I watch 2 episodes of Star Trek from 2 different series, and write about them.
We get a taste of life on the lower decks of the Federation’s flagship, and we’re introduced to the crew of the Cerritos, which is far from a flagship.
Read More “Starfleet is better with you in it”: Lower Decks (TNG) vs. Second Contact (Lower Decks)Barclay and Nog use the holodeck the way most of us would, if we could: they spend too much time in it.
Read More “The kid’s had too much reality lately, if you ask me”: Hollow Pursuits (TNG) vs. It’s Only a Paper Moon (DS9)Picard and Pike appear to be in trouble, while Wesley Crusher and Thira Sidhu get the Kobayashi Maru treatment.
Read More “Not all tests are announced”: Coming of Age (TNG) vs. Ask Not (Short Treks)Scotty finds himself in La Forge’s engine room on Picard’s Enterprise, while Janeway and Tuvok find themselves on Sulu’s Excelsior.
Read More “I was driving starships while your great-grandfather was still in diapers”: Relics (TNG) vs. Flashback (Voyager)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)Geordi makes a new friend, while Voyager gains a new crew member … and loses one.
Read More “Resistance is not futile?”: I, Borg (TNG) vs. The Gift (Voyager)Data’s rights as a person, and the Doctor’s rights as an author, are put on trial.
Read More “We too are machines, just machines of a different type”: The Measure of a Man (TNG) vs. Author, Author (Voyager)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)Captain Picard is forced to help the Borg, and Captain Janeway chooses to, as we meet Locutus of Borg and Seven of Nine.
Read More “We have engaged the Borg”: The Best of Both Worlds (TNG) vs. Scorpion (Voyager)It’s first contact with new life, from the new life’s point of view.
Read More “My place is no longer here”: First Contact (TNG) vs. The Brightest Star (Short Treks)