Month: December 2012

  • Trekathon 577: 11:59 (VOY)

    Janeway reminisces about an ancestor. What a strange, strange episode. The vast majority is set in 2000, with pretty much no science fiction elements other than the background ‘Millenium Gate’ project. There are some cuts to Voyager, and their implausibly vast historical databases. There is an element of fantasy though – a project like this…

  • Trekathon 576: When It Rains… (5) (DS9)

    Part 5 of 10. The Defiant has been blown up, Earth attacked, and a Cardassian revolt has started. I’m starting to feel like they might be starting to throw too many balls in the air. This episode adds internal conflict within the Klingon side, tensions over Kira as an advisor to the Cardassians, and some…

  • Trekathon 575: Someone to Watch Over Me (VOY)

    My Fair Borg. It is objectively remarkable that there have been so many Star Trek stories, and this is the first time the Pygmalion/My Fair Lady story has been rolled out at full strength. That takes serious commitment, given that practically every other show on Earth gets there sometime in the second of third season.…