With a new year upon us, I decided the least I could resolve for 2019 was to try and finally finish Enterprise. I’ve seen almost all of Season 1 plus a smattering of episodes from the other seasons, but it’s time to fill in the gaps, starting with “Minefield.” If “Shuttlepod One” wasn’t enough, get …
The big news is that I recently launched a podcast called Women at Warp, with co-hosts Andi (@FirstTimeTrek), Grace and Sue. Our website is live at womenatwarp.com and the first episode is available here. In February I joined Cam and Tyler on their podcast Subspace Transmissions to talk about Trek’s worst child characters. Elizabeth has …
Nearly 25 years before 50 Shades of Grey became a movie, Star Trek brought us a TNG episode called “Shades of Gray.” 50 Shades of Grey has been called “its own form of torture” (USA Today), “painfully dull” (Newsday) and “punishment by boredom” (Rolling Stone). “Shades of Gray” has been called “Worst. Finale. Ever.” (Jammer’s Reviews), “just an …
As we agreed, rather than becoming involved with what could be a touchy moral argument and a question of religious ethics, you will not have the Companion take over the body of Nancy after the latter’s death. Instead, prior to Nancy’s death, while she is still ill, you will have the Companion ‘merge’ with Nancy …
Time to tackle one of the most iconic classic Trek episodes: “Let That Be Your Last Battlefield.” In this barely-veiled allegory for racism in America, with additional references to the Vietnam War and nukes, two half-black/half-white aliens (but with the black and white on opposite sides of their bodies) fight each other out of age-old …
For my review of “The Enemy Within,” click here. Note I’m not a fan. From These Are The Voyages: Star Trek TOS, Season 1 by Marc Cushman with Susan Osborn (TW for discussion of sexual assault): It was important to [writer Richard] Matheson that the attempted rape be included. It wasn’t part of his story outline merely for …
Inspired by a fabulous discussion on lady-centric episodes with the ussfeministkilljoy crew, here are my Top 10 Feminist TNG Episodes. In order to help narrow it down I limited myself to episodes that pass the Bechdel-Wallace Test (for full TNG Bechdel-Wallace results click here). Other than that, I was looking for episodes where we see strong, complex …