Season six feels like a year where the writers were willing to take chances. And while there are some failures (*Aquiel*, anyone?), when it works it really works.…
Month: June 2010
The traditional end-of-year cliffhanger brings back both the Borg and Lore. The usual 'two-parter' syndrome is not as evident as usual here, thanks to the plot thread involving…
So far it's fair to say that Deep Space Nine has a lot of promise, but so far has only showed a couple of attempts to really grasp…
The first season comes to an end with a bang. Sorry, couldn't resist. Anyway, in the tradition of the best episodes of this season, once again the focus…
Another trip to the time travel well, fortunately with something new to offer. This episode is very reminiscent of *Cause and Effect*, but given that was one of…
It took the best part of a season, but Deep Space 9 now officially has an episode to rival the best of Next Generation. The greatest strength of…
Time for DS9 to take another run at the 'possessed by alien energy' plot. This one works a lot better than *The Passenger*, but that's not a hard…
The most interesting transporter malfunction so far. In a call back to the TOS episode *The Enemy Within*, Riker is duplicated in a transporter accident. Only this time…
Oh dear, it's Lwaxana Troi. Despite that handicap, I liked quite a bit here. O'Brien's relationship with the computer seemed quite real to me - I've had similar…
Y'know, if I was Gowron I'd just go in the other direction whenever I saw Worf - he always seems to be caught in the middle of complicated…