Category: Television

“Yesterday’s Enterprise” (3×15)

This is episode is one of my all-time favorites. I love how: With the explosion of new Trek content in the Paramount+ era, the show...

“Frame of Mind” (6×21)

On paper, this feels like a mishmash of two fourth season episodes: “First Contact”, in which Riker’s undercover mission goes south on an alien world),...

“The Dauphin” (2×10)

I’d been forewarned that this was one of TNG’s all-time stinkers, but I found myself enjoying it far more than most Wesley-centric episodes. I think...

“The Price” (3×08)

An interesting episode, to be sure. It didn’t entirely work for me, but there was certainly a lot to chew on. It basically laid the...

“The Enemy” (3×07)

This was just a straight-up excellent episode. All three storylines were firing on all cylinders, and two of the storylines were genuinely surprising. This episode...

“The Quality of Life” (6×09)

While evaluating an innovative new mining technology, Data begins to suspect that the repair drones in the facility, which have the ability to learn from...

“Allegiance” (3×18)

This episode feels oddly low stakes for a story with apparently life and death stakes in both storylines. The threat in the locked room was...

“Power Play” (5×15)

This episode is centered around a creepy premise that feels more like a “Doctor Who” story than a TNG story. But it gives Marina Sirtis...

“Up The Long Ladder” (2×18)

This is a pretty trashy episode that doesn’t hold together particularly well, but I had a good time with it. I love stories about long...

“Who Watches The Watchers” (3×04)

When a Federation “duck blind” suffers a catastrophic power failure, an egregious violation of the Prime Directive occurs, and the primitive locals begin to worship...