**Please Note: This review contains spoilers for Coda Book 1: “Moments Asunder” by Dayton Ward and Coda Book 2: “The Ashes of Tomorrow” by James Swallow.** From the Publisher: THEIR FINAL MISSION IS THEIR FINEST HOUR. AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK Captain Benjamin…
There’s no easing back into everyday life after one’s planet has been destroyed. This week’s episode opens on a still-grieving Cleveland Booker (David Ajala) as he morbidly – and obsessively – re-watches the final images of Kwejian on his view…
As an enthusiastic fan of Lower Decks, I would say Beckett Marinar is probably my favorite character on the show. She’s brash and witty, and she seems to have a pretty exciting backstory that I’d love to hear more about.…
Previously on Star Trek: Prodigy, our crew of child prison escapees masquerading as Starfleet cadets faced their first challenge in the Protostar as they were dragged into the gravity of a dying star. They ended up saving the ship and…
In the highly-anticipated 4th season premiere of Star Trek: Discovery, we start off hopping right into action. Booker’s frigate departs Discovery and lands on a planet rich with life. Capt. Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and Cleveland Booker (David Ajala) offer…
“The Perfect Mate” (Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 5, Episode 21), is infamous for two things: Famke Janssen guest stars as a powerful psychic mutant almost a decade before doing it in that other franchise, but also, less positively,…
Star Trek stands out among its science fiction contemporaries for its ability to use the genre to touch on dire real-world subjects. Eugenics. Nuclear war. Environmental disaster. The rise and fall of fascist dictatorships. Trek portrays these as wake-up calls…
Watching the Star Trek: Prodigy pilot, I could not help but feel I had heard this story before. I mean this lovingly, as I would for the great sci-fi that manages to handshake lost millennia via the broad strokes of…