Nice to finally see the original Mirror Universe episode that kicked off a story arc reappearing throughout the franchise. I find the original Trek at its best when it's either super adventurous/dramatic or having crazy fun like this. Mirror, Mirror succeeds mostly, but I felt like it could have explored a bit more. The required scene in which Kirk has a female fawning all over him was so unnecessary, but at least evolved to an interesting conclusion.
The word 'genius' is thrown about too casually these days. But, this episode is absolute genius.
I pretty much loved this. It's taken the general setup of the movie but is completely doing its own thing with it and going in a very different direction. A lot of unexpected things being turned on their head. The actors playing the hosts are fantastic (notably, Delores and her father). I loved the way their accents changed. The scene with Hopkins and the father speaking creeped me out, and meanwhile Ed Harris is terrifying.
The music was also wonderful throughout and added a lot. Wonderful use of Black Hole Sun and Paint It, Black. My only disappointments were the English administrator and his boss, they were poorly written and frankly poorly acted scenes that didn't flow well with the rest of the episode.
At this point, I also don't have much idea where things are going. That's not a problem, as the episode sucked me in and I really want to continue. The final shot was excellent and the whole thing looks incredible.
Despite some good stuff, this season was a real chore to get through and sloppy in so many way. It was full of incredible moments - most of them featuring the Punisher or Karen - but overall nothing was very cohesive. Elektra was just awful, not only a poor casting choice but mostly her writing was of such a lower quality than everything else. Additionally, she reduced the characters around her by association. The random faceless ninja army was incredibly lazy and painfully dull to watch. As wonderfully choreographed all the fight scenes are, they begin to feel very repetitive and the enemies are just cannon fodder that you can't care about.
But we also had Frank Castle, who was just a powerhouse but made all of the other plot lines uninteresting by comparison. I adored the scene between him and Karen in the diner. The violence and gore levels were stepped up big time and had an impact, earning this season the 18 certificate. In that respect, there is no way these Netflix series can ever mesh with the movies, the tones are just so different that these would have to pull back massively.
Karen emerged as the most watchable character for me. The court trial was gripping, and her investigation and emerging confidence was fascinating, although her sudden transformation into a journalist didn't ring true for a second. I feel like episodes are being written by different people pulling in different directions. Fisk should have been a great return for the character, but he only came across as immature and the performance was peculiar.
The season was also too long, it just dragged in so many places. The Yakuza/Black Sky rubbish was dull. I cheered when Elektra was killed off, but those final shots of her apparent resurrection have killed my appetite for more.
Mostly a fun episode, gleefully over the top. But it also has an unforgivably sexist slant with Carolyn's character, maybe the most offensive in the show so far. Chekhov is fun and the ending actually was sad.
The last great comedy show. I'm really going to miss this, many great memories of watching over the years.
Fantastic. The mystery for the first half, visiting Vulcan, the ridiculous ceremony and battle with THAT music. Welcome, Mr. Chekov. These characters have really come to life by this point, and Spock's reaction to finding out Kirk was alive was gold.
Disappointed with this series overall, it was very limited in scope and kept revisiting the same people and genres. I felt like it had a narrow field of view. Some great stuff hidden in there, definitely, but it never really delved deep into anything and seemed content to just jump from one thing to the next.
Laughable alien creatures aside, this had some good moments in it. The Kirk/Spock/McCoy dynamic shines in the last third of the episode. Other than that, it struggled to engage me too much. Kirk had brushed aside the loss of his family by the end.
Not quite the classic episode I'd been led to believe, still I really enjoyed it. The slightly sloppy storytelling and campy performances detracted from what should have been an emotional ending, but Kirk's final line was great.
The introduction of the Klingons is great, if a far cry from what they famously become later. Kirk is super judgemental here.
That was pretty spectacular. Gripping from start to finish, a good morality tale, great lines and some fun science.
Started off slow (ANOTHER planet that looks like 1960s Earth), but developed into an interesting and fun story, with a great OTT performance from Shatner and heartfelt performance from Nimoy.
This was great. A fantastic sci-fi story that I haven't encountered before, but the real star here was Kirk and his brilliant strategy (and fantastically cocky attitude).
Having never before seen the episode which sets up one of the greatest Trek films, this was intriguing. Khan is a bit different here, maybe more intimidating and confrontational. Hugely misogynistic, too. I liked the history lessons about the 1990s.
I have no idea what the hell happened in this episode, but I certainly didn't enjoy it.
Great episode, pretty gripping and tightly focused. I liked the solution of listening to heartbeats across the ship and the fact that the story didn't go exactly where I was expecting it to.
I enjoyed this. It's lighthearted but still tells a good sci-fi adventure story (much like Star Trek IV). Spock and McCoy had some great stuff, Kirk was extremely cool under pressure. Laughed at the sexy computer. The ending didn't make the most sense, but ho hum.
Very dated from a production point of view, and the script is absolutely terrible. BUT, the story itself is exciting and it certainly did some ambitious stuff not seen on the show before.
Very silly episode, with a being that we could now identify as a Q. Didn't like much about this at all, and the guest actor got on my nerves very quickly. The funny ending reveal made up for things a bit.
Pretty good stuff, Spock's first command is something of a disaster and makes for entertaining viewing. I'm a bit stunned at how insubordinate and bigoted the lower-rank crew all are on this show, hardly a progressive view of humanity. I really hate the endings with the entire bridge crew laughing.
That was very silly, but it was at least good fun. The cast seemed to be enjoying themselves.
That's more like it! Suspenseful and well executed, dramatic story. Spock and McCoy are really settling into their characters. A shame the bigotry subplot was so heavy handed.
What the hell was this?
This show works best for me when the focus is completely on the main cast; anytime guest actors are given the spotlight, I lose interest. So this was not all that fun to sit through, but I applaud the creative way it was all put together.
I was really enjoying this, a great mystery was building up and I was intrigued as to what Spock was up to. Then the extended flashback/episode viewing began and barely held my attention.
Might be the episode I've enjoyed most so far, but I tend to prefer small stories that are just set on board the ship. There's some great character interaction here, notably between Kirk and McCoy. Bailey's emotional journey was simplistic, to say the least, but worked for the episode.
I don't know how I made it through this one. Terrible acting and writing spread throughout, and another female character there just to accompany the captain. The first appearance of the Vulcan mind meld was sort of interesting.
Kind of a stupid episode for my tastes. The gang of kids were really annoying, and the duplicate Earth was never explained or even questioned.
A cool proper little sci-fi tale with androids and mystery. It isn't particularly deep and falls apart when really deconstructed (Corby is okay with removing love/kindness to create a better civilisation? Becoming an android doesn't transfer your consciousness, it just creates a copy so the original you is still going to live an die). Great guest stars, and the Kirk double was fun.