When Episodes Collide

[alpha_leonis]

No, it's not a continuity complaint, but a real-world commentary.

My family and I have been watching through a couple of Star Trek series in parallel -- TOS with my wife (since she's a TNG and especially a Voyager fan, but had never seen TOS outside of the movies, she was curious.) We've also been watching Voyager together along with our nine-year-old daughter (since it's my wife's favorite, she wanted to show our kid a show with a strong female lead.)

We've just been watching the two series in order, with no particular choices in mind except "whatever comes next". But twice now, there's been an interesting overlap in what episodes come next in each of the two queues.

One weekend last month we watched "Patterns of Force", the episode with the Nazi planet, followed by "Jetrel", Voyager's take on the Hiroshima bombing. Interesting coincidence that both episodes were WW2 references, but I thought it was going to be just a one-off thing.

Until this weekend. Yesterday my wife and I watched "The Paradise Syndrome", and today our daughter joined us to watch Voyager's "Tattoo". Both Native-American-themed episodes with space visitors involved with the corresponding cultures.

What other episode pairs exist (regardless of series) that would feel coincidentally-themed like these?

 

[Greg Cox]

"The Squire of Gothos" and pretty much any Q episode.

"Spectre of the Gun" and "A Fistful of Datas"

"Elaan of Troyius" and "The Perfect Mate"

 

[Timewalker]

There's a pretty obvious pairing: "The Trouble With Tribbles" and "Trials and Tribble-ations." You can even add "More Tribbles, More Troubles" if you're watching TAS.

 

[somebuddyX]

"The Infinite Vulcan" and "One Little Ship"

 

[Forbin]

TNG's "A Matter of Perspective" and Voyager's "Ex Post Facto", which were the same damn story retooled.

 

[Greg Cox]

"The Naked Time" and "The Naked Now" . . . obviously.

 

[1001001]

"Elaan of Troyius" and "The Perfect Mate"

You could probably add Precious Cargo as well...

 

[Greg Cox]

You could probably add Precious Cargo as well...

Triple feature!

 

[Timewalker]

I take it the common element is arranged marriages? If so, toss in "Mudd's Women."

 

[Greg Cox]

I take it the common element is arranged marriages? If so, toss in "Mudd's Women."

A little more specific in that you have the captain (or chief engineer) falling for a woman who is supposed to take part in a royal marriage to cement an alliance.

"Mudd's Women" is more of a mail-order bride situation, as opposed to "this marriage will unite our warring worlds."

 

[Timewalker]

Ah, okay. It's been a really long time since I've seen those episodes. I don't recognize most episode titles other than TOS and TAS.

 

[Vandervecken]

Eye of the Beholder (TNG) and Field of Fire (DS9) (murder and mental apparitions). Catspaw (TOS) and Devil's Due (TNG) (Ardra even looks like Sylvia to some extent, to me, and the two actresses swagger similarly. I am pretty sure they deliberately made the clothing and hairstyles similar. Overblown, over-ornate).

 

[Prax]

Do the episodes have to collide in production/airing order? Otherwise this sounds like a similar recent thread.....that someone started...I forget who....
https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/what-are-your-favorite-retread-or-rehash-episodes.286200/

 

[Push The Button]

ENT: Doctor's Orders and VOY: One are pretty much the same story.

 

[Forbin]

One Night in Sick Bay and an episode of explosive diarrhea I once had.

 

[m.lp.ql.m]

Um, "Wink of an Eye" and "Blink of an Eye".

 

[CorporalCaptain]

"Where No Man Has Gone Before"
"Where No One Has Gone Before"

 

[ironnerd]

"The Changeling" and "Star Trek: The Motion Picture"

 

[Farscape One]

"DAWN" and 'The Enemy'.