Michael and Booker enter interdimensional space, chasing after the next clue piece. They encounter Moll and L'ak on a damaged I.S.S. Enterprise - the same starship first introduced in the Original Series episode "Mirror, Mirror.". Mirror reflections and distortion are presented as the two couples try to negotiate to get off the doomed ship before it crashes into the aperture of the wormhole.

Captain Burnham, Commanders Rayner, and Stamets must manage their way through a series of time jumps through Discovery's past and possible future as they attempt to disarm a dangerous time weapon. The device traps the ship in a time cycle related to its 900+ year history. Only Michael, Rayner, and Stamets know what is happening, so they must find a way to break the cycle without significantly altering the known timeline.

The Discovery crew travels to Trill for another clue to solve the Progenitor mystery. Captain Burnham, Dr. Culber, Book, and Ensign Adira seek information about a 24th-century Trill scientist named Jinaal, who was part of a group of researchers studying the Progenitor technology believed to be responsible for all humanoid life. The scientists decided the technology was too dangerous to fall into the wrong hands. Thus, they decided to each take and hide a map piece that would disclose the...

Today, we’re analyzing the premieres of the first two episodes of Star Trek: Discovery's fifth and final season — “Red Directive” and “Under the Twin Moons.” We’ll end our podcast with the latest Star Trek News. Also, our podcast has a new format to afford a freer flow of discussion for the analysis. Once we list the production credits, provide a synopsis, and establish the episode’s theme, we will each discuss standout moments and thought-provoking questions and raise story or character...

Today, we are closing out our review of our favorite Star Trek series, Deep Space Nine, with our analysis of DS9 Season 7. Because of the exceptional quality of Season 6, DS9’s writers, artists, and production staff had a huge task ahead of them to match that season’s excellence. But despite the season’s original plans, their efforts were hampered by an unforeseen complication that made their work more difficult.

It’s hard to produce a full season of television containing 75-80% top notch episodes. “Favor the Bold,” “Sacrifice of Angels,” “Waltz,” and “Far Beyond The Stars” are just a few of the high quality episodes featured during Season 6 of Deep Space Nine. They are the reason DS9 Season 6 stands out for its consistent high quality. In terms of raw drama, powerful character arcs, and sheer excitement, DS9’s Season 6 remains the single best season of Star Trek ever.

“In the Pale Moonlight” is applauded for its outstanding quality. It is repeatedly cited as the best episode of Deep Space Nine and one of the best episodes of the entire franchise by many fans and TV critics across the globe. It’s held in such esteem because of the high quality of the writing and acting. It sets the bar very high in both categories and dares others to attempt to match.

We continue examining our favorite episodes, season-by-season, from our favorite Star Trek series, Deep Space Nine. This week, we will examine “The Ship” and make our best case for why this is a significant event in Sisko’s journey. More importantly, it’s an antecedent to one of the best episodes of Deep Space Nine.

We chose five episodes to highlight the strength of the season: “The Way of the Warrior,” “Homefront,” “Paradise Lost,” “Hard Time,” and “The Quickening.” But we could have chosen five different ones and still made the same case. Season Four is rich with compelling episodes filled with action, suspense, and struggles that force the characters to confront some personal challenges.

This week, we share our thoughts on our Season Four pick, “The Visitor,” – a beautiful story of a son’s love for his father that shapes his life’s mission. After a subspace accident on the Defiant that apparently claims the life of Benjamin Sisko, Jake lives out his life in an all-consuming quest to bring his father back. “The Visitor” is a poignant, heartfelt, and tragic tale written by Michael Taylor and directed by David Livingston. 

Kicking off the start of 2024, we'll dive a little deeper into DS9's 3rd Season and closely examine what makes it so unique. Many significant changes occurred throughout the 26 episodes. We’ll highlight them by reviewing our Season 3 Honorable Mentions, Eps. 20 - 21, “Improbable Cause” and “The Die is Cast.”

This week, we look at Season Three and the two-part story “Past Tense Pts. 1 & 2.” The episodes are partly an homage to earlier time-traveling episodes, much like “The City on the Edge of Forever.” It is also meant to remind us of other TOS episodes with moral statements, such as “Errand of Mercy” or “A Taste of Armageddon.” Each of those episodes asks us to reflect on the conditions depicted in a fictional world while inviting us to recognize any similarities that it bears to our own.

