Star Trek Picard S01E06 Review: The Impossible Box – As good as it gets, I guess By Matthew Martin| February 28, 2020 TV Blogs I basically hate everyone but Jean Luc and I love him purely for nostalgia as he acts nothing like he did on TNG. Let's talk about what's wrong with Picard... Star Trek Picard S01E06 Review: The Impossible Box – As good as it gets, I guess By Matthew Martin| February 28, 2020 TV Blogs I basically hate everyone but Jean Luc and I love him purely for nostalgia as he acts nothing like he did on TNG. Let's talk about what's wrong with Picard...
Star Trek Picard S01E05 Review: Stardust City Rag – A mixed bag By Matthew Martin| February 22, 2020 TV Blogs Picard's fifth outing is a marginal step-up from last week, but there's just not much for these good actors to work with here. Star Trek Picard S01E05 Review: Stardust City Rag – A mixed bag By Matthew Martin| February 22, 2020 TV Blogs Picard's fifth outing is a marginal step-up from last week, but there's just not much for these good actors to work with here.
Star Trek Picard S01E04 Review: Absolute Candor – An absolute bore By Matthew Martin| February 14, 2020 TV Blogs Patrick Stewart's mellowed take on Picard continues to be a surreal spectacle, but this week there's not much around him that's anywhere near as delightful. Star Trek Picard S01E04 Review: Absolute Candor – An absolute bore By Matthew Martin| February 14, 2020 TV Blogs Patrick Stewart's mellowed take on Picard continues to be a surreal spectacle, but this week there's not much around him that's anywhere near as delightful.
Star Trek Picard S01E03 Review: The End is the Beginning…of act one By Matthew Martin| February 7, 2020 TV Picard's show's third episode ends the storyline's first act. We're through the looking glass; now we see where this story is actually going. Star Trek Picard S01E03 Review: The End is the Beginning…of act one By Matthew Martin| February 7, 2020 TV Picard's show's third episode ends the storyline's first act. We're through the looking glass; now we see where this story is actually going.
Star Trek Picard S01E02 Review: Maps and Legends – Asks a lot of questions (and that’s it) By Matthew Martin| January 31, 2020 TV We're two episodes into Star Trek Picard. You can catch our previous review here (score below)... https://www.cultofwhatever.com/2020/01/picard-s01e01-remembrance-review-picard-is-back-and-so-is-star-trek/ 10/10 – It’s Star Trek. It’s more mode... Star Trek Picard S01E02 Review: Maps and Legends – Asks a lot of questions (and that’s it) By Matthew Martin| January 31, 2020 TV We're two episodes into Star Trek Picard. You can catch our previous review here (score below)... https://www.cultofwhatever.com/2020/01/picard-s01e01-remembrance-review-picard-is-back-and-so-is-st...
Star Trek Picard S01E01 Review: Remembrance – Picard is back…and so is Star Trek By Matthew Martin| January 24, 2020 TV Blogs Star Trek is back with a show focused on one of the franchise's best characters. Does Picard go the way of Discovery (action over thinking) or is it a return to form... Star Trek Picard S01E01 Review: Remembrance – Picard is back…and so is Star Trek By Matthew Martin| January 24, 2020 TV Blogs Star Trek is back with a show focused on one of the franchise's best characters. Does Picard go the way of Discovery (action over thinking) or is it a return to form...
D.C. Fontana blazed a trail and laid the foundation for Star Trek By Matthew Martin| December 4, 2019 TV Blogs Star Trek lost an icon this week as D.C. Fontana died at age 80. Her career is legendary and the legacy she leaves behind not only helped define the popular sci-fi franchise, but also the rise of women-writers in Hollywood... D.C. Fontana blazed a trail and laid the foundation for Star Trek By Matthew Martin| December 4, 2019 TV Blogs Star Trek lost an icon this week as D.C. Fontana died at age 80. Her career is legendary and the legacy she leaves behind not only helped define the popular sci-fi franchise, but also the rise of women-writers in Hollywood...
Star Trek Discovery Review: Season 2 – Has the show jumped the shark or grown the beard? By Matthew Martin| May 7, 2019 TV Blogs Year Two of DISCO is in the books and though two of the fourteen hours were some of Star Trek's best, the other twelve are some of Star Trek's worst. Full season review inside... Star Trek Discovery Review: Season 2 – Has the show jumped the shark or grown the beard? By Matthew Martin| May 7, 2019 TV Blogs Year Two of DISCO is in the books and though two of the fourteen hours were some of Star Trek's best, the other twelve are some of Star Trek's worst. Full season review inside...
Star Trek Discovery S02E14: And with that, season two is over… By Matthew Martin| April 19, 2019 TV Blogs Star Trek Discovery's second season has wrapped and with it come new opportunities for the future. Hopefully one that they explore is the chance to tell logical stories again... Star Trek Discovery S02E14: And with that, season two is over… By Matthew Martin| April 19, 2019 TV Blogs Star Trek Discovery's second season has wrapped and with it come new opportunities for the future. Hopefully one that they explore is the chance to tell logical stories again...
Star Trek Discovery S02E12 & S02E13: The second season is almost over…mercifully By Matthew Martin| April 14, 2019 TV Blogs Discovery's final two episodes before it's second season finale offer more plot maneuverings and even less sense. Star Trek Discovery S02E12 & S02E13: The second season is almost over…mercifully By Matthew Martin| April 14, 2019 TV Blogs Discovery's final two episodes before it's second season finale offer more plot maneuverings and even less sense.
