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Discovery‘s “The Galactic Barrier” in Review

With a new DMA having appeared, the Federation soon discovers that the controller for this one is more powerful, so it feeds faster and moves in twelve hours rather than

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Discovery‘s “Rubicon” in Review

Having planted a tracker on the isolinium, Michael persuades Admiral Vance to let her lead the mission to stop Book and Tarka from destroying the DMA. Amazingly, despite her wildly

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Discovery‘s “All In” in Review

Following Book and Tarka’s theft of a prototype spore drive with the intent of blowing up the DMA, Michael is ordered to take Discovery to seek out information on the

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A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: Leadership in Discovery

“You reminded us of what we are to each other… that’s leadership.” — Sylvia Tilly One of the most important things to have in a crisis is strong leadership. Whether

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The Strong One: What Discovery’s “The Examples” Taught Me About Self-Care

“It is difficult to ride two valebeasts with only one set of buttocks.” — The wit and wisdom of Mister Saru Almost two years into this pandemic, I think it’s

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Discovery‘s “…But to Connect” in Review

Following on from the last couple of episodes, the crew of Discovery are faced with deciding how to handle the future of Zora, the ship’s increasingly self-aware and emotionally-engaged computer.

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What Discovery‘s “All Is Possible” Can Teach Us About Reconciliation

“He can’t do this alone. None of us can.” — Captain Michael Burnham There is nothing so unifying, and so divisive, as a widespread crisis. In season four of Discovery,

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Interview with Tara Rosling – Ni’Var President T’Rina

How did you get the job of playing T’Rina on Star Trek: Discovery? My agent called me in the fall of 2019 and told me I had a “self tape”

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Discovery‘s “Stormy Weather” in Review

Jonathan Frakes returns to the Director’s chair for a lower-key but much more focussed episode – which is appropriate, considering the subject matter, and plays as if it’s, in some

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Discovery‘s “The Examples” in Review

Examples, eh? Good examples to set, or bad examples? That’s the obvious question to instinctively ask, and, as it turns out, the answer is a mixture of both. As you’d

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