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Game The Most Disliked Second Season Episode, 2025 Edition

Discussing letting go of life and accepting death as high-concept drama was rarely more interesting:

TOS: "Return To Tomorrow"

The episode is packed with nuances - the lengths to continue life, even without a body. Then getting to touch again. Then thinking of permanently keeping the body being temporarily given up. The mind put into the sphere. The list goes on.

The mental gymnastics used to get Henoch out of possessed-Spock was brilliant, not to mention Leonard Nimoy stealing the show when getting to be evil.

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"I'm alive!" (or at least in the mood?!)

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Nice resolution, though I wish I could find another scene of Spock/Henoch going mad and mentally Charlie X'ing everyone on the ship. Nimoy really goes all out in this episode and that alone is a great reason to rewatch it, but there are many reasons.

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Lovely deleted scene, though it's easy to see why it was excised - there is a romanticism that stretches the credibility of Spock, albeit briefly.

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"Tomorrow"...

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"I'm alive!" Underrated musical IMHO...


And, yep, I know "that speech" is also in it. The same thing applies to dating, so it's no big deal, probably.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIU3HrCCT2k
(...now wait for the blood test results and wince, but that aside, Kirk and Dr Pulaski share similar values about taking risks if it's deemed important enough... )


What's left:
TOS: "I, Mudd"
TOS: "The Deadly Years"
TOS: "Obsession"
TOS: "Wolf In The Fold"
TOS: "A Piece Of The Action"
TOS: "Patterns Of Force"
TOS: "By Any Other Name"
TOS: "The Omega Glory"
TOS: "Assignment: Earth"
TAS: "The Pirates Of Orion"
TAS: "Bem"
TAS: "The Practical Joker"
TAS: "Albatross"
TNG: "Samaritan Snare"
TNG: "Up The Long Ladder"
S9: "Melora"
DS9: "Second Sight"
DS9: "Sanctuary"
DS9: "Rivals"
DS9: "The Alternate"
DS9: "Armageddon Game"
DS9: "Playing God"
DS9: "The Collaborator"
DS9: "Tribunal"
VOY: "The 37's"
VOY: "Initiations"
VOY: "Projections"
VOY: "Elogium"
VOY: "Non Sequitur"
VOY: "Twisted"
VOY: "Parturition"
VOY: "Persistence Of Vision"
VOY: "Tattoo"
VOY: "Maneuvers"
VOY: "Prototype"
VOY: "Alliances"
VOY: "Dreadnought"
VOY: "Investigations"
VOY: "Innocence"
ENT: "Shockwave, Part II"
ENT: "Minefield"
ENT: "A Night In Sickbay"
ENT: "Marauders"
ENT: "The Seventh"
ENT: "The Communicator"
ENT: "Singularity"
ENT: "The Catwalk"
ENT: "Dawn"
ENT: "Stigma"
ENT: "Cease Fire"
ENT: "Canamar"
ENT: "The Crossing"
ENT: "Judgment"
ENT: "Horizon"
ENT: "The Breach"
ENT: "Cogenitor"
ENT: "First Flight"
ENT: "Bounty"
ENT: "The Expanse"
DIS: "Point Of Light"
DIS: "An Obol For Charon"
DIS: "Saints Of Imperfection"
DIS: "The Sound Of Thunder"
DIS: "Light And Shadows"
DIS: "If Memory Serves"
DIS: "Project Daedalus"
DIS: "The Red Angel"
DIS: "Perpetual Infinity"
DIS: "Through The Valley Of Shadows"
DIS: "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 1"
ST: "Q&A"
ST: "The Trouble With Edward"
ST: "Ask Not"
ST: "The Girl Who Made The Stars"
ST: "Children Of Mars"
PIC: "Penance"
PIC: "Watcher"
PIC: "Fly Me To The Moon"
PIC: "Two Of One"
PIC: "Monsters"
PIC: "Mercy"
LD: "Strange Energies"
SNW: "The Broken Circle"
SNW: "Ad Astra Per Aspera"
SNW: "Lost In Translation"
SNW: "Hegemony"
PRO: "Into The Breach, Part I"
PRO: "Into The Breach, Part II"
PRO: "Who Saves The Saviors"
PRO: "Temporal Mechanics 101"
PRO: "Observer's Paradox"
PRO: "Imposter Syndrome"
PRO: "The Fast And The Curious"
PRO: "The Devourer Of All Things, Part I"
PRO: "The Devourer Of All Things, Part II"
PRO: "Last Flight Of The Protostar, Part I"
PRO: "Last Flight Of The Protostar, Part II"
PRO: "A Tribble Called Quest"
PRO: "Ascension, Part I"
PRO: "Ascension, Part II"
PRO: "Brink"
PRO: "Touch Of Grey"
PRO: "Ouroboros, Part I"
 
I love the torture O'Brien genere on DS9, and Tribunal was a very good example.

I love the Orwellian justice system on Cardassia.

