254 posts tagged with startrek by Halloween Jack.
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Star Trek: Lower Decks: An Embarrassment of Dooplers  Season 2, Ep 5

Mariner and Boimler walk into a bar... [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Sep 9, 2021 - 18 comments

Star Trek: Lower Decks: Mugato, Gumato  Season 2, Ep 4

Everyone's favorite horny gorillas are back! Plus: is Mariner secretly an agent of [REDACTED, soon to have their own series]? [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Sep 2, 2021 - 13 comments

Star Trek: Lower Decks: We'll Always Have Tom Paris  Season 2, Ep 3

No points for guessing who's guesting this week. Tendi is helping someone who's itchy and scratchy, and Rutherford is in search of... answers. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Aug 26, 2021 - 15 comments

Star Trek: Lower Decks: Kayshon, His Eyes Open  Season 2, Ep 2

Our Lower Deckers have trouble bonding with Ensign Jet Manhaver, who has been assigned Boimler's bunk and shift duties. Meanwhile, we get a glimpse of Boimler's life on the U.S.S. Titan, which is more intense than he thought it would be. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Aug 19, 2021 - 17 comments

Star Trek: Lower Decks: Strange Energies  Season 2, Ep 1

Ransom takes a full load of strange energies straight to the cortex; complications ensue. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Aug 12, 2021 - 10 comments

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Schisms  Rewatch   Season 6, Ep 5

"Thank you, thank you. My next poem is titled, 'Can't Sleep, Aliens-of-the-Week Will Eat Me.'" [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Jul 1, 2021 - 30 comments

Star Trek: Discovery: That Hope Is You, Part 2  Season 3, Ep 13

[Season Finale] As the Emerald Chain tightens its grip and the mystery of the Burn is finally solved, Burnham and the crew have one last chance to save themselves – and the Federation. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Jan 7, 2021 - 84 comments

Star Trek: Discovery: There Is a Tide...  Season 3, Ep 12

A little too late for Christmas, but there's some serious McClaneing in this one. Also, Vance and Osyraa have a little talk. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Dec 31, 2020 - 39 comments

Star Trek: Discovery: Su'Kal  Season 3, Ep 11

Discovery ventures to the Verubin Nebula, where Burnham, Saru, and Culber make a shocking realization about the origin of The Burn as the rest of the crew faces an unexpected threat. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Dec 24, 2020 - 33 comments

Star Trek: Discovery: Terra Firma, Part 2  Season 3, Ep 10

Georgiou uncovers the true depths of the plot against her, leading her to a revelation about how deeply her time on the USS Discovery truly changed her. [CW: torture] [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Dec 17, 2020 - 26 comments

Star Trek: Discovery: Terra Firma, Part 1  Season 3, Ep 9

The USS Discovery crew journeys to a mysterious planet in hopes of finding a cure for Georgiou's deteriorating condition. Stamets and Adira make a stunning breakthrough with the newly acquired Burn data. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Dec 10, 2020 - 32 comments

Star Trek: Discovery: The Sanctuary  Season 3, Ep 8

Burnham and the USS Discovery crew travel to Book’s home planet to help rescue it from Osyraa, the formidable leader of the Emerald Chain. Meanwhile, Stamets and Adira continue their search for valuable information on the origin of the Burn. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Dec 3, 2020 - 39 comments

Star Trek: Discovery: Unification III  Season 3, Ep 7

A group of people, united by blood but separated by deep and long-held philosophical differences, have finally come together to celebrate their common heritage, but now they face the potential intrusion of yet another group of their acquaintance that they believe pose a serious threat to their very existence. But enough about Thanksgiving 2020... [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Nov 26, 2020 - 47 comments

Star Trek: Discovery: Scavengers  Season 3, Ep 6

After receiving a message from Book, Burnham and Georgiou embark on a rogue mission to find him, leaving Saru to pick up the pieces with Admiral Vance. Meanwhile, Stamets forms an unexpected bond with Adira. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Nov 19, 2020 - 48 comments

Star Trek: Discovery: Die Trying  Season 3, Ep 5

After reuniting with what remains of Starfleet and the Federation, the USS Discovery and its crew must prove that a 930-year-old crew and starship are exactly what this new future needs. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Nov 12, 2020 - 43 comments

Star Trek: Discovery: Forget Me Not  Season 3, Ep 4

Burnham and Adira visit the Trill homeworld while Saru's efforts on the Discovery to help the crew reconnect yield surprises. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Nov 5, 2020 - 51 comments

Star Trek: Discovery: People of Earth  Season 3, Ep 3

The ship goes to Earth to see what the Federation has been up to, but someone's pulled up the welcome mat. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Oct 29, 2020 - 50 comments

