I watch 2 episodes of Star Trek from 2 different series, and write about them.
Away teams from two Enterprises encounter echoes of Earth’s past on far-off planets … and also cheat at craps (and fizzbin).
Read More “Did humans really talk like that?”: A Piece of the Action (TOS) vs. The Royale (TNG)The crew of the Enterprise meet Earth’s biggest fan, and the cast of the show meet Star Trek’s biggest fan.
Read More “I’m literally angry with rage!”: The Squire of Gothos (TOS) vs. Where No Fan Has Gone Before (Futurama)Data learns to dream, and the Doctor learns to daydream.
Read More “The dream dreams the dreamer”: Birthright, Part 1 (TNG) vs. Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy (VOY)Honey, I Shrunk the Crew of the Enterprise (and a Runabout)
Read More “A little ship that took a little trip”: The Terratin Incident (TAS) vs. One Little Ship (DS9)An early episode of The Next Generation starts a Trek tradition of holodeck malfunctions, while a late-series episode of Deep Space 9 lets the crew use the holodeck exactly as its designers probably intended: to pull holographic casino heists.
Read More “It is you who are not real, sir”: The Big Goodbye (TNG) vs. Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang (DS9)We see Earth through the eyes of 3 Ferengi in the 40s, and 3 Vulcans in the 50s.
Read More “I Love Lucy is on tonight”: Little Green Men (DS9) vs. Carbon Creek (ENT)The Original Series gives us a comedic classic, and Deep Space Nine pays tribble-ute with a comedic classic of its own.
Read More “I’m a doctor, not an historian”: The Trouble with Tribbles (TOS) vs. Trials and Tribble-ations (DS9)Kirk and Janeway try to preserve the timeline – more or less – when they’re each thrown back to the 20th century.
Read More “You people certainly have interesting problems”: Tomorrow is Yesterday (TOS) vs Future’s End (VOY)