Star Trek (TAS) “The Counter-Clock Incident”
At long last, we’re coming to the end of an era here at the Agony Booth: This is the last ever episode of Star Trek (the ’70s animated series) left for us to recap. A lot has happened on the…
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Star Trek “The Squire of Gothos”
I’ll begin by giving thanks to my colleague Tyler Peterson, who penned the delightful Trials of Miles recaps which inspired me to do this series, which will look at the artistic rise and fall of John de Lancie’s Q, spanning…
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), a recap (part 10 of 10)
Previously: V’Ger threatened to destroy all life on Earth, leading both Kirk and the screenwriters to completely wing it, coming up with a plan on the fly that sees the Enterprise get drawn even deeper into the alien vessel for a personal meeting with V’Ger itself.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), a recap (part 9 of 10)
Previously: Decker tried to put the moves on the Ilia-probe, while Spock stole a spacesuit and tried to put the mind-meld moves on V’Ger. Sadly, those living machines aren’t quite the easy lay that either man expected. Spock wakes up in Sickbay. Dr. Chapel is scanning his brain, and McCoy tells Kirk that the “power pouring through that mind-meld” may have caused Spock...
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), a recap (part 8 of 10)
Previously: The Enterprise entered the evil cloud and got a bit too close to the Great Sphincter. Lt. Ilia was abducted by the intruder, which left a robot “probe” lookalike in her place, sort of like a… changeling? And with that, it’s back to the TOS theme...
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), a recap (part 7 of 10)
Previously: If you want to know what the last installment was like, give yourself a mild concussion and stare in wonder at all the lights and colors that dance before your eyes. Another alarm sounds, and this time, the Enterprise has been seized by a tractor beam...
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), a recap (part 6 of 10)
Previously: Spock showed up at last and made himself science officer, leading to a heartwarming reunion where the guy was pretty near catatonic. There was some questioning of Spock’s motives between Kirk and McCoy that went nowhere, just in time for the Enterprise to make visual contact with the Maybe-Not-Evil Cloud.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), a recap (part 5 of 10)
Previously: The Slow-Motion Picture literally went into slow-motion as the Enterprise fell into a wormhole created purely by Kirk’s hubris. Decker agreed to “nursemaid” Kirk to prevent this sort of mishap from happening again, which isn’t quite as freaky as it sounds...
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), a recap (part 4 of 10)
Previously: Kirk blindsided Decker by taking over the Enterprise, but Decker felt a lot better once his old flame Lt. Ilia came aboard. And then Kirk lost his science officer in a horrific transporter accident, but he felt a lot better once his old flame Dr. McCoy came aboard.
Star Trek: Short Treks “Q & A”
Surprise! Star Trek: Short Treks is back. Without any advance notice, executive producer Alex Kurtzman announced last Saturday at New York Comic Con that the newest short “Q & A” was available on CBS All Access. Also, five more shorts…
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), a recap (part 3 of 10)
Previously: Spock’s human blood was touched by the big evil cloud out in space and so he didn’t get to join the Kohlinar Klub. Meanwhile, Kirk and Scotty flew around the Enterprise in a shuttle, and um… you know, I don’t think anything else happened. On the Enterprise bridge, it’s total chaos...
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), a recap (part 2 of 10)
Previously: An evil cloud penetrated Klingon space, and it was hello, new Klingons! And then... bye, new Klingons! We abruptly cut from the evil cloud to Spock...
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), a recap (part 1 of 10)
Is there a movie that more intensely divides Star Trek fans than Star Trek: The Motion Picture? To some, it’s a slow, boring, drawn-out film, with interminable special effects sequences, and a crew having weirdly awkward interactions with one another...
Star Trek “The City on the Edge of Forever”: teleplay vs. episode
Many Star Trek fans say that the original series’s crowning achievement was the penultimate episode of the show’s first season, “The City on the Edge of Forever.” Some fans go further than that by saying it’s the finest episode of…
Star Trek: Discovery “Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2”
Previously: Leland-Control and his Section 31 ships were coming for the Discovery and its Sphere data. They couldn’t delete the data or destroy the ship, so the only solution was to build a brand new Red Angel Suit (to be…
Star Trek: Discovery “Such Sweet Sorrow”
Previously: Pike got a time crystal from the Klingons on Boreth, but paid the price by getting a glimpse of some really bad things in store for him. Control took over Burnham’s old friend Gant, which tried and failed to…
Star Trek: Discovery “Through the Valley of Shadows”
Previously: There were seven signals, but even Mama Burnham AKA the Red Angel had no idea what they meant. Culber was resurrected, but no longer loved Stamets. Control wanted that Sphere data, so it possessed Leland using nanoprobes while saying…
Star Trek: Discovery “Perpetual Infinity”
Previously: The Discovery crew found the bioneural signature of the Red Angel, and it was a perfect match for Michael Burnham. Burnham learned that her parents worked for Section 31 and designed the Red Angel suit. On the Section 31…
Star Trek: Discovery “The Red Angel”
Previously: Spock had contact with the Red Angel, who came from the future and showed him the end of all life in the galaxy. Culber died and was resurrected but no longer had feelings for Stamets. Airiam got possessed by…
Star Trek: Discovery “Project Daedalus”
Previously: Pike and Vyler’s shuttle got hit by a squid-like probe from the future that downloaded all of Discovery’s data. Lt. Airiam, the robot-like bridge officer, got infected with nefarious programming which was symbolized by three red lights flashing in…
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