Episode 162
Friday 1 August 2025
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Series 2, Episode 9
Stardate: 2398.3
First broadcast on Thursday 3 August 2023
Strange New Worlds jumps genres this week to create something hitherto inconceivable in Star Trek: a high-stakes space problem that can only be solved with a massive, heartfelt musical finale.
Episode 161
Friday 11 July 2025
Star Trek: Voyager
Series 6, Episode 7
Stardate: 53167.9
First broadcast on Wednesday 10 November 1999
This week, the crew of the USS Voyager awaken an ancient evil and unleash it upon the Delta Quadrant: the Vaadwaur, a phantom army that appears out of thin air, destroys entire colonies, and vanishes in the blink of an eye — but whose soldiers’ physiognomy is such that few men can find them afterwards.
Episode 160
Friday 4 July 2025
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Series 4, Episode 23
Stardate: 49904.2
First broadcast on Monday 13 May 1996
There’s a get-to-know-you buffet at 1930 this week, as the crew of the Defiant team up with the Jem’Hadar to fight some Jem’Hadar rebels who want to take over the Galaxy. And, surprisingly late in the series, we get the first appearance of Jeffrey Combs as Weyoun.
Episode 159
Friday 27 June 2025
Star Trek: Picard
Series 2, Episode 6
Stardate: Unknown (12–13 April 2024)
First broadcast on Thursday 7 April 2022
This week: a party. The crew of La Sirena turn up at a lavish black-tie gala for some top-quality character work, only to be overshadowed by an incredible musical number by Alison Pill and a lovely scene of kindly encouragement from Patrick Stewart. But then they find themselves overshadowed, in turn, by the ineffable hotness of Santiago Cabrera.
Episode 158
Friday 20 June 2025
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Series 1, Episode 17
Stardate: 46925.1
First broadcast on Sunday 23 May 1993
Three plots for the price of one this week on Deep Space Nine. In reverse order of importance: (C) we all stand around in Ops talking about the computer; (B) Julian gets some funny lines and a pleasantly unsurprising character arc; and (A) Odo and Lwaxana are trapped in a lift together with nothing to do but some amazing and even quite moving acting. Underrated, but mostly by people who don’t enjoy things that are good.