Star Trek: Age of Discovery

Today's podcast will cover three topics: 1)We will provide some context to events at the beginning of Season Two and list our top ten moments from Season One, 2)we will discuss two interviews with showrunner Alex Kurtzman that provide insight into Season Two and the future of the Star Trek franchise, and finally, 3)Addell and Gary will cite five things that excite us about Season Two. EPISODE CRED...

Happy New Year! Welcome to the January 2019 Update of our podcast. This episode covers the last Short Treks episode, "The Escape Artist," which features the treacherous con artist Harry Mudd. We were first introduced to him in the TOS episodes, "Mudd’s Women" and "I, Mudd." The character also appeared in two episodes during the first season of Discovery, “Choose Your...

As we prepare for the holidays, enjoying family and friends, CBS All Access was kind enough to drop two exciting videos for us. One was the final trailer for Season Two. The other was filled with interviews and clips from behind-the-scenes of Season Two. Both did one thing: whet our appetites for the new season just a few weeks away from the beginning. Star Trek: Age of Discovery is a fan podcast...

In this month’s episode, we review the Short Treks episode, “The Brightest Star,” the third of four mini-episodes leading up to Season Two of Discovery. Here’s a synopsis: A story from before Saru became the first Kelpien to join Starfleet. On his home planet of Kaminar, Young Saru lived a simple life with his father and sister. Full of ingenuity and a level of curiosity uncommon among his people,...

Gary and Addell discuss 'Calypso,' the second Short Treks episode. "Aldis Hodge stars as Craft. Written by Michael Chabon and directed by Olatunde Osumsanmi the mini-episode is set 1000 years after Star Trek: Discovery. Craft awakes on Discovery to find that he is the only person aboard. Or is he?" Teleplay Michael Chabon. Story by Sean Cochran & Michael Chabon. Directed by Olatunde...

In this month's episode, we review Short Trek "Runaway," the first of four 10 to 15-minute episodes. Also, we report on news that came of last week's New York Comic Con including a new, action-packed Season 2 trailer. Here’s our October 2018 podcast covering all of it. Star Trek: Age of Discovery is a fan podcast for the CBS All-Access show STAR TREK: DISCOVERY. On social media, like, su...

Our long wait for new Star Trek episodes is almost over with the broadcast of first of four mini-episodes called, Short Treks. Three will focus on an established Star Trek: Discovery characters, while a fourth will introduce a new character. Also, we discuss how the characters of Pike, Spock and Number One will deviate or follow the way they were in the original unaired pilot, The Cage. EPISODE CR...

For this episode of our podcast, we talk about current Star Trek news and events. Also, we discuss attending last weekend's FanExpo Canada 2018 in Toronto. EPISODE CREDITS: Produced and edited by Gary Anderson   LINKS Website: startrekaod.net Be sure to follow and tag Star Trek: Age of Discovery on Facebook (https://twitter.com/StarTrekAoD)  and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/start...

We cover news from this year's San Diego Comic-Con and Star Trek Las Vegas 2018. News about Season Two of Star Trek: Discovery and other Star Trek-related information. Enjoy! EPISODE CREDITS: Produced and edited by Gary Anderson   LINKS Website: startrekaod.net Be sure to follow and tag Star Trek: Age of Discovery on Facebook (https://twitter.com/StarTrekAoD)  and Instagram (https://www....

Star Trek: Age of Discovery is a fan podcast for the CBS All-Access show STAR TREK: DISCOVERY. This is a June update on the streaming series, Star Trek: Discovery. Email the show at startrekaod@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter at @StarTrekAoD and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/StarTrekAoD/. Visit our website at https://webeblack.wordpress.com where we offer additional articles on Star Trek...

During this period of time before the next season begins, we will provide updates on “Star Trek: Discovery” production news, convention appearances by Discovery cast and crew as well as any other pertinent information about the show. We are committed to producing a Discovery podcast each month until the show returns for its 2nd season in 2019. So, if you have not already done so, please subscribe...

During this period of time before the next season begins, we will provide updates on “Star Trek: Discovery” production news, convention appearances by Discovery cast and crew as well as any other pertinent information about the show. We are committed to producing a Discovery podcast each month until the show returns for its 2nd season in 2019. So, if you have not already done so, please subscribe...

As promised, for this podcast we will take another look at the second half of Season 1 to take a deeper dive into the major themes and character developments of the series. Without question, the theme that stood out to us that served as the major spine of the series focused on how fears – whether real or perceived – play a critical role in how we choose to live our lives. Star Trek: Age of Discove...

