I watch 2 episodes of Star Trek from 2 different series, and write about them.
A failure to communicate could be fatal for Saru, and for everyone on board Deep Space Nine.
Read More “Flame the dark true salt”: Babel (Deep Space 9) vs. An Obol for Charon (Discovery)Chief O’Brien and Ensign Tilly each form unlikely friendships with new life, whether they were seeking it out or not.
Read More “I live the greatest adventure one could ever desire”: Captive Pursuit (DS9) vs. Runaway (Short Treks)Worf and Troi play Red Dead Redemption, while Bashir and Garak play Goldeneye.
Read More “What could possibly go wrong?”: A Fistful of Datas (TNG) vs. Our Man Bashir (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”.
Read More “We’ve got a long way to go”: Eye of the Needle (Voyager) vs. The Sound of Her Voice (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.
Read More “I’ll try to make my lies more opaque”: The Defector (TNG) vs. Duet (DS9)Data learns that honesty isn’t the best policy — until it is — and Kira learns that she doesn’t get to be the good guy anymore.
Read More “You’re on the other side now”: The Ensigns of Command (TNG) vs. Progress (DS9)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)The Siskos and Burnham spend more creepy quality time with the Mirror versions of their lost loved ones, which turns into a sitcom for the Siskos, and a horror movie for Burnham.
Read More “This feels like a reckoning”: Shattered Mirror (DS9) vs. Vaulting Ambition (DSC)Sisko and Burnham impersonate their Mirror Universe selves, which leads Burnham to question her faith in herself and in humanity … and leads Sisko to look cool dual-wielding phasers.
Read More “Every moment is a test”: Through the Looking Glass (DS9) vs. The Wolf Inside (DSC)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)