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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine had a lot of big episodes. But a huge two-parter from season 3 was critical to changing the entire series!

For the first two seasons, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine mostly focused on Bajor and its recovery from a century of Cardassian occupation. The Cardassians were, of course, a regular fixture along with other Trek species like the Romulans.

Season 2 ended by introducing the Dominion, the ruthless race trying to conquer the galaxy. Season 3 opened by revealing the Founders, the shapeshifting race Odo belonged to, who led the Dominion. This threat would soon become a dominant storyline for the rest of DS9.

And the turning point of the show’s storytelling was the two-part tale “Improbable Cause” and “The Die Is Cast.” Aside from giving two of the show’s best characters a nice spotlight and boasting top-notch action, these episodes also changed DS9 and the entire Trek universe forever.

When Star Trek: Deep Space Nine first premiered in 1993, viewers met Quark, a Ferengi who runs the station’s entertainment center and bar. Along with his brother Rom and nephew Nog, Quark lives on the station and is more benign overall than other Ferengi who have appeared in the Star Trek universe in the past. While some see Quark as pure comic relief, his presence on Deep Space Nine is vital in many other ways.

1. He brings depth to the Ferengi culture

Before Quark, viewers didn’t know much about the Ferengi other than their propensity toward greed and acquisition of valuable goods. While Quark is a typical Ferengi in this manner, he’s also one of the first of his kind who shows viewers what lies beyond the surface in his dealings with Rom and Nog, especially when he and his brother must work together when profits from the...

Why did we never get a sequel to one of the best DS9 episodes ever that paid homage to James Bond? Read more here!

Every now and then, Star Trek times a storyline clearly meant to capitalize on a major movie coming out. A good example is how The Next Generation's "QPid," where Q has Picard and the crew as Robin Hood and his Merry Men aired in 1991 just as the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves was coming out. 

In 1995, buzz was building over Goldeneye, the first new James Bond movie in six years, with Pierce Brosnan making his debut as 007. With Bond fervor at a fever pitch, Deep Space Nine got into the act with one of the most inventive episodes ever, "Our Man Bashir."

Why Our Man Bashir shines

The story is a simple enough setup as Garak finds Bashir on the holodeck, playing out a...

The Star Trek franchise officially became defined by the nerds when its references were featured extensively in The Big Bang Theory. The four main stars of the show, especially Sheldon Cooper, were vocal fans of the franchise, to the point where they cosplayed as some iconic characters from different shows.

The popularity of this quirk of the characters eventually led to many Star Trek actors making cameos in The Big Bang Theory. Actors like Wil Wheaton and George Takei had hilarious guest roles in the sitcom, and the legendary William Shatner also made an appearance. However, actor Brian George, who was in Voyager, featured in 16 episodes of the sitcom.

Star Trek: Voyager’s Brian George played Raj’s father in The Big Bang Theory The Koothrappalis in The Big Bang Theory | Credits: CBS

One may recognize Brian George best for being the unlucky restaurateur Babu Bhatt in Seinfeld. In fact,...

The Diplomat Movie Review Rating:

Star Cast: John Abraham, Sadia Khateeb, Revathy, Kumud Mishra, Sharib Hashmi and Vidhatri Bandi

Director: Shivam Nair

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What’s Good: The director, keeps things real—very real!

What’s Bad: John addicts might find it a tad disappointing, as he only delivers a punch that is not physical but cinematic.

Loo Break: No, no!

Watch or Not?: Yes, this is another in the memorable list of movies on India’s modern history

Language: Hindi

Available On: Theatrical release

Runtime: 137 Minutes

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This real story of The Diplomat is set in 2017, when an Indian girl, Uzma Ahmed (Sadia Khateeb), is inveigled by a Pakistani, Tahir (Jagjeet Sandhu), into crossing the Wagah border. But this cute-looking man she meets in Malaysia on a trip is a blackguard of the worst degree, which she discovers when she is taken to Buner,...

All-Time Records Set at 97th Academy Awards (Photo Credit – Instagram)

The 97th Academy Awards delivered a ceremony brimming with groundbreaking momentsh that jolted the congregation of cinema’s luminaries. Anora emerged as the night’s titan, propelled by Sean Baker’s monumental sweep of accolades, while Mikey Madison, at a mere 25 years, clinched Best Actress and etched her name among Gen-z trailblazers.

While Demi Moore’s inaugural nomination stirred the throng, hinting at her overdue recognition, Kieran Culkin’s season-long conquest lent a touch of inevitability to the proceedings. From distant corners of the globe to voices long sidelined, the night manifested a roster of precedents stretching the annals of Oscar history. Here are 10 records established and broken at the historical 97th Academy Awards.

1. Longest Speech in Oscar History by an Actor

Adrien Brody’s 5-minute-40-second address for The Brutalist set a Guinness World Record as the longest Oscar speech,...

