Author: robert

The Doctor goes a bit too far in self improvement. I chose to read this episode as an analogy for tech support, and what happens when you let…

Cardassia joins the Dominion, and the battle comes to Deep Space 9. That big fleet turns out to be mainly interested in helping out Cardassia, and so the…

Voyager comes across a disabled Borg cube. My biggest concern about the Borg is that they're too hard a threat for a single ship to deal with. And…

Worf and Garak try to track the source of a Cardassian call for help. So, in the last few episodes: * Odo can shapeshift again. * The Maquis…

A Vulcan member of the crew undergoes pon farr, and B'Elanna catches it too (even though she's not Vulcan). Voyager was going to have to get around to…

Sisko obsessively chases after the traitor Eddington. OK, so the 'obsessed with a goal' plot isn't exactly new. But it's well delivered, and we get a glimpse at…

Janeway gets caught in a time loop. Or catches the Phage. Or dies and haunts Voyager. Or is possessed by an alien. I'm not really sure to be…

Odo tries to raise another orphan changeling. Last time we dealt with Odo's father issues, in [*The Alternate*](http://www.exasperatedcalculator.com/archives/2012/03/trekathon-303-the-alternate-ds9/), I said that it was a good idea with bad…

Harry and Tuvok have brain transplants with teenagers in high school. OK, that's not the plot. But as the actual plot is an incredibly stupid one where Harry…

Neelix runs into an acquaintance from his criminal days. For once a Neelix story that's almost pretty good. He's mainly there as a comic relief character, and so…