Showing posts with label Star Trek. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Star Trek. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2.19

Blood Oath

Three Klingons come to Deep Space Nine, old friends of Dax, Curzon Dax. Together Kor , Koloth, and Kang (along with Curzon) swore a blood oath to get vengeance on the Albino, a criminal who killed the sons of the three Klingons. Curzon was the godfather to Kang's son who was named Dax in his honor.

The Klingons have some doubts about Jadzia Dax accompanying them on this mission. She proves herself to them while sparring with Koloth in a holo-suite. Together the four friends use their skills and the intelligence they have gathered to complete their mission although is costs two of them their lives.

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2.18

Profit and Loss

A Cardassian ship that is experiencing major problems with it's life support systems arrives at the space station. Natima Lanf, the leader of the three people aboard the space ship, is an old acquaintance of Quark. She explains that her two companions are her students. Quark tries to get close to Natima. She is hostile at first but eventually warms up to the point that she is at least interested in rekindling what they had seven years before.

Garak warns Commander Sisko that it wouldn't be wise to help the three Cardassians as they are wanted by the Cardassian high command. Sisko helps the fugitive Cardassians, despite the warning, until he finds out that the Bejorans government wants to turn them over to the Cardassians as part of a prisoner exchange.

Friday, July 31, 2026

Star Trek: The Next Generation 5.21

The Perfect Mate

The Enterprise transports Ambassador Briam of Krios to a ceremony between the Valtese and the Briosians. Two Ferengi are taken on board during the trip when their ship reaches a critical state. The Ferengi interfere with a gift from the Kriosians to the Valtese. The gift was Kamala, an empathic metamorph who was in stasis until one of the Ferengi interfered with the stasis field.

Kamala is to be the mate of Alrik of Valt. Her physiognomy makes her extremely attractive to men with whom she comes in contact. Ambassador Briam insists that she stay in her quarters. Captain Picard, prodded by Doctor Crusher, allows her out of her quarters but then has to rescind that order when she proves to be too distracting for any man with whom she comes in contact.

Thursday, July 30, 2026

Star Trek (1966) 2.09

Metamorphosis

Captain Kirk, Mister Spock, and Doctor McCoy are returning to the Enterprise in the Galileo from peace negotiations on Epsilon Canaris III with assistant Commissioner Nancy Hedford when they encounter a mysterious force that brings them to a planetoid with a breathable atmosphere. They left the peace negotiations, which were incomplete, because Commissioner Hedford had contracted Sakuro's Disease. She isn't showing any symptoms yet but she needs immediate medical treatment. 

They find Zefram Cochrane, a human living on the planetoid. He was marooned there more than a century before. The Companion, the mysterious force that brought the Galileo there, restored Cochrane, who was in his 80s when he arrived there, to his youth. It kept him from aging. It won't let any of them go because Cochrane needs other humans to keep him company and because it can't leave the planetoid.

Thursday, July 23, 2026

Star Trek (1966) 2.08

I, Mudd

The Enterprise and it's crew are forcibly transported to distant Class K planet they had never visited before. Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Uhura and Chekov are all ordered to beam down with Norman, an android who, disguised as a member of the crew, is the one who programmed the Enterprise to travel to this planet. On the surface of the planet they meet the man behind the android, Harry Mudd.

Mudd, surrounded by androids who look like identical beautiful women named Alice, explains to Kirk and the others how he got to this planet and why he summoned them. The androids, who come from the Andromeda galaxy, want more people to study. The people who made them are all gone. Kirk and the others try reasoning with Harry and the androids but it gets them nowhere. Harry makes plans to leave but at the last minute he finds out that the androids don't intend to let him leave. 

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Star Trek (1966) 2.07

Catspaw

Captain Kirk, Doctor McCoy, and Mister Spock beam down to Pyris VII in search of Scott and Sulu who have gone missing. Jackson, the only member of the away team to return, was dead when they beamed him back up. Kirk and the others find a castle surrounded by mists. Inside the castle they meet first Korob and then Sylvia. Scot and Sulu are both in the castle but seem to be under the control of Korob and Sylvia.

Kirk unsuccessfully tries to seduce Sylvia. She gets angry at him. Korob fears what might happen and helps Kirk to escape. Korob has the transmuter, a magic wand of sorts. Sylvia kills Korob but Kirk gets it from him and breaks it. The castle vanishes and the others who were under the control of Sylvia and Korob are freed. Kirk and the other beam back up to the Enterprise.

Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Star Trek (1966) 2.06

The Doomsday Machine

The Enterprise finds the USS Constellation badly damaged in L-370 a star system in which most of the planets have been destroyed. Captain Kirk, Doctor McCoy, Mister Scott and three other officers beam aboard the Constellation to try and figure out what happened. They only find one survivor aboard the Constellation, its captain, Commodore Matt Decker.

