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).
“Masks” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode. I give it three stars out of five.
“Eye of the Beholder” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode. I give it three stars out of five.
“Genesis” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode. I give it two stars out of five.
“Journey’s End” See this for a plot summary.
A fairly political episode, largely about how American Indians were treated the first several centuries after Colombus crossed the Atlantic. The Indians also discover that an ancestor of Picard’s took part in the brutal repression of an American Indian rebellion centuries earlier.
I give it three stars out of five (the part about Wesley Crusher kind of annoys me- if it weren’t for that I’d give four stars).
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