5.1.10 Eat, Betray, Love
State Of Flux The problem with promise is that sooner or later, that promise has to be honoured. These Maquis In The Marquee “State Of...
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4.1.10 Escher's Spiral
The Nagus "I found one day in school a boy of medium size ill-treating a smaller boy. I expostulated, but he replied: “The bigs hit me,...
3.1.10 Don't Tell The Bride
Haven Empathy is not an easy thing to get right. One Last Digression On Why Vulcans Are Bad The necessity of empathy is something that...
2.1.10 Ill-Met By Starlight
Mudd's Passion Holy Prophets, this is worse than “Code of Honor”. [Content warning: references to sexual assault.] "The Rankest...
1.1.10 Third Time's A Charm
The Corbomite Maneuver A new beginning. And only just in time. “The Corbomite Maneuver” is often referred to as “the third pilot”, for...
6.1.9 "Star-Spangled Eyes"
Fortunate Son This is quite the turnaround. “Fortunate Son” isn’t just significantly better than “Civilization”, it expertly targets and...
5.1.9 The Pleasure Principle
Prime Factors Shh, don’t worry. No need to be scared. It was bound to happen sometime, with a franchise that flirts with science as often...
4.1.9 Shout "Allamaraine!" And Sit Down
Move Along Home LIQUID ASSETS, INTESTINAL BLOCKAGES, A SURFEIT OF SCATHES QUINT: GAMES, my friends. Don’t you just wish you were in them?...
3.1.9 Games And The Gamers Who Game Them
Hide And Q After a seven-episode recess, Q has returned to the bench. The trial of mankind can continue. The Honourable Judge Q Presiding...
2.1.9 "By Definition Alone, Sequels Are Inferior..!"
Once Upon A Planet Poor Lewis Carroll. First he dies, and then this happens. Support Your Local Artist “Once Upon A Planet” isn’t all...
1.1.9 We Can Forget It For You Wholesale
Dagger Of The Mind “How am I supposed to remember you When you won’t let me forget?” Barenaked Ladies, Leave “Dagger of the Mind” is a...
6.1.8 Second Contact
Civilization Let’s lead with the conclusion: “Civilization” doesn’t really work. Perhaps appropriately for a story about the meeting of...
5.1.8 "You Really HAVE Gone Where No Man Has Gone Before"
Emanations Right then. Death, the Star Trek way. Strip Search/Strip Mine At heart, “Emanations” is a story which displays two different...
4.1.8 “The Law Is Inside Out, The World Is Upside Down”
The Passenger Here we run into another episode that seems to be no-one’s favourite, and for reasons which are not difficult to...
3.1.8 Revenge Is A Dish Best Served With Gratuity Included
The Battle The Ferengi are back! Last time round I really went to the mat for those guys and the opportunities they offered as...
2.1.8 Original Sin
The Magicks Of Megas-Tu “The Magicks Of Megas-Tu” an onion story. Every time you peel a layer off, you find another one beneath it. Let’s...
1.1.8 Finding Neverland
Miri “Miri” is a story still in its childhood. Perhaps, then, we can forgive that it has so much growing up to do. Trois Siècles de...
6.1.7 "...Just Wanna Have Fun"
Breaking The Ice I’ve always been scared of space. It’s the blackness, I think. The cold. It’s worse than the deepest oceans, because at...
5.1.7 Dead Man's Mirror
Ex Post Facto Right, then. Noir Trek. As Alan Partridge once said, “Ask yourself two questions: how and why?”. The Big Gamble We can...
4.1.7 "You've Been Sanctified, And I've Been Tried"
Dax Well, this certainly didn’t arrive too soon. It’s finally time for Deep Space Nine to start picking at the gloriously complicated...
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