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Every Trek show considered in the only way that matters - as if they all happened at the same time.
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Ric Crossman
May 15, 202213 min read
1.1.23 "...And I Feel Fine"
A Taste Of Armageddon Another handful of footfalls into a wider and more interesting galaxy. First Impressions It’s one of those...
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Ric Crossman
May 12, 202211 min read
6.1.22 Sad Ambassador
Fallen Hero Well, this is nice. To Reiterate... “Fallen Hero” continues an approach Enterprise introduced with “Vox Sola” last episode...
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Ric Crossman
May 10, 202216 min read
3.1.22 "This First Parting There Was Among Us"
Skin Of Evil “It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.”- Victor Hugo The Swan On Its Song This is another of those episodes...
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Ric Crossman
May 8, 202224 min read
1.1.22 Me Sowing/Me Reaping
Space Seed Time to slay a sacred cow. Or perhaps it might be appropriate to say, time to topple a graven image. Tough on fascism, tough...
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Ric Crossman
May 5, 20229 min read
6.1.21 Unlike Steve McQueen
Vox Sola “Vox Sola” feels somewhat modest in its ambitions, especially after watching “Return Of The Archons”, which rewrote the book on...
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Ric Crossman
May 3, 202217 min read
3.1.21 The Solar System Cannot Be Reformed
Symbiosis It’s probably safe to assume that just about everyone reading this post knows that the Federation is a post-money society. The...
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Ric Crossman
May 1, 202212 min read
1.1.21 "...They Do Things Differently There"
Return Of The Archons “Return Of The Archons” was an episode with an unusually long gestation period. Originally, it was in the running...
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Ric Crossman
Apr 28, 202215 min read
6.1.20 All Hail West Texas
Detained This is the episode in which Enterprise does the inevitable, and references Quantum Leap. It does so in three ways. It casts...
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Ric Crossman
Apr 26, 202212 min read
3.1.20 "Guided By The Beauty Of Our Weapons"
The Arsenal Of Freedom What happens when the gun-runners run out of track? Women What Work “The Arsenal Of Freedom” adds to the growing...
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Ric Crossman
Apr 24, 202217 min read
1.1.20 The Tell-Tale Heart
Court Martial “Court Martial” is something of a mess. Production Trials That’s a statement of fact, rather than a value judgment. I’m a...
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Ric Crossman
Apr 21, 202221 min read
4.1 War And Peace
Deep Space Nine Season 1 Retrospective Deep Space Nine is fundamental to the IDFC project, in the sense that it’s why the project exists...
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Ric Crossman
Apr 19, 20229 min read
6.1.19 Double Dipping
Oasis One of the guiding principles of IDFC is that there exists almost no value in judging an episode by how similar it is to those that...
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Ric Crossman
Apr 17, 202212 min read
4.1.19 The Damascus Ring Road
In The Hands Of The Prophets Here’s something new. Well, new for IDFC, anyway. We arrive, at last, at our very first season finale....
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Ric Crossman
Apr 14, 202210 min read
3.1.19 The Dogmas Of The Quiet Present
Heart Of Glory It’s TNG 2.0. I mentioned in my “Coming Of Age” post that we were entering a new era, with Maurice Hurley taking over from...
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Ric Crossman
Apr 12, 202212 min read
1.1.19 Space: 1969
Tomorrow Is Yesterday “Tomorrow Is Yesterday” exists as something quite unlike anything the show has attempted up to this point. It...
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Ric Crossman
Apr 10, 20229 min read
6.1.18 Old Friends Are Gold-Pressed Latinum
Acquisition “Acquisition” really didn’t work for me the first couple of times I watched it. Having sat down and had a think, though, I...
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Ric Crossman
Apr 7, 202217 min read
4.1.18 Only Obeying Stationery Orders
Duet So, this will be interesting. I’m not dealing with a minor entry to the canon this time, or some forgotten classic in need of a...
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Ric Crossman
Apr 5, 202215 min read
3.1.18 "It's A Damned Show Trial!"
Coming Of Age It’s time for an accounting. The Next TNG I already pointed out in my post on “Home Soil” that we were about to find...
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Ric Crossman
Apr 3, 202211 min read
1.1.18 "We Can All Get Together On The GRENADE LAUNCHERS, Right?"
Arena The Coon era kicks off with a bang. More than one, actually. And this is supposed to be anti-war? Hipster Criticism I say “the Coon...
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Ric Crossman
Mar 31, 20228 min read
6.1.17 "...In The Forests Of The Night"
Rogue Planet I guess technically this is our second rogue planet of the cycle. And like Kirk before/after him, Archer is going to find...
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