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Lower Decks’ Tribute to Deep Space Nine Is Perfect Beyond Pastiche
This week’s Star Trek: Lower Decks opens with a gag about the slow, majestic grandeur of the Deep Space Nine title theme. And if that was all Lower Decks had to offer for an episode set on the iconic show’s titular space station, that might be fine, if disappointing — and in line with the…
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Well, Maybe Lower Decks’ Ensigns Are Heroes After All
The opening of Star Trek: Lower Decks’ third season has so far tackled the question of whether or not it’s time to knock our heroic ensigns down a peg or two, to get them back to the hapless nobodies they started the series as lest the whole premise fall apart. But three episodes in, its…
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Back to the Future: The Musical: A Song-by-Song Breakdown of the Original Cast Recording
Over a decade in the making, Back to the Future: The Musical reached the stage just as a pandemic was about to turn the world upside down, thus far limiting its audience to a lucky few in a run cut short in Manchester, England, and then on London’s West End beginning last summer. Now fans…
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Y: The Last Man Just Reminded Us to Trust No One
What’s that? Is that a breath of fresh air? Yup, on the new episode of Y: The Last Man, “My Mother Saw a Monkey,” the show finally showed a glimmer of hope for our characters. After weeks of pain, lies, and death, it was a welcome change.