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).
“Field of Fire” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode, but a good one, I give it three stars out of five.
“Chimera” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode, but a good one, I give it two stars out of five.
“Badda-Bing Badda-Bang” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode, but a fairly special one, I give it three stars out of five.
Sisko makes a good statement about racism in America in the 1960s, but Kassidy Yates makes a better statement.
Sisko: Las Vegas, 1962, that’s my problem. In 1962 black people weren’t very welcome there. Oh sure they could be performers or janitors, but customers, never.
Yates: Maybe that’s how it was in the real Vegas but that is not the way it is at Vic’s. I have never felt uncomfortable there and neither has Jake.
Sisko: But don’t you see, that’s the lie. in 1962 the civil rights movement was still in it’s infancy. It wasn’t an easy time for our people, and I’m not going to pretend that it was.
Yates: Baby, I know that Vic’s is not a totally accurate representation of the way things were. But it isn’t meant to be. It shows us the way things could have been, the way they should have been.
Sisko: We cannot ignore the truth about the past.
Yates: Going to Vic’s isn’t going to make us forget who we are or where we came from. What it does is remind us that we are no longer bound by any limitations. Except the ones we impose on ourselves
Sisko eventually joins the others to help Vic.
“Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges” See this for a plot summary.
A sort of non-political episode, but a good one, I give it two stars out of five.
The political part is the problems with Section 31's existence, which I briefly discuss here while discussing the episode "Inquisition."
My blog’s name is sort of “The Black And The Green,” which is a reference to past and present solidarity between Black Americans (and Americans of color in general) and Irish people living under British rule in Ireland (at the time the solidarity takes place). See the post in January of 2009 and “Black and Green” in the label cloud.
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