I watch 2 episodes of Star Trek from 2 different series, and write about them.
In these two stand-out episodes, we take a trip into two darker timelines … and get a glimpse of the very different TV shows that The Next Generation and Voyager could have been.
Read More “I’d like my death to count for something”: Yesterday’s Enterprise (TNG) vs. Year of Hell (VOY)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)Spock and Burnham have daddy issues, and Sarek is emotionally exhausted from appearing in 3 different series of Star Trek.
Read More “I feel angry, but I want to love”: Journey to Babel (TOS) vs. Sarek (TNG) vs. Lethe (DSC)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)Disaster strikes, and we get to see how the crew of the Enterprise, and two identical crews of two identical Voyagers, cope in a crisis.
Read More “Weird is part of the job”: Disaster (TNG) vs. Deadlock (VOY)Kirk and Spock hunt one supposed monster, and Burnham is ordered to weaponize another.
Read More “Tell your threat-ganglia to relax”: The Devil in the Dark (TOS) vs. The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not for the Lamb’s Cry (DSC)Two disgraced officers are sprung from prison for one last mission: to give us a new perspective on just how utopian Starfleet actually is.
Read More “I always thought Starfleet had a lot to learn from me”: Ensign Ro (TNG) vs. Context is for Kings (DSC)The series so nice they made a pilot, twice
Read More “Above all else, a god needs compassion”: The Cage (TOS) vs. Where No Man Has Gone Before (TOS)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)
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