I watch 2 episodes of Star Trek from 2 different series, and write about them.
Worf and Troi play Red Dead Redemption, while Bashir and Garak play Goldeneye.
Read More “What could possibly go wrong?”: A Fistful of Datas (TNG) vs. Our Man Bashir (DS9)Who says they won’t celebrate Halloween in the 24th century? Neelix tells the Borg kids a ghost story, while the crew of the Enterprise hallucinate some scary stories of their own.
Read More “Eyes in the dark”: Night Terrors (TNG) vs. The Haunting of Deck Twelve (Voyager)A Romulan defector and a mysterious Cardassian show us what true patriotism might look like, in two fine examples of Star Trek at its Star Trek-iest.
Read More “I’ll try to make my lies more opaque”: The Defector (TNG) vs. Duet (DS9)Data learns that honesty isn’t the best policy — until it is — and Kira learns that she doesn’t get to be the good guy anymore.
Read More “You’re on the other side now”: The Ensigns of Command (TNG) vs. Progress (DS9)Away teams from two Enterprises encounter echoes of Earth’s past on far-off planets … and also cheat at craps (and fizzbin).
Read More “Did humans really talk like that?”: A Piece of the Action (TOS) vs. The Royale (TNG)Data learns to dream, and the Doctor learns to daydream.
Read More “The dream dreams the dreamer”: Birthright, Part 1 (TNG) vs. Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy (VOY)An early episode of The Next Generation starts a Trek tradition of holodeck malfunctions, while a late-series episode of Deep Space 9 lets the crew use the holodeck exactly as its designers probably intended: to pull holographic casino heists.
Read More “It is you who are not real, sir”: The Big Goodbye (TNG) vs. Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang (DS9)Troi and Kirk try on Romulan faces, and oppression and espionage test what Troi and Spock are capable of.
Read More “What are you, that you could do this?”: The Enterprise Incident (TOS) vs. Face of the Enemy (TNG)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)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)