STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 2.11 – ‘Perpetual Infinity’
byLast week’s “The Red Angel” ended with a cool surprise: that the eponymous time-travelling enigma is Michael’s (Sonequa Martin-Green) not-actually-dead mother—identified here as Dr Gabrielle…
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STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 2.10 – ‘The Red Angel’
byComing after such an emotional peak, “The Red Angel” suffered in comparison to Airiam’s poignant death scene, despite having a longer arc to make us…
AFTER LIFE – Series One
byAfter Tony’s wife dies unexpectedly, his nice-guy persona is altered into an impulsive, devil-may-care attitude that takes his old world by storm.
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 2.9 – ‘Project Daedalus’
byOne difference between Star Trek: Discovery and its predecessors is its focus on a small core of characters, with much of the Bridge crew being…
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 2.8 – ‘If Memory Serves’
byIt didn’t occur to me that Star Trek: Discovery was taking place after the events of “The Cage”, the Original Series’ unaired pilot with Captain…
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 2.7 – ‘Light and Shadows’
byNow entering the final half of Star Trek: Discovery’s second season, “Light and Shadow” didn’t have a particularly strong story, but it was a necessary…
LES MISERABLES (BBC, 2018)
byBBC TV adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic novel which follows Jean Valjean as he evades capture by the unyielding Inspector Javert. Set against a backdrop of post-Napoleonic France as unrest beings to grip the city of Paris once more.
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 2.6 – ‘The Sounds of Thunder’
byAfter “An Obol for Charon” led to a literal evolution of Saru (Doug Jones) as a Kelpien, having survived the “terminal” onset of Vaharai and…
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 2.5 - ’Saints of Imperfection’
byThe ongoing issues with the mycelial network have felt like a hangover from last season, and one I’d rather have avoided, but “Saints of Imperfection”…
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 2.4 – ‘An Obol for Charon’
byAfter the disappointing “Point of Light“, Star Trek: Discovery thankfully returned to the intellectual spirit that fuelled “New Eden“, as both capture the essence of…
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 2.3 – ‘Point of Light’
byAfter last week’s comforting throwback “New Eden“, Star Trek: Discovery was back to its choppier self with “Point of Light”, lacking narrative focus and essentially…
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 2.2 – ‘New Eden’
byThis felt like classic Star Trek, I’m pleased to say. “New Eden” may have relied on well-worn formulas and ideas, but it was a good example…