I watch 2 episodes of Star Trek from 2 different series, and write about them.
Captain Kirk faces mortal combat with an alien opponent, while Captain Picard gets into a war of words … so to speak.
Read More “Shaka, when the walls fell”: Arena (Original Series) vs. Darmok (TNG)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)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)The crew of the Enterprise meet Earth’s biggest fan, and the cast of the show meet Star Trek’s biggest fan.
Read More “I’m literally angry with rage!”: The Squire of Gothos (TOS) vs. Where No Fan Has Gone Before (Futurama)Kirk and Janeway put their morals where their mouths are, risking ship and crew to show that the Federation’s values aren’t just words.
Read More “There’s coffee in that nebula”: The Corbomite Maneuver (TOS) vs. The Cloud (VOY)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 Trek vs. Trek’s first trip to the Mirror Universe, we see how differently the Original Series and Deep Space Nine approach the idea of ‘the darkest timeline’.
Read More “There’s got to be something better than this”: Mirror, Mirror (TOS) vs. Crossover (DS9)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)