Star Trek: Discovery 1×12 Review: Relationships Become More Twisted In “Vaulting Ambition”

As if the stakes weren’t high enough for “Star Trek: Discovery,” the episode “Vaulting Ambition” decided to up them even more. Just as Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and and Lorca (Jason Isaacs) were feeling confident after aiding the rebels and possibly…

The Star Trek: Discovery Crew Keeps Friends Close And Enemies Closer In ‘The Wolf Inside’

Star Trek: Discovery proved it could still surprise us with The Wolf Inside, even if it did confirm a fan theory that became more and more obvious as the series went on. Hell, in the next few episodes, it just…

Things Get Brutal Fast In Star Trek: Discovery Half-Season Premiere Ep ‘Despite Yourself’

The crew learned many things in Despite Yourself, the half-season premiere of Star Trek: Discovery. Not only is the unknown destination they found themselves in last episode a parallel universe, but there’s an enemy to meet, and it is them.…

Star Trek: Discovery 1×07 Review: “Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad”

Star Trek: Discovery has had some very good episodes before (and some truly awful ones), but Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad is the first to really mix in a little fun with along with the high stakes…

Star Trek: Discovery 1×06 Review: “Lethe”

Once again, Captain Gabriel Lorca (Jason Isaacs) is proving to be a hard man to keep rooting for. Last episode, he left a man behind to be tortured and killed in a Klingon prison. Granted, we all know he’s an…

Star Trek: Discovery 1×05 Review: “Choose Your Pain”

It took a little while for Star Trek: Discovery to have a bad episode, but it is here, and it is just so terrible, not even a fun performance by the reliably great Rainn Wilson can save it, hampered as…

Star Trek: Discovery 1×04 Review: The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not for the Lamb’s Cry

The Star Trek: Discovery episode The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not for the Lamb’s Cry certainly crams quite a bit into its 50 minute runtime, but it mostly works. Burnham is beginning to find her place on the U.S.S. Discovery, and…