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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...
Ric Crossman
Apr 21, 202221 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...
Ric Crossman
Apr 19, 20229 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....
Ric Crossman
Apr 17, 202212 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...
Ric Crossman
Apr 14, 202210 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...
Ric Crossman
Apr 12, 202212 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...
Ric Crossman
Apr 10, 20229 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...
Ric Crossman
Apr 7, 202217 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...
Ric Crossman
Apr 5, 202215 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...
Ric Crossman
Apr 3, 202211 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...
Ric Crossman
Mar 31, 20228 min read
4.1.17 Proof By Counter-Example
Dramatis Personae Not to go all undergraduate essay here, but let’s start with a definition. “Dramatis Personae” translates as “the masks...
Ric Crossman
Mar 29, 20229 min read
3.1.17 "There Can't Be So Much As A Microbe..."
Home Soil Doesn’t this all seem a little familiar? The Devil In The Details While the patented IDFC approach means we’ve not actually yet...
Ric Crossman
Mar 27, 20229 min read
1.1.17 Bang Bang, You're Dead
The Squire Of Gothos Oh, I get it! Bang Bang, You’re Dead – The Playground Battlefield “The Squire Of Gothos” didn’t work for me at...
Ric Crossman
Mar 24, 202212 min read
2.1 "You Know, For Kids"
The Animated Series Season 1 Retrospective Let’s look at this one through a new lens. If You Don’t Love Something, Set It Free Biased...
Ric Crossman
Mar 22, 20227 min read
6.1.16 Anger Mismanagement
Fusion (Content warning: references to sexual assault.) OK, so. This one wasn’t much fun to write about at all. The Rage Mirage I think...
Ric Crossman
Mar 20, 202210 min read
4.1.16 I Have No Mouth, And I Must Sigh
The Forsaken An introvert and an extrovert walk into an unreliable turbolift... Old Skin For The Slightly Older Ceremony I see no point...
Ric Crossman
Mar 17, 20229 min read
3.1.16 The Prepubescent Seven
When The Bough Breaks This is frustrating – a story that’s based around children, but which has no interest in them at all. “What A...
Ric Crossman
Mar 15, 202211 min read
2.1.16 The Dirty Half-Dozen
The Jihad “The Jihad” is an absolute mess. I could probably take up 1500 words just listing all the ways in which it makes no sense, or...
Ric Crossman
Mar 13, 20228 min read
1.1.16 "Eppur Si Muove"
The Galileo Seven Spock gets his turn in the spotlight. But will it fall and crush him? Ungroomed For Command The motivations for this...
Ric Crossman
Mar 10, 20228 min read
5.1 What We'd Left Behind
Voyager Season 1 Retrospective For a show about the future, Voyager is surprisingly tied up in the past. Take Five Let’s take an unusual...
Ric Crossman
Mar 8, 202212 min read
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