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Picard‘s third and final season begins — and, as always, Bri and Ken are cautiously optimistic while brimming with questions. Can the writers find something more to Seven of Nine’s character than bei…

After more than a year, Star Trek: Prodigy has concluded its first season. Our ship of misfit kids have gone on a journey — and so have our opinions of the show: we’re digging this secret successor t…

Ken and Bri recap the third season of Lower Decks while welcoming back Prodigy. Lower Decks has shot up our list of favorite modern Treks, though Ken still tends to overthink things; meanwhile, we co…

Voiceover artist Ensign Enfys Book joins Ken to review the Lower Decks episodes “Room for Growth”, “Reflections”, and “Hear All, Trust Nothing” — featuring a return to Deep Space Nine! We also discus…

The annual Star Trek Day unleashed a bounty of teasers and sneak peeks of Picard, Strange New Worlds, Star Trek Online, and Ceti Alpha V, which Captain Sabriel and Chief Engineer Ken are here to revi…

The first season of Strange New Worlds is a wrap, with an unexpected retelling of an episode of The Original Series fresh in Ken and Bri’s minds! What character arcs did the scriptwriters manage to c…

Spock and T’Pring get up to hijinks with Captain Pike and Nurse Chapel as Ken and Sabriel review the first half of Star Trek: Strange New World‘s debut season. Who are our favorite characters, what e…

Susan Arendt, intrepid writer for Space.com and Channel Surfing, joins Ken to review Pike’s first outing at the helm of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Listen to us discuss mortality and disability, d…

After a mediocre middle act, Picard‘s penultimate season comes to a satisfying, bittersweet conclusion. Some important lessons were learned at great cost, some familiar faces made a return, and some …

Ken and Bri are shocked by the secrets in Picard’s childhood, but we’re relieved to see Picard, Seven, and the Queen ready to face their fears. There’s still one episode left in the season, though — …

Charlynn Schmiedt joins Sabriel to talk about “Mercy”. From ships to ‘ships, Queen Agnes’ battery-acid Borgification, Picard and Guinan on budget X-Files, to another Soong turning evil—they cover it …

This episode is ostensibly about Picard, but Chief Engineer Ken and Commodore Mark Thompson felt Teresa and Tallinn stole the show. Forget stepping on a butterfly, though — this show is trampling an …

Our goodness, can Agnes Jurati sing! Her showstopper number crescendos in a terrifying union with the Borg Queen, the two actors playing off each other perfectly. Other subplots leave us a bit uncert…

Agnes and the Borg Queen get closer; Chris, Raffi, and Seven finally decide to join the plot; and Q continues to behave in unexpected ways. Although Ken and Sabriel enjoyed the episode’s humor and Ea…

Although Ken and Bri agree on loving both the new Guinan and the return of Punk Rocker, we’re divided on this episode overall. Why are they ignoring “Time’s Arrow”? And how are Chris, Seven, and Raff…

Vice Badmiral Charlynn Schmiedt joins Bri and Ken to reflect on the entirety of Discovery‘s fourth season: the effect the pandemic had on production, how the characters have grown, where we hope they…

Stage magician Kayla Drescher joins Ken and Bri all the way from the Chicago Magic Lounge! Picard and crew have crash-landed on 21st-century Earth. Our highlights were watching Dr. Agnes Jurati spar …

The fourth season finale brings hope and closure for Book, Tarka, Discovery, and Species Ten-C. Ken and Bri love the emotions and sincerity of the cast, crew, and plot, considering it one of the show…

If you liked the Amy Adams movie Arrival, you’ll love this episode of Discovery! Bri and Ken enjoy get to see the science and linguistics behind first contact with a level II civilization, accentuate…

Picard goes through a mirror darkly into a temporal divergence of Q’s own creation. What is wrong with Q (aside from the usual), to what does Picard owe penance, and who is awaiting them in the year …