Star Trek’s 42nd season wraps up. Spoilers.
I’m writing this a fair while after the end of the season (holidays having gotten in the way), and I found myself at a loss to say much. There was some incredible stuff this year, like “A Mathematically Perfect Redemption”, and then there was a lot of weaker stuff like “Crisi Point 2”. The only character who really changed was Mariner, and that only a little. Rutherford gets a big plot arc, but it doesn’t change very much and really only provides a bit of background for the season finale.
It was great to go back to Deep Space 9, and that episode was nearly perfectly done.
This is still a very enjoyable show, and it’s hard to find much overall difference between it and Season 2. I’ll give this season the very slight edge, only because o Peanutbutter.
That brings the rankings to:
The very best of Trek:
- SNW Season 1
- PIC Season 1
- TNG Season 6
- DS9 Season 2
- PIC Season 2
Strong performers:
- LD Season 1
- DS9 Season 5
- TNG Season 3
- TNG Season 5
- TOS Season 2
- DIS Season 2
- ENT Season 3
- TNG Season 4
- VOY Season 4
Mixed bag:
- TOS Season 1
- DS9 Season 4
- LD Season 3
- LD Season 2
- DIS Season 1
- ST Season 2
- DS9 Season 1
- ENT Season 4
- DIS Season 3
- ST Season 1
- VOY Season 5
- ENT Season 1
- VOY Season 1
- TNG Season 7
Not good:
- DS9 Season 3
- DS9 Season 6
- DIS Season 4
- VOY Season 6
- VOY Season 3
- TNG Season 2
- ENT Season 2
- TAS Season 1
Really just awful:
- VOY Season 7
- VOY Season 2
- DS9 Season 7
- TOS Season 3
- TAS Season 2
- TNG Season 1
Now for some Prodigy, a quick break (which I’m currently using to catch up)and then the final season of Picard.