Decker is in shock and can tell them nothing at first. Once he regains his faculties he explains that he beamed the rest of the crew of the Constellation down to the third planet and stayed aboard by himself to deal with the thing that ravaged the Constellation and most of the rest of the L-370. The third planet was destroyed and the Constellation was damaged extensively by a device that Kirk says must be like a Doomsday device of old.

Monday, June 29, 2026

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2.17

Playing God

Arjin, a Trill host candidate, comes to Deep Space Nine to be mentored and evaluated by Jadzia Dax. Chief O'Brien deals with an infestation of voles aboard the space station. Jake admits to his father that he's in love with a Dabo girl.

Jadzia's initial evaluation of Arjin is that he isn't a good candidate to be a host. He seems to just be telling her what he thinks she wants to hear. Together they go into the wormhole, aboard the Mekong and pick up something on the outer hull of the runabout that Jadzia describes as space seaweed.

Jadzia studies the thing attached to the Mekong once they get back. It seems to be a proto-universe. It is expanding and threatens to destroy Deep Space Nine. There is some debate over what to do about it. Ultimately, despite not knowing what will happen, Sisko decides that it needs to be returned to the Gamma Quadrant.

Thursday, June 25, 2026

Star Trek: The Next Generation 4.22

Half a Life

Lwaxana Troi, Counselor Deanna Troi's mother, is aboard the Enterprise when Timicin, a scientist from Kaelon II boards the starship. She immediately attaches herself to him and a bond develops between them. Timicin conducts tests while aboard the Enterprise in the hope that they will result in a viable way to save the star around which Kaelon II orbits. The tests prove unsuccessful.

Timicin is approaching 60 years of age. He is duty bound to return home and experience Resolution, ritual death. All people on Kaelon II regardless of their condition at age 60 are compelled to experience Resolution. Timicin accepts the practice but Lwaxana does not. She argues valiantly against his intent to return home to experience Resolution.

Something Lwaxana says finally says gets through to Timicin and he briefly decides to request asylum aboard the Enterprise. His people apply different kinds of pressure and eventually Timicin decides that he will return home for Resolution.

Monday, June 22, 2026

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2.16

Shadowplay

Dax and Odo investigate a planet in the Delta Quadrant where they discover omicron particles. The particles interfere with their scanning devices aboard the runabout. They beam down to the planet and discover a town of people living there. The people at first suspect that Dax and Odo have something to do with the recent disappearance of some of the people of the village. Dax and Odo convince the villagers that they are not responsible for the disappearances and then start to work on trying to figure out what happened to the missing people.

Benjamin Sisko insists that Jake get a job. He assigns him to be Chief O'Brien's assistant. Benjamin expects that Jake will one day join Starfleet. Jake isn't so sure about that but he doesn't say anything to his father about his feelings about joining Starfleet.

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2.15

Paradise

Sisko and O'Brien are on a runabout, looking for a planet that is suitable for settlement when they come across one that already seems to be populated. They decide to beam down, despite getting some weird readings. Once on the planet they discover that all of their technological devices no longer work.

They are greeted by some of the locals, who are also human. Alixus, the leader, explains to them that they are stuck there and that they may as well get used to it. Alixus and the others have been there for 10 years. Sisko and O'Brien don't accept what they are being told and start to look for ways to get a message out.

Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2.14

Whispers

Chief O'Brien knows that something is wrong but he can't figure out what it is. What he knows is that everyone is acting strange. Everyone includes Keiko, Sisko, Odo, Kira, Jake, Julian, and Quark. He tries running scans but nothing comes up as reading unusual. Things that should be in proper working order are not. Keiko prepares a meal that she hates, but that she knows he loves.

Chief O'Brien can't figure out what's causing the problem. He becomes increasingly paranoid. It leads him to eventually flee the space station and head through the wormhole. He's convinced that whatever is going on has something to do with the Paradas, a race with whom they recently made first contact. Eventually he gets his answer.

Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Star Trek (1966) 2.05

The Apple

A large team from the Enterprise (Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Chekov, Yeoman Martha Landon, and four security officers) beams down to investigate Gamma Trianguli VI. They quickly discover that despite looking quite beautiful, the flora of the planet can be quite deadly. A flower kills one of the security officers with poisonous darts. Spock accidentally discovers that some of the rocks can be explosive when he tosses a piece of one away after easily breaking it in half.

Scott contacts the away team and lets them know that some force on the planet has locked onto the Enterprise with a tractor beam like effect. The crew of the Enterprise is doing what they can to prevent the ship from being dragged down to the planet but the ship only has enough energy to keep resisting for about 16 hours. Two more of the security officers are killed, one by lighting and another by an exploding rock, while the team from the Enterprise explores the planet.

Saturday, May 23, 2026

Star Trek: The Next Generation 1.08

The Battle

Captain Picard starts to experience headaches just before an encounter with a Ferengi vessel. Dr. Ceusher checks him out but can't figure out what is wrong with him.