Badass Ravi Kumar’s ending largely focused on [Spoiler Alert] Ravi Kumar delivering a precious diamond necklace to Carlos Pedro Panther, who wanted to give it to Laila. Now, Laila had an important reel full of pictures of confidential documents and whatnot that had been secretly procured by Carlos’ spies from the Indian government in order to deliver it to a rogue Pakistani extremist named Syed Bashir. Carlos would’ve gotten it directly and then handed it over to Bashir for a price, but Laila intervened and used the reel as her bargaining chip to get the necklace. Since Interpol’s Mahavir Ahuja and the Indian police’s Commissioner Awasthi want to stop Pakistan from gaining any kind of upper hand against India using that reel and disrupting the relatively peaceful atmosphere between the neighboring nations, they sent in Ravi Kumar. Given how Ravi Kumar didn’t know the location of the reel,...

Star Trek has returned to epic crossover stories, a stable of the 90s. You couldn't go a season without seeing someone, from another show, popping up in another series. Jean-Luc Picard cameoed in Deep Space Nine's pilot, as did Quark for Voyager's. We saw William Riker (or his clone) in nearly every show he could find time to appear in. Q was everywhere but in very limited quantities.

It was a fun time to be a fan. Yet, as the Nu Trek Era began, crossovers became a thing of the past. Sure, Seven of Nine was a major player in Star Trek: Picard but she wasn't seen as a cameo or guest star, she was part of the main cast. So she didn't really feel like a 'crossover' character.

Star Trek: Lower Decks would start doing cameos, a trend we'd see go into Star Trek: Prodigy, but as neither...

Warning: contains spoilers for Star Trek: Defiant #22!

Section 31 is one of the most terrifying groups in the Star Trek franchise, and their latest weapon proves it. The Federation is regarded as a glorious and idealistic utopia, but it also has a dark underbelly, and Section 31 represents it. In Star Trek: Defiant #22, the organization unveils a chilling new starship design, one that cements their place as one of the most ruthless groups in the franchise.

Star Trek: Defiant #22 is written by Christopher Cantwell and drawn by Angel Unzueta. Chief O’Brien convinces B’Elanna Torres, the Defiant’s new captain, to travel to the Gamma Quadrant to disable self-replicating mines that have been deployed by Section 31. As the Defiant begins taking out the mines, a massive Section 31 ship decloaks. Doctor Bashir identifies it as a Section 31 frigate, one that they do not want to mess with. The massive, four-nacelle ship,...

Warning: contains spoilers for Star Trek: Defiant #22!Star Trek: Voyager might be long over, but its heroic legacy continues to inspire, years after it returns home. Voyager came to an end in 2001, making it back to the Alpha Quadrant after seven years of adventures at the other end of the galaxy. Now, as seen in Star Trek: Defiant #22, Voyager’s legacy is still being felt, and might be key to saving countless lives.

Star Trek: Defiant #22 is written by Christopher Cantwell and drawn by Angel Unzueta. Chief O’Brien, Doctor Bashir and B’Elanna Torres, on board the Defiant, are heading back to the Federation. O’Brien comes to Torres, asking for help in dismantling self-replicating mines that are being used to harm innocent people. Torres is reluctant at first, but O’Brien invokes Voyager’s legacy. O’Brien appeals to Torres’ sense of justice, asking how many star systems...

Talk about taking chances! Mike McMahan, the series creator of Star Trek: Lower Decks, took a big one when he wrote the series finale, "The New Next Generation." He knew who he wanted on the show and wrote the parts without knowing whether or not the actors he had in mind were available or even if they would commit to doing the show.

McMahan appeared on Tex-Trek podcast [via CinemaBlend] and shared just how stressful things were after he'd written the script. The creator said "I was so panicked because the episode written was really complex. Every single legacy character had a story in it." McMahan went on to say that "If somebody said no or their schedule didn't work, it's not like I could just replace, you know, [Alexander Siddig] as Bashir. I would have to rewrite it. I would have lost ‘Gashir’ because I just wasn't going to do it without them.

The third and final season of the survival thriller, The Head, has started its journey with a banger of a double episode premiere, and it seems like things are going back to square one to complete the cycle of violence that began with the death of Sarah Jackson and the burning of Polaris V. The first season of the series saw Maggie Mitchell, aka Olivia Jackson, getting revenge for her mother’s death by killing every member of Polaris VI, who kept the truth about Sarah’s death a secret from the rest of the world. By the end, Olivia had framed biologist Arthur Wilde, who was responsible for Sarah’s death, for the murders she committed. In the second season, Arthur was drowned to death by her own daughter, Rachel, as a retaliation for his heinous murder spree, which resulted in the deaths of the majority of the members...

"Star Trek" is full of incredible odd couple friendships, starting with the hot-tempered human Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and stoic half-Vulcan Commander Spock (Leonard Nimoy). Kirk and Spock were a terrific pair because of how much they balanced one another and learned from each other, showing the deep bonds that can develop between very different people. Spock is even the one who helps Kirk begin to understand his racism against the Klingons in "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country," showing that even after decades together the two still have things to teach each other. Their friendship is a truly beautiful thing, but there is one notable factor: they are both in Starfleet, and from Federation planets. They may be very different, but they are never truly adversarial.

