Trekathon

There has been a strange fascination with children in the episodes of this season. Previous seasons have talked about the Enterprise being a family ship, but only this…

Ah, here are the Ferengi, just one week late. They don't get much time to mess things up, at least. There's a germ of a nice little unrequited…

Yuck. Alexander *and* Lwaxana Troi? I presume the Ferengi got lost on the way to the 'worst episode ever' contest. Well, it's not that bad. Even if the…

Wesley's back, and this time he's in trouble. It's another fairly slow, courtroom centred episode. But there are some fantastic scenes, particularly the two big confrontation scenes of…

Groundhog day with explosions. What's not to love? This episode could easily sound very dull on paper - after all, it consists of the same sequence of scenes…

Oh dear, another thinly veiled allegory episode. This time it's homosexuality. The veil is awfully thin ('I was born like this'), and the relationship between Riker and the…

Million Dollar Klingon (with a happier ending). The plot is fatally undermined by the fact that we know, for certain, that Worf is going to be alive and…

There are quite a few people around who dislike particular characters in this show. The top three would pretty clearly be Lwaxana Troi, Wesley Crusher and Deanna Troi.…

Probably the best use of the amnesia plot device I've ever seen. There are a lot of great fun moments in the episode: Worf assuming (literally) command, Riker…

The Enterprise destroys the perfect society. Oh well, it's OK - the Prime Directive didn't apply, they were human. The nice change of pace here was that they…