed himself to a psychiatric unit on Starbase Five. Burnham wants to know why his f

This is my guide to Star Trek Discovery: Season Two. In space nobody can hear you scream but you can tumble about, with barely a scratch, in the cold vacuum of space, wearing just a space suit. Welcome to my recap of episode one “Brother.” This blog contains spoilers so if you haven’t watched “Brother” yet look away now, this is your last chance! Ready, the review is below the picture. Damn it man! I knew math was important! Season two is here and I for one am very pleased to

This is my guide to Star Trek Discovery: Short Treks, the short episodes that are set to bridge the gap between now and the launch of Discovery Season Two, set to begin in January. This is the fourth short "The Escape Artist.” Damn it man! This had nothing to do with Harry Houdini Mudd has slept with a Tellarite’s sister in order to steal their family cudgel and we see a series of flashbacks demonstrating, a little heavy-handedly, that Mudd has been in similar scrapes before.

This is my guide to Star Trek Discovery: Short Treks, the short episodes that are set to bridge the gap between now and the launch of Discovery Season 2, now slated to begin January 2019. This is the third short "The Brightest Star.” Baby it’s cold outside, it’s windy and the Christmas cheer has been chased away by those comedians masquerading as British politicians, but come dear friends, chuck another lump of coal on the fire and let’s escape to a land of hope, far from the

This is my guide to Star Trek Discovery: Short Treks, the short episodes that are set to bridge the gap between now and the launch of Discovery Season 2, now slated to begin January 2019. This is the second short "Calypso.” So, chuck some dollars into my Kickstarter campaign to fund LorcaCon, in Liverpool, hosted by Glenn and Valerie and get ready to delve deep into "Calypso", a tantalising glimpse into the far Trek future. This blog contains spoilers so if you haven’t watche

This is my guide to Star Trek Discovery: Short Treks, the short episodes that are set to bridge the gap between now and the launch of Discovery Season 2, now slated to begin January 2019. First up is “Runaway.” So, let’s dust off our posable Michael Burnham Action Figures and see whether Short Treks will meaningfully tide us over until the return of the real deal. This blog contains spoilers so if you haven’t watched “Runaway” yet – What are you? A green-blooded hobgoblin? Th

This is my recap of episode fifteen and the Season One Finale of Star Trek Discovery, Will You Take My Hand? Season 2 is confirmed and on its way in 2019 so we have a lot to look forward to, so dust off your “Starfleet Guide to Averting Atrocities by Committing Genocide Policy Document” and let’s do this. Episode Fifteen –Will You Take My Hand? This blog contains spoilers so if you haven’t watched episode fifteen yet – What are you? A green-blooded hobgoblin? This review will