Then there's Dr. Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig) and Elim Garak (Andrew Robinson) of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine." The two are...

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's Dr. Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig) had a fascinating life as Deep Space Nine's Chief Medical Officer. Originally conceived by Star Trek producers as a thinly-drawn character named Dr. Amoros, Bashir grew as a character and developed a complex backstory throughout Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's seven seasons. Bashir's journey took him from being a neophyte doctor who was a little too friendly with his crewmates—and definitely talked too much—into becoming a grounded, consummate medical professional with rich and layered friendships.

Born in 2341 to Richard Bashir (Brian George) and Amsha Bashir (Fadwa el Guindi), Julian Bashir was initially scared of doctors as a young child, but developed an interest in becoming a doctor, himself, after realizing medicine was a skill one could learn. Julian's stuffed bear, Kukalaka, was his first patient. Unfortunately, young Julian's mental and physical abilities would prove a hindrance...

The following contains spoilers from Star Trek: Lower Decks, Season 5, Episode 9, "Fissure Quest," now streaming on Paramount+.

The Paramount+ animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks concluded its fifth and final season on Dec. 19, 2024, and now the complete series is available for pre-order. Additionally, fans can also pre-order just the final season of the show on either Blu-ray or DVD. Per Star Trek, both the final season and the complete series set will drop on March 25.

Star Trek: Lower Decks - The Complete Series limited edition Blu-ray Steelbook is available for pre-order on Amazon for $59. The Steelbook features an exclusive art card with the signatures of the Lower Decks crew. It includes 10 discs and approximately five hours of special features like audio commentaries and “Lower Dectionaries” featurettes.

Related Star Trek: Lower Decks Finally Couples Up Long-Shipped DS9 Characters After 30 Years

Lower Decks finally makes a couple out of Bashir and Garak in its final season.

Section 31 is one of the most mysterious and long-lasting ideas that Star Trek: Deep Space Nine added to Star Trek canon. This network of spies and secret agents does the United Federation of Planets' dirty work, pruning away any threats to the perfect paradise of Earth. The upcoming Star Trek: Section 31 movie promises to fill in details about the early history of Section 31, between Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation, but audiences first encountered Section 31 on Deep Space Nine from the perspective of Doctor Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig).

The second episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine established Doctor Bashir loves mysteries and spying. He trades barbs and innuendos with Elim Garak (Andrew J. Robinson), plays a James-Bond-esque spy on the holosuite, and is even initially accused of being a Dominion spy during Section 31's first appearance. Doctor Bashir was poised to be a secret agent,...

Showrunner Mike McMahan discusses "Barashir" becoming canon after the couple's delightfully unexpected appearance on Star Trek: Lower Decks. Chief Medical Officer Bashir and Cardassian Garak struck up an unlikely friendship while stationed together on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s titular space station. Fans shipping Bashir and Garak became a thing over the course of the series, but the pair never became romantically attached in Star Trek canon, until their recent animated appearance on Lower Decks season 5.

Hologram Bashir and Garak are now officially Barashir in canon thanks to Lower Decks' "Fissure Quest" episode, but it was always that way in the mind of showrunner McMahan, as he discussed during a recent interview where he addressed making fan fiction come to life, if only briefly (via Collider):

"Well, what's so funny to me is I've always felt like Garashir was kind of canon. I didn't do the heavy lifting on that,...

In its fifth and final season on Paramount+, Star Trek: Lower Decks took on the multiverse, giving Star Trek the opportunity to do a show like Marvel's What If...?. As Star Trek: Lower Decks season 5 came to a close, Captain Carol Freeman (Dawnn Lewis) and the crew of the USS Cerritos saved Star Trek's entire Prime Universe by stabilizing a massive wormhole to various quantum realities. Starfleet then moved Starbase 80 to the wormhole's entrance and put Captain Freeman in charge of the missions sent to investigate these realities.

While Star Trek has no plans for any Lower Decks spin-offs, the creation of a portal to the multiverse gives the franchise the opportunity to do its own version of Marvel's What If...?. With nearly 60 years of history, Star Trek has hundreds of characters and storylines to explore. Based on the appearance of Star Trek legacy characters like T'Pol (Jolene Blalock...

Star Trek: Voyager will turn 30 years old in 2025, and one of the series’ stars, Garrett Wang, said he is having a hard time wrapping his head around that fact. Wang played Ensign Harry Kim in all seven seasons of Voyager, the series that ran from 1995 to 2001, and followed the crew of the U.S.S. Voyager as they tried to make their way back home after being flung to the Delta Quadrant.

“It’s still hard to believe that 30 years have passed,” Wang said in an interview with the official Star Trek website. “I start thinking about that, and go, ‘My goodness. There are people walking around on this planet that weren’t even alive when Voyager started,” he said.

Voyager, led by Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) chronicled the starship and its crew and the challenges they faced trying to return to the Alpha quadrant.

Related Star Trek: Voyager...

