I watch 2 episodes of Star Trek from 2 different series, and write about them.
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)Voyager and Enterprise explore aging and memory loss, in a couple of their best episodes.
Read More “Our relationship has evolved”: Before and After (VOY) vs. Twilight (ENT)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 debut episodes of Enterprise and Discovery show us 2 very different visions of life in Starfleet before Kirk.
Read More “We’re explorers, not soldiers”: Broken Bow (ENT) vs. The Vulcan Hello & Battle at the Binary Stars (DSC)