“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.

“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.

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?

“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.

“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.

“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.

“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.

“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.