What's left:
TOS: "I, Mudd"
TOS: "The Deadly Years"
TOS: "Obsession"
TOS: "Wolf In The Fold"
TOS: "A Piece Of The Action"
TOS: "Patterns Of Force"
TOS: "By Any Other Name"
TOS: "The Omega Glory"
TOS: "Assignment: Earth"
TAS: "The Pirates Of Orion"
TAS: "Bem"
TAS: "The Practical Joker"
TAS: "Albatross"
TNG: "Samaritan Snare"
TNG: "Up The Long Ladder"
DS9: "Melora"
DS9: "Second Sight"
DS9: "Sanctuary"
DS9: "Rivals"
DS9: "The Alternate"
DS9: "Armageddon Game"
DS9: "Playing God"
DS9: "The Collaborator"
VOY: "The 37's"
VOY: "Initiations"
VOY: "Projections"
VOY: "Elogium"
VOY: "Non Sequitur"
VOY: "Twisted"
VOY: "Parturition"
VOY: "Persistence Of Vision"
VOY: "Tattoo"
VOY: "Maneuvers"
VOY: "Prototype"
VOY: "Alliances"
VOY: "Dreadnought"
VOY: "Investigations"
VOY: "Innocence"
ENT: "Shockwave, Part II"
ENT: "Minefield"
ENT: "A Night In Sickbay"
ENT: "Marauders"
ENT: "The Seventh"
ENT: "The Communicator"
ENT: "Singularity"
ENT: "The Catwalk"
ENT: "Dawn"
ENT: "Stigma"
ENT: "Cease Fire"
ENT: "Canamar"
ENT: "The Crossing"
ENT: "Judgment"
ENT: "Horizon"
ENT: "The Breach"
ENT: "Cogenitor"
ENT: "First Flight"
ENT: "Bounty"
ENT: "The Expanse"
DIS: "Point Of Light"
DIS: "An Obol For Charon"
DIS: "Saints Of Imperfection"
DIS: "The Sound Of Thunder"
DIS: "Light And Shadows"
DIS: "If Memory Serves"
DIS: "Project Daedalus"
DIS: "The Red Angel"
DIS: "Perpetual Infinity"
DIS: "Through The Valley Of Shadows"
DIS: "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 1"
ST: "Q&A"
ST: "The Trouble With Edward"
ST: "Ask Not"
ST: "The Girl Who Made The Stars"
ST: "Children Of Mars"
PIC: "Penance"
PIC: "Watcher"
PIC: "Fly Me To The Moon"
PIC: "Two Of One"
PIC: "Monsters"
PIC: "Mercy"
LD: "Strange Energies"
SNW: "The Broken Circle"
SNW: "Ad Astra Per Aspera"
SNW: "Lost In Translation"
SNW: "Hegemony"
PRO: "Into The Breach, Part I"
PRO: "Into The Breach, Part II"
PRO: "Who Saves The Saviors"
PRO: "Temporal Mechanics 101"
PRO: "Observer's Paradox"
PRO: "Imposter Syndrome"
PRO: "The Fast And The Curious"
PRO: "The Devourer Of All Things, Part I"
PRO: "The Devourer Of All Things, Part II"
PRO: "Last Flight Of The Protostar, Part I"
PRO: "Last Flight Of The Protostar, Part II"
PRO: "A Tribble Called Quest"
PRO: "Ascension, Part I"
PRO: "Ascension, Part II"
PRO: "Brink"
PRO: "Touch Of Grey"
PRO: "Ouroboros, Part I"
 
Saving "ARMAGEDDON GAME".

Goid early O'Brien/Bashir outing. Their friendship was one of the cornerstones of the show.



TOS: "I, Mudd"
TOS: "The Deadly Years"
TOS: "Obsession"
TOS: "Wolf In The Fold"
TOS: "A Piece Of The Action"
TOS: "Patterns Of Force"
TOS: "By Any Other Name"
TOS: "The Omega Glory"
TOS: "Assignment: Earth"
TAS: "The Pirates Of Orion"
TAS: "Bem"
TAS: "The Practical Joker"
TAS: "Albatross"
TNG: "Samaritan Snare"
TNG: "Up The Long Ladder"
DS9: "Melora"
DS9: "Second Sight"
DS9: "Sanctuary"
DS9: "Rivals"
DS9: "The Alternate"
DS9: "Playing God"
DS9: "The Collaborator"
VOY: "The 37's"
VOY: "Initiations"
VOY: "Projections"
VOY: "Elogium"
VOY: "Non Sequitur"
VOY: "Twisted"
VOY: "Parturition"
VOY: "Persistence Of Vision"
VOY: "Tattoo"
VOY: "Maneuvers"
VOY: "Prototype"
VOY: "Alliances"
VOY: "Dreadnought"
VOY: "Investigations"
VOY: "Innocence"
ENT: "Shockwave, Part II"
ENT: "Minefield"
ENT: "A Night In Sickbay"
ENT: "Marauders"
ENT: "The Seventh"
ENT: "The Communicator"
ENT: "Singularity"
ENT: "The Catwalk"
ENT: "Dawn"
ENT: "Stigma"
ENT: "Cease Fire"
ENT: "Canamar"
ENT: "The Crossing"
ENT: "Judgment"
ENT: "Horizon"
ENT: "The Breach"
ENT: "Cogenitor"
ENT: "First Flight"
ENT: "Bounty"
ENT: "The Expanse"
DIS: "Point Of Light"
DIS: "An Obol For Charon"
DIS: "Saints Of Imperfection"
DIS: "The Sound Of Thunder"
DIS: "Light And Shadows"
DIS: "If Memory Serves"
DIS: "Project Daedalus"
DIS: "The Red Angel"
DIS: "Perpetual Infinity"
DIS: "Through The Valley Of Shadows"
DIS: "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 1"
ST: "Q&A"
ST: "The Trouble With Edward"
ST: "Ask Not"
ST: "The Girl Who Made The Stars"
ST: "Children Of Mars"
PIC: "Penance"
PIC: "Watcher"
PIC: "Fly Me To The Moon"
PIC: "Two Of One"
PIC: "Monsters"
PIC: "Mercy"
LD: "Strange Energies"
SNW: "The Broken Circle"
SNW: "Ad Astra Per Aspera"
SNW: "Lost In Translation"
SNW: "Hegemony"
PRO: "Into The Breach, Part I"
PRO: "Into The Breach, Part II"
PRO: "Who Saves The Saviors"
PRO: "Temporal Mechanics 101"
PRO: "Observer's Paradox"
PRO: "Imposter Syndrome"
PRO: "The Fast And The Curious"
PRO: "The Devourer Of All Things, Part I"
PRO: "The Devourer Of All Things, Part II"
PRO: "Last Flight Of The Protostar, Part I"
PRO: "Last Flight Of The Protostar, Part II"
PRO: "A Tribble Called Quest"
PRO: "Ascension, Part I"
PRO: "Ascension, Part II"
PRO: "Brink"
PRO: "Touch Of Grey"
PRO: "Ouroboros, Part I"
 
Still lots of wonderful choices. Ad Astra Per Aspera is a beautiful courtroom entry and really cements the importance and impact of Una, the reference to the short Trek was brilliant and the way it became the point of reference made in Doctor Bashir I Presume just beautiful. Intentional or accidental I love when everything feels complete.

