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On Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Love Is the Hardest Thing
“Who is Spock?” is a question Star Trek has been fascinated with from the very beginning, and for good reason. The paradox of the half-Vulcan, half-Human science officer lets us examine the meaning of what we see as the human experience from the perspective of someone both removed from it and defined by it—and Strange…
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Shore Leave Farce Was a Delight
Any good episodic TV series knows how to deal with often dramatic tone shifts that, in our era of heavily serialized programming, might seem tone-deaf or jarring. Star Trek, of course, is no exception to this having been episodic for so much of its 50+ year history — some weeks you fight god, some weeks…
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Season Premiere is Finally Here
A perfect example of how we’re in the midst of more Star Trek than ever right now is quite literally just as one series ends, another begins. We already broke down our extensive thoughts about that season finale of Star Trek: Picard, but Star Trek: Strange New Worlds also boldly went out today with its…