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Boldly Rewatching the Voyages: Balance of Terror

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Governments paint their enemies in broad brushstrokes and make war for mystifying reasons...

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Boldly Rewatching the Voyages: The Conscience of the King

October 19, 2020January 9, 2021Categories history, televisionLeave a Comment on Boldly Rewatching the Voyages: The Conscience of the King

The prosecution of war crimes doesn't end with the complex matters of identifying the crimes and those who committed them.

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Boldly Rewatching the Voyages: The Menagerie

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Spock is the central character of "The Menagerie," and it's Spock who demonstrates Star Trek's recurring theme of sacrifice.

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Boldly Rewatching the Voyages: The Corbomite Maneuver

October 5, 2020January 9, 2021Categories risk, television1 Comment on Boldly Rewatching the Voyages: The Corbomite Maneuver

The episode's premise is simple and a stark demonstration of our whole reason for being here: exploration.

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Boldly Rewatching the Voyages: Dagger of the Mind

September 28, 2020Categories history, televisionLeave a Comment on Boldly Rewatching the Voyages: Dagger of the Mind

Compassion is an agreement that we're all equal.

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Boldly Rewatching the Voyages: Miri

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"I wouldn't examine that dream too closely..."

Happy Star Trek Day 2020

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Watching Star Trek convention panels has been a source of hope for me during these pandemic days...

Boldly Rewatching the Voyages: Essays on Star Trek The Original Series

August 3, 2020Categories history, television2 Comments on Boldly Rewatching the Voyages: Essays on Star Trek The Original Series

The crew of the Enterprise may have gone boldly, but they set forth with humility and curiosity.

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    • Star Trek: The Original Series
    • Season 1
      • Season 1: Episodes 1-10
        • The Man Trap
        • Charlie X
        • Where No Man Has Gone Before
        • The Naked Time
        • The Enemy Within
        • Mudd’s Women
        • What Are Little Girls Made Of?
        • Miri
        • Dagger of the Mind
        • The Corbomite Maneuver
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        • The Conscience of the King
        • Balance of Terror
        • Shore Leave
        • The Galileo Seven
        • The Squire of Gothos
        • Arena
        • Tomorrow is Yesterday
        • Court Martial
        • The Return of the Archons
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        • Space Seed
        • A Taste of Armageddon
        • This Side of Paradise
        • The Devil in the Dark
        • Errand of Mercy
        • The Alternative Factor
        • The City On the Edge of Forever
        • Operation – Annihilate!
    • Season 2
      • Season 2: Episodes 1-10
        • Amok Time
        • Who Mourns for Adonais?
        • The Changeling
        • Mirror, Mirror
        • The Apple
        • The Doomsday Machine
        • Catspaw
        • I, Mudd
        • Metamorphosis
        • Journey to Babel
      • Season 2: Episodes 11-20
        • Friday’s Child
        • The Deadly Years
        • Obsession
        • Wolf in the Fold
        • The Trouble with Tribbles
        • The Gamesters of Triskelion
        • A Piece of the Action
        • The Immunity Syndrome
        • A Private Little War
        • Return to Tomorrow
      • Season 2: Episodes 21-26
        • Patterns of Force
        • By Any Other Name
        • The Omega Glory
        • The Ultimate Computer
        • Bread and Circuses
        • Assignment: Earth
    • Season 3
      • Season 3: Episodes 1-8
        • Spock’s Brain
        • The Enterprise Incident
        • The Paradise Syndrome
        • And the Children Shall Lead
        • Is There in Truth No Beauty?
        • Spectre of the Gun
        • Day of the Dove
        • For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky
      • Season 3: Episodes 9-17
        • The Tholian Web
        • Plato’s Stepchildren
        • Wink of an Eye
        • The Empath
        • Elaan of Troyius
        • Whom Gods Destroy
        • Let That Be Your Last Battlefield
        • The Mark of Gideon
        • That Which Survives
      • Season 3: Episodes 18-24
        • The Lights of Zetar
        • Requiem for Methuselah
        • The Way to Eden
        • The Cloud Minders
        • The Savage Curtain
        • All Our Yesterdays
        • Turnabout Intruder
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