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Tag: Star Trek

“A hundred quatloos on the newcomers”: The Gamesters of Triskelion (Original Series) vs. Tsunkatse (Voyager)

It’s old-fashioned fisticuffs, Star Trek style, as Captain Kirk and Seven of Nine fight for their lives.

Read More “A hundred quatloos on the newcomers”: The Gamesters of Triskelion (Original Series) vs. Tsunkatse (Voyager)

“Not all tests are announced”: Coming of Age (TNG) vs. Ask Not (Short Treks)

Picard and Pike appear to be in trouble, while Wesley Crusher and Thira Sidhu get the Kobayashi Maru treatment.

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“I was driving starships while your great-grandfather was still in diapers”: Relics (TNG) vs. Flashback (Voyager)

Scotty finds himself in La Forge’s engine room on Picard’s Enterprise, while Janeway and Tuvok find themselves on Sulu’s Excelsior.

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“Keep your freaky to yourself”: The Forsaken (DS9) vs. Q & A (Short Treks)

Elevator troubles lead to awkward moments for Odo, Lwaxana Troi, Spock, and Number One.

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“You are the dreamer, and the dream”: The Inner Light (TNG) vs. Far Beyond the Stars (DS9)

Captain Picard and Captain Sisko each live out another person’s life, in two of the finest episodes in all of Star Trek.

Read More “You are the dreamer, and the dream”: The Inner Light (TNG) vs. Far Beyond the Stars (DS9)

“We can be heroes”: Ephraim and Dot (Short Treks) vs. Children of Mars (Short Treks)

2019 ends and 2020 begins with very different Short Treks, which tell surprisingly similar stories while exploring new sides of Star Trek.

Read More “We can be heroes”: Ephraim and Dot (Short Treks) vs. Children of Mars (Short Treks)

“Resistance is not futile?”: I, Borg (TNG) vs. The Gift (Voyager)

Geordi makes a new friend, while Voyager gains a new crew member … and loses one.

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“He was an idiot”: More Tribbles, More Troubles (Animated Series) vs. The Trouble with Edward (Short Treks)

Tribbles return, in an episode of The Animated Series, and in a Short Trek that only feels animated.

Read More “He was an idiot”: More Tribbles, More Troubles (Animated Series) vs. The Trouble with Edward (Short Treks)

“Paradise has never seemed so well-armed”: Homefront & Paradise Lost (DS9) vs. Demons & Terra Prime (Enterprise)

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)

“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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