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“Previously, on Star Trek”: The Menagerie (Original Series) vs. If Memory Serves (Discovery)

The Original Series revisits its original, unaired pilot episode … and half a century later, so does Discovery.

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“We too are machines, just machines of a different type”: The Measure of a Man (TNG) vs. Author, Author (Voyager)

Data’s rights as a person, and the Doctor’s rights as an author, are put on trial.

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“Use logic more quietly”: Empok Nor (DS9) vs. Impulse (Enterprise)

Deep Space Nine and Enterprise get in the Halloween spirit, as Garak goes all Michael Myers on an abandoned station, and T’Pol finds a zombie apocalypse on board a Vulcan ship.

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“Sipping jippers on a beach somewhere”: I, Mudd (Original Series) vs. The Escape Artist (Short Treks)

We look at the evolution of Harry Mudd, as Captain Kirk outsmarts yet another artificial intelligence, and Mudd outsmarts everyone.

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“I have the will to live of two men”: Tuvix (Voyager) vs. Similitude (Enterprise)

Things get weird on board the Voyager and the Enterprise, as Archer grows a second Trip, Tuvok and Neelix become one, and Janeway makes a controversial command decision.

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“Life is a great deal more complicated in this red uniform”: Court Martial (Original Series) vs. Rules of Engagement (Deep Space Nine)

In the space-justice system, Kirk and Worf are put on trial. These are their stories.

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“What the devil happened to you up there?”: Family (TNG) vs. Home (Enterprise)

The crews of two Enterprises come home for a visit after a tough mission, as Picard recovers from his time as Locutus of Borg, and Phlox learns that 22nd-century Earth isn’t a utopia yet.

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To be continued: Trek vs. Trek will return in the fall

Trek vs. Trek is going on hiatus for the rest of the spring and summer, and will return in the fall. 

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“We have engaged the Borg”: The Best of Both Worlds (TNG) vs. Scorpion (Voyager)

Captain Picard is forced to help the Borg, and Captain Janeway chooses to, as we meet Locutus of Borg and Seven of Nine.

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“The Great Balance is a lie”: A Taste of Armageddon (Original Series) vs. The Sound of Thunder (Discovery)

Prime Directive? What Prime Directive? Kirk and Saru each take the law into their own hands.

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