Top Star Trek episodes
Here’s my list of top Star Trek episodes, for each of the series in the 1st and 2nd generation. I allowed for 4 episodes per season. I also allowed for 1 runner up, for an episode that’s not quite as good but still important. I also allowed for 1 “just for fun” episode, one that’s […]
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (season 7)
{5/5} “This may be the last time we’re all together. But no matter what the future holds, no matter how far we travel, a part of us — a very important part — will always remain here, on Deep Space Nine.” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 7, aired in 1998-99 Colonel Kira is in […]
The Final Cut
{4.5/5} “I forgive people long after they can be punished for their sins.” The Final Cut, released in 2004 People who have a Zoe implant have all their memories recorded. When they’re dead, a cutter can create an edited version of those memories and give it to someone else. Alan is known as the best […]
The Divide
{4.5/5} “With the right gestures and the necessary words, he could intimidate almost anyone — play the primate chords of fear, anger, love, or distaste, and do so at will. For a time, when his contempt for humanity had reached its zenith, he did it often. It was a means to an end, as irrelevant […]
Devs
{5/5} “I sorta mentally prepped myself for a high-speed police chase and 20 years in jail, but… OK, let’s try it your way.” Devs, aired in 2020 Sergei is excited to move up to the top-secret Devs department at his company, Amaya. But when he finds out what they’re doing, he decides he has to […]
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (season 6)
{5/5} “Lucky for you, space is big. There are a lot of other nice girls out there — with or without spots.” — Vic, to Bashir and Quark Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 6, aired in 1997-98 Captain Sisko has temporarily abandoned Deep Space Nine, and it’s in the hands of the Dominion and […]
Children of Memory
{4/5} “Heorest Holt was forced to admit that nobody had thought it through properly back on Earth, because you couldn’t have, not really. Not being as ignorant as they had been of what was waiting out among the stars. And a lot of people had desperately bought into the idea of pre-prepared Edens because what […]
Oxygen
{4.5/5} “Please provide the administrator password to continue.” Oxygen, released in 2021 A woman wakes up in a cryogenic chamber. She seems to be OK but she can’t get out. There’s a computer that can answer some questions. She doesn’t remember her name, and when she asks the computer he says Omicron 267. She gradually […]
Andor (season 1)
{5/5} “We’ve grown reliant on Imperial tech and we’ve made ourselves vulnerable. There’s a growing list of things we’ve known and forgotten, things they’ve pushed us to forget. Things like freedom.” Andor season 1, aired in 2022 Cassian Andor kills 2 guards who are harassing him, and is worried people will be asking questions. A […]
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — The 34th Rule
{4.5/5} “Earlier, Quark had heard the shapeshifter come in, had heard the strange liquid rushing sound Odo made whenever he moved quickly, no matter his form. The sound, though nearly subaudible, was unmistakable to Ferengi ears. Quark had never let on to Odo that he could sometimes hear the internal flow of the changeling’s fluidal […]