Jeffrey Combs

Screenshot: ParamountAs 2022 ends, it’s hard to say that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has had a more influential year in his acting career, even if that influence was his long-in-the-making Black Adam movie almost singlehandedly tearing apart the DC cinema slate for years. But was it his year as an actor? Absolutely not, because that is, was, and forever will be, 2000.Because that’s when “Tsunkatse,” the 15th episode of Star Trek: Voyager’s penultimate sixth season aired, marking the debut of Johnson’s acting career before…

Image: ParamountToday’s Star Trek: Lower Decks asks its surprising lead character if it’s worth trying to do something out of your comfort zone, even if you fail. At least unlike its surprising lead character, Lower Decks is much better having tried, even if not everything quite worked out.That surprising lead in “A Mathematically Perfect Redemption” is none other than Peanut Hamper, the Exocomp science ensign who appeared in Lower Decks’ first season finale. There, the singular gag—recapped at the start of the episode,…