The battle for DS9 at last. A pretty good first half followed by a second half that rests on a [deus ex machina](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_ex_machina) so pure I'm tempted to…
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Month: September 2012
30 posts
Aliens experiment on the Voyager crew. A lot of this felt an awful lot like things that we've seen before. Most recently [Displaced](http://www.exasperatedcalculator.com/archives/2012/08/trekathon-474-displaced-voy/). The 'inscrutable aliens do stuff…
The Federation finally decides to take the offensive. Well, clearly we're headed back to the status quo. Or, at least, I'll be very surprised if we don't end…
The station resistance hits a few snags. Wow do things get worse here. Rom arrested, Odo (apparently) changing sides to the Founders. It's really just a fairly standard…
Worf deals with his son, Dukat with his daughter. Gee, I wonder what the name might mean? If you'd told me a few episodes ago that we'd have…
Seven of Nine has a bit of a relapse in the whole 'Borg' thing. Overall, I thought this was an inevitable story told too early, and not told…
Sisko and crew crash on a remote planet. I felt like we'd seen the Sisko half of this episode before - fighting the Jem'Hadar, betraying the Vorta, we've…
The Doctor and B'Elanna transport into a horror movie, while Ensign Kim is in a... different genre. I've discussed the problem of the horror movie tone in Star…
Sisko heads off to war. Yikes this is a big change for Star Trek. Firstly, there's the tone. They capture a pretty good war feel (albeit not exactly…
Chakotay falls in with an alien militia when he crashes on a planet. Clever and bold. While I spent most of the episode expecting a twist (in particular,…