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Boldly Rewatching the Voyages: All Our Yesterdays

January 17, 2022disruption, history, life, risk, technology, televisionLeave a Comment

The Zarabeth storyline explores loneliness in its various forms, giving us more insight into both Spock and the human (humanoid) condition.

Boldly Rewatching the Voyages: The Savage Curtain

January 10, 2022disruption, history, televisionLeave a Comment

Why involve a multi-species cast of characters but go no further than a cops-and-robbers scenario to explore good vs. evil?

Boldly Rewatching the Voyages: The Cloud Minders

January 3, 2022disruption, history, science, technology, televisionLeave a Comment

Sadly, "equality, kindness, justice" are largely forgotten by the episode's end.

Boldly Rewatching the Voyages: The Way to Eden

December 27, 2021control, disruption, history, science, technology, televisionLeave a Comment

Eden must exist somewhere between the Federation’s artifice and the Edenites’ self-indulgence.

Boldly Rewatching the Voyages: Requiem for Methuselah

December 20, 2021control, history, movies, televisionLeave a Comment

For all the love our brave trio may have lost over the years, it is, as always, their friendship that makes them strong.

Boldly Rewatching the Voyages: The Lights of Zetar

December 13, 2021history, technology, television1 Comment

The sexism is so rampant as to be a distraction throughout the episode.

Boldly Rewatching the Voyages: That Which Survives

December 6, 2021history, technology, television3 Comments

(Note: This post appears as a page elsewhere on this site. If you haven’t read it yet, my introductory post on this Star Trek: The Original Series rewatch is a good place to start. Previous essays on specific episodes can be found here.) Original Air Date: January 24, 1969 Crew Death Count: 3 (Ensign Wyatt,…

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