Star Trek Discovery S02E10 & S02E11: Answers Red Angel questions…before raising brand new ones By Matthew Martin| April 2, 2019 TV Blogs With only a few weeks left till the finale, Discovery seems no closer to wrapping up its very convoluted storyline. Judging by the past two episodes, it has many more questions to ASK before it even tries to make sense... Star Trek Discovery S02E10 & S02E11: Answers Red Angel questions…before raising brand new ones By Matthew Martin| April 2, 2019 TV Blogs With only a few weeks left till the finale, Discovery seems no closer to wrapping up its very convoluted storyline. Judging by the past two episodes, it has many more questions to ASK before it even tries to make sense...
Star Trek Discovery S02E08 & S02E09: A blast from the past, and a peek into the future By Matthew Martin| March 15, 2019 TV Blogs The previous two episodes of Discovery offered a back-to-back pair of "good" shows. Two more are in the books and we're able to evaluate whether or not the show has actually turned a corner or if it's just two steps forward, one step back... Star Trek Discovery S02E08 & S02E09: A blast from the past, and a peek into the future By Matthew Martin| March 15, 2019 TV Blogs The previous two episodes of Discovery offered a back-to-back pair of "good" shows. Two more are in the books and we're able to evaluate whether or not the show has actually turned a corner or if it's just two steps forward, one step back...
Star Trek Discovery S02E06 & S02E07: Two good but flawed outings… By Matthew Martin| March 1, 2019 TV Blogs On the one hand, the past two Discovery episodes have been good. It's the first time in a while to have back-to-back solid shows. On the other hand, one is tremendously hampered by a failure to understand its own universe... Star Trek Discovery S02E06 & S02E07: Two good but flawed outings… By Matthew Martin| March 1, 2019 TV Blogs On the one hand, the past two Discovery episodes have been good. It's the first time in a while to have back-to-back solid shows. On the other hand, one is tremendously hampered by a failure to understand its own universe...
Star Trek Discovery S02E04 & S02E05: Two very different episodes (both middling) By Matthew Martin| February 15, 2019 TV Blogs The pattern has been set: One Star Trek Discovery episode will be self-contained, the next will be part of the larger season-long arc. One episode will show a lot of promise, the next will make me want to rip my eyebrows out. This is the new normal. Let's talk about it... Star Trek Discovery S02E04 & S02E05: Two very different episodes (both middling) By Matthew Martin| February 15, 2019 TV Blogs The pattern has been set: One Star Trek Discovery episode will be self-contained, the next will be part of the larger season-long arc. One episode will show a lot of promise, the next will make me want to rip my eyebrows out. This is the new normal. Let's talk about it...
Star Trek Discovery S02E02 & S02E03: Its very best and very worst episode! By Matthew Martin| February 1, 2019 TV Blogs Johnathan Frakes returned to the director's chair to bring us the very best episode of the show, and then the series followed it up with the very worst. Click here for all the euphoria and lamentation within... Star Trek Discovery S02E02 & S02E03: Its very best and very worst episode! By Matthew Martin| February 1, 2019 TV Blogs Johnathan Frakes returned to the director's chair to bring us the very best episode of the show, and then the series followed it up with the very worst. Click here for all the euphoria and lamentation within...
Star Trek Discovery S02E01 – (oh) “Brother” By Matthew Martin| January 18, 2019 TV Blogs Discovery is back. Has its second season improved on the mistakes of the first? Matthew has the review of the first episode, "Brother." Star Trek Discovery S02E01 – (oh) “Brother” By Matthew Martin| January 18, 2019 TV Blogs Discovery is back. Has its second season improved on the mistakes of the first? Matthew has the review of the first episode, "Brother."
Star Trek Discovery season two preview By Matthew Martin| January 13, 2019 TV Blogs Set your expectations to "wheming." After an inconsistent first season, Discovery season two is upon us. Here are three things I want out of the show's sophomore year. Star Trek Discovery season two preview By Matthew Martin| January 13, 2019 TV Blogs Set your expectations to "wheming." After an inconsistent first season, Discovery season two is upon us. Here are three things I want out of the show's sophomore year.
Review: Star Trek Discovery Season 1 (second half) By Matthew Martin| May 24, 2018 TV Blogs Let's look back on the now-complete first season of Star Trek Discovery. The first half was a lot of set-up with very little satisfying pay-off; does the second half fill in the blanks in a satisfying way? Review: Star Trek Discovery Season 1 (second half) By Matthew Martin| May 24, 2018 TV Blogs Let's look back on the now-complete first season of Star Trek Discovery. The first half was a lot of set-up with very little satisfying pay-off; does the second half fill in the blanks in a satisfying way?
Star Trek Discovery S01E15: Season one finale ends with a bang…and not much else By Matthew Martin| February 12, 2018 TV Blogs Discovery's first season has ended. I'm still waiting on Star Trek to begin. Star Trek Discovery S01E15: Season one finale ends with a bang…and not much else By Matthew Martin| February 12, 2018 TV Blogs Discovery's first season has ended. I'm still waiting on Star Trek to begin.
Star Trek Discovery S01E13 & S01E14: Limps to its first season’s finish line… By Matthew Martin| February 5, 2018 TV Blogs Two episodes down and one left before Star Trek Discovery ends it's first year on the air. It has not been a perfect season, to say the least... Star Trek Discovery S01E13 & S01E14: Limps to its first season’s finish line… By Matthew Martin| February 5, 2018 TV Blogs Two episodes down and one left before Star Trek Discovery ends it's first year on the air. It has not been a perfect season, to say the least...