TOS: "I, Mudd"
TOS: "The Deadly Years"
TOS: "Obsession"
TOS: "Wolf In The Fold"
TOS: "A Piece Of The Action"
TOS: "Patterns Of Force"
TOS: "By Any Other Name"
TOS: "The Omega Glory"
TOS: "Assignment: Earth"
TAS: "The Pirates Of Orion"
TAS: "Bem"
TAS: "The Practical Joker"
TAS: "Albatross"
TNG: "Samaritan Snare"
TNG: "Up The Long Ladder"
DS9: "Melora"
DS9: "Second Sight"
DS9: "Sanctuary"
DS9: "Rivals"
DS9: "The Alternate"
DS9: "Playing God"
DS9: "The Collaborator"
VOY: "The 37's"
VOY: "Initiations"
VOY: "Projections"
VOY: "Elogium"
VOY: "Non Sequitur"
VOY: "Twisted"
VOY: "Parturition"
VOY: "Persistence Of Vision"
VOY: "Tattoo"
VOY: "Maneuvers"
VOY: "Prototype"
VOY: "Alliances"
VOY: "Dreadnought"
VOY: "Investigations"
VOY: "Innocence"
ENT: "Shockwave, Part II"
ENT: "Minefield"
ENT: "A Night In Sickbay"
ENT: "Marauders"
ENT: "The Seventh"
ENT: "The Communicator"
ENT: "Singularity"
ENT: "The Catwalk"
ENT: "Dawn"
ENT: "Stigma"
ENT: "Cease Fire"
ENT: "Canamar"
ENT: "The Crossing"
ENT: "Judgment"
ENT: "Horizon"
ENT: "The Breach"
ENT: "Cogenitor"
ENT: "First Flight"
ENT: "Bounty"
ENT: "The Expanse"
DIS: "Point Of Light"
DIS: "An Obol For Charon"
DIS: "Saints Of Imperfection"
DIS: "The Sound Of Thunder"
DIS: "Light And Shadows"
DIS: "If Memory Serves"
DIS: "Project Daedalus"
DIS: "The Red Angel"
DIS: "Perpetual Infinity"
DIS: "Through The Valley Of Shadows"
DIS: "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 1"
ST: "Q&A"
ST: "The Trouble With Edward"
ST: "Ask Not"
ST: "The Girl Who Made The Stars"
ST: "Children Of Mars"
PIC: "Penance"
PIC: "Watcher"
PIC: "Fly Me To The Moon"
PIC: "Two Of One"
PIC: "Monsters"
PIC: "Mercy"
LD: "Strange Energies"
SNW: "The Broken Circle"
SNW: "Lost In Translation"
SNW: "Hegemony"
PRO: "Into The Breach, Part I"
PRO: "Into The Breach, Part II"
PRO: "Who Saves The Saviors"
PRO: "Temporal Mechanics 101"
PRO: "Observer's Paradox"
PRO: "Imposter Syndrome"
PRO: "The Fast And The Curious"
PRO: "The Devourer Of All Things, Part I"
PRO: "The Devourer Of All Things, Part II"
PRO: "Last Flight Of The Protostar, Part I"
PRO: "Last Flight Of The Protostar, Part II"
PRO: "A Tribble Called Quest"
PRO: "Ascension, Part I"
PRO: "Ascension, Part II"
PRO: "Brink"
PRO: "Touch Of Grey"
PRO: "Ouroboros, Part I"
 
Alpha, Beta, Sigma...

TOS: "The Omega Glory"

Yeah, the "Earth parallel development" is taken to such sledgehammer extremes, arguably more so than "Spock's Brain" had, but ignoring the parallels - the sci-fi element is genuinely horrific, and there's more under the hood for anyone who really wants to look.

Add in how this is one of the few fights where there aren't stunt doubles:

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Not to mention Morgan Woodward's acting is no less than phenomenal in this, but given his appearance as another character in "Dagger of the Mind", it's not surprising. He was incredibly good at acting.

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Another spectacular scene, or montage of. Shatner too is formidable in this story. But he is often underrated as well...


But this was one of the pilot scripts, meant to get the show green-lit:
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What's left:
TOS: "I, Mudd"
TOS: "The Deadly Years"
TOS: "Obsession"
TOS: "Wolf In The Fold"
TOS: "A Piece Of The Action"
TOS: "Patterns Of Force"
TOS: "By Any Other Name"
TOS: "Assignment: Earth"
TAS: "The Pirates Of Orion"
TAS: "Bem"
TAS: "The Practical Joker"
TAS: "Albatross"
TNG: "Samaritan Snare"
TNG: "Up The Long Ladder"
DS9: "Melora"
DS9: "Second Sight"
DS9: "Sanctuary"
DS9: "Rivals"
DS9: "The Alternate"
DS9: "Playing God"
DS9: "The Collaborator"
VOY: "The 37's"
VOY: "Initiations"
VOY: "Projections"
VOY: "Elogium"
VOY: "Non Sequitur"
VOY: "Twisted"
VOY: "Parturition"
VOY: "Persistence Of Vision"
VOY: "Tattoo"
VOY: "Maneuvers"
VOY: "Prototype"
VOY: "Alliances"
VOY: "Dreadnought"
VOY: "Investigations"
VOY: "Innocence"
ENT: "Shockwave, Part II"
ENT: "Minefield"
ENT: "A Night In Sickbay"
ENT: "Marauders"
ENT: "The Seventh"
ENT: "The Communicator"
ENT: "Singularity"
ENT: "The Catwalk"
ENT: "Dawn"
ENT: "Stigma"
ENT: "Cease Fire"
ENT: "Canamar"
ENT: "The Crossing"
ENT: "Judgment"
ENT: "Horizon"
ENT: "The Breach"
ENT: "Cogenitor"
ENT: "First Flight"
ENT: "Bounty"
ENT: "The Expanse"
DIS: "Point Of Light"
DIS: "An Obol For Charon"
DIS: "Saints Of Imperfection"
DIS: "The Sound Of Thunder"
DIS: "Light And Shadows"
DIS: "If Memory Serves"
DIS: "Project Daedalus"
DIS: "The Red Angel"
DIS: "Perpetual Infinity"
DIS: "Through The Valley Of Shadows"
DIS: "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 1"
ST: "Q&A"
ST: "The Trouble With Edward"
ST: "Ask Not"
ST: "The Girl Who Made The Stars"
ST: "Children Of Mars"
PIC: "Penance"
PIC: "Watcher"
PIC: "Fly Me To The Moon"
PIC: "Two Of One"
PIC: "Monsters"
PIC: "Mercy"
LD: "Strange Energies"
SNW: "The Broken Circle"
SNW: "Lost In Translation"
SNW: "Hegemony"
PRO: "Into The Breach, Part I"
PRO: "Into The Breach, Part II"
PRO: "Who Saves The Saviors"
PRO: "Temporal Mechanics 101"
PRO: "Observer's Paradox"
PRO: "Imposter Syndrome"
PRO: "The Fast And The Curious"
PRO: "The Devourer Of All Things, Part I"
PRO: "The Devourer Of All Things, Part II"
PRO: "Last Flight Of The Protostar, Part I"
PRO: "Last Flight Of The Protostar, Part II"
PRO: "A Tribble Called Quest"
PRO: "Ascension, Part I"
PRO: "Ascension, Part II"
PRO: "Brink"
PRO: "Touch Of Grey"
PRO: "Ouroboros, Part I"
 
