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April 19, 2022

Star Trek Discovery S4 Ep 12 "Species Ten-C"

Finally, we are at the hyperfield bubble of Species 10C! The whole season has been leading up to this! Will Michael, President Rillak, et al be able to find a way to communicate with this vastly advanced species and get them to stop mining the alpha quadrant and accidentally destroying…

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April 19, 2022

Star Trek Discovery S4 E10 "The Galactic Barrier"

Things are really heating up as the first contact taskforce heads to the Galactic Barrier. DISCO is the ship that will carry them out to species 10C's weird energy/Dyson sphere and there is no time to waste as the new DMA is bigger and badder (and perhaps slightly less predictable)…

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April 19, 2022

Star Trek Discovery S4 E8 "All In"

Since Book and Ruon Tarka took matters into their own hands and decided to steal the next generation spore drive and go build their own isolytic bomb and take a punch at species 10C on their own, the Federation is in a shambles. Michael has been told that she and…

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April 19, 2022

Star Trek Discovery S4 E7 "...But to connect"

It's the mid-season finale of Star Trek Discovery. What it's all be leading up to (before, you know, the rest of the season). The Federation has called together an assembly of all the major worlds and races, Federation and otherwise, from all four quadrants of the galaxy to discuss what…

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April 19, 2022

Star Trek Discovery S4 E1 "Kobayashi Maru"

It's a beautiful day in the galactic neighborhood of the 32nd century. The Federation is back, Starfleet no longer needs to hide behind a cloak, and there's *plenty* of dilithium to go around. Michael and the crew of Discovery are just humming along with the pace of progress. So the…

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April 19, 2022

Star Trek Discovery S4 E 3 "Choose To Live"

When a rogue Qowat Milat sister goes, well, rogue and starts knocking over Starfleet ships delivering dilithium to planets in need (and, incidentally, kills a Starfleet officer in the process), Ni'Var, the Federation, and the Qowat Milat have to team up to hunt her down. Yes, Michael's mother is the…

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April 19, 2022

Star Trek Discovery S4 E13 ”Coming Home”

Now we come to end, my friends. The End! Tarka has locked Book up and taken over his ship to gain access to the DMA controller so he can go universe hopping, DISCO is trying to get out of their bubble and get after them, and – meanwhile, at Earth…

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April 19, 2022

Star Trek Picard S2 E7 ”Monsters”

Recapping Star Trek Picard Season 2 Episode 7 "Monsters" A funky little episode. We spend most of the time romping around in Picard's subconscious. Meeting his mother, Yvette, whom he stylizes as a queen, and his father, Maurice, whom he calls a monster. And also young Jean-Luc, a little prince.…

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April 19, 2022

Star Trek Picard S2 Eps 5 & 6 ”Fly Me To The Moon” & ”Two of One”

A lot transpires at this halfway point of season 2 of Star Trek: Picard. Firstly we meet the Watcher. It's not Laris. She calls herself Tallinn. Her job is to watch one person and make sure their movement through time is protected. That person is Renee Picard! And Renee is…

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April 19, 2022

Star Trek Picard S2 Eps 3 & 4 ”Assimilation” & ”Watcher”

The crew of La Sirena manages to fend this alternate-reality magistrate and his soldiers, only to be pursued by more ships of the "Confederation" of Earth. Things seems dicey, but then the hook the Borg Queen up to the ship, she converts the whole thing over to Borg and sends…

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April 19, 2022

Star Trek Picard S2 Episodes 1 & 2 "Stargazer" & "Penance" Recaps

And we're back with a brand new season of Picard! Meet Jean-Luc. He's a formerly disgraced and retired, now reinstated, Star Fleet officer. He has just been named chancellor of the Star Fleet Academy. His friends are doing pretty all right, actually. His buddy Rios is back in Starfleet as…

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April 18, 2022

Star Trek: Picard | Season 2 Episode 7 ”Monsters”

Recapping Star Trek Picard Season 2 Episode 7 "Monsters" A funky little episode. We spend most of the time romping around in Picard's subconscious. Meeting his mother, Yvette, whom he stylizes as a queen, and his father, Maurice, whom he calls a monster. And also young Jean-Luc, a little prince.…

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April 17, 2022

Star Trek: Picard | Season 2 Episodes 5 & 6 ”Fly Me To The Moon” & ”Two of One”

