Showrunner Terry Matalas slips into the director’s chair to give us a powerful penultimate episode, Vox. Written by Sean Tretta and Kiley Rossetter, this episode was first broadcast on 13 April, 2023. Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the rest learn that the symptoms of Irumodic Syndrome were simply a side effect of what was really wrong…
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Star Trek: Picard (2023) – Seventeen Seconds, and No Win Scenario
The stress of the situation doesn’t let up for a second in the third episode of Picard’s final season, Seventeen Seconds. Written by Jane Maggs and Cindy Appel, it was directed by Jonathan Frakes and was first broadcast on 2 March, 2023. As Vadic (Amanda Plummer) and the Shrike continue to stalk the Titan (injuring…
The Hole in the Ground (2019) – Lee Cronin
The Irish horror film, The Hole in the Ground, was circling on my radar for awhile, so I was curious to see what I thought of it when I finally had a chance to see it. I can see why some people like it, and others didn’t care for it. The film works best when…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1999) – Extreme Measures, and The Dogs of War
Station log: stardate 52645.7 We’re closing in on the end of the series, as we delve into the last few episodes comprising The Final Chapter. Extreme Measures, written by David Weddle and Bradley Thompson, first screened on 19 May, 1999. Bashir (Alexander Siddig) and O’Brien (Colm Meaney) let work leak that they have a cure…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1999) – When It Rains…, and Tacking Into the Wind
Station log: stardate 52684.3 Micheal Dorn directs this portion of The Final Chapter. When It Rains… was penned by Rene Echevarria from a story by Echevarria and Spike Steingasser. It debuted on 5 May, 1999 and brings us that much closer to the end of the series. As Damar (Casey Biggs) continues his Cardassian rebellion…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1999) – Field of Fire, and Chimera
Station log: stardate unknown Robert Hewitt Wolfe pens this Ezri Dax (Nicole de Boer) episode that first aired on 10 February, 1999. There’s a murderer aboard the station, and the bodies are piling up. To understand, and to solve the crimes, Ezri summons the memories and the personality of one of the Dax symbiote’s most…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1997) – Favor the Bold, and Sacrifice of Angels
Station log: stardate unknown Ira Steven Behr and Hans Beimler pen the next part in The Dominion War arc, that sees Captain Sisko (Avery Brooks) developing a plan to retake the station, and wrest it from the joint forces of the Cardassians and the Dominion. Meanwhile, aboard the station Rom (Max Grodenchik) is charged as…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1997) – Sons and Daughters, and Behind the Lines
Station log: stardate unknown The Dominion War arc continues this week in this episode written by Bradley Thompson and David Weddle. It first aired on 13 October, 1997. With Worf (Micheal Dorn) currently serving on a Klingon vessel commanded by Martok (J.G. Hertzler), he is shocked to see his son, Alexander Rozhenko (Marc Worden) joining…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1997) – A Time to Stand, and Rocks and Shoals
Station log: stardate unknown Ira Steven Behr and Hans Beimler pen the season six opener, that picks up shortly after the end of the events in season five. It first debuted on 29 September, 1997. Captain Sisko (Avery Brooks) and his crew, now without a station, as the Cardassians have reclaimed it, use a stolen…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1997) – A Simple Investigation, and Business as Usual
Station log: stardate unknown Rene Echevarria pens this Odo (Rene Auberjonois) episode that sees the security officer falling for a beautiful woman, Arissa (Dey Young) who is working with the Orion Syndicate, and has been targeted for murder. It debuted on 31 March, 1997. The episode explores the loneliness that Odo feels, but also the…
The Mind Reels 