June 8, 2023

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Star Trek

Because apparently I didn’t give myself enough to do, now I’m doing write-ups for Star Trek for weekends.  As it is, if you’re on a site called “Gabbing Geek” and you don’t know what Star Trek is, I don’t know that I can help you.

The pilot

Season One

  1. The Man Trap
  2. Charlie X
  3. Where No Man Has Gone Before
  4. The Naked Time
  5. The Enemy Within
  6. Mudd’s Women
  7. What Are Little Girls Made Of?
  8. Miri
  9. Dagger of the Mind
  10. The Corbomite Maneuver
  11. The Menagerie Parts 1 and 2
  12. The Conscience of the King
  13. Balance of Terror
  14. Shore Leave
  15. The Galileo Seven
  16. The Squire of Gothos
  17. Arena
  18. Tomorrow is Yesterday
  19. Court Martial
  20. The Return of the Archons
  21. Space Seed
  22. A Taste of Armageddon
  23. This Side of Paradise
  24. The Devil in the Dark
  25. Errand of Mercy
  26. The Alternative Factor
  27. The City on the Edge of Forever
  28. Operation–Annihilate!

Season Two

  1. Amok Time
  2. Who Mourns for Adonais?
  3. The Changeling
  4. Mirror, Mirror
  5. The Apple
  6. The Doomsday Machine
  7. Catspaw
  8. I, Mudd
  9. Metamorphosis
  10. Journey to Babel
  11. Friday’s Child
  12. The Deadly Years
  13. Obsession
  14. Wolf in the Fold
  15. The Trouble with Tribbles
  16. The Gamesters of Triskelion
  17. A Piece of the Action
  18. The Immunity Syndrome
  19. A Private Little War
  20. Return to Tomorrow
  21. Patterns of Force
  22. By Any Other Name
  23. The Omega Glory
  24. The Ultimate Computer
  25. Bread and Circuses
  26. Assignment:  Earth

Season Three

  1. Spock’s Brain
  2. The Enterprise Incident
  3. The Paradise Syndrome
  4. And the Children Shall Lead
  5. Is There No Truth in Beauty?
  6. Spectre of the Gun
  7. Day of the Dove
  8. For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky
  9. The Tholian Web
  10. Plato’s Stepchildren
  11. Wink of an Eye
  12. The Empath
  13. Elaan of Troyius
  14. Whom Gods Destroy
  15. Let That Be Your Last Battlefield
  16. The Mark of Gideon
  17. That Which Survives
  18. The Lights of Zetar
  19. Requiem for Methuselah
  20. The Way to Eden
  21. The Cloud Minders
  22. The Savage Curtain
  23. All Our Yesterdays
  24. The Turnabout Intruder

The Animated Series

Running for  22 episodes and featuring most of the original cast plus a few behind-the-scenes people, some fans consider the Animated Series to be the unofficial fourth year in the five year journey.  Sure, the animation may not be very good, but it does at least aspire to be like the original series.

Season One

  1. Beyond the Farthest Star
  2. Yesteryear
  3. One of our Planets is Missing
  4. The Lorelei Signal
  5. More Tribbles, More Trouble
  6. The Survivor
  7. The Infinite Vulcan
  8. The Magicks of Megas-Tu
  9. Once Upon a Planet
  10. Mudd’s Passion
  11. The Time Trap
  12. The Terratin Incident
  13. The Ambergris Element
  14. The Slaver Weapon
  15. The Eye of the Beholder
  16. The Jihad

Season Two

  1. The Pirates of Orion
  2. Bem
  3. The Practical Joker
  4. Albatross
  5. How Sharper Than a Serpent’s Tooth
  6. The Counter-Clock Incident

The Original Cast Movies

After the first TV show and the animated series, the original cast of Star Trek made a few movies, so why not cover them too?

  1. Star Trek the Motion Picture
  2. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
  3. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
  4. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
  5. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
  6. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Star Trek the Next Generation

When you finish up the original cast, it’s time for a next generation.  And this time, Jimmy Impossible is along for the ride!

