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).
“Broken Bow” parts 1 and 2 (see this for a plot summary)
There is only one bit of politics in this where Archer’s father discourages him from speaking about Vulcans in a way that’s bigoted. In general, the conflict between Starfleet and the Vulcans doesn’t seem (in general) to be racist on the part of the former.
On one hand, I’m not a big fan of the Suliban and “Temporal Cold War” aspects of this series. On the other hand, looking at the series premieres for the four series that I like, this one might be my favorite. In general, while watching this series for the 2nd or 3rd time (this is the 3rd or the 4th) I decided I really like this series- more than The Next Generation, and almost as much as Voyager and Deep Space Nine. I think that’s partly because it’s so interesting to see Starfleet at a point in it’s history where they are not as advanced technologically as they are in all the other series. I mean, they used shuttles almost all the time and only rarely used the transporter for people.
I give this two-parter four stars out of five.
“Fight or Flight” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode. I give it three stars out of five.
“Strange New World” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode. I give it three stars out of five.
“Unexpected” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode. I give it three stars out of five.
“Terra Nova” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode. I give it two stars out of five.
“The Andorian Incident” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode. I give it three stars out of five.
“Breaking the Ice” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode. I give it two stars.
“Civilization” See this for a plot summary.
A non-political episode. I give it three stars out of five.
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