I watch 2 episodes from 2 different Star Trek series and write about them.
Disaster strikes, and we get to see how the crew of the Enterprise, and two identical crews of two identical Voyagers, cope in a crisis.
Read More “Weird is part of the job”: Disaster (TNG) vs. Deadlock (VOY)Kirk and Spock hunt one supposed monster, and Burnham is ordered to weaponize another.
Read More “Tell your threat-ganglia to relax”: The Devil in the Dark (TOS) vs. The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not for the Lamb’s Cry (DSC)Two disgraced officers are sprung from prison for one last mission: to give us a new perspective on just how utopian Starfleet actually is.
Read More “I always thought Starfleet had a lot to learn from me”: Ensign Ro (TNG) vs. Context is for Kings (DSC)The series so nice they made a pilot, twice
Read More “Above all else, a god needs compassion”: The Cage (TOS) vs. Where No Man Has Gone Before (TOS)The debut episodes of Enterprise and Discovery show us 2 very different visions of life in Starfleet before Kirk.
Read More “We’re explorers, not soldiers”: Broken Bow (ENT) vs. The Vulcan Hello & Battle at the Binary Stars (DSC)