Star Trek: Voyager Reviews O

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).

“Before and After” See this for a plot summary.

A non-political episode, but a very good one. I give it four stars out of five.

“Real Life” See this for a plot summary.

A very emotionally powerful epsiode, but non-political. I give it three stars out of five.

“Distant Origin” See this for a plot summary.

There are basically two political themes in this episode.

First are the similarities between what happens in the episode and the history of resistance to scientific concepts such as the Earth revolving around the Sun, evolution, etc.

Second are the similarities with anti-immigrant politics and more broadly white supremacy. My thoughts about immigrants are here, while discussing the episode “Sanctuary.”

“Displaced” See this for a plot summary.

A non-political episode. I give it three stars out of five.