List Only! Last Star Trek Episode You Watched

[Qonundrum]

"Is There in Truth No Beauty?" (TOS Blu-ray)

Am curious, if you don't mind my asking : Had you seen that episode before? Were there aspects you liked or disliked? Both? One line I wasn't too sure about but later dialogue in the episode had some great philosophical weight to it, and the murder mystery/suspense was well matched with the incidental music. It's such an oddball for season 3, especially as if it feels like they're actually doing a story with some lively interest and not plodding about and looking at how many episodes remained to be filmed.

 

[Joanna McCoy-Kirk]

Am curious, if you don't mind my asking : Had you seen that episode before? Were there aspects you liked or disliked? Both? One line I wasn't too sure about but later dialogue in the episode had some great philosophical weight to it, and the murder mystery/suspense was well matched with the incidental music. It's such an oddball for season 3, especially as if it feels like they're actually doing a story with some lively interest and not plodding about and looking at how many episodes remained to be filmed.

Oh, I've seen it many times. I thought Kirk's reading the riot act to Miranda toward the end of the episode was very powerful. However, it always puzzles me how a box of blinking lights could be "ugly" enough to cause a mental breakdown when viewed by a human or a visor-less Vulcan. Also, Kirk stays in the transporter room as Miranda and the ambassador beam out at the end of the episode--why didn't that affect Kirk?

 

[Qonundrum]

Oh, I've seen it many times. I thought Kirk's reading the riot act to Miranda toward the end of the episode was very powerful. However, it always puzzles me how a box of blinking lights could be "ugly" enough to cause a mental breakdown when viewed by a human or a visor-less Vulcan. Also, Kirk stays in the transporter room as Miranda and the ambassador beam out at the end of the episode--why didn't that affect Kirk?

Definitely agreed, the flashing lights isn't all that ugly. I accepted it as metaphor, though I do have to wonder what would indeed be so grotesque to drive a human so irreversibly insane. Apart from a bloody 5 car pile-up but that wouldn't begin to make it on screen in 1968. I did like the moment involving using a mind meld to retrieve the damaged persona from retreating as such...

The visor, I'd hope, would have more than just filtering light waves - some colors depending on application will make humans act in different ways (blue = peaceable, red = agitated, etc)... I'm just glad they didn't use those hokey 3D teal/red paper glasses. Given the show's at the time they probably would have saved a couple hundred dollars in doing so but then it'd look incredibly hokey... inside the metal chassis is circuitry that feeds into the brain or through the red filter... If I remember rightly, UV blocking glasses are made out of yellow/orange since that color absorbs the blue end of the spectrum the most as well as reducing haze. Some filters are also clear but blot out the harmful rays... Maybe Kodos' real color is some sick form of puke green...?

I never picked up on the plot hole with Kirk...

And given Kodos' chamber is closed, why does everyone need to evacuate the corridors? Fear Kodos will open an eyelid to take a peek?

Yeah, it's a bit more fantasy than sci-fi but the human nature angle of Spock disproving the Greeks and Kirk announcing the last of Earth prejudices, which is one so base at its very core, as well as the murder mystery stuff just appealed to me more and made up for the plot holes I coasted with or didn't notice.

 

[tomalak301]

The materials used for the strut and support construction would have to be sturdier and support tons and tons of weight distributed across the hull. Compare to the Golden Gate Bridge (just without direct connections to the land at the very edges); the ship's scaffolding will have been designed to accommodate weight distribution (while being aware of maximum weight limits since nobody wants that infrastructure to sag in the middle) during any contingency where a landing is required. Their design also proves some starships are now being built on a planet on the ground and not in a space dock in orbit - either as an impromptu idea or as response to an invasion or something that took out their construction starbases, I don't recall the pilot and it's not my favorite episode but I digress. I too am unaware of the technical aspects, and some are inevitably fictional as concept (e.g. dilithium, since that lithium coin battery isn't going to support any warp drive ever.)

I remember at the time (And I still feel this way) being excited at the possibility of the main ship landing. I mean you go out on deep space missions, these are longer than 5 year missions, and if there are resources on the planet I would think it would be a lot more efficient to land the ship rather than just go back and forth via Shuttle, and the transporter can only do so much. With that said, I'm surprised it took this long for ships to be built for landing. It seems like that should be a basic function.

