Author: James

  • Week 11: Continuum Season 3

    This week, we will be we’ll be starting season 3 of Continuum. For those who have never seen it before: When a group of rebels convicted as terrorists escapes execution by fleeing from the year 2077 to 2012, Kiera Cameron, a future Vancouver law enforcement officer, is involuntarily transported with them. In order to track…

  • Week 10: Arrow Season 2

    Don your hoods, grab your bow and apply green eye shadow, for this week Spocksoc returns to Starling City in Arrow. After five years stranded on an island, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is found and returned to his family in Starling City. During the day he works to rebuild his life, while at night he…

  • Week 9: Grimm

    Once again, Spocksoc is holding our usual Friday Night screenings this week with Season 3 of the dark fantasy Grimm Homicide Detective Nick Burkhardt of the Portland Police Bureau learns he is descended from a line of “guardians” known as “Grimms,” charged with keeping balance between humanity and the mythological creatures (called “Wesen”) of the…

  • Week 8: Lost Girl Season 4

    Hello and welcome back. I hope you have enjoyed you mid-semester break and, unlike me, have had a productive week. To kick off the second half of semester we have season 4 of Lost Girl. Bo is a succubus who grew up in an adoptive human family, unaware of her non-human nature and of the…

  • Mid-Sem Break: Orphan Black

    Hello again. I hope you are all enjoying Easter and your mid-semester break. Spocksoc will be continuing our normal Friday screenings this week with Orphan Black The series follows Sarah Manning, a con woman and small-time hustler. She witnesses a bizarre incident- a woman who appears to be her exact twin, committing suicide by jumping…

  • Week 7: Haven Season 4

    Hello once again. With uni-break just around the corner, Spocksoc will be continuing our weekly Friday screenings. For Easter Friday this week, we will be showing season 4 of Haven When FBI Special Agent Audrey Parker (Emily Rose) arrives in the small town of Haven, Maine, on a routine case, she soon finds herself increasingly…

  • Week 6: Defiance

    Spocksoc is holding another Friday night screening this week, continuing with season 1 of Defiance. Defiance is set in 2046, in the aftermath of a conflict between Earth and a wandering alien species known as the Votans. During the war, the Votan fleet was destroyed, stranding the Votans on Earth and raining down debris and…

  • Week 5: Agents of Shield

    Spocksoc, Assemble! This week we have the return of Marvel’s Agents of Shield. Following the events of The Avengers, S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) sets up a small team, headed by Agent Phil Coulson, to investigate superhuman and supervillain activity. A must-see for any fan of the Marvel universe. As always, we…

  • Week 4: Almost Human

    In this week’s Friday Screening, Spocksoc will be doing another new show: Almost Human. In 2048, the uncontrollable evolution of science and technology has caused crime rates to rise an astounding 400%. To combat this, the overwhelmed police force has implemented a new policy: every human police officer is paired up with a lifelike combat-model…

  • Week 3: Once Upon A Time

    Once again Spocksoc will be holding their weekly Friday screenings in Macaulay. This week, we travel to Neverland for season 3 of Once Upon A Time The story is set in the fictional small town of Storybrooke, Maine. The town is populated by characters from fairy tales, who have been exiled to the real world…