The Collaborator is my last save before bed.

It is automatically saved because it contains the wonderfully manipulative Kai Winn.

TOS: "I, Mudd"
TOS: "The Deadly Years"
TOS: "Obsession"
TOS: "Wolf In The Fold"
TOS: "A Piece Of The Action"
TOS: "Patterns Of Force"
TOS: "By Any Other Name"
TOS: "Assignment: Earth"
TAS: "The Pirates Of Orion"
TAS: "Bem"
TAS: "The Practical Joker"
TAS: "Albatross"
TNG: "Samaritan Snare"
TNG: "Up The Long Ladder"
DS9: "Melora"
DS9: "Second Sight"
DS9: "Sanctuary"
DS9: "Rivals"
DS9: "The Alternate"
DS9: "Playing God"
VOY: "The 37's"
VOY: "Initiations"
VOY: "Projections"
VOY: "Elogium"
VOY: "Non Sequitur"
VOY: "Twisted"
VOY: "Parturition"
VOY: "Persistence Of Vision"
VOY: "Tattoo"
VOY: "Maneuvers"
VOY: "Prototype"
VOY: "Alliances"
VOY: "Dreadnought"
VOY: "Investigations"
VOY: "Innocence"
ENT: "Shockwave, Part II"
ENT: "Minefield"
ENT: "A Night In Sickbay"
ENT: "Marauders"
ENT: "The Seventh"
ENT: "The Communicator"
ENT: "Singularity"
ENT: "The Catwalk"
ENT: "Dawn"
ENT: "Stigma"
ENT: "Cease Fire"
ENT: "Canamar"
ENT: "The Crossing"
ENT: "Judgment"
ENT: "Horizon"
ENT: "The Breach"
ENT: "Cogenitor"
ENT: "First Flight"
ENT: "Bounty"
ENT: "The Expanse"
DIS: "Point Of Light"
DIS: "An Obol For Charon"
DIS: "Saints Of Imperfection"
DIS: "The Sound Of Thunder"
DIS: "Light And Shadows"
DIS: "If Memory Serves"
DIS: "Project Daedalus"
DIS: "The Red Angel"
DIS: "Perpetual Infinity"
DIS: "Through The Valley Of Shadows"
DIS: "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 1"
ST: "Q&A"
ST: "The Trouble With Edward"
ST: "Ask Not"
ST: "The Girl Who Made The Stars"
ST: "Children Of Mars"
PIC: "Penance"
PIC: "Watcher"
PIC: "Fly Me To The Moon"
PIC: "Two Of One"
PIC: "Monsters"
PIC: "Mercy"
LD: "Strange Energies"
SNW: "The Broken Circle"
SNW: "Lost In Translation"
SNW: "Hegemony"
PRO: "Into The Breach, Part I"
PRO: "Into The Breach, Part II"
PRO: "Who Saves The Saviors"
PRO: "Temporal Mechanics 101"
PRO: "Observer's Paradox"
PRO: "Imposter Syndrome"
PRO: "The Fast And The Curious"
PRO: "The Devourer Of All Things, Part I"
PRO: "The Devourer Of All Things, Part II"
PRO: "Last Flight Of The Protostar, Part I"
PRO: "Last Flight Of The Protostar, Part II"
PRO: "A Tribble Called Quest"
PRO: "Ascension, Part I"
PRO: "Ascension, Part II"
PRO: "Brink"
PRO: "Touch Of Grey"
PRO: "Ouroboros, Part I"
Like Lik
 
Saving VOY "Maneuvers." When Beltran had the material -- and put in the effort -- he could deliver, and here both were true. Martha Hackett, as always, was compelling, Anthony deLongis was no slouch, and the plot moved smartly.

