I watch 2 episodes of Star Trek from 2 different series, and write about them.
22nd-century Earth has a ways to go before becoming a perfect paradise … and 24th-century Earth may not be so perfect after all.
Read More “Paradise has never seemed so well-armed”: Homefront & Paradise Lost (DS9) vs. Demons & Terra Prime (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.
Read More “Use logic more quietly”: Empok Nor (DS9) vs. Impulse (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.
Read More “I have the will to live of two men”: Tuvix (Voyager) vs. Similitude (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.
Read More “What the devil happened to you up there?”: Family (TNG) vs. Home (Enterprise)Humanity comes face to face with the dehumanizing nightmare of the Borg, for the first time … twice.
Read More “You’re out of your league”: Q Who (TNG) vs. Regeneration (Enterprise)Strange new worlds have Trip and Saru behaving … strangely.
Read More “Are we allowed to squash alien life forms?”: Strange New World (Enterprise) vs. Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum (Discovery)Kirk and Archer take their respective Enterprises into the Wild, Wild West … but, you know, in space.
Read More “Up north, quite a ways”: Spectre of the Gun (Original Series) vs. North Star (Enterprise)We meet an iconically charismatic villain for the first time, and encounter another charismatic villain with a familiar face.
Read More “He was the best of the tyrants”: Space Seed (Original Series) vs. The Arik Soong Arc (Enterprise)We wrap up our trip to the Mirror Universe with two episodes that are each classic Trek, but in very different ways.
Read More “We will not accept a no-win scenario”: In a Mirror, Darkly, Part 2 (ENT) vs. What’s Past is Prologue (DSC)The crew of the ISS Enterprise are mostly evil, while the crew of the ISS Discovery are just pretending to be.
Read More “Their strength is painted rust”: In a Mirror, Darkly, Part 1 (ENT) vs. Despite Yourself (DSC)