The Greater Good? Why Evil’s first ‘Cult’ is the deepest…
David, Kristen and Ben are called to assess a man who has been snatched away from a cult and is now undergoing ‘deprogramming’. The problem is that he now seems … Read More
Category: PARAMOUNT+ REVIEW
Algorithm and Blues: Evil’s app is certainly under the Influence…
Kristen, David and Ben are looking into a potential ‘possession’ but when the girl in question keeps posting her perfectly-timed experiences to a social-media platform, the team wonder how much … Read More
Hard Habit to Break: ‘Evil’ is black and white and well-read all over…
When a building collapses it’s a tragedy for the neighbourhood but when it becomes apparent that several people have been guided to safety by a strange, angelic figure, the church … Read More
The Stars My Predestination? SNW finale balances nostalgia, mercy and style…
The Enterprise is on a routine mission to help refit monitoring bases on the edge of the Neutral Zone, the area of space that buffers Federation space and that of … Read More
Evil: Does a legendary ‘Highway to Hell’ offer some infernal detours..?
David hears from one of his congregation that her trucker husband has been seeing weird apparations on recent journeys and though David presumes it has more to do with tiredness … Read More
Best Served Cold: SNW’s ‘…Wander’ homages classic sf horror…
In the midst of celebrating various cadets completion of their service, the Enterprise faces two new missions – to deliver much needed supplies to a far-off outpost and also investigate … Read More
Something to Sin about: The smart, sassy, supernatural ‘Evil’ returns…
Evil is a show that’s always been good at surprises. What could very easily have been just a very safe ecumenical X-Files has consistently been anything but. The show, created … Read More
SNW: ‘Elysium’ brings fairly bland fairytale and cut-price chaos…
While Doctor M’Benga (Babs Olusanmokun) continues to fret over finding an answer to saving his daughter, he reads her favourite fairytale book as a way to distract her from her … Read More
SNW: ‘The Serene Squall’ brings heart, hijacks and hijinks…
The Enterprise picks up Dr. Aspen who is to help them co-ordinate relief efforts in a borderland part of the galaxy, one that she warns them is rife with opportunistic … Read More
Science. Service. Sacrifice: Trek offers darker insight into ‘Suffering’…
The Enterprise intervenes when a transport, near the planet of Majalis, is under attack – managing to beam off three people before the ship is lost and the very insistent … Read More
SNW’s Shore Thing: Spock’s own ‘Amok’ Time proves Freaky Fun…
Given the significant damage to the Enterprise and the stress on the crew after their encounter with the Gorn, the ship is in dry-dock for repairs. That leaves almost everyone … Read More
Gorn, Baby, Gorn: SNW’s ‘Memento Mori’ sees Enterprise under attack…
When the Enterprise uncovers what appears to be the wholesale slaughter of an entire colony, the question of the whos and the whys of the attack become moot when the … Read More
Strange New Worlds: Deceptions and decisions brought to Light…
The planet Hetemit-9 – a seemingly abandoned Illyrian colony – is something of an enigma. Though the Illyrian race possessed the technology and evolution to apply to be a member … Read More
Original Sing: Strange New Worlds’ comet commentary…
The Enterprise is in the Persephone system, observing a M Class planet called Deleb. A comet that would normally pass by the planet now appears to be on a collision … Read More
‘Worlds’ Enough and Time: New Old Trek is best of both…
Stardate 1739.2 – On Earth, specifically snowy Montana, Christopher Pike is trying to make some hard choices about his life. Given a glimpse into a pre-determined future which will see … Read More