Tuvok tries to whip a ragtag group of Maquis crew into shape. Not exactly a groundbreaking story, but still well told. It was a bit hard to believe…
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Month: May 2012
33 posts
Kira and an old friend nearly start a civil war. Several episodes so far have followed a pretty similar 'escalation' pattern to this one. Things start out nice…
Neelix runs into a war criminal from his past. This is pretty heavy handed stuff. The number of not-so-veiled allusions to [Hiroshima and Nagasaki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki) got really annoying fast.…
Quark's mother breaks Ferengi law. Grading on the 'Ferengi episode' curve this was pretty good. That means it comes out slightly above 'mediocre' on the normal scale. My…
Torres gets split into a Klingon and a Human half. From the summary line I was expecting to hate this episode a lot, but it turned out to…
Sisko goes all [Thor Heyerdahl](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_Heyerdahl). A strangely quieter episode, the trickiest thing here is adjusting to the suddenly slower pace than the episodes around it. It's a good…
Chakotay's brain gets drained. How would you make a really bad episode? * Stupid Holodeck opening sequence with no point other than using up a few minutes. *…
The Romulans and Cardassians try to deal with the Founders once and for all. A bit of 'two parter' syndrome at play here, but still a pretty good…
Voyager finally gets a start on an important Star Fleet tradition - the holodeck malfunction. The first 15 minutes is a strange combination of bizarre technobabble and bad…
Garak's shop has a little bit of an explosion. Another one of those 'so good I don't have much to say' episodes. This is the payoff to a…