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?
Read More My 20 Favorite Treks of 2020Author: Peter Aidan Byrne
Writer. Educator. He/him. All opinions his own, unfortunately. Hope for a Star Trek future, but plan for a Horizon Zero Dawn future.
“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.
Read More “Wolf 359 was an inside job”: Samaritan Snare (TNG) vs. No Small Parts (Lower Decks)“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.
Read More “I am alone, but I will adapt”: One (Voyager) vs. Doctor’s Orders (Enterprise)“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.
Read More “His logical selection was compassion”: The Ultimate Computer (Original Series) vs. Warhead (Voyager)“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)“A hundred quatloos on the newcomers”: The Gamesters of Triskelion (Original Series) vs. Tsunkatse (Voyager)
It’s old-fashioned fisticuffs, Star Trek style, as Captain Kirk and Seven of Nine fight for their lives.
Read More “A hundred quatloos on the newcomers”: The Gamesters of Triskelion (Original Series) vs. Tsunkatse (Voyager)“Not all tests are announced”: Coming of Age (TNG) vs. Ask Not (Short Treks)
Picard and Pike appear to be in trouble, while Wesley Crusher and Thira Sidhu get the Kobayashi Maru treatment.
Read More “Not all tests are announced”: Coming of Age (TNG) vs. Ask Not (Short Treks)