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Retro Recap: STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS Recap: (S01E07) The Serene Squall
These recaps were originally published on the dearly defunct Geek Girl Authority. RIP. We are reposting them in honor of the franchise’s 60th anniversary — and beyond — and as a way to keep some of our past work alive in the era of failing digital archives. Spock (Ethan Peck) headlines in the seventh episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, “The Serene Squall.” The episode was written by Beau DeMayo & Sarah Tarkoff and directed by Sydney Freeland. Earth to Spock At the Ank

Avery Kaplan
3 days ago8 min read


Retro Recap: STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS Recap: (S01E06) Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach
These recaps were originally published on the dearly defunct Geek Girl Authority. RIP. We are reposting them in honor of the franchise’s 60th anniversary — and beyond — and as a way to keep some of our past work alive in the era of failing digital archives. The sixth episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, “Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach,” gives Captain Pike (Anson Mount) and Doctor M’Benga (Babs Olusanmokun) alike a chance for development. The episode was written by

Avery Kaplan
Oct 278 min read


Retro Recap: STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS Recap: (S01E05) Spock Amok
These recaps were originally published on the dearly defunct Geek Girl Authority. RIP. We are reposting them in honor of the franchise’s 60th anniversary — and beyond — and as a way to keep some of our past work alive in the era of failing digital archives. The half-Vulcan, half-human Science Officer Spock (Ethan Peck) is centered in “Spock Amok.” The fifth episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, written by Henry Alonso Myers & Robin Wasserman and directed by Rachel Leiter

Avery Kaplan
Oct 207 min read


Retro Recap: STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS Recap: (S01E04) Memento Mori
The fourth episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, “Memento Mori,” gives us the first glimpse of the wrath of La’an (Christina Chong). It was written by Davy Perez & Beau DeMayo and directed by Dan Liu.

Avery Kaplan
Oct 138 min read


Retro Recap: STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS Recap: (S01E03) Ghosts of Illyria
These recaps were originally published on the dearly defunct Geek Girl Authority. RIP. We are reposting them in honor of the franchise’s 60th anniversary — and beyond — and as a way to keep some of our past work alive in the era of failing digital archives. “Ghosts of Illyria” was written by Akela Cooper & Bill Wolkoff and directed by Leslie Hope. We open on the USS Enterprise arriving at Hetemit IX, a planet being swept by an ion storm. In voiceover, a First Officer’s log

Avery Kaplan
Oct 88 min read


Retro Recap: STRANGE NEW WORLDS S1E2 “Children of the Comet”
These recaps were originally published on the dearly defunct Geek Girl Authority. RIP. We are reposting them in honor of the franchise’s 60th anniversary — and beyond — and as a way to keep some of our past work alive in the era of failing digital archives. We get a focus on Cadet Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding) in the second episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, “Children of the Comet,” written by Henry Alonso Myers and Sarah Tarkoff and directed by Maja Vrvilo. The episode

Avery Kaplan
Sep 228 min read


Retro Recap: STRANGE NEW WORLDS S1E1 “Strange New Worlds”
Retro Recap: STRANGE NEW WORLDS S1E1 “Strange New Worlds”

Avery Kaplan
Sep 159 min read
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