Punch It: Writing in Star Trek

Developing a Star Trek Enterprise C Prequel Show Not much is known about Rachel Garrett and her valiant crew of the Enterprise C. All that we know is that they sacrificed themselves in order to avert a war between the Federation and the Klingons,...

The Writing and Themes of Better Call Saul Season 3 Season 3 of Better Call Saul has come and gone and some were left with more questions than answers. We got the introduction of Gus Fring, a fan favorite in Breaking Bad. Every season has gotten a...

Writing a Star Trek: Enterprise Story On-the-fly Writing stories on-the-fly is one of the many reasons why we started Punch It. We love to take a kernel of a story and let it expand organically into something new but also familiar. One avenue that is...

What if Beavis and Butt-Head grew up? One of the benefits of an animated series is that it doesn’t have to follow the same rules we follow in real life. For instance, characters don’t have to face consequences for their actions, and they don’t have...

Analyze the writing and direction of Gilmore Girls Season 3 Here we are again and we could not be happier. Char has finally finished her first Gilmore Girls run through of season three! Tristan is a Gilmore Girls veteran but this is Char's first time...

We explore what a House of Cards spinoff would look like Last week, we explored every single angle you could possibly explore with how a House of Cards spinoff would actually look. We landed on a Garret Walker lead show. How did he get to the...

What would a House of Cards spin-off look like? House of Cards was released this week and Char and Tristan couldn't be happier. The Netflix original with Frank and Claire Underwood is one of their favorites and a lot of the world feels the same way....

Developing Guinan's backstory from Star Trek on-the-fly Guinan first graced the set of Star Trek: The Next Generation in season 2's episode "The Child". While that episode was lacking, this new warm and fascinating character, portrayed by Whoopi...

What would a Home Improvement revival look like? Last week we talked about how networks are hitting the nostalgia button a bit too hard lately with the constant revivals. Sometimes if feels like TV executives are throwing darts at a 90s board and...

The Ups and Downs of Television Revivals So many television revivals are happening that it's hard to keep up. X-Files, 24, Heroes, maybe Xena and now Roseanne. Roseanne is actually coming back to TV and it's not just Barr coming back, it's Goodman...