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Review: Two Books on the Representation of Race in Star Trek

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In spite of the fact that Star Trek has been an enduring force in our culture for over 50 years now, the literature on Star Trek and race remains limited, and most of what has been written on the subject has been by academic publishers for academic audiences. The most prominent text is Daniel Leonard …

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Reed on the hull with the mine

“Minefield” – ENT 2X3

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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 …

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Kang, Kirk and Spock at the end of the episode

“Day of the Dove” – TOS 3X7

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“Day of the Dove” is a classic Trek episode with a strong message about the futility of war as well as how war is perpetuated through racism. We also get to see the first Klingon woman, and she’s pretty cool. But before we get into that, we need to take a moment to talk about …

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Spock with the electronic device on his head controlling his movements

“Spock’s Brain” – TOS 3X1

by trekkiefeminist

How to even approach an episode as iconically, awesomely bad as “Spock’s Brain”? It’s infamous as one of the worst TOS episodes, and yet is so over the top that it’s hard not to just laugh at. Even though yes, it’s sexist. Kyle Andersen at Nerdist actually argued it’s more sexist than “Mudd’s Women.”  Michelle Erica Green at Trek Today …

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Gary Seven with Isis the cat on the transporter pad

“Assignment: Earth” – TOS 2X26

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“Assignment: Earth” is both the TOS Season 2 finale and a pilot for a spinoff series starring secret agent Gary Seven (Robert Lansing), his “erratic” secretary (Teri Garr), and Isis, the ninja cat. I gotta say, though the spinoff didn’t take off, I would’ve watched the heck out of it. The Enterprise is pretty unnecessary …

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Jenise and Picard

“We’ll Always Have Paris” – TNG 1X24

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In “We’ll Always Have Paris,” we meet Picard’s great past love, Jenice Manheim, after the Enterprise responds to a distress call from her time-experimenting scientist husband. When Picard realizes he’s going to be reunited with Jenice, Troi confronts him about the repressed feelings she senses from him.  Troi: I don’t want to interfere with your personal …

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Frozen Borg head being uncovered from a block of ice

“Regeneration” – ENT 2X23

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You cannot dislike an episode that starts out with Borg-sicles.  “Regeneration” comes in a series of episodes that feels like it’s trying to recapture fans of the other Trek series by reinventing old storylines (e.g. “Judgment”), embracing allegory episodes (e.g. “Cogenitor”) and bringing in classic Trek villains…like the Borg.  Even though the Federation won’t meet the …

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