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).
“Facets” See this for a plot summary.
A very non-political episode, but a very good one. I love how the actors have to speak and behave differently for a brief period of time. I give it four stars out of five.
“The Adversary” See this for a plot summary.
A very non political episode, but a good one. I give it four stars out of five.
“The Way Of The Warrior” parts 1 and 2. See this and this for a plot summary.
A very non-political episode, although we do learn that Cardassia is now governed by civilians after a successful effort by democratic forces there. We also see Worf join the series as a main character, which is cool since he’s towards the bottom of my top 20 favorite main character.
“The Visitor” See this for a plot summary.
A very non-political episode, but a good (and very emotional) one. I give it four stars out of five.
“Hippocratic Oath” See this for a plot summary.
I’m not sure how I feel about the main story, I’ve got very mixed feelings about whether Bashir or O’Brien was right. But it’s a good story, I give it three stars out of five.
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