Category: Trekathon

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 this one eventually, given the length of their journey home. It was also a good choice to add a Vulcan crew member, rather than use Tuvok. But…

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 a darker side of Sisko’s personality. Eddington is also a great villain – I hope we see him again. Bonus points for using *Les Miserables* rather than…

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 honest. I’m going to be charitable here, because Voyager finally tried something a little bit ambitious. OK, it’s a bit unsure of itself, and probably got a…

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 execution. Here we finally get the execution. Odo finally says his piece, and Dr Mora finally shows some insight. There isn’t enough time to really get into…

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 decides love is too hard, wants to control his emotions, and then gets jealous as he thinks Tuvok is stealing his girl – I prefer my plot.…

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 the stories about him also tend to the comic – not a strength of Star Trek usually. But by making the story about Neelix’s concerns about ceasing…

Kira faces her past actions as her resistance cell is killed off one by one. OK, it’s a bit of a return to earlier themes in terms of the consequences of the war. But I don’t mind so much when it’s done so well, and when we feel it has real consequences. It’s the first…

Sisko receives visions from the prophets following an accident. This is an episode that deals with some very complex political and religious themes. Sisko’s role as the Emissary finally comes into conflict with his role as a Star Fleet captain. And my main complaint is that he switches from one to the other without any…

Janeway single-handedly saves the Enterprise from giant bugs. There is one of the boldest sequences I’ve seen in Trek at the end of the first half of the episode, when Janeway is alone on screen for almost ten minutes, with hardly any spoken dialogue at all. It’s a long way outside the norm for TV,…

Q wants to end a civil war by having a baby with Janeway. The idea of a civil war in the Q continuum is an interesting one. The idea of introducing a change such as reproduction as the solution works. But the execution just doesn’t bring things together. We’re told that what we see in…