• Original Syntax: Can Discovery speak truth unto power?

    It appears that first contact with Unknown Species 10-C is imminent but as the Discovery approaches the creatures it has come to meet, can it even get their attention?  With time ticking away, can the team overcome the most basic problems of language to save their home planets and...
  • Ouroboros: Snowpiercer’s Layton chases white rabbits and answers…

    After collapsing during his tending and preparation of Pike’s corpse, Layton is eventually found and rushed for medical attention. However his situation is critical, even life-threatening and he appears to have slipped into a coma. Layton hovers between life and death and experiences a lucid dream aboard a train...
  • Gone Girl: Walking Dead finds that Love is a Battlefield…

    After communicating over the radio for so long, it appears that Eugene and Stephanie are making a serious go of their Commonwealth relationship, even potentially moving in together. But when Stephanie suddenly vanishes, Eugene is sure there’s something nefarious going on. His friends are concerned that it’s possible Stephanie...
  • Cypher sci-fi. Discovery’s ‘Rosetta’ stone-walls much-needed answers…

    Time is of the essence with the knowledge that the anomaly may lay waste to the Earth and surrounding systems in a matter of hours. Discovery and its diplomatic mission have only a brief window to learn as much as they can and hopefully turn the tide. So Burnham’s...
  • Do Not Go Gently: ‘Picard’ Season Two makes it so…

    The Stargazer is on Red Alert, with crew-members rushing to the bridge to defend the ship against an in-person attack. They appear powerless to stop whatever is happening and with major systems compromised, Admiral Jean-Luc Picard orders the ship to self-destruct. Forty-eight hours earlier and Picard is at his...
  • Born to Bleed? Snowpiercer’s Brothers in Arms finally face off…

    Who would target Layton, trying to kill him on the very day that his baby is born? Most people presume it’s Wilford’s doing, or at least someone loyal to him. No-one suspects a person close to home, but now the troubled Pike awakens to hear that his bomb failed...
  • Class Divide and Conquered? Walking Dead serves up grievances…

    The Alexandrians who chose to come to the Commonwealth are having mixed experiences in the weeks since they arrived. Some are seeing the benefits of a return to ‘civilisation’ while others see only echoes of the old world and all its worst aspects. Carol has always been a good...
  • Discovery’s real ‘Barrier’ is lack of forward momentum…

    Discovery heads towards the Galactic Barrier, but even before the ship and its crew get there, there are obstacles to overcome. President Rillack insists on joining the mission and there are also a number of other delegates who feel they should be there in a ‘first contact’ situation. Burnham...
  • Bored. Game. NBC’s overtly familiar felon-feature is style over content…

    The FBI has been looking for a way to bring down international criminal mastermind Elena Federova and it seems that their hard work has paid off. But in a top-security facility, Federova seems pretty nonchalant about her new surroundings and the demands for her to co-operate.  Miles away, a...
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