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).
“Prototype” See this for a plot summary
A non-political episode, I give it three stars out five.
“Alliances” See this for a plot summary.
We learn that the Kazon had been treated formally as second-class citizens decades before. They then threw off their oppressors, the Trabe. It’s a good, brief description of second-class citizenship- segregated housing, poverty, persecution by the police, “treated like animals.”
“Threshold” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode, I give it one star out of five.
“Meld” See this for a plot summary.
This episode raises the fact that the Federation does not use the death penalty, although Tuvock disagrees with Janeway about this (Janeway opposes the death penalty)
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