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 Sound Of Her Voice” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode, but a good one, I give it two stars out of five.
“Tears Of The Prophets” See this for a plot summary.
Although I really liked the Jadzia Dax character, I’m pretty much okay with her dying. It’s realistic if once in a while a main character is killed. Also, the character that replaced her is roughly as good.
“Image In The Sand” See this for a plot summary.
A pretty non-political episode, but we do meet Ezri Dax for the first time, and she makes the loss of Jadzia Dax easier for me.
I give it three stars out of five.
“Shadows And Symbols” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode, but a good one, I give it three stars out of five.
“Afterimage” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode, but a good one, I give it three stars out of five.
“Take Me Out To The Holo-Suite” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode, but a good one. Baseball is one of two sports I still kind of enjoy watching and is the last sport I tried to play. So I like this episode. I give it three stars out of five.
This blog is mostly about 3 themes- Irish Republicanism, Star Trek, and opposition to bigotry, primarily in America (racism, homophobia, anti-semitism, etc.). It is mostly about Northern Ireland. It will mostly be about these issues in general and past events and will only sometimes touch on current events. Feel free to comment on the earlier posts.
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My blog is about history, popular culture, politics and current events from a democratic socialist and Irish republican perspective. The two main topics are Northern Ireland on one hand and fighting anti-Semitism, racism and homophobia on the other. The third topic is supporting the Palestinians, and there are several minor topics. The three main topics overlap quite a bit. I have to admit that it’s not going to help me get a graduate degree, especially because it’s almost always written very casually. But there are some high-quality essays, some posts that come close to being high-quality essays, political reviews of Sci-Fi TV episodes (Star Trek and Babylon 5), and a unique kind of political, progressive poetry you won't find anywhere else. (there are also reviews of episodes of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit and reviews of Roseanne)
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