Warp Factor Trek

The Star Trek Fan Website

In Defense of Star Trek: Prodigy

It turns out that Star Trek: Prodigy is and could again be something unique in the collective consciousness that fills the vacuum of genre television. It served a distinct purpose

Read More

Prodigy‘s “Kobayashi” in Review

The Kobayashi Maru Starfleet training exercise, revealed in the film The Wrath of Khan, has been given a fresh perspective in modern Star Trek. While Lower Decks and Discovery each

Read More

Prodigy’s “Terror Firma” in Review

The previous episode establishes the stakes: Murder Planet vs. Prodigy Kids. The Prodigy six are stranded on a planet which is actually a sentient being that desires to consume all new life for

Read More

Prodigy’s “Dream Catcher” in Review

Star Trek: Prodigy’s first “captain’s log” voiceover opens this episode. Dal is trying the record log as a concession to Hologram Janeway. The hologram, still training who she naïvely assumes are

Read More

Prodigy’s “Supernova, Part 2” in Review

Prodigy Season 1 is now complete. Let’s consider the final installment, “Supernova, Part 2”, written by Kevin and Dan Hageman. Summary Continuing from Part 1, the fleet is still attacking

Read More

Prodigy’s “Supernova, Part 1” in Review

Supernova is a Star Trek: Prodigy video game for PC and various consoles — but that’s not what we’re talking about here. Nor are we talking about the upcoming novel

Read More

Prodigy’s “Mindwalk” in Review

“Preludes” and “Ghost in the Machine” ended with some tantalizing cliffhangers: “Ghost in the Machine” left the Protostar nose-to-nose with the Dauntless, with Hologram Janeway distraught after realizing she had

Read More

Prodigy’s “Ghost in the Machine” in Review

Have you been awaiting the “stuck in the holodeck” episode? If so, your week has come! The good news is that this long-standing Trek trope has something fresh to offer

Read More

Prodigy’s “Preludes” in Review

Whereas most TV episodes have one or two and occasionally three or four credited writers, “Yesterday’s Enterprise” had as many as six, and both parts of Prodigy’s mid-season finale “A

Read More

Prodigy’s “Masquerade” in Review

While the Protostar crew is hiding in the Neutral Zone, Dal has become jealous of Okona and the attention he’s receiving. They’re searching for a starport to make repairs. Okona

Read More