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General Hospital delivered a week heavy on family, emotional goodbyes, questionable alliances and the kind of secrets that never stay buried for long in Port Charles. From Curtis beginning his prison sentence to Drew suddenly deciding he wants to make amends, the August 17-21 episodes moved several stories forward while planting some very suspicious seeds for what comes next. Curtis Says Goodbye Before Heading to Pentonville Curtis' final days of freedom provided some of the week's strongest...

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4, Episode 5, “Level Five Transporter Accident,” gives us one of the strangest Enterprise emergencies yet. Scotty tries to break a transporter record, nearly the entire crew gets turned into puppets, Spock is forced to keep the ship together, and somehow there is still time for relationship drama. The episode opens with a nice tribute to Star Trek’s 60th anniversary before Spock reveals that the Enterprise is heading toward Vulcan. He had planned to spend...

Una Chin-Riley finally gets her first mission as a newly promoted commander, and Star Trek wastes absolutely no time making sure it is anything but easy. What begins as a seemingly straightforward recovery mission quickly becomes a dangerous trip into Klingon territory, complete with mistaken identities, an occupied planet, a suspicious Federation probe and enough tension to make Una’s first command assignment one she definitely won’t forget. The episode opens with Una recording her First...