Star Trek Magazine – July 2019

As Season 2 of StarTrek:DiscoverywascompletingitsepicrunonCBSAllAccess and Netfl ix,

we asked fans ontheStarTrekMagazineFacebookpagetoletusknowtheir thoughts as

episodesdebuted.Headto@StarTrekMagazinetohaveyoursay!

HAILING FREQUENCIES

2 THE FINISH!

STAR TREK FANS HAVE THEIR SAY

ON“LIGHTANDSHADOWS”
(EPISODE7)
TalosIVis whereit allbegan.Between
theeventsof“The Cage”and“The
Menagerie,”whoknowswhatunseen
eventshaveoccurred?Whatkindof
bargainwillSpockmakewiththe
Talosiansthatwouldleadhimtorisk
thedeathpenaltyyearslatertosavehis
formercaptain?Veryexcitedtosee.
ChrisHope

Bestepisodeoftheseason.Mid-season
intensifyingjustlikelastyear.
JonX

I think“LightandShadows”willbe
theepisodethatStarTrekfanswillbe
talkingaboutforyears.It willconnect
theoriginalseriesandDiscoveryperfectly.
RobLeDrew

It wasgreattoseeCaptainPikeput

Tylerinhisplaceforstarters.I’ma

littleannoyedwithhowGeorgiouis

treatingLeland.I’dlikethewritersto

givethemalecharacterspermission

tohaveballs.I alsoamreallystarting

tolikeLeland.I’dlikethebackstory

betweenheandPikefleshedouta

little.It wasgoodtohaveBurnham

separatedfromthemaincastand

doingherownthing.This gavethe

restofthecasta chancetospeak

unfetteredandun-henpecked.I am

reallylookingforwardtoa TalosIV

storyarc.

JamesRussellDrew

ToseeTalosIVwasthebestyet,also

sadbecauseofwhatweknowwill

happentoPike.

MikeLanski

ON“IFMEMORYSERVES”

(EPISODE8)

It wasfantastictoseetheteamonStar

Trek:Discoveryincorporatea disparate

pieceofStarTrekcontinuityintothe

maintimelineandbettershowhow

ChristopherPikechangedfromhis

initialappearance.SeeingtheTalosians

appearagain– withVinaas well–

bringingSpockbacktohissenses,and

thenshowinghowtheriftbetween

himandMichaelbeganworkedwell,

culminatingwithSpockonscreenwith

hisoriginalcaptainmorethan 50 years

laterforus.A spectacularepisode,and

a goodsignofthingstocomeinthe

nextseveralweeks.

SebasitienDeam

The introwasbeyondawesome,and

it didn’tstopbeingawesomeuntilthe

01 AshTyler

clasheswith

CaptainPike,

in“Lightand

Shadows.”

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