DaiMon Bok plus his first and second officers beam over to the bridge of the Enterprise. Bok explains that they have something for Picard, the USS Stargazer, his old ship. The ship was believed lost after a battle nine years earlier in which the Stargazer blew up a Ferengi ship that opened fire on it. The Ferengi want Picard to accept it as a gift and ask for nothing in return.

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Star Trek (1966) 2.04

Mirror, Mirror

A landing party consisting of Captain Kirk, Lieutenant Commander Scott, Doctor McCoy, and Lieutenant Uhura returns to the Enterprise from the surface of the Halkan homeworld only to find themselves aboard a version of the Enterprise that they don't recognize. Their uniforms have changed. Spock has a beard. Corporal punishment is used to enforce discipline.

Kirk and the rest of the landing party play along until they can get their bearings. They are in a mirror version of the universe they know. Kirk receives orders to wipe out a Halkan city after they refuse to allow the Empire, the mirror version of the Federation, to mine dilithium on the Halkan homeworld. He decides to give the Halkans more time, 12 more hours, to change their minds. Spock and Sulu question the decision but Kirk insists that's how it will be.

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Star Trek (1966) 2.03

The Changeling

The Enterprise comes in contact with a probe that attacks the ship and almost destroys it. The probe isn't very big and after conversing with the probe it is beamed aboard the Enterprise. The probe calls itself Nomad. It sees humans as inferior and flawed with the exception of Kirk who it mistakes for its creator, Jackson Roykirk.

Nomad gets distracted while exploring Engineering by the sound of Lieutenant Uhura singing. It goes to the bridge and probes her mind. Chief Engineer Scott sees that it is harming Uhura and tries to get it to stop. It kills him. Provided with sufficient knowledge of human biology and Scotty's medical records, it restores him to life. Uhura's memories have been wiped. Nurse Chapel works to get Lieutenant Uhura back up to speed.

Saturday, May 9, 2026

Star Trek: The Next Generation 5.17

The Outcast

The crew of the Enterprise assists the J'Naii in locating a shuttlecraft that seems to have vanished. Commander Riker works closely with Soren a J'Naii scientist. The J'Naii are an androgynous, humanoid race. Soren has lots of questions for Riker about human sexuality, while they are working on locating the missing shuttlecraft. They discover that it is trapped within a null space. Together, in one of the Enterprise's shuttlecraft, Riker and Soren chart what can be perceived of the dimensions of the null space.

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Star Trek (1966) 2.02

Who Mourns for Adonais?

written by Gilbert Ralston
directed by Marc Daniels

The Enterprise is approaching the planet Pollux IV when a huge hand reaches out and grabs the ship. The crew of the Enterprise unsuccessfully tries to break loose. A man's face appears on the view screen. He explains that he wants Captain Kirk to come down to the surface of the planet with some of his officers. Kirk doesn't like it but feeling as though they don't have a choice he complies with the orders.

Captain Kirk, Doctor McCoy, Chief Engineer Scott, Lieutenant Carolyn Palamas, and Ensign Chekov beam down to the surface of Pollux IV. There they are greeted by a man who calls himself Apollo and claims to be one of the Greek gods of old. 

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Star Trek: The Next Generation 2.20

The Emissary

The Enterprise is sent to intercept the T'Ong, a Klingon vessel whose crew is expected to come out of deep sleep within a matter of days. The crew of the T'Ong went to sleep while the Klingon Empire was still at war with the Federation. A special emissary is sent to help the crew of the Enterprise deal with the situation. Her name is K'Ehleyr. She is half human and half Klingon. She and Worf have a history and he is not happy to see her again.

Captain Picard assigns Worf to work with K'Ehleyr. He objects to the assignment but quickly rescinds his objection after it becomes clear that his objection to working with her is purely personal. Worf works with K'Ehleyr but they fail to agree on the best course of action. She returns to her quarters and, frustrated with how things are going with Worf, smashes a glass top table. Counselor Troi recommends a workout in the Holodeck.

Sunday, April 26, 2026

Star Trek (1966) 2.01

Amok Time

Doctor McCoy talks to Captain Kirk about Mister Spock's erratic behavior. Kirk witnesses Spock throwing a bowl of soup at Nurse Chapel. Spock asks Kirk for some time off, on Vulcan. Kirk agrees to let him have some time off on Vulcan as requested but he also asks him if anything is wrong. Spock doesn't want to talk about it.

A message from Starfleet forces Kirk to change course and head for Altair VI. Kirk relays this message to Ensign Chekov. Not long after that Kirk learns that Spock had Checkov change course and that the Enterprise is now headed for Vulcan. Kirk has Spock go to sick bay. Doctor McCoy examines him. The Enterprise changes course for Altair VI and then back to Vulcan after Kirk learns from McCoy that if they don't get to Spock to Vulcan soon that he might die.