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Star Trek: Discovery Cannot Help the Indulgence of a Happy Ending
When appraising a piece of fiction, it’s often necessary to consider the context in which it was created. Sometimes a piece of work can stand on its strengths alone to convey meaning and theme — but sometimes context is necessary to allow certain understandings and conveniences. And Star Trek: Discovery’s latest finale is, perhaps more…
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Star Trek: Discovery Preaches Connection as It Drives Its Biggest Relationship Apart
Star Trek: Discovery’s fourth season, much like the seasons that came before it, has put a lot of emphasis on the idea that perhaps the most important ideal any of its heroes, Federation or otherwise, could hold is a sense of unity and communal understanding. As it heads into a surprise mid-season hiatus this week,…
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Star Trek: Discovery Reminds Us Lights in the Dark Aren’t So Hard to Find
In last week’s mission to investigate Star Trek: Discovery’s latest galaxy-ending Threat of the Season, the exhaustingly extensive high stakes adventure gave us a chance to see the series’ heroes find their friends and family and decompress with each other. This week feels much the same, and the story finds great strength in actually letting…
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Doug Jones Looks Back on Saru’s Long, Strange Star Trek Journey
Everyone’s been through a lot on Star Trek: Discovery. Evil Captains. Mirror Universes. Killer A.I.. Time travel to the far future. Spock with facial hair. But one character who’s maybe gone through almost as much as its hero Michael Burnham is her closest confidant: Saru. And for the actor behind our favourite Kelpien, it’s been…