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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy – Rubincon [S1E10] & Season 1 – TV Review

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TL;DR – The season finale sticks the landing by finding a very Star Trek way to resolve its big issue and also continue the saga of the Talaxian Furfly.

Rating: 4 out of 5.

Disclosure – I paid for the Paramount+ service that airs this series.

All the cadets taking their seats on the bridge.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy – Rubincon Review Introduction –

Well, we did it, another new series of Star Trek has finished its maiden season, and what a time it was. We have big swings that didn’t always work, but at least they were not safe. They took moments to touch on major lingering threads from the past, and also had a running side plot about a Talaxian Furfly that made for entertaining viewing. But as we have reached the end, we will first take a look to see if the season finale stuck the landing and then look at the season as a whole. Okay, lets dive into Rubincon not Rubicon as all of my grammar software wants to change it to.   

So, to set the scene, things are not looking good for the USS Athena and its crew; it lost its drive and academy sections, and now they are stuck as the only ship on the safe side of the new border created by Nus Braka (Paul Giamatti). He has fenced the new Federation in, and if his mines go off, not only will the Federation be forever isolated, but all the systems near it will be destroyed, killing hundreds of billions of sentient creatures. While Anisha Mir (Tatiana Maslany) wants to kill Nahla Ake (Holly Hunter) for what she did to her family, their duel has to wait because Nus will find them, and sooner rather than later. Now, from here, we will be looking at the episode and season as a whole, so there will be [SPOILERS] ahead.

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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy – Series Acclimation Mil [S1E5] – TV Review

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TL;DR – There were many things I was expecting when I sat down to watch this episode today, but I did not expect to find myself openly weeping, and I am just as surprised about that as you are, dear reader.

Rating: 5 out of 5.

Disclosure – I paid for the Paramount+ service that airs this series.

A doctored CBS Productions Logo.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy – Series Acclimation Mil Review –

Oh … wow … I was not ready for this episode when I pressed play. I was not prepared for it to show the strength of the Starfleet Academy premise with a sheer gumption that is commendable. I was also not ready for it to show such love to Deep Space Nine that it evoked an emotional response so profound that it caught me off guard. Well, with that in mind, let’s dive into the episode to see what it holds.  

So, to set the scene, Series Acclimation Mil or SAM (Kerrice Brooks) is the only photonic member of the Academy, as her home planet, Kasq, has sent her to learn about organic beings and potentially be a bridge between those two worlds, an emissary. When her Makers (Chiwetel Ejiofor) insisted she take the class “Confronting the Unexplainable” or they would remove her from the Academy, SAM was stuck. The professor, Illa (Tawny Newsome), would not let her join this late into the semester, but she will be taken away from everything she loves if she doesn’t get in, which is when SAM stumbles upon the legend of The Sisko (Avery Brooks). No one knows for sure what happened to him after the incident in the Fire Caves, but SAM will find out; she has to. Now, from here, we will be looking at the episode as a whole, so there will be [SPOILERS] ahead.

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Article – Why I Love Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

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TL;DR – From the setting to the characters to the story and themes, Deep Space Nine stands as one of the high points of science fiction

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This week we have the season finale of Star Trek: Discovery (see review) and it has been such a strong first outing for the new series. Because of this, I have been thinking back over the history of the entire Star Trek franchise and when I do that I can’t help but focus on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9). Now DS9 was always the odd one out of the Star Trek spin-offs for some. It aired at the same time as both The Next Generation and Voyager, so it never stood apart. It dealt with issues that the other shows either avoided or ignored altogether, and some felt started to walk away from the vision Gene Roddenberry established. Indeed, it was the first series where he didn’t have a direct control over the creation and direction of, though from all accounts he did approve of its creation. So what I want to do today is talk about the reasons that I love DS9, the setting, the characters, the themes, and the stories. But just before we move on DS9 has been off air for almost 20 years, but all that being said, I will be talking about the series as a whole so there will be [SPOILERS] going forward, however, I will also provide links to the Memory Alpha Wiki when introducing characters and races so you can explore it more if you are new to the show.

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