“No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in…
If You Go to Z’Ha’Dum, You Will Die; or, Rewatching Babylon 5, Remembering Harlan Ellison
“If you go to Z’ha’dum, you will die.” Never throughout any of the television that I’ve watched in my 35…
I Wish You Could See This ‘Cause There’s Nothing to See
I’m a great deal of things, but somehow remembering to update my site and talk about myself becomes a distant,…
Star Trek Discovery Season One Finale: Eye-Rolls on Top of Eye-Rolls
Here we are, with one full season of Star Trek: Discovery in the books. Finally, after far too long, Star…
Star Trek Discovery Episodes 13 and 14: The Overuse of the Plot Twist and Underuse of Good Characters
A good plot twist is enough to keep an audience on their toes, to keep them guessing and wanting more,…
Star Trek Discovery Eps 11 and 12: Hail the Emperor and Also I Am Son of None
I missed out on writing about last week’s Discovery because life can sometimes get in the way of writing something…
Star Trek Discovery Episode Ten: The Mirror Universe
The first season of any new Star Trek tends to ebb and flow between god awful and okay, sometimes even…
Star Trek Discovery Episode Nine; or, Is This Finally Not Sucking?
What does an out-of-work writer who is intentionally not working to care for his toddlers do with the few, fleeting…
Star Trek Discovery Episode 8: Okay, I’m Fine With This
Over the previous few weeks I’ve been documenting my odyssey of spending one hour a week (well, two on the…
Star Trek Discovery Episode 7: Harry Mudd, Hardened Killer
At a certain point it’s an exercise in futility talking about why Star Trek: Discovery is disappointing, what it gets…