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The following contains spoilers from Star Trek: Lower Decks, Season 5, Episode 9, "Fissure Quest," now streaming on Paramount+.

The penultimate episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks fixed the biggest mistake Star Trek: Deep Space Nine made during its seven-season run. The episode "Fissure Quest" paired up multiversal variants of Elim Garak and Dr. Julian Bashir in a romantic relationship. This helped give closure to a subtextual romance between the characters, and showrunner Ira Steven Behr's greatest regret about Deep Space Nine. Since its inception, Star Trek championed diversity and inclusion from the multi-racial bridge crew on The Original Series to the first transgender and nonbinary characters in Star Trek: Discovery.

During the universe's...

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Star Trek: Lower Decks season 5, episode 9, "Fissure Quest."Star Trek: Voyager added much to the franchise, and Star Trek: Lower Decks' final season brought back one of the most exciting things discovered by Kate Mulgrew's Captain Kathryn Janeway and her crew. The Star Trek: Voyager cast was given a unique challenge, as it was the first installment of the saga set entirely outside the Alpha Quadrant. The ship's journey home through the Delta Quadrant brought with it many perils but also allowed for some brilliant discoveries, and one last-minute addition to the Star Trek: Lower Decks season 5 cast has brought one of the best devices back.

Star Trek: Lower Decks season 5, episode 9, "Fissure Quest," is a thrilling multiverse story that draws on the larger franchise throughout. Many Star Trek TV shows are represented in the episode with clever Easter Eggs, some of which can be easy to miss.

The following reveals major spoilers for Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5, Episode 9, "Fissure Quest"

Star Trek: Lower Decks officially enters the Multiverse with its penultimate episode, gathering a crew of franchise alum from different realities to halt a threat to all creation. It's another gang busters entry in a season full of them, and as sure a sign as ever that the series is ending far too soon. Season 5, Episode 9, "Fissure Quest" sets the stage for the series finale in grand fashion, and as usual, it packs a shocking number of Easter eggs into an elegant package. They include a few very special gifts for the fans.

The crew of the USS Anaximander includes Multiverse variants of several legacy Star Trek characters, including Star Trek: Enterprise's T'Pol, Kurzon Dax from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and -- in the episode's best joke -- a seemingly endless supply of Harry Kim...

More than a few viewers of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine speculated on the electrifying chemistry between recurring characters Doctor Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig) and Mister Elim Garak (Andrew Robinson). But despite becoming a fan-favorite pairing for the show's entire seven-season run, a relationship between the two was never officially confirmed — until now, thanks to the latest episode of the animated Paramount+ series Star Trek: Lower Decks.

In "Fissure Quest," the show's dimensional rift storyline comes to a head, as an alternate version of Jack Quaid's Boimler crosses dimensions in order to investigate the eponymous fissures. This plot opens the door for a truly memorable slew of characters from across the Star Trek franchise to make their return, including T’Pol (Jolene Blalock) from Enterprise, Harry Kim (Garrett Wang) from Voyager, Lily Sloane (Alfre Woodard) from First Contact, and, of course, Bashir and Garak from Deep Space Nine. In Lower Decks,...

The following contains spoilers from Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5, Episode 9, "Fissure Quest," now streaming on Paramount+.

As Star Trek: Lower Decks wraps up its five-season run on Paramount+, the series did something that many fans of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine have been longing for since the first time a young doctor and a Cardassian tailor first met aboard a space station. Per Variety, in its penultimate episode titled “Fissure Quest,” alternate reality versions of Doctor Julian Bashir and Elim Garak finally reached couple status, albeit if one of the pair was a hologram.

Alexander Siddig and Andrew Robinson reprised their roles as Bashir and Garak for the Lower Decks episode which saw an alternate-reality William Boimler (Jack Quaid), who is the transporter clone of Bradward Boimler, leading a mission to investigate rifts in the space-time continuum. In the episode, Garak is the doctor, and Bashir is his holographic husband.

Star Trek: Lower Deck's final season has reached its conclusion. Nine episodes have come and gone and the last episode is set to air in a matter of days. Before they close things out, however, the crew behind the show took one last leap into the unknown. The penultimate episode, entitled "Fissure Quest" saw a collection of Star Trek all-stars from around the canon, coming together to help stop a growing threat.

The episode brought back a handful of major names, and while they all played familiar roles, no one returned as their original character. Each actor or actress who came back played a different universe's version of their character.

Firstly, Jolene Blalock was back, once again playing T'Pol. Her first version of T'Pol was first seen in Star Trek: Enterprise over 20 years ago. This T'Pol however isn't the same version. This version that we see has been married to...

Warning: Spoilers for Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5, Episode 9 - "Fissure Quest"

Star Trek: Lower Decks season 5 just topped its previous crossover with Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. In Strange New Worlds season 2, episode 7, "Those Old Scientists," Ensigns Brad Boimler (Jack Quaid) and Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome) made the jump from animation to live-action. After encountering a portal, Boimler and Mariner find themselves in the 23rd century USS Enterprise of Captain Christoper Pike (Anson Mount). What follows is a hilarious series of interactions as Boimler tries (and fails) to contain his excitement about meeting his heroes.

