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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...
Ric Crossman
Jan 25, 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...
Ric Crossman
Jan 23, 202212 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...
Ric Crossman
Jan 20, 20228 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...
Ric Crossman
Jan 18, 202212 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...
Ric Crossman
Jan 16, 202210 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...
Ric Crossman
Jan 13, 202215 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...
Ric Crossman
Jan 11, 202212 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...
Ric Crossman
Jan 9, 20228 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,...
Ric Crossman
Jan 6, 202213 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...
Ric Crossman
Jan 4, 20228 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 -...
Ric Crossman
Jan 2, 202214 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...
Ric Crossman
Dec 30, 202112 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....
Ric Crossman
Dec 28, 20217 min read
1.1.11 Use Your Illusion I
The Menagerie (Part 1) What’s past is prologue, or so the saying goes. A saying, if you’ve noticed, that’s usually trotted out when the...
Ric Crossman
Dec 26, 20218 min read
6.1.10 "Remember A Trash Can"
Cold Front One of the earliest conclusions we came to regarding our fifth generation was that it could not follow on directly from its...
Ric Crossman
Dec 23, 202111 min read
5.1.10 Eat, Betray, Love
State Of Flux The problem with promise is that sooner or later, that promise has to be honoured. These Maquis In The Marquee “State Of...
Ric Crossman
Dec 21, 202111 min read
4.1.10 Escher's Spiral
The Nagus "I found one day in school a boy of medium size ill-treating a smaller boy. I expostulated, but he replied: “The bigs hit me,...
Ric Crossman
Dec 19, 202111 min read
3.1.10 Don't Tell The Bride
Haven Empathy is not an easy thing to get right. One Last Digression On Why Vulcans Are Bad The necessity of empathy is something that...
Ric Crossman
Dec 16, 202116 min read
2.1.10 Ill-Met By Starlight
Mudd's Passion Holy Prophets, this is worse than “Code of Honor”. [Content warning: references to sexual assault.] "The Rankest...
Ric Crossman
Dec 14, 20218 min read
1.1.10 Third Time's A Charm
The Corbomite Maneuver A new beginning. And only just in time. “The Corbomite Maneuver” is often referred to as “the third pilot”, for...
Ric Crossman
Dec 12, 202111 min read
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