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6.1.9 "Star-Spangled Eyes"
Fortunate Son This is quite the turnaround. “Fortunate Son” isn’t just significantly better than “Civilization”, it expertly targets and...
Ric Crossman
Dec 9, 20218 min read
5.1.9 The Pleasure Principle
Prime Factors Shh, don’t worry. No need to be scared. It was bound to happen sometime, with a franchise that flirts with science as often...
Ric Crossman
Dec 7, 202116 min read
4.1.9 Shout "Allamaraine!" And Sit Down
Move Along Home LIQUID ASSETS, INTESTINAL BLOCKAGES, A SURFEIT OF SCATHES QUINT: GAMES, my friends. Don’t you just wish you were in them?...
Ric Crossman
Dec 5, 202111 min read
3.1.9 Games And The Gamers Who Game Them
Hide And Q After a seven-episode recess, Q has returned to the bench. The trial of mankind can continue. The Honourable Judge Q Presiding...
Ric Crossman
Dec 2, 202114 min read
2.1.9 "By Definition Alone, Sequels Are Inferior..!"
Once Upon A Planet Poor Lewis Carroll. First he dies, and then this happens. Support Your Local Artist “Once Upon A Planet” isn’t all...
Ric Crossman
Nov 30, 20218 min read
1.1.9 We Can Forget It For You Wholesale
Dagger Of The Mind “How am I supposed to remember you When you won’t let me forget?” Barenaked Ladies, Leave “Dagger of the Mind” is a...
Ric Crossman
Nov 28, 202111 min read
6.1.8 Second Contact
Civilization Let’s lead with the conclusion: “Civilization” doesn’t really work. Perhaps appropriately for a story about the meeting of...
Ric Crossman
Nov 25, 20218 min read
5.1.8 "You Really HAVE Gone Where No Man Has Gone Before"
Emanations Right then. Death, the Star Trek way. Strip Search/Strip Mine At heart, “Emanations” is a story which displays two different...
Ric Crossman
Nov 23, 202117 min read
4.1.8 “The Law Is Inside Out, The World Is Upside Down”
The Passenger Here we run into another episode that seems to be no-one’s favourite, and for reasons which are not difficult to...
Ric Crossman
Nov 21, 20218 min read
3.1.8 Revenge Is A Dish Best Served With Gratuity Included
The Battle The Ferengi are back! Last time round I really went to the mat for those guys and the opportunities they offered as...
Ric Crossman
Nov 18, 20219 min read
2.1.8 Original Sin
The Magicks Of Megas-Tu “The Magicks Of Megas-Tu” an onion story. Every time you peel a layer off, you find another one beneath it. Let’s...
Ric Crossman
Nov 16, 202110 min read
1.1.8 Finding Neverland
Miri “Miri” is a story still in its childhood. Perhaps, then, we can forgive that it has so much growing up to do. Trois Siècles de...
Ric Crossman
Nov 14, 20219 min read
6.1.7 "...Just Wanna Have Fun"
Breaking The Ice I’ve always been scared of space. It’s the blackness, I think. The cold. It’s worse than the deepest oceans, because at...
Ric Crossman
Nov 11, 20219 min read
5.1.7 Dead Man's Mirror
Ex Post Facto Right, then. Noir Trek. As Alan Partridge once said, “Ask yourself two questions: how and why?”. The Big Gamble We can...
Ric Crossman
Nov 9, 202110 min read
4.1.7 "You've Been Sanctified, And I've Been Tried"
Dax Well, this certainly didn’t arrive too soon. It’s finally time for Deep Space Nine to start picking at the gloriously complicated...
Ric Crossman
Nov 7, 202114 min read
3.1.7 The Day He Didn't Die
Justice Eesh. Punishment zone is right. “Eternal Sign Of Barbarism” Let’s start with the good news: “Justice” isn’t actually as bad as I...
Ric Crossman
Nov 4, 202110 min read
2.1.7 World Leader Extend
The Infinite Vulcan Well, that was… quite something. Yessir, this is definitely a thing that exists. I watched it twice, just to be sure....
Ric Crossman
Nov 2, 20219 min read
1.1.7 "I Choose To Take That Literally"
What Are Little Girls Made Of? Well, our route into this one is uncommonly easy. After all, when an episode asks you a question with its...
Ric Crossman
Oct 31, 202119 min read
6.1.6 The P'Jem'Hadar
The Andorian Incident Enterprise gets all political and complex. Or it thinks it does, anyway. Perfect Antennae “The Andorian Incident”...
Ric Crossman
Oct 28, 202110 min read
5.1.6 Galaxy Of Worms (Bonus Post)
Geometric Probability In "Eye Of The Needle" Look. We all have our issues. We all have our obsessions. There was never any way I was...
Ric Crossman
Oct 26, 202115 min read
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