“You have angered The Picard”: Who Watches the Watchers (TNG) vs. New Eden (Discovery)

Picard gets a promotion from captain to god, and the Discovery visits a distant colony of humans whose ancestors were abducted by “angels”.

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It’s the most wonderful space-time of the light-year

Happy holidays from Trek vs. Trek! I’m taking a break over the holiday season, and will return with new posts in the new year. Until then, live long and stay warm!

“What could possibly go wrong?”: A Fistful of Datas (TNG) vs. Our Man Bashir (DS9)

Worf and Troi play Red Dead Redemption, while Bashir and Garak play Goldeneye.

“Are we allowed to squash alien life forms?”: Strange New World (Enterprise) vs. Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum (Discovery)

Strange new worlds have Trip and Saru behaving … strangely.

“We’ve got a long way to go”: Eye of the Needle (Voyager) vs. The Sound of Her Voice (DS9)

The crew of Voyager come to terms with being stranded in the Delta Quadrant, and the crew of Deep Space Nine “shouldn’t have to mourn alone”.

“Up north, quite a ways”: Spectre of the Gun (Original Series) vs. North Star (Enterprise)

Kirk and Archer take their respective Enterprises into the Wild, Wild West … but, you know, in space.

“Eyes in the dark”: Night Terrors (TNG) vs. The Haunting of Deck Twelve (Voyager)

Who says they won’t celebrate Halloween in the 24th century? Neelix tells the Borg kids a ghost story, while the crew of the Enterprise hallucinate some scary stories of their own.

“I’ll try to make my lies more opaque”: The Defector (TNG) vs. Duet (DS9)

A Romulan defector and a mysterious Cardassian show us what true patriotism might look like, in two fine examples of Star Trek at its Star Trek-iest.