Season One

  1. Encounter at Farpoint
  2. The Naked Now
  3. Code of Honor
  4. The Last Outpost
  5. Where No One Has Gone Before
  6. Lonely Among Us
  7. Justice
  8. The Battle
  9. Hide and “Q”
  10. Haven
  11. The Big Goodbye
  12. Datalore
  13. Angel One
  14. 11001001
  15. Too Short a Season
  16. When the Bough Breaks
  17. Home Soil
  18. Coming of Age
  19. Heart of Glory
  20. The Arsenal of Freedom
  21. Symbiosis
  22. Skin of Evil
  23. We’ll Always Have Paris
  24. Conspiracy
  25. The Neutral Zone

Season Two

  1. The Child
  2. Where Silence Has Lease
  3. Elementary, Dear Data
  4. The Outrageous Okona
  5. Loud as a Whisper
  6. The Schizoid Man
  7. Unnatural Selection
  8. A Matter of Honor
  9. The Measure of a Man
  10. The Dauphin
  11. Contagion
  12. The Royale
  13. Time Squared
  14. The Icarus Factor
  15. Pen Pals
  16. Q Who
  17. Samaritan Snare
  18. Up the Long Ladder
  19. Manhunt
  20. The Emissary
  21. Peak Performance
  22. Shades of Grey

Season Three

  1. Evolution
  2. The Ensigns of Command
  3. The Survivors
  4. Who Watches the Watchers
  5. The Bonding
  6. Booby Trap
  7. The Enemy
  8. The Price
  9. The Vengeance Factor
  10. The Defector
  11. The Hunted
  12. The High Ground
  13. Deja Q
  14. A Matter of Perspective
  15. Yesterday’s Enterprise
  16. The Offspring
  17. Sins of the Father
  18. Allegiance
  19. Captain’s Holiday
  20. Tin Man
  21. Hollow Pursuits
  22. The Most Toys
  23. Sarek
  24. Menage a Troi
  25. Transfigurations
  26. The Best of Both Worlds Part 1

Season Four

  1. The Best of Both Worlds Part 2
  2. Family
  3. Brothers
  4. Suddenly Human
  5. Remember Me
  6. Legacy
  7. Reunion
  8. Future Imperfect
  9. Final Mission
  10. The Loss
  11. Data’s Day
  12. The Wounded
  13. Devil’s Due
  14. Clues
  15. First Contact
  16. Galaxy’s Child
  17. Night Terrors
  18. Identity Crisis
  19. The Nth Degree
  20. Qpid
  21. The Drumhead
  22. Half a Life
  23. The Host
  24. The Mind’s Eye
  25. In Theory
  26. Redemption Part 1

Season Five

  1. Redemption Part 2
  2. Darmok
  3. Ensign Ro
  4. Disaster
  5. The Game
  6. Unification Part 1
  7. Unification Part 2
  8. A Matter of Time
  9. New Ground
  10. Hero Worship
  11. Violations
  12. The Masterpiece Society
  13. Conundrum
  14. Power Play
  15. Ethics
  16. The Outcast
  17. Cause and Effect
  18. The First Duty
  19. Cost of Living
  20. The Perfect Mate
  21. Imaginary Friend
  22. I, Borg
  23. The Next Phase
  24. The Inner Light
  25. Time’s Arrow Part 1

Season Six

  1. Time’s Arrow Part 2
  2. Realm of Fear
  3. Man of the People
  4. Relics
  5. Schisms
  6. True Q
  7. Rascals
  8. A Fistful of Datas
  9. The Quality of Life
  10. Chain of Command Part One
  11. Chain of Command Part Two
  12. Ship in a Bottle
  13. Aquiel
  14. Face of the Enemy
  15. Tapestry
  16. Birthright Part One
  17. Birthright Part Two
  18. Starship Mine
  19. Lessons
  20. The Chase

Star Trek Deep Space Nine

Sometimes, Jimmy and I may not be able to get done two Next Generation chats for a weekend.  When that happens, well, I’ll sub in a Deep Space Nine write up or two, in part because I was looking for an excuse to finally watch this one anyway.

