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).
“Deja Q” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode. I give it two stars out of five.
“A Matter of Perspective” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode. I give it two stars out of five.
“Yesterday’s Enterprise” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode. It’s widely considered the best TNG episode. I give it four stars out of five.
“The Offspring” See this for a plot summary.
There was one good bit of politics in this. When Guinan was talking with Lal about love, she was supposed to say “When a man and a woman are in love ...” but Whoopi Goldberg, who played Guinan, had it changed to "When two people are in love” which suggests that two people of the same sex can have a romantic and/or sexual relationship without it being controversial in the 23rd century. When the script change was made there were plans to have some same-sex couples in the background, but the higher-ups killed that idea.
I give it three stars out of five.
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