This is one of my posts where I “review” Star Trek episodes. I will be giving each one a star rating. I sometimes will make some comments about non-political parts of them that I like or don’t like. I’ll sometimes use the issues raised in the episode to discuss similar issues in real life. And I will sometimes simply high-light the progressive politics of ST. ST is in-line with the three original themes of this blog, as I explain in the first ST post where I offer some general thoughts about ST.
I’m not very familiar with The Original Series and there might be some small amount of material there that would affect what I say about Star Trek (i.e. how often religion is mentioned)
Lastly. multi-culturalism is such a pervasive theme in ST that I only comment on it when it goes beyond the norm (i.e. inter-species partners).
“The Reckoning” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode, but a good one. I give it two stars out of five.
“Valiant” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode, but a good one. I give it two stars out of five.
“Profit And Lace” See this for a plot summary.
Another episode about how women are treated in Ferengi society. And it starts with Quark threatening to fire a female employee if she doesn’t engage in a semi-sexual act with him.
The story of female Ferengis experiencing some small degree of equality instead of none is a good one, even though it’s in the context of Ferengi capitalism- it’s still good that they’re experiencing less inequality.
I give it three stars out of five.
“Time’s Orphan” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode, I give it two stars out five.
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