TOS: "I, Mudd"
TOS: "The Deadly Years"
TOS: "Obsession"
TOS: "Wolf In The Fold"
TOS: "A Piece Of The Action"
TOS: "Patterns Of Force"
TOS: "By Any Other Name"
TOS: "Assignment: Earth"
TAS: "The Pirates Of Orion"
TAS: "Bem"
TAS: "The Practical Joker"
TAS: "Albatross"
TNG: "Samaritan Snare"
TNG: "Up The Long Ladder"
DS9: "Melora"
DS9: "Second Sight"
DS9: "Sanctuary"
DS9: "Rivals"
DS9: "The Alternate"
DS9: "Playing God"
VOY: "The 37's"
VOY: "Initiations"
VOY: "Projections"
VOY: "Elogium"
VOY: "Non Sequitur"
VOY: "Twisted"
VOY: "Parturition"
VOY: "Persistence Of Vision"
VOY: "Tattoo"
VOY: "Prototype"
VOY: "Alliances"
VOY: "Dreadnought"
VOY: "Investigations"
VOY: "Innocence"
ENT: "Shockwave, Part II"
ENT: "Minefield"
ENT: "A Night In Sickbay"
ENT: "Marauders"
ENT: "The Seventh"
ENT: "The Communicator"
ENT: "Singularity"
ENT: "The Catwalk"
ENT: "Dawn"
ENT: "Stigma"
ENT: "Cease Fire"
ENT: "Canamar"
ENT: "The Crossing"
ENT: "Judgment"
ENT: "Horizon"
ENT: "The Breach"
ENT: "Cogenitor"
ENT: "First Flight"
ENT: "Bounty"
ENT: "The Expanse"
DIS: "Point Of Light"
DIS: "An Obol For Charon"
DIS: "Saints Of Imperfection"
DIS: "The Sound Of Thunder"
DIS: "Light And Shadows"
DIS: "If Memory Serves"
DIS: "Project Daedalus"
DIS: "The Red Angel"
DIS: "Perpetual Infinity"
DIS: "Through The Valley Of Shadows"
DIS: "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 1"
ST: "Q&A"
ST: "The Trouble With Edward"
ST: "Ask Not"
ST: "The Girl Who Made The Stars"
ST: "Children Of Mars"
PIC: "Penance"
PIC: "Watcher"
PIC: "Fly Me To The Moon"
PIC: "Two Of One"
PIC: "Monsters"
PIC: "Mercy"
LD: "Strange Energies"
SNW: "The Broken Circle"
SNW: "Lost In Translation"
SNW: "Hegemony"
PRO: "Into The Breach, Part I"
PRO: "Into The Breach, Part II"
PRO: "Who Saves The Saviors"
PRO: "Temporal Mechanics 101"
PRO: "Observer's Paradox"
PRO: "Imposter Syndrome"
PRO: "The Fast And The Curious"
PRO: "The Devourer Of All Things, Part I"
PRO: "The Devourer Of All Things, Part II"
PRO: "Last Flight Of The Protostar, Part I"
PRO: "Last Flight Of The Protostar, Part II"
PRO: "A Tribble Called Quest"
PRO: "Ascension, Part I"
PRO: "Ascension, Part II"
PRO: "Brink"
PRO: "Touch Of Grey"
PRO: "Ouroboros, Part I"
 
"MANEUVERS" was going to be my next save... great, tense episode.

Speaking of tense, saving "MINEFIELD".

This was very, very well done. Tense from start to finish. Great Reed episode. And great first script from John Shiban, fresh off THE X-FILES. (I wish he stuck around for more than just season 2.)

And something my wife says about Anthony Montgomery... he's actually a good actor when it comes to physical acting. It's something she noticed a while back, and I have to agree with her, with this episode being an easy one to point to. His focus on the job, the sweat on his forehead as he's very carefully maneuvering around the minefield. I still think he was extremely weak otherwise (likely the weakest of all the series leads across the franchise), but when it came to physical/pantomiming stuff, he nails it.




TOS: "I, Mudd"
TOS: "The Deadly Years"
TOS: "Obsession"
TOS: "Wolf In The Fold"
TOS: "A Piece Of The Action"
TOS: "Patterns Of Force"
TOS: "By Any Other Name"
TOS: "Assignment: Earth"
TAS: "The Pirates Of Orion"
TAS: "Bem"
TAS: "The Practical Joker"
TAS: "Albatross"
TNG: "Samaritan Snare"
TNG: "Up The Long Ladder"
DS9: "Melora"
DS9: "Second Sight"
DS9: "Sanctuary"
DS9: "Rivals"
DS9: "The Alternate"
DS9: "Playing God"
VOY: "The 37's"
VOY: "Initiations"
VOY: "Projections"
VOY: "Elogium"
VOY: "Non Sequitur"
VOY: "Twisted"
VOY: "Parturition"
VOY: "Persistence Of Vision"
VOY: "Tattoo"
VOY: "Prototype"
VOY: "Alliances"
VOY: "Dreadnought"
VOY: "Investigations"
VOY: "Innocence"
ENT: "Shockwave, Part II"
ENT: "A Night In Sickbay"
ENT: "Marauders"
ENT: "The Seventh"
ENT: "The Communicator"
ENT: "Singularity"
ENT: "The Catwalk"
ENT: "Dawn"
ENT: "Stigma"
ENT: "Cease Fire"
ENT: "Canamar"
ENT: "The Crossing"
ENT: "Judgment"
ENT: "Horizon"
ENT: "The Breach"
ENT: "Cogenitor"
ENT: "First Flight"
ENT: "Bounty"
ENT: "The Expanse"
DIS: "Point Of Light"
DIS: "An Obol For Charon"
DIS: "Saints Of Imperfection"
DIS: "The Sound Of Thunder"
DIS: "Light And Shadows"
DIS: "If Memory Serves"
DIS: "Project Daedalus"
DIS: "The Red Angel"
DIS: "Perpetual Infinity"
DIS: "Through The Valley Of Shadows"
DIS: "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 1"
ST: "Q&A"
ST: "The Trouble With Edward"
ST: "Ask Not"
ST: "The Girl Who Made The Stars"
ST: "Children Of Mars"
PIC: "Penance"
PIC: "Watcher"
PIC: "Fly Me To The Moon"
PIC: "Two Of One"
PIC: "Monsters"
PIC: "Mercy"
LD: "Strange Energies"
SNW: "The Broken Circle"
SNW: "Lost In Translation"
SNW: "Hegemony"
PRO: "Into The Breach, Part I"
PRO: "Into The Breach, Part II"
PRO: "Who Saves The Saviors"
PRO: "Temporal Mechanics 101"
PRO: "Observer's Paradox"
PRO: "Imposter Syndrome"
PRO: "The Fast And The Curious"
PRO: "The Devourer Of All Things, Part I"
PRO: "The Devourer Of All Things, Part II"
PRO: "Last Flight Of The Protostar, Part I"
PRO: "Last Flight Of The Protostar, Part II"
PRO: "A Tribble Called Quest"
PRO: "Ascension, Part I"
PRO: "Ascension, Part II"
PRO: "Brink"
PRO: "Touch Of Grey"
PRO: "Ouroboros, Part I"
 
Another Fontana gem,

TOS: "By Any Other Name"

carries the theme of "fish out of water" in terms of the Kelva aliens being from both another galaxy and having to take human form (just don't ask how regarding the latter). This allows our humies to focus on each one's unique weaknesses to reclaim the ship from. One of the Kelvins is into food. Another is into booze. The leader, Kirk's counterpart, go fig leaf, is into hawt possessive oinkydoink and the lady involved wants to experiment as well, so it's all neat and tidy. If only Jerry Springer was in the 23rd century as all the elements are there...

