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Saturday, 28 February 2026

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1-08: The Life of the Stars (Quick Review)

Episode: 8 | Writer: Gaia Violo & Jane Maggs | Director: Andi Armaganian | Air Date: 26-Feb-2026

This week on Sci-Fi Adventures I'm watching The Life of the Stars, the 8th episode of Starfleet Academy. A TV series that I'm not really enjoying much.

There are some familiar names in the credits for this one. It's got the same director as the previous episode, Ko'Zeine, and the two writers have both worked on episodes already. That's all the trivia I've got, sorry.

This is going to have SPOILERS for the episode, so if you haven't watched it yet maybe consider doing that first. Or not, if you're not really enjoying the series much either.

Monday, 23 February 2026

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1-07: Ko'Zeine (Quick Review)

Episode: 7 | Writer: Alex Taub & Eric Anthony Glover | Director: Andi Armaganian | Air Date: 19-Feb-2026

This week on Sci-Fi Adventures I'm watching Ko'Zeine. Isn't that a type of drug?

Both the writers have written for Starfleet Academy already, as Alex Taub co-wrote prank war story Vitus Reflux and Eric Anthony Glover co-wrote Klingon debate contest story Vox in Excelso. At the very least they'll have a good grasp of who the characters are.

I'm a bit surprised that this wasn't directed by main Discovery (and Section 31) director Olatunde Osunsanmi, as I know he's working on this series, but it doesn't seem like there are enough episodes left. Each director has been given a pair of episodes so far, so that means there are five directors. I've heard that Jonathan Frakes is the fifth and it turns out that Andi Armaganian is the fourth, so I guess Osunsanmi won't be directing this season after all?

Andi Armaganian is also a Trek veteran, having directed Rubicon and Jinaal for Discovery and Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach and Through the Lens of Time for Strange New Worlds. Damn, there's no chance of mixing up which series those episode titles belong to. I don't recall her episodes standing out due to the visuals or performances, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

Alright, I'm going to try to give this episode a bit of a review and there will be SPOILERS below.