I was only last week thinking about one of my favorite Star Trek episodes, 'measure of a man', the entirity of which takes place in a courtroom, and thinking how that kind of story could never be on TV these days. And then I get an episode like this episode of The Orville. On a …
The Orville, episode 2
Another fun, adventurious episode from the Orville that started with a classic TNG style opening. After receiving a distress signal from a nearby ship, the crew of the Orville are surprised to find that captain Mercer's parents are on the ship. He and the first officer take a shuttle over to the stranded ship, but …
A slow burning fuse
I'm still reading  The Peregrine , and it is taking me a while. It is such beautiful writing but with no conflict, it is easy to set it down. But I always come back eventually, for the beautiful writing. It's like an expensive box of rare chocolate, you have one now and then and savor …
The Orville, episode 1
I had zero interest in seeing this show back when the trailer first came out. Though I used to enjoy Family Guy, Seth MacFarlane's brand of humor (farts, falling down, and mentioning things you've heard of before) is just not my thing anymore. But during my constant complaining about Star Trek: Discovery, I keep getting …
Star Trek: Discovery, episode 4
Well, I'm still watching. This episode, once again, keeps dragging me along like an abusive relationship. I get a little hint of interesting in that the deadly creature in the Captain's chambers is somehow a giant Tardigrade. This is a super cool idea because Tardigrades are super interesting and I don't think I've seen a Tardigrade …

