M. Willis wrote We’ll Always Have Tom Paris which first aired on 26 August, 2021. The episode features the return of Robert Duncan McNeill not only as Voyager’s Tom Paris, but he also played Nick Locarno from TNG as well, important? We’ll find out. There are tons of Voyager nods, from episode references to music…
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Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020/2021) – No Small Parts, Strange Energies, and Kayshon, His Eyes Open
The first season of Star Trek: Lower Decks came to an end on 8 October, 2020 with No Small Parts. It was written by series creator Mike McMahan and it sees the crew take on a familiar enemy, and deliver lots of Trek deep trivia cuts. The weird toy from the 60s, The Spock Helmet…
Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020) – Much Ado About Boimler, Veritas, and Crisis Point
Much Ado About Boimler was written by M. Willis and was first broadcast on 17 September, 2020. Boimler (Jack Quaid) is sent to a medical starship to be taken to somewhere known as the Farm, run by Division 14, when he is suddenly out of phase (transporter accident, of course). Boy, is he in for…
Star Trek: Annual #1 The First Mission (1985)
Star Trek’s first annual from DC Comics was on shelves for October of 1985. Mike W. Barr delivers the story, perhaps explaining why he wasn’t around for the last few issues. And the art, which is intent on making the environments, uniforms, and characters look like their counterparts from the various eras, and done well,…
Battlestar Galactica (2005) – Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down, and The Hand of God
Both Tigh (Michel Hogan) and Adama (Edward James Olmos) have major problems this week in Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down. Written by Jeff Vleming and directed by Olmos, this episode was first broadcast on 4 March, 2005. Following the Cylon interrogation in the last episode, Roslin (Mary McDonnell) begins to harbour suspicions that Adama…
Star Trek: #5 Mortal Gods (1984)
June 1984 brought not only a new issue of DC Comics’ Star Trek series, but also saw Star Trek III hit the theaters, which means the writers would have new stories, characters, and ships to draw from for their future issues. Mike W. Barr continues to pen the story, Tom Sutton does the pencils, and…
Stargate: Universe (2010) – The Greater Good, and Malice
The Destiny comes across another ship, and Rush (Robert Carlyle) insists on going. Young (Louis Ferreira), who is intent on keeping an eye on him, goes with him. And the tension escalates nicely, in The Greater Good. First airing on 9 November, 2010, the episode was written by Carl Binder. While Young and Rush head…
Star Trek: Siege in Superspace (1974)
Star Trek #22 from Gold Key Comics could be found on comic spinners for January 1974. It featured Gerry Boudreau as the writer, while Alberto Giolitti continued serving as artist, and George Wilson rendered another cover painting. The opening splash page promised a mission that would see the stalwart crew of the Enterprise dealing with…
Mandy (2018) – Panos Cosmatos
Nicolas Cage headlines in Mandy, a drug-addled hallucinogenic ride in this revenge horror (?) thriller. Set in the early 80s, but filled with 70s sensibilities in sense of style and set design, Cage is Red Miller who lives out in the woods with Mandy Bloom (Andrea Riseborough). They have a quiet life, he works is…
Get Smart (1966) – The Only Way to Die, Maxwell Smart, Alias Jimmy Ballantine, and Casablanca
The Only Way to Die riffs on the idea of Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) being publicly dead, and using that as cover to get his mission done. But everyone is going to have to believe he’s dead including 99 (Barbara Feldon), the Chief (Edward Platt) and Fang. Written by Arne Sultan, this episode first aired…
