Star Trek Picard: Penance

With a click of his omnipotent fingers, Q has changed the world. The Federation is gone, and in its place is the cruel Confederation, a human-led regime that seeks to subjugate and destroy alien races. In this reality, Picard is a decorated general, as adored by humanity as he is feared by aliens.

Trapped in this new reality, Picard seeks out his closest allies – all of whom remember the galaxy as it was, and not as it is now. But how can they restore the timeline back to the one they know and love?

Star Trek Picard: The Star Gazer

Hello and welcome to another season of Star Trek reviews! You may be wondering why Star Trek Discovery season four didn’t make it onto this blog. Unfortunately, here in the UK the only legitimate way to watch the new season was via Pluto TV, a streaming service that acts like TV of the old days, i.e. programmes are broadcast at a particular time, with no catch-up service or way of recording it for later. Since it’s an online-only thing and not even a real TV channel per se, you can’t record it onto a TiVo box either. At least back in the old days we had recourse to VHS!

Prince of the City

Danny Ciello is a detective in the NYPD’s Special Investigations Unit, a special division given free rein to handle narcotics cases. The SIU have a rather loose approach to the law, frequently dealing drugs and skimming cash for their own purposes. But when Danny’s conscience gets the better of him, he decides to become an FBI informant – on the condition that he will never be asked to turn against his fellow SIU detectives.

GLOW

Ruth Wilder is a struggling actress who longs to put her traditional approach to good use. But when the only job in town is an audition to star in a new women’s wrestling show, Ruth is determined to get the part.

Based on the production of the real-life 1980s TV series Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, GLOW is a Netflix comedy-drama about a group of women who are brought together to produce a women’s wrestling show. Like so many Netflix series, it both has a small but dedicated following, and was cut short before its time – thanks to Covid-19, filming on the fourth season was cancelled. Many people were disappointed by this, but after watching season three, I couldn’t help feeling that maybe the show had run its course already.

Star Trek Discovery: That Hope is You, Part 2

Thanks to Adira’s last minute with added radiation tablets, Culber and Saru have a little more time to convince Su’Kal to leave the decaying holodeck that has been his only home. Meanwhile, the Discovery crew continue their efforts to recover their ship from Osyraa.

Star Trek Discovery: There is a Tide…

The Emerald Chain have seized control of Discovery and used it to infiltrate Federation Headquarters. But Osyraa isn’t there to wage war – instead, she has a proposal for Admiral Vance. Meanwhile, Tilly and crew try to figure out a way to get their ship back.

Star Trek Discovery: Su’Kal

Discovery heads to the Verubin Nebula in order to find the ship at the source of the Burn. While Burnham, Culber and Saru brave dangerous radiation levels in order to search for a possible survivor, Tilly takes the helm of Discovery. But Osyraa isn’t far behind them, and she’s determined to get her hands on Discovery’s spore drive.

Star Trek Discovery: Terra Firma, Part 2

Philippa Georgiou has returned to the mirror universe, to the days after Mirror Burnham tried to assassinate her. But this time around, Georgiou is trying something different – instead of immediately executing Burnham, she attempts to rehabilitate her adoptive daughter. But can the lessons in compassion and mercy that Georgiou absorbed aboard Discovery really help her in the vicious and unforgiving mirror universe?

Star Trek Discovery: Terra Firma, Part 1

Empress Georgiou is far from home. She’s stuck in the wrong time and the wrong universe, and her body is starting to suffer from the displacement. After consulting the sphere data, Discovery takes Georgiou to Dannus V, an icy world where a mysterious portal might offer Georgiou a way home.

Star Trek Discovery: The Sanctuary

When Book’s homeworld is threatened by the leader of the Emerald Chain, Burnham and Discovery decide to lend their support in defending it. Meanwhile, Stamets and Adira start analysing the Ni’Var data on the origin of The Burn.