In its final season on Paramount+, Star Trek: Lower Decks season 5 finds the USS Cerritos investigating a series of quantum fissures that have opened up across the galaxy. Star Trek: Lower Decks season 5, episode 9, "Fissure Quest," reveals that Section 31 has assigned Captain William Boimler and a crew of "interdimensional castaways" to investigate these rifts in spacetime.

Directed by Martin Campbell, Dirty Angels is an action thriller starring Eva Green, Ruby Rose, and Maria Bakalova. Jake, an Army Ranger, was brought onboard to carry out a rescue operation in Afghanistan in 2021, disguised as a member of a medical relief team along with other female American soldiers. A group of school students, all daughters of American ambassadors and foreign ministers, were abducted from a school in Pakistan. The kidnappers, headed by Isis leader Amir, demanded ten million dollars for each student, as well as the release of Sheik al-Shimali. While most of the students were American, the former Afghan Minister of Education’s daughter, Badia Durani, was also among those abducted. Badia’s mother was convinced that her daughter would be the first to be beheaded and that Isis would use her to force the Americans to come up with a way to pay for the release of their daughters.

We have reached the beginning of the end for Star Trek: Lower Decks. With one more episode after this, "Fissure Quest" goes all in on what the series is known for: Callbacks and references to the Star Trek series of the 1990s and 2000s.

Episode summary (spoilers)

"Fissure Quest" begins with a brief scene in the bar of the USS Cerritos, where our Lower Deckers are chatting. After a passing mention, T'Lyn asks Boimler about his transporter clone, William Boimler, who reportedly died in Season 3. We then transition to the Anaximander, a Defiant-class starship commanded by said William Boimler, the decidedly not dead captain working for Section 31.

Through a captain's log, we learn that Willam Boimler is working to close all of the quantum fissures that have been opening over the course of this season. His crew on this mission consists of alternate-universe versions of characters from earlier Star Trek series,...

Warning: Contains Spoilers for Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5, Episode 9, "Fissure Quest"

25 years later, Star Trek: Lower Decks finally makes a fan-favorite couple from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine canon. Star Trek: Lower Decks season 5, episode 9, "Fissure Quest", follows up with Captain William Boimler (Jack Quaid), the transporter duplicate of Lieutenant Brad Boimler who was assigned to Starfleet's Section 31 after faking his death. Captain Boimler's crew is assembled from alternate reality versions of Star Trek legacy characters from across Star Trek's multiverse of timelines, including Star Trek: Enterprise's T'Pol (Jolene Blalock), a pre-Jadzia Curzon Dax (Fred Tatasciore), and a bevy of Ensigns Harry Kim (Garrett Wang).

The USS Anaximander's medical officers are based on potential realities from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. This holographic Dr. Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig) is ostensibly based on the Long-term Medical Hologram that engineer Lewis Zimmerman (Robert Picardo) started building in DS9 season 5, episode 16, "Dr.

“Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” characters Doctor Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig) and Mister Elim Garak (Andrew Robinson) brimmed with chemistry throughout that series’ run — but if there was anything real behind their relationship, viewers never got to see it. But that pairing remains a fan favorite, and fans have speculated for years about the real relationship potential for two. Now, shippers finally got their happy ending — thanks to the latest episode of Paramount+’s animated “Star Trek: Lower Decks.”

In “Fissure Quest,” the penultimate episode of “Lower Decks” (as it wraps its fifth and final season), the series’ ongoing dimensional rift storyline reaches a boiling point. This comes following an alternate version of Boimler (Jack Quaid) as he embarks on a covert inter-dimensional mission to investigate the fissures.

In what may well be the most self-referential episode in “Star Trek” history, “Fissure Quest” features a slew of returning cast members...

This article contains spoilers for the penultimate episode of "Star Trek: Lower Decks."

The penultimate episodes of "Star Trek: Lower Decks" -- season 5's "Fission Quest" -- takes place away from the U.S.S. Cerritos on a mysterious, covert interdimensional vessel called the U.S.S. Anaximander. The Anaximander is commanded by Captain William Boimler (Jack Quaid), a transporter duplicate of Brad Boimler, created several years ago on the series. Captain Boimler belongs to the ultra-secret organization Section 31, and he is on a mission to repair fissures in the spacetime continuum. It seems someone has been ripping holes in space, allowing free access between dimensions. This is causing chaos, as alternate versions of familiar "Star Trek" characters are haphazardly cross-pollinating, invading each other's universes with accidental frequency. Boimler and his crew use the tools on the Anaximander to seal up holes and find the hole-ripping culprit.

The multiverse came...

This article contains spoilers for the latest episode of "Star Trek: Lower Decks."