A lot transpires at this halfway point of season 2 of Star Trek: Picard. Firstly we meet the Watcher. It's not Laris. She calls herself Tallinn. Her job is to watch one person and make sure their movement through time is protected. That person is Renee Picard! And Renee is…

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April 14, 2022

Star Trek: Picard | Season 2 Episodes 3 & 4 ”Assimilation” & ”Watcher”

The crew of La Sirena manages to fend this alternate-reality magistrate and his soldiers, only to be pursued by more ships of the "Confederation" of Earth. Things seems dicey, but then the hook the Borg Queen up to the ship, she converts the whole thing over to Borg and sends…

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April 10, 2022

Star Trek: Picard | Season 2 Episodes 1 & 2 ”The Stargazer” & ”Penance”

And we're back with a brand new season of Picard! Meet Jean-Luc. He's a formerly disgraced and retired, now reinstated, Star Fleet officer. He has just been named chancellor of the Star Fleet Academy. His friends are doing pretty all right, actually. His buddy Rios is back in Starfleet as…

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March 27, 2022

Star Trek: Discovery | Season 4 Episode 13 ”Coming Home”

Now we come to end, my friends. The End! Tarka has locked Book up and taken over his ship to gain access to the DMA controller so he can go universe hopping, DISCO is trying to get out of their bubble and get after them, and – meanwhile, at Earth…

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March 13, 2022

Star Trek: Discovery | Season 4 Episode 12 ”Species 10C”

Finally, we are at the hyperfield bubble of Species 10C! The whole season has been leading up to this! Will Michael, President Rillak, et al be able to find a way to communicate with this vastly advanced species and get them to stop mining the alpha quadrant and accidentally destroying…

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March 8, 2022

Star Trek: Discovery | Season 4 Episode 11 ”Rosetta”

Closer and closer to the object of all this season's fussing about – but not quite there yet. Convinced that they need to do a bit more research before entering the "hyperfield" and trying to establish first contact with species 10C, Captain Burnham takes Discovery to a former gas giant…

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Feb. 27, 2022

Star Trek: Discovery | Season 4 Episode 10 ”The Galactic Barrier”

Things are really heating up as the first contact task force heads to the Galactic Barrier. DISCO is the ship that will carry them out to species 10C's weird energy/Dyson sphere and there is no time to waste as the new DMA is bigger and badder (and perhaps slightly less…

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Feb. 27, 2022

Star Trek News Round-up 2/26/2022

The week's latest news from the world of Star Trek: Doug Jones Inaugural Chair Award New collectibles from Star Trek Prodigy Audible releases Picard No Man's Land audio Drama Check out the podcast for the full recap of Star Trek Discovery and the patreon and http://patreon.com/setphasers

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Feb. 20, 2022

Star Trek: Discovery | Season 4 Episode 9 ”Rubicon”

Well, it's time for the rubber (or starship nacelles) to meet the road (or hard vacuum). Michael and the crew of DISCO attempt to ambush Book and Ruon Tarka as they are building the explosive isolytic device (using the tracker Michael planted). The Federation, concerned about Michael's closeness to Book,…

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Feb. 20, 2022

Star Trek Lower Decks S1 E10 "No Small Parts"

Season Finale?!?! ALREADY?!?!?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.... ok. So, Boimler let's slip that Mariner is the daughter of Captain Freeman. Everyone starts coming to Mariner to curry favor and so she considered applying for a promotion to the USS Sacramento – the same one Boimler is gunning for. That would be drama enough,…

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Feb. 20, 2022

Star Trek Lower Decks S1 E9 "Crisis Point"

Mariner and Captain Freeman's constant arguing comes to a head but instead of throwing Mariner in the brig for subordination, Freeman makes her take mandatory therapy. Mariner thinks it's worthless, but decides she can *really* work through some stuff when Boimler reveals a holodeck program with complete personality work ups…

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Feb. 20, 2022

Star Trek Lower Decks S1 E8 "Veritas"

Mariner, Tendi, Rutherford and Boimler are thrown in a jail cell and then brought before a tribunal to testify as to the actions of senior crew on a particular stardate in question. Mariner remembers nothing important, Boimler remember nothing other than his embarrassment, Tendi remembers waaaay too much, and Rutherford's…

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