star trek discovery recaps
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On Star Trek: Discovery, You Really Can’t Go Home Again
This week, Star Trek: Discovery reunited the disparate halves of its cast for an emotional chance to take stock of their unprecedented situation. The crew has arrived in the future and is headed to the ancestral home of the Federation — but as we so often learn when we return to our roots, they come…
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The Die Is Cast On An Emotionally Exhausting Star Trek: Discovery
After an entire season of build up, this is it. Star Trek: Discovery has come crashing into its endgame and the battle against Control is ready to begin. But before that, we have to go through what might be the ultimate realisation of the show’s strengths and weaknesses: getting away with a lot of contrivance through…
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A Messy Star Trek: Discovery Cannot Compare To The Mess That Is Michael Burnham’s Life
For better or worse, tonight’s Star Trek: Discovery blew the lid off of the biggest plot threads of the season, as quickly as it could. While we got a bunch of answers in the mania to rush from one twist to the next, it also raised another question, perhaps its ultimate: Can any other Star…
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Not Even A Wild Original Series Connection Could Save Star Trek: Discovery From Itself
In a hard swerve from the first season, Star Trek: Discovery’s sophomore outing has been a lot happier to leave its overarching story with Spock simmering in the background as it focused on mostly standalone, classically Star Trek tales. It’s worked great so far, but tonight’s episode tried to have it both ways, and it…