Star Trek
- [SNW S02 E10] Hegemony is on the air. This concludes the season.
When the Enterprise investigates an attack on a colony at the edge of Federation space, Captain Pike and the crew face the return of a formidable enemy.
- [SNW S02 E09] Subspace Rhapsody is on air
An accident with an experimental quantum probability field causes everyone on the Enterprise to break uncontrollably into song, but the real danger is that the field is expanding & beginning to impact other ships - allies & enemies alike.
- [SNW S02 E07] Those Old Scientists are on air.
"Your flagrant disregard for temporal protocols by telling me this is deeply troubling. But thanks all the same."
Really great episode. I give it the perfect score 5/7.
- [SNW S02 E06] Lost in Translation is on air
Uhura seems to be the only one who can hear a strange sound that seems to trigger terrifying hallucinations.
- We are getting LD x SNW crossover!
https://piped.video/watch?v=molkZhrxqqc
Those Old Scientists
Episode airs Jul 27, 2023
An accident while investigating a time portal sends Ensigns Beckett Mariner and Bradward Boimler through time from the 24th Century, and Captain Pike and his crew must get them back where they belong before they can alter the timeline.
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Roles will be played by their respective voice actors: Tawny Newsome (Mariner) and Jack Quaid (Boimler)
- [SNW S02 E05] The ‘Charade’ of showing care in culturally sanctioned ways
https://onlysky.media/mclark/the-charade-of-showing-care-in-culturally-sanctioned-ways/
Overview:
A disappointing episode of SNW throws out Star Trek's long history of fluid and deep character bonding to create a ridiculous hierarchy of legitimate care between friends and other loved ones.
- [SNW S02 E04] Memory, forgetting, and choosing our better selves 'Among the Lotus Eaters'
Overview:
The latest episode of SNW takes memory from its characters to ask what defines the core of who we are. Is forgetting ever a good thing?
https://onlysky.media/mclark/memory-forgetting-and-choosing-our-better-selves-among-the-lotus-eaters/
- [SNW S02 E03] 'Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow': How time travel creeps into Trek today
Overview:
Time travel episodes are always tricky in Star Trek, because they are packed by nature with ethical dilemmas related to disrupting the time stream. SNW's effort brings the question of sacrifice to the fore in a way that rightfully unsettles. But is it enough?
https://onlysky.media/mclark/tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrow-how-time-travel-creeps-into-trek-today/
- [SNW S02 E02] 'Ad Astra per Aspera': How we escape from hardship into wonder
Overview:
In an episode restricted by canon, "Ad Astra per Aspera" struggles with two of the biggest justice issues in the Star Trek universe. What was overlooked in this attempt to wrestle with genetics law in a Starfleet court?
https://onlysky.media/mclark/ad-astra-per-aspera-how-we-escape-from-hardship-into-wonder/
- [SNW S02 E01] How do we heal 'The Broken Circle' in ourselves, our worlds?
Overview:
In this mission statement of a season opener, Strange New Worlds confronts what is broken within our worlds, and what needs to be healed in ourselves to face the challenges as they come.
https://onlysky.media/mclark/how-do-we-heal-the-broken-circle-in-ourselves-our-worlds/
- A Stitch In Time audiobook as Narrated by Andrew Robinson has been announced.www.simonandschuster.com A Stitch in Time
An unique and intense tale following Elim Garak as he attempts to stitch the ravaged society of Cardassia back together. For nearly a decade Garak ...
Given that he also was responsible for writing it, it's certainly as close to DS9 canon as any of the books can possibly be.