Alex Moreland reviews the midseason finale of Star Trek: Discovery…You’ve opened a whole new chapter for Discovery.I think it’s fair to say that this was the best episode of Star Trek: Discovery so far.Certainly, it was a better episode to end the series on than last week’s would have been – indeed, I’m surprised that […]

Alex Moreland reviews the eighth episode of Star Trek: Discovery…Is this what harmony and balance look like? Where is the peace you say you found here?There’s something pretty classically Star Trek about this episode of Discovery.An in medias res opening gives us a good look at the Discovery in action, with some impressive space battle […]

Alex Moreland reviews the seventh episode of Star Trek: Discovery…Just as repetition reinforces repetition, change begets change… Here, admittedly, I’m beginning to have my doubts about the choice to build Discovery around one central character in a way that previous iterations of Trek didn’t.The time loop is a staple of Trek, an idea that’s returned […]

Alex Moreland reviews the sixth episode of Star Trek: Discovery…All my life, the conflict inside me has been between logic and emotion. But now, it’s my emotions that are hiding.In my review of the first episode, I spoke a little about the parallels between Michael Burnham and Spock:“Much as Spock was the first Vulcan to […]

Alex Moreland reviews the fifth episode of Star Trek: Discovery…What did you think would happen when you bumped into someone who didn’t want you in their front yard?This episode, I think – though I don’t know for certain – has the lowest screentime for Michael Burnham so far. That’s not to say she’s unimportant here; […]

Alex Moreland reviews the fourth episode of Star Trek: Discovery…Lorca isn’t interested in what you are. He’s interested in what you can do. For him.There’s an obvious parallel – obvious to the point of being heavy-handed, really – being drawn between the tardigrade and Michael Burnham in this episode.The tardigrade is misunderstood; it’s believed to […]