Star Trek: Discovery: Far From Home  Season 3, Ep 2

Meanwhile, back on the ship (and the planet they landed on)... [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Oct 22, 2020 - 69 comments

Star Trek: Discovery: That Hope Is You, Part 1  Season 3, Ep 1

[Season premiere] It's 3188, and Burnham shows up from the 23rd century, but where's everybody else? [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Oct 15, 2020 - 59 comments

Star Trek: Lower Decks: No Small Parts  Season 1, Ep 10

And lo, there shall be a season finale-ing... who lives, who dies, who tells their story? [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Oct 8, 2020 - 36 comments

Star Trek: Lower Decks: Crisis Point  Season 1, Ep 9

At the end of the universe... lies the beginning of scenery chewing! [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Oct 1, 2020 - 28 comments

Star Trek: Lower Decks: Veritas  Season 1, Ep 8

AKA That One Trial Scene From Star Trek VI As A Whole Episode, although, shocking plot twist, [REDACTED] [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Sep 24, 2020 - 19 comments

Star Trek: Lower Decks: Much Ado About Boimler  Season 1, Ep 7

Did you have that friend from school who ended up doing a lot better than you did? Mariner's got one of those. (At least one, now, that we know of.) And we find out what happens to the weird science accident victims that Starfleet's miracle medicine can't fix... [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Sep 17, 2020 - 18 comments

Star Trek: Lower Decks: Terminal Provocations  Season 1, Ep 6

[Note: Fletcher didn't die on the way back to his home planet.] [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Sep 10, 2020 - 15 comments

Star Trek: Lower Decks: Cupid's Errant Arrow  Season 1, Ep 5

The preponderance of neural parasites in various science fiction settings is one that probably deserves a closer look, although funding for grant projects has been subtly but consistently discouraged by the Institute for the Study of Neural Parasites, At Least Theoretically, Although, Really, There Are Much Bigger Problems in the Galaxy, Like Supernovas and Stuff, and We're Not Saying That Because We Have Neural Parasites, Honest, We Checked Each Other For Them, That's Totally Legit (TIFTSONPALTARTAMBPITGLSASAWNSTBWHNPHWCEOFTTTL) [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Sep 3, 2020 - 13 comments

Star Trek: Lower Decks: Moist Vessel  Season 1, Ep 4

Worst Trek episode name ever? I mean, there have been several hundred episodes by now, but I can't think of one that even comes close. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Aug 27, 2020 - 23 comments

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Pen Pals  Rewatch   Season 2, Ep 15

"In a situation like this, we have to be cautious. What we do today, may profoundly affect the future. If we could see every possible outcome..." "But, sir, it's an adorable child." *sigh* [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Aug 21, 2020 - 13 comments

Star Trek: Lower Decks: Temporal Edict  Season 1, Ep 3

A terrible, destructive force overwhelms the crew of the Cerritos. No, not that one. Nor that one. Way worse than that one. I mean, really bad. Also, Jack Ransom loses his shirt, and... [cue gladiatorial music from "Amok Time"][what? what do you mean, we can't use it? This is Trek! Futurama got to use it! Sheesh.] [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Aug 20, 2020 - 16 comments

Movie: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

On the eve of retirement, and their starship's decommissioning, the crew of the original Enterprise have a chance to help bring about peace with the Klingons; war is over if they want it. But not everyone wants it... [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Aug 19, 2020 - 29 comments

Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Icarus Factor  Rewatch   Season 2, Ep 14

Father and son share an Airing of Grievances, followed by Feats of Strength... was there a Festivus pole and I just happened to miss it? Also, Worf faces his greatest enemy: John Tesh. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Aug 17, 2020 - 24 comments

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Time Squared  Rewatch   Season 2, Ep 13

I get that the 24th century is different from ours, but who serves scrambled eggs at a dinner party? Also: time travel. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Aug 14, 2020 - 26 comments

Star Trek: Lower Decks: Envoys  Season 1, Ep 2

Boimler has a very important escort mission that he's done an awful lot of work to prepare for and that he absolutely can't mess up under any circumstances; then, he tells Mariner about it. Smooth move, purple hair! Also, Rutherford considers other jobs. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Aug 13, 2020 - 15 comments

Star Trek: Lower Decks: Second Contact  Season 1, Ep 1

These are the voyages of the USS Cerritos... on an ongoing mission to do stuff around the galaxy that needs doing, to distribute agricultural supplies, to have really disturbing encounters with giant spider-things, to ignore that pesky insect bite that we got on the planet (because what could possibly go wrong?), to get drunk, to have parental issues, to deal with annoying cybernetic implants, to, uh [insert inspiring phrase here when I think of one] [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Aug 6, 2020 - 36 comments

Movie: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

Captain Kirk and his crew must deal with Mr. Spock's long-lost half-brother who hijacks the Enterprise for an obsessive search for God at the center of the galaxy. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Jun 21, 2020 - 18 comments