As the newly appointed Captain of the Discovery, Mirror Georgiou is sent on a mission by the remaining Starfleet leadership to end the Federation-Klingon war, once and for all. She uses Stamets to jump the ship inside one of the vast caves of Qo'noS, the Klingon homeworld. Once there, Mirror Georgiou assembles an away team - consisting of Michael Burnham, Ash Tyler, and Cadet Tilly - to join her t...

The USS Discovery finds itself back in the prime universe nine months from the time they unexpectedly ended up in the Mirror universe. They are forcibly boarded by Federation officers and officials, including Admiral Katrina Cornwell and Ambassador Sarek. The Discovery crew learn the Klingons are winning the war having destroyed over 1/3 of the Federation fleet and taken over 20% of Federation ter...

Lorca frees his rebel followers, who have endured almost two years of torture in Agonizer chambers upon The Emperor’s ship. With Mirror Landry by his side, he finds Mirror Stamets hiding in his lab and forces him to flood several decks of the ship with a biochemical agent, killing most of the Emperor’s forces. Meanwhile, Burnham escapes the Emperor after she orders Michael to put in the brig. Mich...

In Episode 12, ‘Vaulting Ambition,’ we find ourselves still in the Mirror Universe with ever increasing danger. Michael Burnham and Captain Lorca are summoned to the Emperor’s Palace ship, the ISS Charon, to confront the Terran Emperor, a ruthless Mirror version of Captain Philippa Georgiou. She sentences Lorca to suffer unending pain for the remainder of his life in the Agonizer for the failed co...

Discovery remains trapped in the Mirror universe with Michael, Lorca, and Tyler still on the I.S.S. Shenzhou. They continue their masquerade in an effort to acquire information on the Federation starship U.S.S. Defiant so as to find a way back to the Prime universe. Michael receives orders from the Emperor to completely annihilate a rebel base camp housing the leader of the Resistance – a Klingon...

The crew of the Discovery finds themselves in a mirror universe, similar to the one we were first introduced to in the famed “Mirror, Mirror” episode in the second season of TOS. This universe exists on the brutal rule of the Terran Empire – barbaric, xenophobic humans who use terror and brutality to oppress other beings who dare to challenge their power. Opposing the Terrans is a rebel alliance o...

Star Trek: Age of Discovery is a fan podcast for the CBS All-Access show STAR TREK: DISCOVERY. In this second special episode, we look at the treatment of people of color within the Star Trek universe. Primarily, we focus on the five live-action television series. As you know, the Original Series (TOS) was a groundbreaking cultural phenomenon of multicultural casting – not just in regular cast mem...

In this special episode of Star Trek: Age of Discovery Gary and Addell reexamine the first nine episodes of Season One. We break down the show's overarching themes, analysis of the main characters, and significant plot points, including some that may not have been given sufficient attention earlier. Star Trek: Age of Discovery is a fan podcast for the CBS All-Access show STAR TREK: DISCOVERY. Emai...

Picking up from the previous episode, the Klingon Kol is in route to the planet Pahvo intent on killing anyone he finds. Admiral Terral orders the Discovery to retreat to the nearest star base. Captain Lorca seems to comply with the order while attempting to figure out another way to identify the cloaked ship. The crew of the Discovery devises a plan to place two sensors on the Sarcophagus that wi...

As the episode opened we find the U.S.S. Gargarin engaged in a fierce battle with several Klingon Birds of Prey using the cloaking technology. The Discovery joins the battle attacking but finds itself less than prepared. An inexperienced Tactical Officer appears wholly incompetent as he is too slow to target and fire on the enemy vessels. Just then, Kol decloaks the Sarcophagus Ship an delivers se...

Gary and Addell discuss Episode Seven, 'Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad.' The episode features the return of Harcourt Fenton “Harry” Mudd – the nefarious con artist Captain Lorca left behind on a Klingon prison ship during the fifth episode, “Choose Your Pain.” As you may recall, Mudd makes good on his promise to escape and exact revenge on Lorca for abandoning him. Hiding inside a Gormagander...

Sarek and a Vulcan assistant embark on a secret mission to meet with Klingons representing two Houses that have recently broken away from Kol. The effort is intended to initiate a peace settlement with the Federation. However, Sarek’s travelling companion turns out to be a Vulcan logic extremist committed to sabotaging the mission and killing Sarek. A force field saves his life but he is severely...