Captain's Blog: Giant encyclopedic space-spiders and acid-tripping symbiote-ghost-boogers manage to make for the most unexpectedly tear-jerking episode of the season. Discovery keeps getting better.
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Happy 17-01 trekkies! (It's like May the 4th, but for real nerds). And this year's 17-01 brings us a new season of Star Trek Discovery!
Even if the movies have essentially stalled, Star Trek is alive and kicking on TV. Because you don't have CBS All Access and can't watch the new Star Trek but you desperately want to stay in the loop and read all about the latest episodes: That's right, Captain's Blog is back in full swing as Discovery Season 2 kicks off 2019 the only way we could ask: long and... prosperous? Okay, I don't know what that means, but it suddenly sounds dirty. Anyway, let's just dive in...
Star Trek Discovery completes it's epic yet controversial first season with no shortage of last minute twists and thoughtful character developments that tie up the series' themes and plot lines quite nicely. But is it enough to satisfy the Trekkie fanboys? Let's take a look...
(14) "The War Without, The War Within" and (15) "Will You Take My Hand?" The last two episodes see our titular crew returned to their normal universe just as the Klingons close in on the Federation and Earth. They call it "nine months in the future" but they were in the Mirror Universe so long, this little so-called time displacement only serves as a distraction. Are they planning more timey-wimey stuff? No. Are they going to try to reverse the nine months they missed in order to save countless lives in an already lost war? Good idea, but nope, not that either. They're just gonna shrug and go with it, so again, I say, why bother with the time shift at all? Yes this! More this!
Welcome to the original Mirror Universe. Directed by none other than Commander Riker himself, Jonathan Frakes. Easily the best episode of the season and a great way to kick off the new year. |
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