Perhaps the best way to view the maiden season of the fan-divisive (now a regular occurrence) Star Trek series, Discovery is to treat it mainly as the redemptive arc of Michael Burnham, and just leave it at that.
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GEEK OUT!!! STAR TREK : DISCOVERY – “WHAT’S PAST IS PROLOGUE” [SPOILERS]
There was a moment – the briefest possibly – where it seemed that the writers/producers behind Discovery were going to reboot the entire series using the escape from the Mirror Universe as the plot device.
Perhaps then Discovery would exist in a reality more aligned to the original series (which is supposedly a decade away from the events depicted so far.
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GEEK OUT!!! STAR TREK : DISCOVERY – “VAULTING AMBITION” [SPOILERS]
After the shocking reveal in the previous episode concerning Tyler’s outing as Voq, nobody quite expected that fans would get an even bigger twist in “Vaulting Ambition”.
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GEEK OUT!!! STAR TREK : DISCOVERY – “THE WOLF INSIDE” [SPOILERS]
As if it was not enough that the Discovery were lost in the Mirror Universe with the Terran Empire – the evil version of the Federation – threatening their very existence, “The Wolf Inside” unleashed a startling revelation!
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GEEK OUT!!! STAR TREK : DISCOVERY – “DESPITE YOURSELF” [SPOILERS]
That – as they say – escalated quickly! The return of Star Trek : Discovery finds the ship lost in the ‘mirror’ universe (!) and on a dangerous course in order to get back home.
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GEEK OUT!!! STAR TREK: DISCOVERY – “INTO THE FOREST I GO” [SPOILERS]
We have loved Star Trek: Discovery from the get-go and in this mid-season finale, the show gives us everything we have been waiting for thus far.
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GEEK OUT!!! STAR TREK : DISCOVERY – “SI VIS PACEM, PARA BELLUM” [SPOILERS]
“Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum” means “if you want peace, prepare for war” and that prepares the viewer for the ending of this instalment as it leads into the Fall finale of season one of Star Trek: Discovery!
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GEEK OUT!!! STAR TREK: DISCOVERY – “MAGIC TO MAKE THE SANEST MAN GO MAD” [SPOILERS]
The biggest gripe that diehard Trekkers have had about Star Trek : Discovery is that the new series has deviated from classic Trek TV. Perhaps this latest episode will make them all feel much better.
GEEK OUT!!! STAR TREK : DISCOVERY – “LETHE” [SPOILERS]
Six episodes in, Star Trek: Discovery takes time out to explore and examine two relationships key to our main protagonists – that between Michael Burnham and her adoptive Vulcan father Sarek and between Captain Gabriel Lorca and Admiral Kat Cornwall (Jayne Brook).
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GEEK OUT!!! STAR TREK : DISCOVERY – “CHOOSE YOUR PAIN” [SPOILERS]
Another riveting episode that builds up both plot and character as the series moves forward impressively!
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GEEK OUT!!! STAR TREK: DISCOVERY – THE BUTCHER’S KNIFE CARES NOT FOR THE LAMB’S CRY [SPOILERS]
Star Trek: Discovery has been a revelation so far – succeeding at combining classic Trek tropes with a more post-modern sensibility. As good as the previous episodes have been, “The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not For the Lamb’s Cry” may be the best instalment so far.
GEEK OUT!!! STAR TREK DISCOVERY : “CONTEXT IS FOR KINGS” [SPOILERS]
Well, we knew that our protagonist Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) would end up on the USS Discovery after the events of the pilot episode/s.
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