The means to incapacitate the crew is also no less brilliant on multiple levels. Turning them into groovy packing cubes is as TOS as it can look, inexpensively done, while allowing for some high concept horror via the description of what the person is transmogrified into. Plus, the continuity of the first two victims' cubes, regarding which one is held in each hand by Rojan, is perfect.

And, of course, Kirk being held responsible for the actions of his crew is mentioned and Trek rarely addressed that problem with TOS. Understandably because the captain should be stuck on the ship where all his little trained minions can go whizzing on every electric fence with total impunity, along with everything else, if they wanted. But this was the 1960s, not 1980s, so we had the action action action instead. Not that I'm complaining, this episode knows when to awe the audiences.

At the end of the day, Kirk and crew save the day and they still remain cordial, welcoming the Kelvans as friends. There's another sequel we likely won't get. 100 years later, did they make another attempt and got wiped out? Did they start a colony where things worked out smurfily if not otherwise? Oh well.

What's left:
TOS: "I, Mudd"
TOS: "The Deadly Years"
TOS: "Obsession"
TOS: "Wolf In The Fold"
TOS: "A Piece Of The Action"
TOS: "Patterns Of Force"
TOS: "Assignment: Earth"
TAS: "The Pirates Of Orion"
TAS: "Bem"
TAS: "The Practical Joker"
TAS: "Albatross"
TNG: "Samaritan Snare"
TNG: "Up The Long Ladder"
DS9: "Melora"
DS9: "Second Sight"
DS9: "Sanctuary"
DS9: "Rivals"
DS9: "The Alternate"
DS9: "Playing God"
VOY: "The 37's"
VOY: "Initiations"
VOY: "Projections"
VOY: "Elogium"
VOY: "Non Sequitur"
VOY: "Twisted"
VOY: "Parturition"
VOY: "Persistence Of Vision"
VOY: "Tattoo"
VOY: "Prototype"
VOY: "Alliances"
VOY: "Dreadnought"
VOY: "Investigations"
VOY: "Innocence"
ENT: "Shockwave, Part II"
ENT: "A Night In Sickbay"
ENT: "Marauders"
ENT: "The Seventh"
ENT: "The Communicator"
ENT: "Singularity"
ENT: "The Catwalk"
ENT: "Dawn"
ENT: "Stigma"
ENT: "Cease Fire"
ENT: "Canamar"
ENT: "The Crossing"
ENT: "Judgment"
ENT: "Horizon"
ENT: "The Breach"
ENT: "Cogenitor"
ENT: "First Flight"
ENT: "Bounty"
ENT: "The Expanse"
DIS: "Point Of Light"
DIS: "An Obol For Charon"
DIS: "Saints Of Imperfection"
DIS: "The Sound Of Thunder"
DIS: "Light And Shadows"
DIS: "If Memory Serves"
DIS: "Project Daedalus"
DIS: "The Red Angel"
DIS: "Perpetual Infinity"
DIS: "Through The Valley Of Shadows"
DIS: "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 1"
ST: "Q&A"
ST: "The Trouble With Edward"
ST: "Ask Not"
ST: "The Girl Who Made The Stars"
ST: "Children Of Mars"
PIC: "Penance"
PIC: "Watcher"
PIC: "Fly Me To The Moon"
PIC: "Two Of One"
PIC: "Monsters"
PIC: "Mercy"
LD: "Strange Energies"
SNW: "The Broken Circle"
SNW: "Lost In Translation"
SNW: "Hegemony"
PRO: "Into The Breach, Part I"
PRO: "Into The Breach, Part II"
PRO: "Who Saves The Saviors"
PRO: "Temporal Mechanics 101"
PRO: "Observer's Paradox"
PRO: "Imposter Syndrome"
PRO: "The Fast And The Curious"
PRO: "The Devourer Of All Things, Part I"
PRO: "The Devourer Of All Things, Part II"
PRO: "Last Flight Of The Protostar, Part I"
PRO: "Last Flight Of The Protostar, Part II"
PRO: "A Tribble Called Quest"
PRO: "Ascension, Part I"
PRO: "Ascension, Part II"
PRO: "Brink"
PRO: "Touch Of Grey"
PRO: "Ouroboros, Part I"
 
Late to the party. Still a lot of wonderful stuff. I will save one of my favorite DISCO episodes, "If Memory Serves."

