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).
“Non-Sequitur” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode but one aspect is part of a recurring theme that I want to note. Historically, and probably still today, there’s been a problem with Asian-American men being portrayed in film as not very sexual. In one of the interviews on one of the VOY DVDs, Garrett Wang, who plays Harry Kim, talks about how VOY was different and he had lots of scenes where women desired him.
“Twisted” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode, but a good one, I give it three stars out of five.
“Parturition” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode, but a good one, I give it two stars out of five.
“Persistence of Vision” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode, but a good one, I give it two stars out of five.
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