”Necessary Evil” could be described as Odo’s origin story. While investigating a failed murder attempt on Quark, Odo finds clues connecting it to a murder he was chosen to investigate five years ago during the Cardassian Occupation. Odo relives the memories of another murder case where he first met Kira, who quickly became the prime suspect.

Age of Discovery is kicking off its DS9 ReWatch with “Duet.” Originally conceived as a bottle episode designed to save the show money, "Duet" is the first great episode of the series. It was the first time the show confidently embraced its’ potential by setting the action exclusively on the station and relying on the strength of intense two-person scenes between series regular Nana Visitor and guest star Harris Yulin for most of its 45-minute run.

"Old Friends, New Planets" is the perfect season finale to the best season of Lower Decks to date. The story was engaging, the action was thrilling, and the stakes were raised to a level that kept you on the edge of your seat. But Lower Decks maintained a funny tone, alternating moments of silly slapstick and clever comedy along with a few canon-based Trek gags McMahan has practically a trademark of the show.

“The Inner Fight” is one of the best - if not THE BEST - episodes of the series thus far. It is a rich mix of witty lines, tender emotional scenes, and hilarious slapstick surprises. The slow burn of the mystery behind the starship abductions comes to a head as many of this season’s other plot points are layered into the mix, and that’s before we’ve even gotten to the season finale.

This week's episode, “Caves,” is many things at once. All of them are extremely enjoyable. It’s a bottle episode with a contained story wrapping up the development of our favorite Lower Deckers. It also prepares us as we dive into our mystery-solving season finale. Finally, it’s an endearing tale that reminds us of why we fell in love with Lower Decks in the first place: the goofy interaction of our original quartet.

“A Few Badgeys More” throws Badgey, the menacing psychopathic Artificial Intelligence, together with the supervillain team-up of Peanut Hamper, the manipulative exocomp AI, and AGIMUS, the megalomaniacal world-conquering AI. Despite all of that AI badness in one episode - or maybe because of it - this might be the weakest episode of Season 4.

Today, Addell and Gary are breaking down "Empathological Fallacies” and “Parth Ferengi’s Heart Place” - the 5th and 6th episodes from Season Four of Star Trek: Lower Decks. “Empathological Fallacies” is a humorous bottle episode that initially resembles TNG’s “Data’s Day” but later transforms into a variation of “The Naked Time” and its sequel, “The Naked Now.” In “Parth Ferengi’s Heart Place,” we get a humorous deepening of Ferengi culture, the first attempt we’ve seen since the end of DS9.

“Something Borrowed, Something Green” is another laugh-out-loud funny episode of LD that also accomplishes to enhance our understanding of Tendi and Orion culture. Tendi continues to become a more fascinating character with each season. This is our first Tendi-centric episode of the season and, like the previous ones, it didn’t disappoint.

Today, we’re kicking off a new season by breaking down “TWOVIX,” “I Have No Bones, Yet I Must Flee,” and “In the Cradle of Vexilon” - the first three episodes of Season 4 of Star Trek: Lower Decks. Following that, we’ll bring you the latest Star Trek news.

As we look forward to the premiere of the fourth season of Star Trek: Lower Decks, we’ve decided to produce a special episode. Part 1 represents a rundown of the latest Star Trek news. For Part 2, we’re taking a trip back through our archives to rebroadcast our popular tribute to Nichelle Nichols, the original Uhura on the original series.

Season Two of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds closes with Captain Pike and the Enterprise crew confronting an aggressive assault by the Gorn on a non-aligned colony just outside Federation space. Now, he faces a hopeless situation. Pike must decide between saving Captain Batel and the colonists or following Starfleet’s orders not to engage the Gorn.

For the last three weeks, we’ve repeatedly seen Star Trek: Strange New Worlds take creative risks. The range of inventive chances taken with storytelling techniques and subject matter is inspiring. “Subspace Rhapsody” is the most experimental of the most recent episodes. It breaks new ground as the first-ever musical episode. We think the gamble paid off.

"Under the Cloak of War” is the one of most ambitious and mature episodes of SNW thus far. It tells a story of trauma that investigates the moral grey area of war. It shows how extreme brutality can exact a price on those who are exposed to it. We loved this episode for the serious, adult tone it took to the subject of war and the scars some carry with them long after the fighting is over. “Under the Cloak of War” works so well because it delivers an intelligent approach to a story that is...