What's left:
TOS: "I, Mudd"
TOS: "The Deadly Years"
TOS: "Obsession"
TOS: "Wolf In The Fold"
TOS: "A Piece Of The Action"
TOS: "Patterns Of Force"
TOS: "Assignment: Earth"
TAS: "The Pirates Of Orion"
TAS: "Bem"
TAS: "The Practical Joker"
TAS: "Albatross"
TNG: "Samaritan Snare"
TNG: "Up The Long Ladder"
DS9: "Melora"
DS9: "Second Sight"
DS9: "Sanctuary"
DS9: "Rivals"
DS9: "The Alternate"
DS9: "Playing God"
VOY: "The 37's"
VOY: "Initiations"
VOY: "Projections"
VOY: "Elogium"
VOY: "Non Sequitur"
VOY: "Twisted"
VOY: "Parturition"
VOY: "Persistence Of Vision"
VOY: "Tattoo"
VOY: "Prototype"
VOY: "Alliances"
VOY: "Dreadnought"
VOY: "Investigations"
VOY: "Innocence"
ENT: "Shockwave, Part II"
ENT: "A Night In Sickbay"
ENT: "Marauders"
ENT: "The Seventh"
ENT: "The Communicator"
ENT: "Singularity"
ENT: "The Catwalk"
ENT: "Dawn"
ENT: "Stigma"
ENT: "Cease Fire"
ENT: "Canamar"
ENT: "The Crossing"
ENT: "Judgment"
ENT: "Horizon"
ENT: "The Breach"
ENT: "Cogenitor"
ENT: "First Flight"
ENT: "Bounty"
ENT: "The Expanse"
DIS: "Point Of Light"
DIS: "An Obol For Charon"
DIS: "Saints Of Imperfection"
DIS: "The Sound Of Thunder"
DIS: "Light And Shadows"
DIS: "Project Daedalus"
DIS: "The Red Angel"
DIS: "Perpetual Infinity"
DIS: "Through The Valley Of Shadows"
DIS: "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 1"
ST: "Q&A"
ST: "The Trouble With Edward"
ST: "Ask Not"
ST: "The Girl Who Made The Stars"
ST: "Children Of Mars"
PIC: "Penance"
PIC: "Watcher"
PIC: "Fly Me To The Moon"
PIC: "Two Of One"
PIC: "Monsters"
PIC: "Mercy"
LD: "Strange Energies"
SNW: "The Broken Circle"
SNW: "Lost In Translation"
SNW: "Hegemony"
PRO: "Into The Breach, Part I"
PRO: "Into The Breach, Part II"
PRO: "Who Saves The Saviors"
PRO: "Temporal Mechanics 101"
PRO: "Observer's Paradox"
PRO: "Imposter Syndrome"
PRO: "The Fast And The Curious"
PRO: "The Devourer Of All Things, Part I"
PRO: "The Devourer Of All Things, Part II"
PRO: "Last Flight Of The Protostar, Part I"
PRO: "Last Flight Of The Protostar, Part II"
PRO: "A Tribble Called Quest"
PRO: "Ascension, Part I"
PRO: "Ascension, Part II"
PRO: "Brink"
PRO: "Touch Of Grey"
PRO: "Ouroboros, Part I"
 
I'm giving sanctuary to "Sanctuary". Even though it's not quite the immigration analogy some people take it as (since the Federation, or the US's equivalent, was welcoming the Skreeans with open arms), it's a pretty good story with a tragic end. I still maintain that his unwitting part in the other young man's death was what motivated Nog to rethink his life.

What's left:
TOS: "I, Mudd"
TOS: "The Deadly Years"
TOS: "Obsession"
TOS: "Wolf In The Fold"
TOS: "A Piece Of The Action"
TOS: "Patterns Of Force"
TOS: "Assignment: Earth"
TAS: "The Pirates Of Orion"
TAS: "Bem"
TAS: "The Practical Joker"
TAS: "Albatross"
TNG: "Samaritan Snare"
TNG: "Up The Long Ladder"
DS9: "Melora"
DS9: "Second Sight"
DS9: "Rivals"
DS9: "The Alternate"
DS9: "Playing God"
VOY: "The 37's"
VOY: "Initiations"
VOY: "Projections"
VOY: "Elogium"
VOY: "Non Sequitur"
VOY: "Twisted"
VOY: "Parturition"
VOY: "Persistence Of Vision"
VOY: "Tattoo"
VOY: "Prototype"
VOY: "Alliances"
VOY: "Dreadnought"
VOY: "Investigations"
VOY: "Innocence"
ENT: "Shockwave, Part II"
ENT: "A Night In Sickbay"
ENT: "Marauders"
ENT: "The Seventh"
ENT: "The Communicator"
ENT: "Singularity"
ENT: "The Catwalk"
ENT: "Dawn"
ENT: "Stigma"
ENT: "Cease Fire"
ENT: "Canamar"
ENT: "The Crossing"
ENT: "Judgment"
ENT: "Horizon"
ENT: "The Breach"
ENT: "Cogenitor"
ENT: "First Flight"
ENT: "Bounty"
ENT: "The Expanse"
DIS: "Point Of Light"
DIS: "An Obol For Charon"
DIS: "Saints Of Imperfection"
DIS: "The Sound Of Thunder"
DIS: "Light And Shadows"
DIS: "Project Daedalus"
DIS: "The Red Angel"
DIS: "Perpetual Infinity"
DIS: "Through The Valley Of Shadows"
DIS: "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 1"
ST: "Q&A"
ST: "The Trouble With Edward"
ST: "Ask Not"
ST: "The Girl Who Made The Stars"
ST: "Children Of Mars"
PIC: "Penance"
PIC: "Watcher"
PIC: "Fly Me To The Moon"
PIC: "Two Of One"
PIC: "Monsters"
PIC: "Mercy"
LD: "Strange Energies"
SNW: "The Broken Circle"
SNW: "Lost In Translation"
SNW: "Hegemony"
PRO: "Into The Breach, Part I"
PRO: "Into The Breach, Part II"
PRO: "Who Saves The Saviors"
PRO: "Temporal Mechanics 101"
PRO: "Observer's Paradox"
PRO: "Imposter Syndrome"
PRO: "The Fast And The Curious"
PRO: "The Devourer Of All Things, Part I"
PRO: "The Devourer Of All Things, Part II"
PRO: "Last Flight Of The Protostar, Part I"
PRO: "Last Flight Of The Protostar, Part II"
PRO: "A Tribble Called Quest"
PRO: "Ascension, Part I"
PRO: "Ascension, Part II"
PRO: "Brink"
PRO: "Touch Of Grey"
PRO: "Ouroboros, Part I"
 
The lengths Archer will go to for Porthos is mainly why I'm saving ENT: "A Night In Sickbay". That, and Hoshi catching the Pyrithean bat, as well as another appearance of Vaughn Armstrong's impressively disgusted and over-exacting Kreetassan (I don't think I've mentioned before that I think the makeup is amazing - I bet he looks repulsed & annoyed even when smiling). I'm not fond of Archer's weird sex dream, though.

