Star Trek: Prodigy

Reviews of Prodigy are written and posted as the series airs. Note: All reviews contain spoilers.

Content Listing

Season 1 (2021-2022)

  • 10/28/2021. Lost and Found 3 stars. — An unlikely team of juvenile alien misfits working as slave labor on a mining colony attempt to escape the clutches of their captors when they discover a prototype Federation starship mysteriously buried in the mine.
  • 11/4/2021. Starstruck 2 stars. — On the run from the Diviner in the stolen USS Protostar, the makeshift crew face their first challenge when they are caught in the gravitational forces of a dying star.
  • 11/11/2021. Dream Catcher 2.5 stars. — The crew of the Protostar lands on an uninhabited, lush alien world, where the lines between reality and imagination become blurred.
  • 11/18/2021. Terror Firma 3 stars. — Stranded on a hostile planet, the crew must work together with Gwyn to survive. Meanwhile, the Diviner approaches with intentions of reclaiming the stolen Protostar.
  • 1/6/2022. Kobayashi 3.5 stars. — With some downtime after a narrow escape, Dal tests his leadership abilities in the holodeck, where he repeatedly takes one of Starfleet's most famous simulation exams.
  • 1/13/2022. First Con-tact 2.5 stars. — Dal makes a deal with a Ferengi woman from his past to retrieve an artifact from a nearby world in what could be a dangerous first-contact encounter.
  • 1/20/2022. Time Amok 2 stars. — A spatial anomaly causes the Protostar to be split across various timelines moving at different speeds — all approaching a point in time where the ship will be destroyed in an explosion.
  • 1/27/2022. A Moral Star, Part 1 2.5 stars. — The crew of the Protostar faces a pivotal decision when the Diviner offers to release the imprisoned miners of Tars Lamora in exchange for their starship.
  • 2/3/2022. A Moral Star, Part 2 3 stars. — As a major conflict draws near, the Diviner reveals to Gwyn the true motivations behind his ultimate plan to unleash havoc upon the Federation.
  • 10/27/2022. Asylum 2.5 stars. — The Protostar crew makes its first contact with the Federation when they come across Starfleet's most remote outpost.
  • 11/3/2022. Let Sleeping Borg Lie 2 stars. — Hoping to figure out how to disable the Diviner's weapon aboard the Protostar, the crew go looking for answers on a dormant Borg cube.
  • 11/10/2022. All the World's a Stage 3 stars. — The Protostar visits a world whose people modeled themselves on Starfleet based on their experiences hosting a crew member from the USS Enterprise more than a century earlier.
  • 11/24/2022. Crossroads 2.5 stars. — The gang decides to abandon the Protostar and find transport at a snowy spaceport, where Admiral Janeway's crew is already investigating leads in their search for the missing starship.
  • 11/24/2022. Masquerade 2 stars. — As the kids seek repairs for the ship at a remote outpost in the neutral zone, Dal makes a major discovery about his true origin.
  • 12/1/2022. Preludes 3 stars. — With some downtime while awaiting repairs, the crew members of the Protostar tell one another the stories of how they came to arrive at Tars Lamora.
  • 12/8/2022. Ghost in the Machine 1.5 stars. — The crew members find themselves trapped in the holodeck, where they must solve a mystery in order to escape.
  • 12/15/2022. Mindwalk 2.5 stars. — During an attempt to contact Admiral Janeway using his telepathic abilities, Dal accidentally triggers a bizarre event where he and Janeway find their minds trapped in each other's bodies.
  • 12/22/2022. Supernova, Part 1 2.5 stars. — The Protostar crew faces a major test when they are confronted by a Federation fleet and must prevent the Diviner's weapon from being unleashed.
  • 12/29/2022. Supernova, Part 2 3.5 stars. — The crew realizes the only course of action to stop widespread damage to Starfleet is to destroy the Protostar.

Season 2 (2024)

Note: Reviews for the second season, which has been released as a binge, will be written over an unspecified time as my schedule allows. Until then, the comments section on each episode is open.

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