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).
“The Battle” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode. I give two stars out of five.
“Hide and Q” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode. I give one star out of five.
“Haven” See this for a plot summary.
It’s explained that in decades past, a planet was engulfed in a war between two groups of people. At one point, one side used biological weapons, which killed or at least infected much of the population they were aimed at. But the side that used biological weapons ended up getting infected too and almost all humanoid life on the planet died. Just one more reason why every nation on Earth should get rid of WMD. My thoughts on WMD are here, while discussing the episode “Armageddon Game.”
I give it two stars out of five.
“The Big Goodbye” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode. I give it two stars out of five.
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