James Osborne reviews the final season of Better Call Saul… So, it’s Saul over. With the end of Better Call Saul’s sixth and final season, the universe created by Vince Gilligan (which started back in 2008 with Bryan Cranston armed with nothing but a saggy pair of y-fronts and a revolver) has concluded. To bring […]
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Episode 10 Review – ‘A Quality of Mercy’
James Osborne reviews the season finale of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds… As its debut season commenced, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds felt like it might be a make-or-break moment for the long-running franchise. The trilogy of rebooted Star Trek films had failed to generate any genuine momentum or significant enthusiasm, spluttering out with a […]
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Episode 9 Review – “All Those Who Wander”
James Osborne reviews the ninth episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds… Star Trek has always dabbled in horror, and that’s no surprise. The emptiness of vast space is the perfect setting for nightmarish adventures. The Borg, for a long time, were genuinely terrifying, and episodes like “Schisms” highlighted just how dark the series could […]
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Episode 8 Review – “The Elysian Kingdom”
James Osborne reviews the eighth episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds… Episode 8 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, “The Elysian Kingdom” begins with a strikingly meta line on of dialogue. Captain Pike suggests that he’s completely content with the USS Enterprise, as it’s concluding its survey of a large nebula: “No battles, no […]
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Episode 7 Review – ‘The Serene Squall’
James Osborne reviews the seventh episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds… At this point, it’s possible to predict with a good degree of certainty what an episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will contain. Some light and breezy humour, a drop of action, a deep dive into one character. What is less easy […]
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Episode 6 Review – ‘Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach’
James Osborne reviews the sixth episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds… “Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach” begins at the same starting point as plenty of Star Trek’s classic episodes: with the USS Enterprise answering a distress call. One small cruiser is being fired upon by another, before the Starfleet ship slowly floats over […]
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Episode 5 Review – “Spock Amok”
James Osborne reviews the fifth episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds… At the halfway point of season one, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds delivers “Spock Amok”. The episode loosely follows on from the aftermath of brutal assault by the Gorn attack, as the USS Enterprise and its crew return to Starbase 1 for some […]
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Episode 4 Review – ‘Memento Mori’
James Osborne reviews the fourth episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds… After watching “Memento Mori”, the fourth episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ debut season, one thing is immediately clear: Star Trek has never looked so good. From the offset, the visual effects on display in the episode are completely absorbing, and never […]
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Episode 3 Review – ‘Ghosts of Illyria’
James Osborne reviews the third episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds… In the first episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Captain Pike reconnects with his love of Starfleet and leadership. Episode two develops the young Cadet Uhura, establishing a deeper backstory for the character and making her eminently relatable along the way. Episode […]
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Episode 2 Review – ‘Children of the Comet’
James Osborne reviews the second episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds… Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ opening episode kickstarted the journey of Captain Pike’s Enterprise with confidence and style. The series’ sophomore episode, ‘Children of the Comet’ continues on in that vein, exploring character drama against a science fiction backdrop. And that’s no bad […]
