I watch 2 episodes from 2 different Star Trek 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)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)Young Spock learns that the needs of an injured pet outweigh the needs of its owner, and young Picard learns that getting stabbed through the heart can be good, actually.
Read More “Is there a John Luck Pickurd here?”: Yesteryear (TAS) vs. Tapestry (TNG)Kirk and Spock come to some horrible realizations, in a timeless classic; Sisko and Bashir make some disturbing observations, and give us a timely warning.
Read More “Right, but at the wrong time”: City on the Edge of Forever (TOS) vs. Past Tense (DS9)Kirk and Janeway try to preserve the timeline – more or less – when they’re each thrown back to the 20th century.
Read More “You people have interesting problems”: Tomorrow is Yesterday (TOS) vs Future’s End (VOY)