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).
“Covenant” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode, I give it one star out of five (I’m not a fan of what ST does with the Dukat character since Deep Space Nine was re-taken by the Federation).
“It’s Only A Paper Moon” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode, but a good one, I give it three stars out of five.
“Prodigal Daughter” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode, but a good one, I give it two stars out of five.
“The Emperor’s New Cloak” See this for a plot summary.
A fairly non-political episode. One bit of politics is that two characters are bi-sexual. However, one is a villain and the other is pretty close to a villain, although at the end she becomes more or less a good guy (it’s possible the mirror universe Leeta is also non-heterosexual, but she appears only VERY briefly).
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