Ultimately an interesting idea that gets a bit too weighed down by technobabble, and a little bit too much forcing of the plot towards where the writers wanted…
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Month: October 2012
33 posts
Nog and Jake end up on a ship crewed only by Star Fleet cadets. There was a lovely moment here where one of the cadets describes living on…
The Doctor ends up in the middle of a dispute about what he did 700 years ago. An interesting and brave narrative structure that only just works. I…
A Bajoran prophecy almost ends in the destruction of the station. Strange episode. Up until halfway through it looks like it's going to be a Bajoran politics episode,…
Chakotay falls in love with a block of wood. Oh wait, that was an actress? Sorry, have to re-evaluate the whole episode now. That might seem a bit…
Odo gets advice on his love life from a hologram. Yuck. Not even a good b-story to distract. It's not bad, certainly - it's not a Ferengi episode…
Janeway diverts the ship to follow Star Fleet's highest priority. This episode could have pretty comfortably been an episode of The Original Series. That's both good and bad…
Sisko makes a deal with the devil in order to keep the Federation alive. Sisko holding someone against a wall saying "I'm making a new agreement" is one…
Tom has a case of the body switches. The only new thing this brings to an old trope is the fact that the alien doing the body switching…
Bashir has to prove his loyalty to the Federation I never once questioned Bashir's loyalty, and as a result this episode did very little for me. The reveal…