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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
Feb 10, 20229 min read
2.1.14 The Cat That Walked By Himself
The Slaver Weapon The Animated Series brings out the big guns. Copycat You can see how "The Slaver Weapon" worked on paper. This is true...
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Ric Crossman
Feb 8, 202211 min read
1.1.14 I Hope The Romulans Love Their Children Too
Balance Of Terror Where can I start here? What course does one set to best approach an object of such immense, reality-warping mass?...
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Ric Crossman
Feb 6, 20229 min read
6.1.13 Before They Were Famous
Sleeping Dogs This is a tale of conditions that have no cure. Of infections you can’t fight, and so must wait for them to flare out....
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Ric Crossman
Feb 3, 202213 min read
5.1.13 The Frenemy Within
Faces A dame of two halves. Face/Off (Yes OF COURSE I used that as a subheading I have no shame shut up.) Not hard to see how this...
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Ric Crossman
Feb 1, 202210 min read
4.1.13 Maps And Legends
The Storyteller "The people and the land are one." It was about time we returned to Bajor. The Widening Gyre I haven’t really talked all...
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Ric Crossman
Jan 30, 20229 min read
3.1.13 Men Are From Earth, Women Are From Angel One
Angel One Just when I thought I was out, etc. “Nothing About Us Without Us” I was hoping things could be different here. After a bunch of...
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Ric Crossman
Jan 27, 20227 min read
2.1.13 What Waits Below
The Ambergris Element I mean, it’s better than “The Lorelei Signal”. You know. Mostly. Diminishing Returns Looks like we’re going to have...
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Ric Crossman
Jan 25, 202212 min read
1.1.13 Theatre Of Blood
The Conscience Of The King A play within a play, within a box. "All The World's A Stage..." It’s difficult to get anywhere with “The...
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Ric Crossman
Jan 23, 202212 min read
6.1.12 Primarily, Do No Harm
Dear Doctor Things are going from bad to worse in the 22nd century. From bad to grotesquely appalling, actually. I can’t remember a...
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Ric Crossman
Jan 20, 20228 min read
5.1.12 The Ghost In You
Cathexis The Case of the Unappreciated Whodunnit. “Don’t Be Real, Be Postmodern” “Cathexis” is another episode that doesn’t have a...
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Ric Crossman
Jan 18, 202212 min read
4.1.12 Pro Nihil Mori
Battle Lines War, huh? What is it good for? Killing recurring characters in order to generate cheap drama, it turns out. The Vengeance...
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Ric Crossman
Jan 16, 202210 min read
3.1.12 Lost In Translation
Datalore BLOG FIGHT! Shoulders Of Giants This is the post in which I’m finally going to have to fully acknowledge my debt to Alina...
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Ric Crossman
Jan 13, 202215 min read
2.1.12 "Why Can't We All Just Get Along?"
The Time Trap What does it mean to be removed from reality? Strange Geometries Let’s start by discussing this literally. The Delta...
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Ric Crossman
Jan 11, 202212 min read
1.1.12 Use Your Illusion II
The Menagerie (Part 2) OK, so. This one’s a clip show… Mystery Science Theater 2267 This isn’t automatically a problem. A show with...
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Ric Crossman
Jan 9, 20228 min read
6.1.11 Cake Or Death
Silent Enemy Silent but deadly, this one. Get it? Because it blows right past you, stinking of shit. "How English; Everything Stops For...
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Ric Crossman
Jan 6, 202213 min read
5.1.11 Stockholm Syndrome
Heroes And Demons Oh good. It’s another holodeck malfunction. The Boxes Of Delight It’s easy to read that as sarcasm, I’m sure. Actually,...
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Ric Crossman
Jan 4, 20228 min read
4.1.11 Death In The Clouds
Vortex At first glance, “Vortex” looks like an anomaly. With the exception of “Silent Enemy” (and we’ll get to that sinking, burning...
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Ric Crossman
Jan 2, 202214 min read
3.1.11 The Lives Of Others
The Big Goodbye This one is a lot of fun. That’s certainly not all it is, though. For a seemingly basic – frothy, sure, but basic -...
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Ric Crossman
Dec 30, 202112 min read
2.1.11 The Vowels Are Not What They Seem (Bonus Post)
Detecting non-random signals in "The Terratin Incident" Today’s question, utterly nonsensical even by IDFC standards, is nevertheless one...
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Ric Crossman
Dec 28, 20217 min read
2.1.11 Small Potatoes
The Terratin Incident OK, fine. I admit it. Not one of my better titles. I’m not sure I could get around the pun even if I tried, though....
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