M08: Star Trek: First Contact
Justen's theory of Trek Movies.
PICAAAARD has borg-lepathy. The Enterprise does the traditional "ignoring clear orders". Borg geometry. Surfing the time-travel wake of a sphere.
S05E25: In the Cards; S05E26: A Call to Arms
In the Cards: Baseball cards? In my post-capitalist society? Yikes, Jake. Yikes. Soulless minions of orthodoxy is my next band name. NoJ Fetch Quest party. Everyone ends up better than they started, somehow, including Weiyoun.
S05E24: Empok Nor
*Except for Garak
Star Trek horror episodes have two modes: worse than the cave set, or unbelievably good. Cardassians do not believe in Right to Repair. These redshirts are VERY redshirt.
S05E22: Children of Time; S05E23: Blaze of Glory
Children of Time: Kira breaks up with yet another boring guy. Welcome to... Gaia? Grandfather Problem Trolley Problem Or Something. Odo's gotten pretty good at shapeshifting in 200 years. Worf gets a cult.
S05E20: Ferengi Love Songs; S05E21: Soldiers of the Empire
Ferengi Love Songs: Rene has found his niche: horny Ferengi. Starfleet pest control is... interesting. Time to visit Moogie! Strangest thing to find in your childhood closet? Wait, how big is this closet?? Brunt is a Sovereign class hater.
S05E18: Business as Usual; S05E19: Ties of Blood and Water
Business as Usual: Quark is broke and up to his ears in debt. Obviously he needs to get into arms dealing. Holosuites are a legal loophole? Quark may be an immoral gremlin, but he has lines. Miles suffers: dadmode.
S05E16: Doctor Bashir, I Presume; S05E17: A Civil Investigation
S05E16: Doctor Bashir, I Presume S05E17: A Civil Investigation
Doctor Bashir, I Presume: Holo-doc? No, real doc. Making a custom GPT in the future is hard work, apparently. Bashir is khaaa--no, just genetically modified.
S05E14: In Purgatory's Shadow; S05E15: By Inferno's Light
In Purgatory's Shadow: Odo's newly re-gooey lifestyle. Garak on a... rescue mission? Garak, played by Jason Mantzoukas. Martok's on the prison! Wait... and Julian??? Goolian brings the lunch order.
S05E13: For the Uniform
For the Uniform: Michael Eddington is a smarmy bastard. Marooning is cruel and unusual punishment. The Maquis. Experimental Holo-Zoom. Jude gets angry about Starfleet's DevOps. Odo reminds them that Eddington is their problem because they didn't trust Odo.
S05E11 The Darkness and the Light; S05E12 The Begotten
There's quite a bit of preamble, skip to around 13:20 if you don't want to hear about 85 other TV shows.
The Darkness and the Light: Hello, Bryan Fuller! Don't put a fork in the transporter?