A Look Back At: Star Trek Generations (1994)
“Don’t let them promote you, don’t let them transfer you, don’t let anything take you off the bridge of that ship. Because while you’re there,...
“Phantasms” (7×06)
This is a weird mishmash of an episode. The A-story is a horror story, complete with nightmarish visions, slasher sequences, and invisible vampires. The B-story,...
“Sarek” (3×23)
Usually when legacy characters make an appearance, it feels like being wrapped in a warm blanket that is well-loved and associated with fond memories. It...
“Firstborn” (7×21)
This is a much smaller story than “Sins of the Father” and the “Redemption” two-parter, but there was a lot I really liked about it....
“Redemption” (4×26) & “Redemption II” (5×01)
“Redemption” Despite the nearly twenty intervening episodes, this two-parter picks up more or less where “Renunion” left off. With Worf having killed Duras, Gowron’s claim...
“Reunion” (4×07)
“Sins of the Father” ended with the various Klingon characters making an uncharacteristically pragmatic choice to preserve the stability of the empire at a cost...
“Sins of The Father” (3×17)
This was a game changer, and a real showcase for Michael Dorn’s charisma and star power. It’s strong right from the first act, when Tony...
“Interface” (7×03)
This one has a number of compelling ideas, but they don’t come together into a satisfying and cohesive whole. The cold open in strong: We...
“The Bonding” (3×05)
It’s the nature of life in Starfleet, operating on the galactic frontier, constantly encountering the unknown, that fatalities are inevitable. In the Kirk era, when...
“Symbiosis” (1×22)
This episode was both a wacky, outrageous science fiction story and a very evocative artifact of the Reagan era of America’s War on Drugs. I...