The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. Or the one. That’s what Spock and Kirk would say, only to forget it in order to help each other when needed. Well, if Janeway had followed this simple rule, the USS Voyager wouldn’t be in the situation it is at the end of … More Star Trek: Voyager – S02E26, Basics (Part I)
It’s as simple as that: Robert Picardo makes everything better. Projections is yet another episode in which the holodeck malfunctions and endangers the lives of the crew. Been there, done that. Do you remember Heroes and Demons? This time the episode works a little better, both thanks to Picardo and to the numerous plot twists. … More Star Trek: Voyager – S02E03, Projections
Initiations is a good episode where both Chakotay and Neelix get to shine, highlighting how much Captain Janeway is under-using the valuable skills and knowledge of the Talaxian. In fact, Neelix, as soon as he has the opportunity to interact with the races that he knows well, does a better job than any other Voyager … More Star Trek: Voyager – S02E02, Initiations
What a terrible way to start Season 2 (after a rather sluggish first season finale)! I can’t imagine who thought that it could be a good idea to start with this dumb episode, nothing works in it! The good news is that things can only get better from now on… In The 37’s, the USS … More Star Trek: Voyager – S02E01, The 37’s
First Season (1966-1967) 01. The Man Trap 02. Charlie X 03. Where No Man Has Gone Before 04. The Naked Time 05. The Enemy Within 06. Mudd’s Women 07. What Are Little Girls Made Of? 08. Miri 09. Dagger of the Mind 10. The Corbomite Maneuver 11-12. The Menagerie 13. The Conscience of the King … More Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS) – Reviews of All the Episodes
Bread and Circuses surprised me. Not because it’s the first episode of the second season to recycle previously-used ideas, but because it recycles the main idea of Patterns of Force, which is one of the most recent episodes! Once again, the USS Enterprise is sent out in search of a missing captain and finds him … More Star Trek: TOS – S02E25, Bread and Circuses
The Ultimate Computer is another take on the use and importance of artificial intelligence so dear to Star Trek since its beginning. But even though the theme is not entirely original (see The Return of the Archons, The Changeling, The Apple and I, Mudd), the plot still offers something new and it doesn’t feel like … More Star Trek: TOS – S02E24, The Ultimate Computer
The Omega Glory is a terrible episode. It recycles ideas already seen before by throwing them into a huge mess from which only meaningless fistfights emerge. Too bad, also because the episode marked the return of a guest star from one of the most memorable episodes of the first season, that same Morgan Woodward who … More Star Trek: TOS – S02E23, The Omega Glory
And here’s another reference to Shakespeare, always a favorite of Star Trek. After having used it “openly” in The Conscience of the King in the first season, the title of this 22nd episode of the second season is By Any Other Name, taken from the following sentence in Romeo and Juliet by the English author … More Star Trek: TOS – S02E22, By Any Other Name
Breaking the First Directive by interfering with the natural development of a civilization is never a good idea. And if you violate it to develop a culture inspired by the National Socialist movement of Adolf Hitler, it’s even worse! This is exactly what happens in Patterns of Force, in which the USS Enterprise reaches the … More Star Trek: TOS – S02E21, Patterns of Force
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