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).
“Conspiracy” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode. I give it three stars out of five.
“The Neutral Zone” See this for a plot summary.
As far as politcs go, there’s some talk about how humans in the Federation are very different from many humans in the last century. It’s explained that hunger has been ended, greed is no longer an issue, etc.
I also like this episode because it’s the first time we hear about the Borg (I’m certain that it’s the Borg who are responsible for the destruction along the Demilitarized Zone).
I give it three stars out of five.
“The Child” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode. I give it two stars out of five.
“Where Silence Has Lease” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode. I give two stars out of five.
“Elementary, Dear Data” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode. I give two stars out of five.
“The Outrageous Okona” See this for a plot summary.
This is fairly non-political. I give it three stars out of five.
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