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Trekathon 323: Bloodlines (TNG)

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…

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Trekathon 322: The Maquis (2) (DS9)

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…

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Trekathon 321: Firstborn (TNG)

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…

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Trekathon 318: Blood Oath (DS9)

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…

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Trekathon 317: Genesis (TNG)

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…

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Trekathon 316: Profit and Loss (DS9)

Quark's old flame turns up, with the Cardassians in pursuit. It's another fairly flat episode, that while not compelling provides some good moments of character interest. It's a…

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