I watch 2 episodes of Star Trek from 2 different 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)