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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jan 15, 2020

Star Trek: The Next Generation “Shades of Gray”

A long, long time ago, when the Agony Booth’s list of Star Trek recaps was called the Worst of Trek and only consisted of recaps of bottom-of-the-barrel episodes like “Spock’s Brain” and “The Outrageous Okona”, there was one episode that seemed like a no-brainer to be included on the list. Anyone even vaguely familiar with the franchise knows exactly which episode is the most hated...

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· by Tyler Peterson · Dec 24, 2019

Star Trek: The Next Generation “Power Play”

Welcome to a surprise bonus edition of… Earlier this year, I was fortunate enough to stumble across a great essay by Nicasio Andres Reed talking about a particular detail that sets the Star Trek franchise apart from its peers. He…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Dec 19, 2019

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.

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Dec 16, 2019

Star Trek: Short Treks “Ephraim and Dot”

“Ephraim and Dot” is one of two animated Short Treks that premiered last Thursday, along with “The Girl Who Made the Stars”. But unlike that other short, “Ephraim and Dot” has a strong connection to Star Trek lore—which may be…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Dec 13, 2019

Star Trek: Short Treks “The Girl Who Made the Stars”

Previously in the Star Trek franchise: On October 12, 1974, the Star Trek Saturday morning cartoon aired its final episode, and (save for a proposed idea for a post-Nemesis animated web series) this would be the last time Star…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Dec 12, 2019

Star Trek (TAS) “More Tribbles, More Troubles”

It’s hard to believe, but for some reason our host Dr. Winston O’Boogie and I never got around to recapping the last two Star Trek (the animated series) episodes. And given that two new animated Short Treks episodes are premiering…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Dec 10, 2019

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Time’s Orphan”

Oh gosh, it’s been such fun. Miles is the kind of wholesome, kindhearted lug your inner sadist wants to see kicked until he screams. But today we draw the curtains on our sad bumbling hero with our final installment of……

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Nov 29, 2019

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...

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· by Tyler Peterson · Nov 21, 2019

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Honor Among Thieves”

Top o’ the mornin’, you cheeky monkey! Welcome back to… Today’s episode, “Honor Among Thieves”, checks off several different Trek boxes. First, there’s the well-worn trope of Chief O’Brien being assigned to a task that’s either well above his pay…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Nov 20, 2019

Star Trek: Short Treks “Ask Not”

And now, the last of the Captain Pike-era Short Treks, “Ask Not”. At around nine minutes, this is the shortest Short Trek so far, and one of the most inconsequential. It’s built around a pretty obvious twist that negates…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Nov 13, 2019

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...

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Nov 6, 2019

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...

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· by Tyler Peterson · Nov 5, 2019

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “The Assignment”

Hello DSNiners, and welcome to another spot of… In a previous installment of the Trials of Miles, the Star Trek franchise engaged in an all-too-brief bit of self-reflection in the form of a stray line of dialogue from Dr.…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 31, 2019

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.

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 25, 2019

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...

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· by Tyler Peterson · Oct 22, 2019

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Hard Time”

Bloody hell, it’s another wee bit of… “Hard Time” is considered a landmark Star Trek episode and regularly dominates “best of franchise” lists in the way that only an episode featuring a man almost killing himself with a Dirt Devil…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 19, 2019

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.

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 15, 2019

Star Trek: Short Treks “The Trouble with Edward”

As I suspected at the end of my previous Short Trek recap, “The Trouble with Edward”, in addition to being the latest Star Trek tribble episode, is indeed a flat-out comedy. But it’s one that actually works; it’s a pretty…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 10, 2019

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…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 9, 2019

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...

Tagged: Star Trek

Star Trek: The Next Generation “Shades of Gray”

Star Trek: The Next Generation “Power Play”

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), a recap (part 10 of 10)

Star Trek: Short Treks “Ephraim and Dot”

Star Trek: Short Treks “The Girl Who Made the Stars”

Star Trek (TAS) “More Tribbles, More Troubles”

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Time’s Orphan”

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), a recap (part 9 of 10)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Honor Among Thieves”

Star Trek: Short Treks “Ask Not”

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), a recap (part 8 of 10)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), a recap (part 7 of 10)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “The Assignment”

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), a recap (part 6 of 10)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), a recap (part 5 of 10)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Hard Time”

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), a recap (part 4 of 10)

Star Trek: Short Treks “The Trouble with Edward”

Star Trek: Short Treks “Q & A”

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), a recap (part 3 of 10)

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