The penultimate episode of "Star Trek: Lower Decks" season 5 (and the series itself), titled "Fissure Quest," pulls away from the U.S.S. Cerritos, and instead takes place mostly on a ship called the U.S.S. Anaximander. This vessel is captained by one William Boimler (Jack Quaid), a duplicate of Brad Boimler, created via transporter accident. Captain Boimler is a member of the ultra-secret Section 31 and has been assigned a very important, very covert task: he is to sail around the galaxy, patching up the holes in the spacetime continuum that lead to parallel universes.

Boimler's crew is made up entirely of characters from other "Star Trek" shows, albeit slightly altered, parallel universe versions of them. They are what the Marvel Cinematic Universe would call "variants." Trekkies will be delighted to see that the Anaximander's doctor...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle docuseries about their love story was filled with shocking claims about the royal family as the Sussexes stepped down as working royals in January 2020.

The Sussexes Wanted “Privacy” But Created Their Reality TV Soap On Netflix

The kicker is that they left the Firm and the UK because they were concerned about maintaining their privacy.

However, the couple signed a multi-million dollar deal with streaming giant Netflix to create a docuseries about their personal lives.

Queen Elizabeth II’s favorite mantra was “Never complain, never explain.” This means the royal family is never to discuss private matters and past grievances.

Prince Harry and Meghan weren’t shy about airing their dirty laundry for the whole world to see. They also made several damaging comments about the royal family.

Unfortunately, due to royal protocol, Harry’s family couldn’t respond. The real-life soap opera became the...

Warning: contains spoilers for Star Trek: Lower Decks #1!

Star Trek has at long last found its most underrated Chief Medical Officer, and it won't be the one most immediately suspect.

The Star Trek franchise has been graced with many excellent CMOs, such as McCoy, Bashir or Crusher. They have saved their ships time and again, earning their status as legends. Now, in Star Trek: Lower Decks #1, Doctor T’Ana, the Cerritos’ CMO, takes her place beside them with one awe-inspiring feat.

Dr. T'Ana of Star Trek: Lower Decks Does What Other Medical Officers Can't Star Trek: Lower Decks #1 (2024)

In the tale from Ryan North and Derek Charm. The issue opens with the Cerritos crew struggling to contain a virulent outbreak aboard the ship. The disease causes purple bumps to appear on the infected body, and can result in death. Captain Freeman asks T’Ana how long until the disease is fatal.

Mohamed Subahi’s documentary “Madaniya” captures an uprising that would lead to the toppling of Omar Al-Bashir’s 30-year rule in Sudan. These months of protest are told through the perspectives of participants in a sit-in organized in front of the Central Command of the Army in Khartoum.

“I choose my characters as normal people,” Subahi tells Variety. “They are normal, like you can find everywhere in the street. They are not like political people. They are all from different neighborhoods and different backgrounds, but they all have the same demand and the same dream. They might disagree about how the revolution goes but they all want freedom.”

Esra is a young artist, involved in the painting of a mural. Mou’men is a leather worker who distributes fliers and works portraits of those who have fallen in the struggle into his leather work. Django is a bus driver and father with young children.

Princess Diana’s November 1995 Kensington Palace. The bombshell interview shocked the world as Diana spoke about the most intimate details of her life.

Diana Was Candid About Her Experiences With The Royal Family

The Princess of Wales made history by confirming that Prince Charles was having a tryst with Camilla Parker Bowles. “There were three of us in the marriage, so it was a bit crowded,” she admitted. It was the final nail in the coffin of Diana and Charles’s messy marriage.

In the interview, Diana was candid about her experiences with the royal family and the lack of support she received. She talked about her postpartum depression and how she tried to harm herself.

She revealed her struggles with bulimia. In secret tapes recorded for Andrew Morton, which became the book, “Diana: Her True Story,” she spoke of when her eating disorder started. Apparently, Prince Charles told her...

Star Trek is one of the most frequently discussed and influential television franchises in the history of the medium, an incredibly important building block in the formation of modern science fiction storytelling. When it began, Star Trek was different than anything that had been on television before, presenting moral and ethical dilemmas under the guise of space-faring adventures. The influence of the series can be felt all over media today in films like Blade Runner and Galaxy Quest and in the real world, where thousands of scientists, engineers and mathematicians say they were inspired by the show to pursue a life of exploration.

Many Star Trek series have come since the Original Series, continuing the legacy of the franchise across decades of movies, television shows, video games, novelizations, comic books and more. But in discussions of the franchise as a whole, where The Original Series and The Next Generation often...

Warning: contains spoilers for Star Trek: Defiant #19!

Star Trek is making Section 31 somehow even more evil, putting creator Gene Roddenberrys vision for the future in jeopardy. For 26 years, Section 31 has pushed Roddenberrys utopian ideals to their extreme. Working in secrecy, Section 31 safeguards the Federations safetyno matter the cost. Now, in Star Trek: Defiant #19, new and disturbing details about the organization come to light, showing just how terrible they are.

Section 31 first appeared in an episode titled "Inquistion." It was written by Bradley Thompson and David Weddle.

