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).
“Caretaker,” Parts I and II- See this and this for a plot summary.
Aside from it getting a great series started, this two-parter is not my favorite. In general I don’t like the Ocampa, I don’t like the Kazan, and I don’t like Neelix. I’m not crazy about the Caretaker either.
What I do like is Janeway and Chakotay working together (see this, where I explain my feelings about the Maquis while discussing the two-parter “The Maquis”).
I give it three stars out of five.
“Parallax” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode, but a good one, I give it three stars out five.
“Time And Again” See this for a plot summary.
This episode is basically about nuclear energy and the dangers of using it (in the episode it’s polaric, not nuclear energy). Although it turns out that the Starfleet characters caused the accident that destroyed the planet, it’s made pretty clear that using polaric energy is very dangerous.
I give it four stars out of five.
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