Star Trek: Lower Decks kicks off Season Five with a double-header. In “Dos Cerritos,” a spatial anomaly forces the Cerritos crew to come face-to-face with their faces when Mariner, Boimler, and Rutherford enter an alternate universe where they encounter their … Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks S5, E1 & E2 – “Dos Cerritos” & “Shades of Green”
In the final episode of this retrospective on Star Trek: Discovery, we look at the series’ fifth season. Dr. Kovich assigns Captain Burnham and the crew a top-secret Red Directive mission. He wants them to investigate an ancient Romulan science vessel. It soon turns into a race across the galaxy against two couriers known as Moll and L’ak. They stole a Romulan puzzle box containing a journal linked to 24th-century scientists searching for Progenitor technology, which was used to seed life across the galaxy. Burnham must assemble a galactic map to locate the technology while keeping Moll and L’ak from beating her to the next clue. Continue reading Star Trek Discovery Rewind – Season Five
In Season 4 of Star Trek: Discovery, the crew faces a powerful cosmic threat causing catastrophic destruction across the galaxy known as the Dark Matter Anomaly or the DMA. This phenomenon destroys Kwejian, Book’s home planet, taking his family, culture, and hope from him. Captain Burnham, now five months into her leadership role, must lead her crew on a mission to investigate the Anomaly while managing the political and diplomatic fallout from the events of the Burn. Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Rewind – Season Four
In Season 3 of Star Trek: Discovery, Michael and the crew of the USS Discovery travel 930 years into the future, and the 3188 they encounter is not what they expected. The Federation is in a much-weakened state. A catastrophic event known as “The Burn” has eliminated nearly all of the dilithium supply. The loss of the critical resource for faster-than-light travel has crippled interstellar travel and plunged the galaxy into chaos. Saru and Michael must lead the crew on a mission to reconnect the fractured remnants of the Federation and solve the mystery of The Burn. Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery Rewind – Season Three
Season 2 of Star Trek: Discovery had the crew facing a mysterious and dangerous new threat tied to a series of puzzling signals scattered across the galaxy. Captain Christopher Pike of the USS Enterprise temporarily takes command of the Discovery after a distress call and leads the investigation into these “red bursts.” Also, during this season, Saru and the Kelpien species undergo a life-changing transformation; we’re introduced to a younger Spock, a return to Talos IV, and presented with a threatening AI presence. This makes for an exciting sophomore season of Star Trek’s first streaming series. Continue reading Star Trek Discovery Rewind – Season Two