Station log: stardate unknown Rene Echevarria pens the penultimate episode of season three, which aired on 12 June, 1995, that gives us a Dax (Terry Farrell) story. The science officer approaches each of her friends amongst the crew and asks them to join her in the Zhian’tara ritual, which will allow her former hosts to…
Tag: season finale
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1994) – Tribunal, and The Jem’Hadar
Station log: stardate 47944.2 Avery Brooks directs this episode from a story by Bill Dial that sees O’Brien (Colm Meaney) stuck in a Kafka-esque nightmare when he seized and arrested by the Cardassians, purportedly for working with The Maquis. Charged with an unknown crime, all we know from past experience is that Cardassians courts, are…
Doctor Who (David Tennant) – Planet of the Ood, and The Sontaran Stratagem
The mysterious Ood return this week in Planet of the Ood. Written by Keith Temple, this episode had an airdate of 19 April 2008, and updated the Ood mythology a bit, as the Doctor (Tennant) and Donna (Catherine Tate) find themselves on an ice planet that serves as a factory for the Ood. It seems…
Doctor Who (David Tennant) – Last of the Time Lords, and Voyage of the Damned
This week it’s up to Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman) to save the Doctor (Tennant), Captain Jack (John Barrowman) and her family so the Time Lord can stop the Master (John Simm) from his attempt to take over the world. The story has moved on some time (a year!) since last week’s episode, but Russell T….
Quantum Leap (1991) – Shock Theater, and The Leap Back
Season 3 of Quantum Leap comes to an end this week with the stellar episode, Shock Theater. Written by Deborah Pratt (surprise, surprise, seeing how good it is), the season finale aired 22 May, 1991. And oh, boy… is it good. It’s 3 October, 1954 and Sam (Scott Bakula) finds himself in the body of…
Defiance S01E11 – Past is Prologue
Wow. Just wow. This week’s ep of Defiance seemed to pull out all the stops, as the mayoral race heats up and we find out how devious the Tarr household actually is! Datak (Tony Curran) is intent on running against Amanda Rosewater (Julie Benz) and isn’t afraid of using deceit and misinformation to do…
Orphan Black S01E10 – Endless Forms Most Beautiful
Wow. SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And just like that the first season of Orphan Black has come to a close, and 2 of the clones have made a deal with the devil, I mean Leekie (Matt Frewer). There are hints about secrets and revelations aplenty in this episode, but only a couple are completely revealed by episode’s end,…
Sue’s Series Squawk – Grimm (Season 1)
I’ve decided that – since I can’t possibly write everything I want to about every TV series that I want to – I will try to at least talk about each one randomly throughout their seasons. Or, in many cases for now, over their summer hiatuses. Haiti? Hait-eye? Summer breaks. This little post is…
The Mind Reels 