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 Next Generation “Tapestry”
Just a few weeks after “Q-Less” aired, Q returned to The Next Generation for the next installment of…
The episode begins with Crusher receiving emergency patients, including Picard, Riker, and Worf, who are being beamed up after a surprise attack…
Star Trek: The Next Generation “True Q”
Fans ended up waiting over a year after “Qpid” for the next installment of…
…as the character was conspicuously absent from TNG’s fifth season. There were reportedly plans for an appearance but storylines couldn’t be worked out. However, Q would…
Star Trek: The Next Generation “Qpid”
“Qpid”, the latest installment of…
…has the same lighthearted tone as the previous entry, “Deja Q”.
The episode begins with the Enterprise arriving at Tagus III, where Picard is set to give a lecture to a group of renowned Starfleet…
Star Trek: The Next Generation “Deja Q”
By the time of “Deja Q”, the fifth installment of…
…the character of Q had become beloved by fans. Some likened him to Harry Mudd in terms of his annoying playfulness (I’m only referring to the Mudd played by Roger…
Star Trek: The Next Generation “Q Who”
Q returns for “Q Who”, which is in the middle of The Next Generation‘s second season. This season, overall, proved superior to the show’s first season, despite clunkers such as “Unnatural Selection”, “Up the Long Ladder”, and the second…
Star Trek: The Next Generation “Hide and Q”
Q’s promise to return at the end of “Encounter at Farpoint” excited fans. Hence, it was a pleasant surprise when we didn’t have to wait long for that return, which came just eight episodes later with “Hide and Q.”
The…
Star Trek: The Next Generation “Encounter at Farpoint”
We finally meet Q himself in the second installment of…
We also meet the entire crew of Star Trek: The Next Generation, because this is the premiere episode of that series, “Encounter at Farpoint”.
The series begins with a…
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: 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…
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: 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: 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…
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