Star Trek: Defiant #19 was written by Christopher Cantwell and drawn by Angel Unzueta. Chief OBrien is working furiously to stop a Romulan invasion, working on a tip from his old friend Doctor Bashir. Bashir arrives, telling OBrien to stand down, and that he (Bashir) was in error.

Bashir was working on information from Section 31, and a text piece, made to resemble an official memo to Bashir,...

Ira Steven Behr brought a more realistic, character-driven approach to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, distinct from The Next Generation. Behr's focus on friendships and downtime activities, like O'Brien and Bashir getting drunk, set DS9 apart from Tng's formality. Behr's influence on modern Star Trek shows, like Discovery and Strange New Worlds, highlights the enduring impact of DS9's character-driven storytelling.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine showrunner Ira Steven Behr identified a "breath of reality" that defined the Star Trek: The Next Generation spinoff from its parent show. Deep Space Nine was specifically designed by Rick Berman and Michael Piller to stand out from Tng; DS9's cast of characters included both Federation and non-Federation officers, and it was set on a space station instead of a starship. However, when Ira Steven Behr took over the running of DS9 in season 3, he made an effort to further establish a very...

The spinoff show Star Trek: Deep Space Nine seems to have gone The Simpsons’ route this election season and predicted a political policy back in 1995, that might come into effect in California now. Moreover, the episode in question was also reportedly set in 2024, making the prediction all the more eerie and accurate.

The episode ‘Past Tense’ sees the world in 2024 crumbling due to rising homelessness, which is attempted to be eradicated by the politicians by sending the homeless to encampments known as Sanctuaries. This ideology has been compared to Californian Governor Gavin Newsom’s latest policy on homelessness eradication.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Predicted A Current Event In 2024 Captain Sisko in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Credits: Paramount

Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek franchise has always depicted a hopeful image of the future, where inclusivity and diplomacy take precedence over other victories. Violence in the show is kept to...

Chase Masterson almost played Jake Sisko's girlfriend but ended up as Leeta in Deep Space Nine, a character that made a lasting impact. Leeta's relationship with Rom, brother of Quark, continued even after Deep Space Nine, leading to Ferengi negotiating Federation membership. Deep Space Nine's season 3 saw key additions with Leeta and Eddington, and the arrival of Kasidy Yates, Captain Sisko's great love.

Best known for playing Leeta, the wife of Rom (Max Grodnchik) in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Chase Masterson almost played the girlfriend of Jake Sisko (Cirroc Lofton). Leeta debuted in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 3, episode 22, "Explorers", where she was introduced as a potential love interest for Doctor Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig). Bashir and Leeta's relationship lasted for a year before she found true love with Rom, the brother of Ferengi bartender Quark (Armin Shimerman). Rom and Leeta continue to make a positive impact...

Michael Jackson will forever remain a pop culture icon for years to come. Having found fame at an early age and growing up as a celebrity kid, Jackson spent the majority of his life as the center of intense public and press speculation. While several stories and issues followed the King of Pop throughout his career, none were as brutal, persistent, and invasive as the speculations surrounding his appearance.

Michael Jackson [Credit: Beat It single | Billboard Music]While he denied getting plastic surgeries, many sources have alleged that the King of Pop had multiple surgeries done. Recently, an old interview of his resurfaced, where Jackson can be seen defending himself gracefully despite the interviewer’s cruelly invasive questions.

Michael Jackson Defends Plastic Surgery Allegations in Old Interview

Jafaar Jackson in a still from Michael | Lionsgate

Michael Jackson used to be one of the biggest stars in the world of music and still enjoys enduring...

Although "Star Trek" takes place in an ostensibly utopian future free from war, want, money, and discrimination, the show's original creator, Gene Roddenberry, felt that humanity required a reckoning before that utopia could begin. According to "Star Trek" lore, Earth would have to nearly destroy itself in a series of devastating wars before the scant survivors would be able to pick themselves up, construct faster-than-light travel, and prepare themselves to meet their closest alien neighbors. The original "Star Trek" takes place about two centuries after the end of World War III, giving humankind a chance to rebuild itself into a utopia.

Back in the 21st century, however, not everything was rosy. Indeed, the two-part "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" episode "Past Tense" threw its main characters back in time — via a transporter accident — to the year 2024 when everything seemed to be at its worst. Earth in 2024 was overrun with poverty,...

Star Trek: DS9's nod to Tos episode "The Deadly Years" showcased a deep connection to the original series' canon and continuity. Writer Ronald D. Moore's love for Tos influenced many DS9 episodes, with references like Hyronalin connecting the two series. The use of Hyronalin in DS9 showcased medical continuity with Tos, with similar treatments also appearing in Tng and Voyager.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine contained a deep-cut Star Trek: The Original Series Easter egg from the episode "The Deadly Years", but it ended up having a deeper meaning. In Tos season 2, episode 12, an Enterprise away team is exposed to fatal radiation that triggers rapid aging. With scenes of the Star Trek: Tos cast in old man make-up, and the countdown clock tension, "The Deadly Years" became a beloved Tos episode. As Star Trek: DS9 was packed full of major and minor references to Tos canon, a nod...

