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).
“Unity” See this for a plot summary.
In general a non-political episode, although it does touch on collectivity as a way to avoid racial conflict. On one hand, anything undemocratic is a bad idea, but in general I believe that socialism can contribute a lot to ending racial conflict. What I’m talking about is significantly different from what the episode talks about, but it did remind me of socialism as a part of ending racial conflict. It primarily helps with ending economic insecurity which, at least indirectly, fuels racism. Socialism also encourages people to identify more in class terms instead of racial terms. I might write more on that soon.
I give it three stars out of five.
“Darkling” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode. I give it two stars out of five.
“Rise” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode. I give it two stars out of five.
“Favorite Son” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode. I give it two stars out of five.
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