 

[Discofan]

What You Leave Behind: Nothing in that episode makes sense? First, they build up Damar as the savior of Cardassia and then they kill him with no dramatic effect whatsoever. I mean talk about being anti-climactic!! Then there's the reason for attacking the dominion. I mean the founders are about to die!! Why not simply wait till this happens? Or were they supposed to last five years? Instead, they completely ignore that solution and instead go into a battle that will kill a great many of them. According to previous episodes, the Jem will kill themselves shortly after the founders have died out. As for the pah wraiths thing, it's even stupider. The "prophets" are wormholes aliens and the "pah wraiths" are other wormhole aliens who happen to oppose them. Why would one be all good while the other one would be all bad? what kind of real people are like that? Plus all the black magic and all the crapola made it more and more difficult to believe that this was a sci. fi. story and not another episode of Harry Potter or whatever. The "prophet" story started as something plausible with very advanced aliens with a different conception of time and ended with stupid black magic, human sacrifice, blood on knife, burning books and whatnot!!! I have one word to say: Bulllshit!!!

 

[Qonundrum]

"A Private Little War" - TOS. Quite a mixed bag that's as oversimplified and as choked full of things as it is fascinating... despite being less than the sum of its parts, which is a shame. I'll post my thoughts on it tomorrow as there's already an active and current thread on the episode.

 

[BillJ]

"Q Who" - Star Trek: The Next Generation

wouldn’t Voyager crush the landing struts considering it’s weight?

Structural Integrity Fields help handle the ships weight.

 

[Armus]

DS9 -Rivals.

 

[Lord Garth]

"Angel One" (TNG)

I've worn my share of silly costumes...

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But Riker's takes the cake.

 

[Vger23]

"Brother" DSC S2

I watched the BR Disk with the commentary.

 

[Vger23]

"New Eden" DSC on BR Disk

Watched with Frakes and Mount commentary.

This is easily a top-3 episode of the new series for me. I love it more every time I watch it.

 

[tomalak301]

Decided to have a little Mini-Voyager marathon tonight, so:

Initiations - Yes I know Eisenberg played Karr, but it still feels like Nog in Kazon make up. Also, RIP Aron Eisenberg. Still kinda sad about that.

Projections - This is probably the best episode of the 4 I've seen tonight. Really love the question of identity and purpose

Elogium - I love Kes, but this is probably my least favorite episode featuring her.

Non Sequiter - I read Homecoming but didn't really get around to Further Shore. I really liked that Libby worked for Starfleet Intelligence. In fact, if they wanted to do a Voyager short trek and feature Jennifer Gatti as Libby, I would welcome it, even if it's about 20 years too late.

@Vger23

When I rewatch Season 2 of Discovery, I'm really looking forward to seeing New Eden again. That and If Memory Serves.

 

[cooleddie74]

"The Trouble With Edward" - ST

 

[at Quark's]

Blood Fever

Another stunning example of cross-species compatibility. Vorik (Vulcan) telepathically initiates a mating bond with b' Elanna (Klingon/human hybrid) who then proceeds to have 'blood fever'. She in turn bites Tom, who isn't affected (everyone knows mundane biting is a good deal less infectious than telepathy).

Also, Tuvok &Chak & Tom are a bunch of pervs, watching b'Elanna and Vorik duke out their mating frenzy, instead of at least discreetly looking the other way.

 

[BillJ]

Blood Fever

Another stunning example of cross-species compatibility. Vorik (Vulcan) telepathically initiates a mating bond with b' Elanna (Klingon/human hybrid) who then proceeds to have 'blood fever'. She in turn bites Tom, who isn't affected (everyone knows mundane biting is a good deal less infectious than telepathy).

Also, Tuvok &Chak & Tom are a bunch of pervs, watching b'Elanna and Vorik duke out their mating frenzy, instead of at least discreetly looking the other way.

Always found this one fun. With the nice hook of the Borg at the end.

 

[Joanna McCoy-Kirk]

Waltz (DS9)
Return to Tomorrow (TOS Blu-ray)

 

[cultcross]

State of Flux (VOY). Probably Voyager's first really good episode, and a glimpse of what this series could have been. Shame the next one is a holodeck malfunction.

 

[Discofan]

TNG - Angel One: A pitiful plot that's offensive to women before anything else and so weak that its authors thought they would spice it up by adding an even stupider (hard to believe that it was even possible) second "everyone gets the flu" plot!!! There are only two first season episodes that are even worse than this one "Code Of Honor" and "Justice". Try as I may I can't decide which one of these two is the most offensive.

 

[tomalak301]

More Voyager, kind of in the weak part of Season 2:

Twisted - Eh, not all that great.

Parturition - I'm glad the pettiness of Neelix and Tom is done. We also got a sneak peak of Janeway's hair style from Season 5 onward

Persistence of Vision - My favorite Kes episode is Before & After. Second favorite is Warlord. Third favorite might be this one. This one still kinda gives me the creeps.

Tattoo - Probably my least favorite episode of the season, and this season includes Threshold. I did like the Doctor getting sick part though.

 

[1001001]

Project Daedalus - DSC