Star Trek: Tng's Emmy loss inspired a plot for Dr. Bashir in DS9, in which he was nominated for an award he never thought he'd win. In DS9, Dr. Bashir's Carrington Award storyline is a reference to Tng and NYPD Blue losing out to surprise competitor Picket Fences at the 1994 Emmys. The Carrington Award is given out by the Federation Medical Council to honor outstanding achievements in medicine.

Star Trek: The Next Generation's loss at the 1994 Emmy Awards inspired a storyline for Dr. Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig) in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Across seven seasons, Star Trek: Tng racked up an impressive 58 nominations and 17 awards at the Emmys between 1988 and 1994. Tng performed well in the technical categories at the Emmy Awards, but it was only in contention for the Outstanding Drama Series prize once. The lack of Emmy recognition for Tng actors is, rightly, a bone of contention...

Geordi La Forge is amazed by a new space station, but it's not all good news - something sinister is happening there. Data, La Forge, and O'Brien team up to track down Lore and Korath on a god-level space station near a black hole. The massive space station in Star Trek Annual 2024 is a powerful engineering marvel that brings danger and awe.

Warning: contains spoilers for Star Trek Annual 2024!

There is a new space station in the Star Trek universe, and its design and architecture have left even Geordi La Forge starstruck. In Star Trek Annual 2024, La Forge teams up with Data and OBrien to find Datas evil brother Lore. Their search first takes them to some of the galaxys seediest locales, and then finally to a god-level space station that leaves La Forges jaw on the floor.

Star Trek Annual 2024 was written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly and drawn by Rachael Stott.

Exclusive: Bestselling South African scribe Deon Meyer is turning his Last Of Us-esque thriller Fever into a TV series with Federation Meac.

The adaptation, which doesn’t yet have a buyer, is part of a three-project deal struck between Meyer’s Scenne23 and the Federation Studios label, with Meyer set to pen the series himself.

Fever follows Nico Storm and his father Willem, who are the few in South Africa to have survived a devastating virus that wiped out more than 90% of the world’s population. Willem, a thinker and a leader, has a vision for a new community rebuilt from the ruins of the old world, and so Amanzi is formed with a disparate group of survivors. Killing Eve producer Sid Gentle optioned the novel five years ago but that option has run down.

Joachim Landau, who runs Federation Meac, which develops projects mainly in the Middle East, Africa and Caribbean,...

The character of Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell) on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" belongs to a species called the Trill. Many Trills are capable of conjoining with long-lived, surgically implanted, worm-like symbionts that live in their abdomens. The symbionts get passed from host to host during their lifetimes, sharing a consciousness with each one. Dax is partially a 22-year-old woman, but, thanks to her symbiont, also possesses the memories and personalities of seven previous hosts, including — most recently — a rowdy old man named Curzon. Captain Sisko (Avery Brooks) was friends with Curzon and was thrilled to meet Jadzia, the next incarnation in his friend's life. He affectionately called her "old man."

When "Deep Space Nine" began, the writers focused heavily on Dax's relationship with the young, idealistic Dr. Bashir (Alexander Siddig), an insufferably flirt. Dr. Bashir would frequently proposition Dax, and she, with the patience of a centuries-old sage, would rebuff him.

Star Trek: Defiant #19 reunites fan-favorite characters Chief Miles O'Brien and Doctor Julian Bashir. The issue is set three years after Deep Space Nine's finale, exploring the characters' new lives and potential conflicts. Doctor Bashir's involvement with Section 31 adds intrigue to the story, as the characters' friendship faces challenges.

Warning: contains potential spoilers for Star Trek: Defiant #19!

The Star Trek franchise is home to more than a few great bromances, and now one of the best of all time is returning. IDWs Star Trek line, including Star Trek: Defiant, has crafted a large, overarching story bringing together characters from many iterations of the franchise. Now, in a first look at Septembers Star Trek: Defiant #19, two fan-favorite characters seemingly resume their classic bromance.

Idw shared their September solicitations, including Star Trek: Defiant #19, with League of Comic Geeks. The issue, which will be written by Christopher Cantwell and drawn by Angel Unzueta,...

In the pilot episode of "Star Trek: Voyager," titled "Caretaker," the U.S.S. Voyager is magically whisked clear across the galaxy by a super-powerful alien seeking compatible DNA it could use for breeding purposes. The Voyager is grievously damaged by the whisking and multiple crew members die, including the ship's entire medical staff. To assist with all the injuries, one of the Voyager crewmates activates the ship's Emergency Medical Hologram, an ultrasophisticated program that holographically projects an artificial doctor into the middle of sickbay. 

The artificial doctor -- played on "Voyager" by Robert Picardo -- is capable of scanning patients, surmising what treatment might be needed, and can even administer medicine or perform surgery (the Emh has tangible substance thanks to force fields). Because he was designed for emergencies, the Emh was programmed to have a snippy, impatient personality. Whenever he is activated, he merely barks out: "Please state...