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,…
Tuvix – both the episode and the character – is one of the most divisive parts of the early seasons of Voyager. Did Janeway do the morally right thing by forcing Tuvix to separate back into Tuvok and Neelix? Should…
We start in the Dauntless sickbay, where Admiral Janeway is talking to The Diviner. His memory is in pieces because of Zero’s impact in the mid-season finale but he does remember that someone took the Protostar from him, and that…
Vulcan society was introduced early in The Original Series through Spock, who was the only member of the original pilot “The Cage” to make it into the new pilot, “The Man Trap.” Throughout TOS Spock tried to uphold the Vulcan…
Episode 11: “Asylum” Prodigy is back, everybody! If you need a refresh on what happened before the long mid-season break, startrek.com has got you covered, but essentially when we pick up in “Asylum,” our crew is on their way to…