TOS: "I, Mudd"
TOS: "The Deadly Years"
TOS: "Obsession"
TOS: "Wolf In The Fold"
TOS: "A Piece Of The Action"
TOS: "Patterns Of Force"
TOS: "Assignment: Earth"
TAS: "The Pirates Of Orion"
TAS: "Bem"
TAS: "The Practical Joker"
TAS: "Albatross"
TNG: "Samaritan Snare"
TNG: "Up The Long Ladder"
DS9: "Melora"
DS9: "Second Sight"
DS9: "Rivals"
DS9: "The Alternate"
DS9: "Playing God"
VOY: "The 37's"
VOY: "Initiations"
VOY: "Projections"
VOY: "Elogium"
VOY: "Non Sequitur"
VOY: "Twisted"
VOY: "Parturition"
VOY: "Persistence Of Vision"
VOY: "Tattoo"
VOY: "Prototype"
VOY: "Alliances"
VOY: "Dreadnought"
VOY: "Investigations"
VOY: "Innocence"
ENT: "Shockwave, Part II"
ENT: "Marauders"
ENT: "The Seventh"
ENT: "The Communicator"
ENT: "Singularity"
ENT: "The Catwalk"
ENT: "Dawn"
ENT: "Stigma"
ENT: "Cease Fire"
ENT: "Canamar"
ENT: "The Crossing"
ENT: "Judgment"
ENT: "Horizon"
ENT: "The Breach"
ENT: "Cogenitor"
ENT: "First Flight"
ENT: "Bounty"
ENT: "The Expanse"
DIS: "Point Of Light"
DIS: "An Obol For Charon"
DIS: "Saints Of Imperfection"
DIS: "The Sound Of Thunder"
DIS: "Light And Shadows"
DIS: "Project Daedalus"
DIS: "The Red Angel"
DIS: "Perpetual Infinity"
DIS: "Through The Valley Of Shadows"
DIS: "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 1"
ST: "Q&A"
ST: "The Trouble With Edward"
ST: "Ask Not"
ST: "The Girl Who Made The Stars"
ST: "Children Of Mars"
PIC: "Penance"
PIC: "Watcher"
PIC: "Fly Me To The Moon"
PIC: "Two Of One"
PIC: "Monsters"
PIC: "Mercy"
LD: "Strange Energies"
SNW: "The Broken Circle"
SNW: "Lost In Translation"
SNW: "Hegemony"
PRO: "Into The Breach, Part I"
PRO: "Into The Breach, Part II"
PRO: "Who Saves The Saviors"
PRO: "Temporal Mechanics 101"
PRO: "Observer's Paradox"
PRO: "Imposter Syndrome"
PRO: "The Fast And The Curious"
PRO: "The Devourer Of All Things, Part I"
PRO: "The Devourer Of All Things, Part II"
PRO: "Last Flight Of The Protostar, Part I"
PRO: "Last Flight Of The Protostar, Part II"
PRO: "A Tribble Called Quest"
PRO: "Ascension, Part I"
PRO: "Ascension, Part II"
PRO: "Brink"
PRO: "Touch Of Grey"
PRO: "Ouroboros, Part I"
 
I just saw that the first part of PRODIGY's finale is still here. No more! Saving "OUROBOROS, PART I".

It was a great way to set up a great ending. PRODIGY season 2 is one of the best seasons in the franchise. Period. DISCO (and PICARD seasons 1 and 2) should have hired these writers to help them with making a season long arc.




TOS: "I, Mudd"
TOS: "The Deadly Years"
TOS: "Obsession"
TOS: "Wolf In The Fold"
TOS: "A Piece Of The Action"
TOS: "Patterns Of Force"
TOS: "Assignment: Earth"
TAS: "The Pirates Of Orion"
TAS: "Bem"
TAS: "The Practical Joker"
TAS: "Albatross"
TNG: "Samaritan Snare"
TNG: "Up The Long Ladder"
DS9: "Melora"
DS9: "Second Sight"
DS9: "Rivals"
DS9: "The Alternate"
DS9: "Playing God"
VOY: "The 37's"
VOY: "Initiations"
VOY: "Projections"
VOY: "Elogium"
VOY: "Non Sequitur"
VOY: "Twisted"
VOY: "Parturition"
VOY: "Persistence Of Vision"
VOY: "Tattoo"
VOY: "Prototype"
VOY: "Alliances"
VOY: "Dreadnought"
VOY: "Investigations"
VOY: "Innocence"
ENT: "Shockwave, Part II"
ENT: "Marauders"
ENT: "The Seventh"
ENT: "The Communicator"
ENT: "Singularity"
ENT: "The Catwalk"
ENT: "Dawn"
ENT: "Stigma"
ENT: "Cease Fire"
ENT: "Canamar"
ENT: "The Crossing"
ENT: "Judgment"
ENT: "Horizon"
ENT: "The Breach"
ENT: "Cogenitor"
ENT: "First Flight"
ENT: "Bounty"
ENT: "The Expanse"
DIS: "Point Of Light"
DIS: "An Obol For Charon"
DIS: "Saints Of Imperfection"
DIS: "The Sound Of Thunder"
DIS: "Light And Shadows"
DIS: "Project Daedalus"
DIS: "The Red Angel"
DIS: "Perpetual Infinity"
DIS: "Through The Valley Of Shadows"
DIS: "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 1"
ST: "Q&A"
ST: "The Trouble With Edward"
ST: "Ask Not"
ST: "The Girl Who Made The Stars"
ST: "Children Of Mars"
PIC: "Penance"
PIC: "Watcher"
PIC: "Fly Me To The Moon"
PIC: "Two Of One"
PIC: "Monsters"
PIC: "Mercy"
LD: "Strange Energies"
SNW: "The Broken Circle"
SNW: "Lost In Translation"
SNW: "Hegemony"
PRO: "Into The Breach, Part I"
PRO: "Into The Breach, Part II"
PRO: "Who Saves The Saviors"
PRO: "Temporal Mechanics 101"
PRO: "Observer's Paradox"
PRO: "Imposter Syndrome"
PRO: "The Fast And The Curious"
PRO: "The Devourer Of All Things, Part I"
PRO: "The Devourer Of All Things, Part II"
PRO: "Last Flight Of The Protostar, Part I"
PRO: "Last Flight Of The Protostar, Part II"
PRO: "A Tribble Called Quest"
PRO: "Ascension, Part I"
PRO: "Ascension, Part II"
PRO: "Brink"
PRO: "Touch Of Grey"
 
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