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  • “Not all tests are announced”: Coming of Age (TNG) vs. Ask Not (Short Treks)
  • “If we’re going to be damned, let’s be damned for what we really are”: Encounter at Farpoint (TNG) vs. Emissary (DS9)
  • “You are the dreamer, and the dream”: The Inner Light (TNG) vs. Far Beyond the Stars (DS9)
  • “A hundred quatloos on the newcomers”: The Gamesters of Triskelion (Original Series) vs. Tsunkatse (Voyager)
  • “The dream dreams the dreamer”: Birthright, Part 1 (TNG) vs. Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy (VOY)
  • “Shaka, when the walls fell”: Arena (Original Series) vs. Darmok (TNG)
  • “Did humans really talk like that?”: A Piece of the Action (TOS) vs. The Royale (TNG)

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“Fear is the most honest of all emotions”: Catspaw (Original Series) vs. The Thaw (Voyager)

Star Trek explores the nature of fear, as Captain Kirk visits Planet Spirit Halloween, and Ensign Kim is tormented by a murder-clown.

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“Let’s tempt fate”: Time Squared (TNG) vs. Timeless (Voyager)

After their mistakes get their crewmates killed, Harry Kim and Captain Picard have words with their past and future selves.

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My 20 Favorite Treks of 2020

Any year in which it was possible to make a TOP TWENTY list of new Star Trek can’t have been all bad, right?

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“Wolf 359 was an inside job”: Samaritan Snare (TNG) vs. No Small Parts (Lower Decks)

The Enterprise and the Cerritos encounter the Pakleds, who are kind of a joke … until they aren’t.

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“I am alone, but I will adapt”: One (Voyager) vs. Doctor’s Orders (Enterprise)

With their crewmates in stasis for the journey through a creepy space-cloud, Seven of Nine and Dr. Phlox self-isolate … and hallucinate.

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“His logical selection was compassion”: The Ultimate Computer (Original Series) vs. Warhead (Voyager)

A sentient computer weaponizes the Enterprise, and a sentient weapon commandeers Voyager.

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“Attention, Bajoran workers”: The Arsenal of Freedom (TNG) vs. Civil Defense (DS9)

It’s just one problem after another, as the Enterprise gets the hard sell from a long-dead weapons salesman, and the crew of Deep Space Nine sets off an old Cardassian security system.

Read More “Attention, Bajoran workers”: The Arsenal of Freedom (TNG) vs. Civil Defense (DS9)

“I’m betting that our principles are going to keep us alive”: The Time Trap (Animated Series) vs. The Void (Voyager)

While trapped in isolated pockets of space, the crew of the Enterprise encounter a mini-Federation, while Voyager’s crew helps build one.

Read More “I’m betting that our principles are going to keep us alive”: The Time Trap (Animated Series) vs. The Void (Voyager)

“Starfleet is better with you in it”: Lower Decks (TNG) vs. Second Contact (Lower Decks)

We get a taste of life on the lower decks of the Federation’s flagship, and we’re introduced to the crew of the Cerritos, which is far from a flagship.

Read More “Starfleet is better with you in it”: Lower Decks (TNG) vs. Second Contact (Lower Decks)

“The kid’s had too much reality lately, if you ask me”: Hollow Pursuits (TNG) vs. It’s Only a Paper Moon (DS9)

Barclay and Nog use the holodeck the way most of us would, if we could: they spend too much time in it.

Read More “The kid’s had too much reality lately, if you ask me”: Hollow Pursuits (TNG) vs. It’s Only a Paper Moon (DS9)

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  • “Fear is the most honest of all emotions”: Catspaw (Original Series) vs. The Thaw (Voyager) November 1, 2021
  • “Let’s tempt fate”: Time Squared (TNG) vs. Timeless (Voyager) October 24, 2021
  • My 20 Favorite Treks of 2020 January 17, 2021
  • “Wolf 359 was an inside job”: Samaritan Snare (TNG) vs. No Small Parts (Lower Decks) December 28, 2020
  • “I am alone, but I will adapt”: One (Voyager) vs. Doctor’s Orders (Enterprise) November 1, 2020
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