SciFi TV Rewatch

Episode 224 Travelers S02E05 Jenny

Mac's travelers' team has to stop a deadly virus before it kills 30% of the world's population. Turns out that Jenny has not been totally honest about her feelings for Philip.
Episode Grade: A

Episode 223 Travelers S02E04 11:27

The travelers' team must coordinating two simultaneous missions in an attempt to prevent a big-agro corporation from going down a path from which there may be no return. Personal connections also continue to play a role as the team from the future must cope with whether or not they still have faith in the Grand Plan.
Episode Grade: A

Episode 222 Travelers S02E03 Jacob

Having been sent by the Director to find out who has been abducting and killing traveler teams, Jacob finds himself on the run after his four team members turn up dead. Mac interviews Vincent and upon learning of his involvement with the abductions, issues a kill order that ends up getting interrupted. Vincent goes on the run, but will the team follow?
Episode Grade: A

Episode 221 Travelers S02E02 Protocol 4

The team members return to a level of normalcy now that they are no longer in FBI custody. Personal relationships figure prominently in the episode as each has some soul searching to do as they move forward. Perhaps the biggest question revolves around Jenny's motives as she enters Philip's life at the behest, according to her, of the Director.
Episode Grade: Dave A  Wayne A-

Episode 220 Travelers S02E01 Ave Machina

Showcase's time travel adventure continues as Grant MacLaren's team finds itself in FBI custody after they're apprehended with the Quantum Frame. Trevor and Grace recover from their wounds while David tries to piece together what just happened in his apartment. But the big reveal is the introduction of Vincent, Traveler 001 through his therapy sessions which are used to explain many of the season one events. Has the timeline changed? Is the Director still calling the shots? Is 001 merely trying to stay alive?
Episode Grade: A

Episode 219 Dollhouse S02E02 Instinct

Echo's engagement entails becoming the mother to the infant whose mother died in childbirth leaving the father distraught and unable to bond with the child. Madeline returns to provide another side to the complex morality the show explores, and Topher's experiments continue unchecked.
Episode Grade: B

Episode 218 Dollhouse S02E01 Vows

With a senate investigation looming in the background, the Dollhouse brings Paul Ballard on board, first as a client and then as Echo's handler. The strained relationship between Dr. Saunders and Topher underscores the complex moral issues explored by the show.
Episode Grade: Dave A  Wayne B

Episode 217 Marvel's Inhumans S01E01-02 Behold . . . The Inhumans/Those Who Would Destroy Us

Black Bolt and Medusa rule over a secret Inhuman city on the Moon, but a NASA scientist's curiousity puts the group in jeopardy. After a military coup at the behest of Black Bolt's brother Maximus, most of the royal family escape to Earth. 
Episode Grade: C

Episode 216 Star Trek: Discovery S01E01 The Vulcan Hello

The Starfleet cruiser USS Shenzhou encounters a seemingly dormant Klingon ship, and one simple act opens the door for a potential interstellar war. For the first time since 2005, the Star Trek universe returns to the small screen as CBS hopes the iconic show will take its streaming service to the next level. Will Burnham's mutinous act come back to haunt her?
Episode Grade: Dave B  Wayne A-

Episode 215 The OA S01E01 Homecoming

After disappearing for seven years, Prairie Johnson returns home with a troubling story and a desire to return to the man she loves. The eight episode Netflix original series follows Prairie, who now asks people to call her The OA, as the young woman assembles a group of five disperate individuals and embarks on a journey of self-discovery. In addition to explaining to her parents and those around her where she's been, the fact that the once blind girl now can see only adds to the enigma surrounding her.
Episode Grade: Dave A Wayne B