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The only Trek review site to violate the Temporal Prime Directive

All six of the pre-'10s Trek shows considered in the only way that matters - as if they all happened at the same time.

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6.1.13 Before They Were Famous

Sleeping Dogs This is a tale of conditions that have no cure. Of infections you can’t fight, and so must wait for them to flare out....

5.1.13 The Frenemy Within

Faces A dame of two halves. Face/Off (Yes OF COURSE I used that as a subheading I have no shame shut up.) Not hard to see how this...

4.1.13 Maps And Legends

The Storyteller "The people and the land are one." It was about time we returned to Bajor. The Widening Gyre I haven’t really talked all...

3.1.13 Men Are From Earth, Women Are From Angel One

Angel One Just when I thought I was out, etc. “Nothing About Us Without Us” I was hoping things could be different here. After a bunch of...

2.1.13 What Waits Below

The Ambergris Element I mean, it’s better than “The Lorelei Signal”. You know. Mostly. Diminishing Returns Looks like we’re going to have...

1.1.13 Theatre Of Blood

The Conscience Of The King A play within a play, within a box. "All The World's A Stage..." It’s difficult to get anywhere with “The...

6.1.12 Primarily, Do No Harm

Dear Doctor Things are going from bad to worse in the 22nd century. From bad to grotesquely appalling, actually. I can’t remember a...

5.1.12 The Ghost In You

Cathexis The Case of the Unappreciated Whodunnit. “Don’t Be Real, Be Postmodern” “Cathexis” is another episode that doesn’t have a...

4.1.12 Pro Nihil Mori

Battle Lines War, huh? What is it good for? Killing recurring characters in order to generate cheap drama, it turns out. The Vengeance...

3.1.12 Lost In Translation

Datalore BLOG FIGHT! Shoulders Of Giants This is the post in which I’m finally going to have to fully acknowledge my debt to Alina...

2.1.12 "Why Can't We All Just Get Along?"

The Time Trap What does it mean to be removed from reality? Strange Geometries Let’s start by discussing this literally. The Delta...

1.1.12 Use Your Illusion II

The Menagerie (Part 2) OK, so. This one’s a clip show… Mystery Science Theater 2267 This isn’t automatically a problem. A show with...

6.1.11 Cake Or Death

Silent Enemy Silent but deadly, this one. Get it? Because it blows right past you, stinking of shit. "How English; Everything Stops For...

5.1.11 Stockholm Syndrome

Heroes And Demons Oh good. It’s another holodeck malfunction. The Boxes Of Delight It’s easy to read that as sarcasm, I’m sure. Actually,...

4.1.11 Death In The Clouds

Vortex At first glance, “Vortex” looks like an anomaly. With the exception of “Silent Enemy” (and we’ll get to that sinking, burning...

3.1.11 The Lives Of Others

The Big Goodbye This one is a lot of fun. That’s certainly not all it is, though. For a seemingly basic – frothy, sure, but basic -...

2.1.11 The Vowels Are Not What They Seem (Bonus Post)

Detecting non-random signals in "The Terratin Incident" Today’s question, utterly nonsensical even by IDFC standards, is nevertheless one...

2.1.11 Small Potatoes

The Terratin Incident OK, fine. I admit it. Not one of my better titles. I’m not sure I could get around the pun even if I tried, though....

1.1.11 Use Your Illusion I

The Menagerie (Part 1) What’s past is prologue, or so the saying goes. A saying, if you’ve noticed, that’s usually trotted out when the...

6.1.10 "Remember A Trash Can"

Cold Front One of the earliest conclusions we came to regarding our fifth generation was that it could not follow on directly from its...

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