Enterprise runs into a race with three genders,one of which is a third class citizen. This episode dances right on the edge between ‘uncomfortable’ and ‘stupid’, until in…
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Month: March 2013
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Phlox has to decide whether to treat a member of his race’s deepest enemies. So, what can make even the incredibly phlegmatic Dr Phlox crack? How about someone…
Ensign Merriweather visits home. Gah. I know I sometimes call for episodes that tell us a bit more about the character of the main cast, but this is…
Archer is put on trial by the Klingons. Ah, the venerable trial plot. We’ve seen it so many times: Star Trek VI, *Tribunal*, *The Drumhead*, *The Menagerie*, *Court…
Enterprise runs into some non-corporeal aliens. This episode really clicked for me. It’s a pure science fiction tale, and would not be out of place in either TOS…
Archer and Trip get themselves taken prisoner. A collection of cliches - mistakenly taken prisoner, swept up in the prisoner revolt, etc - that somehow rises above its…
Enterprise finds an abandoned ship with a mummified Human corpse. Mostly more confusing time travel arc stuff, without the benefit that we normally have in those episodes of…
Archer mediates a dispute between the Vulcans and the Andorians. There's a lot to like in this episode. Involving the Vulcans in a war puts them in a…
Enterprise visits a medical conference. The main plot here is pretty uncomfortable stuff. We learn that T’Pol has a stigmatised Vulcan disease, which she acquired in what was…
Trip and a random hostile alien are stranded and lost on an asteroid, and will die when the sun rises. Solid but not brilliant. It’s not exactly a…