Season One

  1. Emissary
  2. A Man Alone
  3. Past Prologue
  4. Babel
  5. Captive Pursuit
  6. Q-Less
  7. Dax
  8. The Passenger
  9. Move Along Home
  10. The Nagus
  11. Vortex
  12. Battle Lines
  13. The Storyteller
  14. Progress
  15. If Wishes Were Horses
  16. The Forsaken
  17. Dramatis Personae
  18. Duet
  19. In the Hands of the Prophets

Season Two

  1. The Homecoming
  2. The Circle
  3. The Siege
  4. Invasive Procedures
  5. Cardassians
  6. Melora
  7. Rules of Acquisition
  8. Necessary Evil
  9. Second Sight
  10. Sanctuary
  11. Rivals
  12. The Alternate
  13. Armageddon Game
  14. Whispers
  15. Paradise
  16. Shadowplay
  17. Playing God
  18. Profit and Loss
  19. Blood Oath
  20. The Maquis, Part 1
  21. The Maquis, Part 2
  22. The Wire
  23. Crossover
  24. The Collaborator
  25. Tribunal
  26. The Jem’Hadar

Season Three

  1. The Search, Part 1
  2. The Search Part 2
  3. The House of Quark
  4. Equilibrium
  5. Second Skin
  6. The Abandoned
  7. Civil Defense
  8. Meridian
  9. Defiant
  10. Fascination
  11. Past Tense Part 1
  12. Past Tense Part 2
  13. Life Support
  14. Heart of Stone
  15. Destiny
  16. Prophet Motive
  17. Visionary
  18. Distant Voices
  19. Through the Looking Glass
  20. Improbable Cause
  21. The Die is Cast
  22. Explorers
  23. Family Business
  24. Shakaar
  25. Facets
  26. The Adversary

Season Four

  1. The Way of the Warrior (double length episode)
  2. The Visitor
  3. Hippocratic Oath
  4. Indiscretion
  5. Rejoined
  6. Starship Down
  7. Little Green Men
  8. The Sword of Kahless
  9. Our Man Bashir
  10. Homefront
  11. Paradise Lost
  12. Crossfire
  13. Return to Grace
  14. Sons of Mogh
  15. Bar Association
  16. Accession
  17. Rules of Engagement
  18. Hard Time
  19. Shattered Mirror
  20. The Muse
  21. For the Cause
  22. To the Death
  23. The Quickening
  24. Body Parts
  25. Broken Link

Season Five

  1. Apocalypse Rising
  2. The Ship
  3. Looking for par’Mach in all the Wrong Places
  4. …Nor the Battle to the Strong
  5. The Assignment
  6. Trials and Tribble-ations
  7. Let He Who is Without Sin…
  8. Things Past
  9. The Ascent
  10. Rapture
  11. The Darkness and the Light
  12. The Begotten
  13. For the Uniform
  14. In Purgatory’s Shadow
  15. By Inferno’s Light
  16. Doctor Bashir, I Presume?
  17. A Simple Investigation
  18. Business as Usual
  19. Ties of Blood and Water
  20. Ferengi Love Songs
  21. Soldiers of the Empire
  22. Children of Time
  23. Blaze of Glory
  24. Empok Nor
  25. In the Cards
  26. Call to Arms

Season Six

  1. A Time to Stand
  2. Rocks and Shoals
  3. Sons and Daughters
  4. Behind the Lines
  5. Favor the Bold
  6. Sacrifice of Angels
  7. You Are Cordially Invited
  8. Resurrection
  9. Statistical Probabilities
  10. The Magnificent Ferengi
  11. Waltz
  12. Who Mourns for Morn?
  13. Far Beyond the Stars
  14. One Little Ship
  15. Honor Among Thieves
  16. Change of Heart
  17. Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night
  18. Inquisition
  19. In the Pale Moonlight
  20. His Way
  21. The Reckoning
  22. Valiant
  23. Profit and Lace
  24. Time’s Orphan
  25. The Sound of Her Voice
  26. Tears of the Prophets

Season Seven

  1. Image in the Sand
  2. Shadows and Symbols
  3. Afterimage
  4. Take Me Out to the Holosuite
  5. Chrysalis
  6. Treachery, Faith, and the Great River
  7. Once More unto the Breach
  8. The Siege of AR-588
  9. Covenant
  10. It’s Only a Paper Moon
  11. Prodigal Daughter
  12. The Emperor’s New Cloak
  13. Field of Fire
  14. Chimera
  15. Badda-Bing Badda-Bang
  16. Inter Arna Enim Silent Leges
  17. Penumbra
  18. ‘Til Death Do Us Part
  19. Strange Bedfellows
  20. The Changing Face of Evil
  21. When It Rains…
  22. Tacking into the Wind
  23. Extreme Measures

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