Reviews of Prodigy were written from 2022-2025 during and after the original run of the series. Note: All reviews contain spoilers.
Content Listing
Season 1 (2021-2022)
10/28/2021. Lost and Found — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — The crew members find themselves trapped in the holodeck, where they must solve a mystery in order to escape.
12/15/2022. Mindwalk — 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 — 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 — The crew realizes the only course of action to stop widespread damage to Starfleet is to destroy the Protostar.
Season 2 (2024)
7/1/2024. Into the Breach, Part I — Dal and his former shipmates from the Protostar are recruited to serve as students under the command of Admiral Janeway aboard the new USS Voyager, which is departing for a classified Starfleet mission.
7/1/2024. Into the Breach, Part II — Gwyn travels to Solum to warn her people about the forthcoming civil war. Aboard Voyager, the cadet hopefuls find themselves pulled into the ship's mysterious, classified mission.
7/1/2024. Who Saves the Saviors — While stranded on Solum of the future, the youngsters must avoid any actions that might disrupt the timeline. Meanwhile, Gwyn challenges Asencia to a ritualistic battle to prove her identity.
7/1/2024. Temporal Mechanics 101 — Dal receives a mysterious message from an unknown sender that provides him the opportunity to rescue Gwyn using a bridge across the timeline.
7/1/2024. Observer's Paradox — Back aboard Voyager and confined to quarters, the young pre-cadets attempt to decipher a message from the mysterious entity to figure out where the Protostar might be.
7/1/2024. Imposter Syndrome — The pre-cadets create holographic clones to take their places during their attempt to steal the Infinity to track down the missing Protostar.
7/1/2024. The Fast and the Curious — Dal and the Infinity crew land on a planet where a madman says he will only release them if they can win his challenging race.
7/1/2024. Is There in Beauty No Truth? — When the Infinity makes a detour to a colony of non-corporeal beings, Zero is offered the opportunity to undergo a life-changing transformation.
7/1/2024. The Devourer of All Things, Part I — The Infinity finally reaches the destination provided by the unknown messenger that they hope is the location of the Protostar, where they make an unexpected discovery.
7/1/2024. The Devourer of All Things, Part II — The space-time universe is attacked by creatures who feed on paradoxes in broken timelines, and the pre-cadets may be the only chance of repairing the damage.
7/1/2024. Last Flight of the Protostar, Part I — The young former crew of the Protostar are finally reunited with their downed former ship, but must contend with a reluctant Chakotay, who is a changed man following his isolation on a distant world.
7/1/2024. Last Flight of the Protostar, Part II — The once and future crew of the Protostar hatch a daring plan to relaunch their shipwrecked vessel.
7/1/2024. A Tribble Called Quest — While searching for fuel to power the ship's engines, the crew of the Protostar beam down to a planet that has been overrun with massive, aggressive tribbles.
7/1/2024. Cracked Mirror — The Protostar crew members make a rendezvous with Voyager and soon realize they have crossed over into an alternate universe where friends have become foes.
7/1/2024. Ascension, Part I — Starfleet recalls the Voyager and Protostar crews to return to Earth, but they're interrupted by news that Asencia has staged a coup on Solum and now intends to attack the Federation.
7/1/2024. Ascension, Part II — Asencia's warship launches a time weapon against Voyager that is deadly to any humanoid who enters its radiation field, leaving Zero as the only candidate possible of stopping it.
7/1/2024. Brink — The Protostar cadets embark on a mission to Solum to gather information on Asencia's time weapons in the hopes of preventing a war against the Federation.
7/1/2024. Touch of Grey — With the Protostar cadets held hostage, Janeway must launch a covert rescue mission before time runs out.
7/1/2024. Ouroboros, Part I — Janeway's teams must undertake a multi-pronged effort to stop Asencia, who has opened dozens of wormholes that threaten the Federation — and the very fabric of the universe.
7/1/2024. Ouroboros, Part II — In their final effort to correct the timeline, the crew must prevent an all-out invasion of the Loom and ensure the Protostar is returned to its rightful place in the past.
— 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.