Category: television
‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ cleans out its literal and metaphorical closets
This post contains light spoilers for season two, episode six of ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks.’ In last week’s episode, Lower Decks wrapped up the first half of its second season by addressing some leftover plot threads from season one, namely Rutherford’s memory loss and the fallout between Mariner and Boimler.…
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Marvel’s ‘What If?’ expands beyond its anthology beginnings
The following contains spoilers for episodes three and four of 'What If…?' There’s a Twilight Zone episode I’m particularly fond of called “A World of His Own,” where a writer discovers that everything he speaks into his dictaphone comes true, and he can undo it by simply burning the tape.…
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‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ wants you to know it’s okay to like ‘Voyager’
This article contains mild spoilers for season two, episode three of 'Star Trek: Lower Decks.' This week’s episode of Lower Decks, “We’ll Always Have Tom Paris,” manages to squeeze two references into its title: a season one The Next Generation installment called “We’ll Always Have Paris,” and the name of…
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The new season of ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ stays true to the show’s core
The following contains some spoilers for the second season premiere of ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks.’ The first season of Lower Decks was a pleasant surprise to many in the Star Trek fandom. What a lot of people had written off as Family Guy– or Rick and Morty-Trek ended up being…
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Marvel’s ‘What If…?’ is a fun diversion, but not required viewing
Marvel has often been taken to task for poor pacing on its shows. The Netflix programs were always said to be padded out, with more installments than they really needed per season. The Disney+ era has given us shows with fewerepisodes, but that hasn’t deterred complaints about slow pacing. What…
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‘Hawkeye’ debuts on Disney+ on November 24th
Hawkeye, the next live-action Marvel Cinematic Universe series, will debut on Disney+ on November 24th, with new episodes to follow every Wednesday thereafter. Disney shared the news in an interview Entertainment Weekly published with series star Jeremy Renner. The article also includes a first-look screencap (below) showing Renner opposite co-star…
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