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).
“Resolutions” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode, I give it three stars out of five.
“Basics” Parts 1 and 2. See this, and this for a plot summary.
In general a non-political two-parter, but there are three things I’d like to comment on:
1. At one point, after the ship is taken over by Kazon, the Doctor says “what am I supposed to do? ... conjure up holograms of ... Che Guevera?”
2. It’s pretty neat that Suder, confined to his quarters for murder, plays a very important role in Starfleet re-taking the ship, sort of redeeming himself.
3. It’s also neat that the Telaxians play a role in retaking the ship, it would have been nice if there had been some scenes of them fighting the Kazon on the ship.
I give it three stars out of five.
“Flashback” See this for a plot summary.
Although non-political, a very noteworthy episode. It was part of a celebration marking 30 years of ST, and they recreated scenes from one of the Original Series movies, using the same cast they had used back then, with Tuvock and Janeway and some other changes.
I give it four stars out of five.
“The Chute” See this for a plot summary.
Generally a non-political episode, but the Akritirian government seems authoritarian- at the very least their “justice” system is pretty messed up. They convict people based on lies and send them to a ridicuously darwinian prison with no chance of being released.
I give it two stars out of five.
“The Swarm” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode. I give it two stars out of five.
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