Strange New Worlds serves up some military SF this week, keeps the enemies in the shadows, and delivers the strongest episode thus far.
Category Archives: Star Trek
Bureau’s Breakroom’s Television Table – Week beginning 2022 May 22
Riverdale continues to be as unlike the classic Archie comics as possible. Better Call Saul shows Jimmy and Kim learning what happens with plans. The Flash features Old Man Barry. The Enterprise faces a malevolent force in Strange New Worlds, (I would say ‘again’, but this is a prequel.) Mystery Science Theatre 3000 watches a bad sequel. The Blacklist ends its season as they attempt to apprehend The Plague.1 If this isn’t the sort of television you are a looking for, you are probably on the wrong site, but there are also some Stranger Things to take in.
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Star Trek Strange New Worlds Review: “Ghosts of Illyeria”
This week features a more-or-less standalone episode that draws on Trek lore. Pike and Spock try to unravel the mysteries of the Ontario Place pods an abandoned alien colony, while the rest of the Away Team returns carrying a strange illness. Curiously, it does not affect Number One– a character Roddenberry intended to be mysterious.
What secrets will we uncover?
Bureau’s Breakroom’s Television Table – Week beginning 2022 May 15
We slow down a bit this week, but this week gives us the third season of Love Death + Robots. If kid-unfriendly cartoons aren’t your thing, Riverdale sees Archie trying to build up a tolerance to Iocane powder palladium. Jim and Kim need a knowledgeable contact, I guess they Better Call Saul. Shaun, the Good Doctor, and Lea come to some big decisions. The Flash brings XS back to the show to investigate The Still Force. Strange New Worlds hits the Enterprise gets hit with a contagion, leaving Number One to face some secrets. Halo finishes its season. The Blacklist also starts to end its season, giving us the first half of a two-parter.
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Review: “Children of the Comet”
The second episode features both character development, story arc content, and a contained SF adventure. If this is the default format of the series it’s certainly enjoyable. It varies, however, from what many fans expected.
Bureau’s Breakroom’s Television Table – Week beginning 2022 May 8
Happy Mother’s Day, to all mother’s and ‘muthas’ out there. This week, The bots watch Beyond Atlantis on MST3k. Riverdale makes the cast rewatch the show. Better Call Saul has business explode for Jimmy. Lea takes center state on The Good Doctor. Naomi finishes her season with a two-parter. The Flash and team throw themselves into their work. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds bucks tradition and gives us a description, warning us of aliens interfering with the diversion of a comet. Halo shows who sides with who. The Blacklist reveals their big bad and takes the villains to new heights.
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Review: “Strange New Worlds”
Star Trek returns to episodic television, with an established crew and a contemporary sensibility. Is it the breakthrough for which Trekkers have been waiting?
Bureau’s Breakroom’s Television Table – Week beginning 2022 May 1
Happy Beltane or May Day to any who celebrate. This week, the BBTT is full, but a number of season finales should even everything out next week. The week kicks off with Riverdale plan to use the fog to overthrow the government and install their own. Better Call Saul gives us a professional show. Superman and Lois picks up immediately from last episode. Naomi goes to prom. Moon Knight gives us a season finale. The Flash works as a team. Star Trek ends Picard’s second season, and launches on a mission to find Strange New Worlds. Halo gets an inheritance. Outer Range finishes its season going into the unknown, then sails off into the west. The Blacklist gets into cosplay. Then we get two episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000, watching Santo in the Treasure of Dracula then Robot Wars.
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Opening
Take a sneak preview of the opening of the new series (minus the credits) including the new(ish) theme music.
Bureau’s Breakroom’s Television Table – Week beginning 2022 April 24
Last week we had plenty of time travel shenanigans, and it looks like this week is going to be no different as Riverdale gets into the ‘dig up the past’ action. Better Call Saul has Nacho questioning loyalties. Superman isn’t in the past, but into a Bizarro other world. Naomi also digs into the past, but doesn’t seem to be actually going there. The Flash has a new rogue. The Blacklist’s task force gets high. Moon Knight, Picard, Halo, Young Justice, and Outer Range all have new episodes, but don’t want to spoil us with descriptions.
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