Trekathon

293 episodes later, it's time to back to the [Mirror universe](http://www.exasperatedcalculator.com/archives/2010/01/trekathon-033-mirror-mirror-tos/). Outside of Tribbles it's hard to think of a more beloved story to return to than the…

The Enterprise evolves into another life form. It's another strange symbolic episode, only this time with an even less enjoyable ending as rather than resolve the problems on…

'Plain and simple' Garak has a complicated medical problem. Fantastic stuff. Not much I can add really. It takes the pieces set up earlier in terms of Garak's…

Picard's son is threatened by the Ferengi. Hang on a minute... Strange that there's been a kind of family trilogy here - Crusher's son, Worf's son, and now…

The fight against the Maquis continues, although it's a bit more complicated than that. Unusually for a Trek 2-parter, this episode actually delivers. It all gets messier than…

Worf's son Alexander struggles with his future. In general, Klingon stories work best when it's about politics or battle. Simple interpersonal stories just don't fare as well. The…

The recent Cardassian treaty isn't going down well with some colonists. And hey, it's that plot thread from the previous episode of TNG being picked up in another…

Ensign Crusher is back, and everyone's off to evict a Native American colony. The Wesley plot starts off being a bit annoying and predictable (Wesley is a teenager,…

Three great Klingon warriors visit Deep Space 9: [Kor](http://www.exasperatedcalculator.com/archives/2010/01/trekathon-026-errand-of-mercy-tos/), [Koloth](http://www.exasperatedcalculator.com/archives/2010/01/trekathon-044-the-trouble-with-tribbles-tos/) and [Kang](http://www.exasperatedcalculator.com/archives/2010/02/trekathon-062-day-of-the-dove-tos/). I am an absolute sucker for for 'mythology' episodes. But I think you could easily get…

The crew catch a virus that de-evolves them. Everyone turns into a monster? Really? That is not how evolution, or even viruses work. Not even close. I'm normally…