Star Trek: Enterprise: These Are the Voyages...  Rewatch   Season 4, Ep 22

[series finale] OK, so it’s been a somewhat long road getting from there to here… where, precisely, have we gotten, and how, and why? A retrospective on the season, the series, and the end of the TNG Era of Trek. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on May 24, 2020 - 15 comments

Star Trek: Enterprise: In a Mirror, Darkly (Parts I and II)  Rewatch   Season 4, Ep 18

ENT offers its contribution to Trek's Mirror Universe with an unusual twist: it's done from the perspective of the MU crew as they have an encounter with... the brightest timeline. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on May 10, 2020 - 12 comments

Star Trek: Enterprise: Divergence  Rewatch   Season 4, Ep 16

Captains Archer and Hernandez make the starship with two backs. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Apr 26, 2020 - 8 comments

Star Trek: Enterprise: The Aenar  Rewatch   Season 4, Ep 14

All right stop/ Federate and listen/ Shran is back with a brand new intention/ Icicle grabs a hold of him tightly/ Flow like a ushaan-tor daily and nightly/ Will it ever stop?/ Yo, I don't know/ Turn off the lights and the ice bores glow... [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Apr 12, 2020 - 5 comments

Star Trek: Enterprise: Babel One  Rewatch   Season 4, Ep 12

[Part 1 of 3] The Enterprise is ferrying a bunch of Tellarites across Andorian space when a Tellarite ship attacks Shran's ship. Can't we all just get along? Well, maybe not quite yet... [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Mar 29, 2020 - 5 comments

Star Trek: Enterprise: Daedalus  Rewatch   Season 4, Ep 10

The inventor of Earth's transporter comes aboard Enterprise for an experiment. But there's a ghost in the machine... [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Mar 15, 2020 - 4 comments

Movie: Star Trek: Nemesis

The Enterprise is diverted to the Romulan homeworld Romulus, supposedly because they want to negotiate a peace treaty. Captain Picard and his crew discover a serious threat to the Federation once Praetor Shinzon plans to attack Earth. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Mar 6, 2020 - 22 comments

Star Trek: Enterprise: Awakening  Rewatch   Season 4, Ep 8

The captain and a small band of rebels race against time to return a Vulcan's soul to its rightful place, pursued by a relentless, ruthless enemy that will stop at nothing to get what they want. (No, this is not a repeat of Star Trek III--look, I know that I just did this joke a couple of weeks ago, but it still works, OK? You try coming up with a new FPP joke every fortnight! Sheesh.) [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Mar 1, 2020 - 2 comments

Star Trek: Enterprise: The Augments  Rewatch   Season 4, Ep 6

The Enterprise races to stop a group of genetic supermen in a stolen starship from unleashing a weapon of mass destruction. (Please note: this is not Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Technically.) [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Feb 16, 2020 - 3 comments

Star Trek: Enterprise: Borderland  Rewatch   Season 4, Ep 4

What do you mean, you didn't study the Eugenics Wars in history in school? You know what they say about those who forget history... [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Feb 2, 2020 - 14 comments

Star Trek: Enterprise: Storm Front, Part II  Rewatch   Season 4, Ep 2

[Season premiere; part 2 of 2] It's the end of the beginning of the end, as Archer fights time-traveling Nazi aliens with the help of an old enemy. Well, we don't really know how old he is, because time travel and shape-shifting. But anyway. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Jan 19, 2020 - 9 comments

Star Trek: Short Treks: Children of Mars  Season 2, Ep 6

12 year-old classmates Kima and Lil find themselves at odds with each other on a day that will change their lives forever. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Jan 10, 2020 - 7 comments

Star Trek: Enterprise: Zero Hour  Rewatch   Season 3, Ep 24

[Season finale] As the season, and its experimental season-long arc, wind to a close, we finally get the answer: was it worth it, or in the end, were the results... less than zero? [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Jan 5, 2020 - 13 comments

Star Trek: Enterprise: The Council  Rewatch   Season 3, Ep 22

Archer makes the most important PowerPoint presentation of Earth's history, and nails it--but there's that one person present who seems just a little too quick to concur... [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Dec 22, 2019 - 5 comments

Star Trek: Short Treks: Ephraim and Dot  Season 2, Ep 5

Cute pregnant tardigrade meets protective not-entirely-un-WALL-E-esque ship's robot; complications ensue. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Dec 13, 2019 - 6 comments

Star Trek: Short Treks: The Girl Who Made the Stars  Season 2, Ep 4

When a lightning storm in space scares a young Michael Burnham, her father aims to ease her fears with a mythical story about a brave little girl who faced her own fears head on. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Dec 13, 2019 - 2 comments

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