Trektember: Profit and Loss
It doesn’t take much imagination to find the trappings of the 1942 classic Casablanca in the story of “Profit and Loss.” Oh, sure, some of the roles are switched, and instead of transit papers it’s a cloaking device that everyone’s…
Trektember: Cardassians
Really good and lasting sci-fi is, at its core, about people. Now, those people might have green skin, ears the size of dinner plates, or spoon-shaped indentations on their foreheads, but good sci-fi puts people into big and important situations…
Trektember: Duet
“Duet” remains my favorite episode of Deep Space Nine, derivative of Robert Shaw’s The Man in the Glass Booth as it may be. Not just mine; it was featured in The Museum of Television and Radio’s 1994 “Tribute to Excellence;”…
Trektember: Emissary
Ah, Deep Space Nine. My favourite Star Trek series. Known at the time as the red-headed stepchild of the franchise, Deep Space Nine gave us long-form serialisation, character arcs with slow payoffs, some of the most memorable recurring guest stars,…
Trektember: Season 4 Episode List
Want to know what Trektember is? Click here for an explanation. Here are the episodes that we’ll be reviewing for Trektember 2019, as well as the authors! If you want to see the reviews from a different season of Trektember,…
Trektember: Season 4 Preview
If you just want to see the episode list, click here. The fourth season of Trektember is upon us! If this were Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, this would be the year that Worf joined the cast, the year that…
Trektember: Season 3 Wrap-Up
Well, that’s it. We did it. Yet again. (Did what? If you missed the entirety of Trektember, click here) Another Trektember in the can; another one-month mission returning to spacedock for an eleven-month refit. But before we get there—in the…
Trektember: Will You Take My Hand? | Star Trek: Discovery
The season finale to the first season of Star Trek: Discovery draws upon the depth of the entire season to deliver a show full of fanservice, callbacks, and worldbuilding in service of a uniquely Star Trek story. Of course, that…
Trektember: The War Without, The War Within | Star Trek: Discovery
“We created something today in a desolate wasteland that had never seen life.” —Michael Here is a terrific episode, the best one of the season. It floats through what feels like the perfectly toned middle act of a great submarine…
Trektember: What's Past is Prologue | Star Trek: Discovery
Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. The great dragon was hurled…