Episode 63
Friday 5 May 2023
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Series 1, Episode 15
Stardate: 46844.3
First broadcast on Sunday 9 May 1993
This week, Kira moves a few steps forward on her long and problematic journey from terrorist to bureaucrat as she struggles with a decision to evict Brian Keith from a hastily re-dressed Standard Cave Set 1. In the meantime, Jake and Nog do some adorable capitalism, foreshadowing just how much we’re going to grow to love them by the end of the show.
Episode 62
Friday 28 April 2023
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Series 1, Episode 8
Stardate: 2341.6
First broadcast on Thursday 23 June 2022
A long time ago in a land far, far away, a beneficent king called Alex ruled over the kingdom of Trek, deciding which provinces would prosper and what each province would be known for. And so it came to pass that in the Province of Strange New Worlds, fun and entertainment would hold sway, and that from time to time even a heartwarming ending would be welcomed. And they all lived happily ever after, even the ones who had died.
(Warning, some spoilers here for Picard Series 3.)
Episode 61
Friday 10 February 2023
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Series 1, Episode 8
Stardate: 41255.6
First broadcast on Monday 9 November 1987
Together at last for the first time, Joe and Nathan find themselves on Planet of the Horny but Unattractive White People, faced with a moral dilemma that wouldn’t challenge a slow-witted five-year-old. Ah, we have fun, don’t we?
Episode 60
Monday 30 January 2023
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Series 3, Episode 2
Stardate: Unknown (2381)
First broadcast on Thursday 1 September 2022
A game of Bat’leths & BiHnuchs takes a surprising turn, as Mariner and Boimler make some very important decisions: Mariner is going to be less insubordinate, while Boimler is going to boldly take opportunities he has never taken before. But soon Mariner finds herself ignoring Ransom’s orders and plummeting from an orbital platform to save her crewmates, while Boimler plays some springball, joins a Bajoran dirge choir, models nude for a figure painting class, and is finally hunted through the ship by a monster for sport. And we all learn a valuable lesson, except Boimler, who learns a stupid one.
Episode 59
Friday 20 January 2023
Star Trek: Voyager
Series 3, Episode 18
Stardate: 50693.2
First broadcast on Wednesday 19 February 1997
Flushed with the success of its previous attempt at Gothic Horror, Star Trek gamely tackles the genre again, as the Doctor’s experiments with the parameters of his program inevitably lead to a high-concept holographic version of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, with all of the creepiness towards women that that implies. Aggressively mediocre.