This December, the late, forever great Nichelle Nichols would have turned ninety. Her passing this year took not only one of the original cast, but a trailblazer of television who helped usher in the very changes Trek embodied: a better…
While the Klingons have been part of Star Trek since The Original Series and have been reinvented on a regular basis, there is something particularly interesting about several of the most Klingon heavy episodes of The Next Generation and Deep…
Last week finished on a cliffhanger, with Janeway in the brig and both the Protostar and Dauntless arriving in Federation space, met by an armada of Starfleet ships summoned by Asencia/the Vindicator. Opening this episode, Janeway tries to persuade her…
We pick up where we left off last week, with the crew scrambling to figure out what to do now they’re nose to nose with the Dauntless. Hologram Janeway deactivates herself, reasoning that if she doesn’t know what they’re doing…
When the episode opens our Protostar crew is under attack by both Romulans and the Dauntless, except it’s a simulation. In spite of their best efforts to find a solution, it’s feeling a bit like a Kobayashi Maru situation. Gwyn…
Voyager not only broke the mold of previous series of Star Trek for introducing the first woman captain as a lead, but had several important female friendships throughout the series – Captain Janeway and B’Elanna Torres, who bonded over their…
After an action-packed couple of episodes, we start with a more reflective tone. Janeway is on the Dauntless, listening to Chopin. Her first officer lets her know they received a bounty seeking message from outside the Federation that identifies the…
Episodes 14 and 15 of Star Trek: Prodigy Season 1 felt like a two-parter, so I wanted to write about them together. Let’s dive right in! “Crossroads” We start on the Dauntless, where they’re trying to track down Barniss Frex,…