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Picard Recap: “Maps and Legends” (Season 1, Episode 2)

“I never really cared for science-fiction.  I guess I just didn’t get it.” -Jean-Luc Picard Previously on Star Trek Picard:  We learned that Picard (Patrick Stewart) left Starfleet after rogue “synths” (synthetic lifeforms) attacked Mars, and Starfleet abandoned its mission…

My Night at the Picard Premiere

  I had an epic night on Monday, January 13, 2020 at the Star Trek: Picard premiere in Los Angeles at the Arclight Cinemas-Hollywood. First off, I got to wear my Discovery-based Enterprise Starfleet uniform for the first time! All…

Lessons I learned from the women of Voyager

Janeway

Star Trek: Voyager premiered twenty-five years ago on January 16, 1995 and included three women in the main cast, the most to that point or since. I was barely nineteen, a motherless misfit embarking on a journey of self-discovery in…

Trek’s Non-Toxic Male Friendships

Spock and Kirk chatting, Kirk's arm around Spock

An important part of what makes Start Trek so great is the genuine affection the crewmembers feel for one another. They experience some pretty terrifying things together, and their loyalty to one another helps them pull through time and again.…