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Why I love Star Trek, Discovery season 2

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I ask every episode: Why do I love trek? Most episodes demonstrate some of the reasons.

Number / Name Why I liked it
201 / 2:1
“Brother”		 Hey, I know that guy! And that ship! And that guy, they talk about!
202 / 2:2
“New Eden”		 Religion.
Imaginary friend?
203 / 2:3
“Point of Light”		 Action mommy?
204 / 2:4
“An Obol for Charon”		 Hey, I know that gal!
Communication!
205 / 2:5
“Saints of Imperfection”		 Evil or defensive?
Cool image of a spaceship in “water”.
Marriage restored.
206 / 2:6
“The Sound of Thunder”		 Oppression. Justified?
207 / 2:7
“Light and Shadows”		 Hey, I know that guy!
A civilized argument.
208 / 2:8
“If Memory Serves”		 Visual telepathy.
Trying to resume life after a big change.
209 / 2:9
“Project Daedalus”		 Cool hacking.
Sacrifice.
210 / 2:10
“The Red Angel”		 Top level flirting, papi.
Therapy.
Fun with time.
Family this and family that.
211 / 2:11
“Perpetual Infinity”		 A prison cell with walls of little lights; nowhere to hide.
212 / 2:12
“Through the Valley of Shadows”		 Complicated weddings; bonding.
213 / 2:13
“Such Sweet Sorrow”		 Those evacuation corridors.
214 / 2:14
“Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2”		 Friends help friends.
Fun with time.
Friendship is important.

 

Why I love Star Trek

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I have made a lot of lists. I try to write down why I love each and every Star Trek episode. Let’s see how many I’ve made.

Original SeriesS1, S2, S3
Animated SeriesS1, S2
The Next GenerationS1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6, S7
Deep Space NineS1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6, S7
VoyagerS1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6, S7
EnterpriseS1, S2, S3, S4
MoviesTOS, TNG, Kelvin, Section 31
DiscoveryS1, S2
Short TreksS1
Very Short TreksS1
PicardS1, S2, S3
Lower DecksS1, S2, S3, S4, S5
ProdigyS1, S2
Strange New WorldsS1, S2, S3, …
ScoutsS1
Star Fleet AcademyS1

Why I love Star Trek, Strange New Worlds season 1

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I ask every episode: Why do I love trek? Most episodes demonstrate some of the reasons. I think this is only the 4th time I do this for new trek?

strange

Number / Name Why I liked it
101 / 1:1
“Strange New Worlds”		 Romance, but different.
Trauma takes time.
Technology can be used for both good and bad.
Learning from history.
102 / 1:2
“Children of the Comet”		 One of the requirements for a job taking a lot of skill, is really, really wanting it?
How to gain confidence.
Music.
Prophecy?
103 / 1:3
“Ghosts of Illyria”		 Prejudice.
A secret.
104 / 1:4
“Memento Mori”		 Creative solutions.
105 / 1:5
“Spock Amok”		 Empathy.
Bisexual?
Swapping bodies.
Humour.
Couples therapy.
106 / 1:6
“Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach”		 Le Guin reference?
Utopia?
107 / 1:7
“The Serene Squall”		 Non-binary?
A fast way to password protect a computer.
Divide and conquer.
108 / 1:8
“The Elysian Kingdom”		 Changing a story.
Fairy tale.
Humour.
Lesbians?
Role reversal.
Wanting the best for your family.
Very good.
109 / 1:9
“All Those Who Wander”		 Therapy. Mentorship.
Releasing anger.
Sacrifice.
The risk of love.
110 / 1:10
“A Quality of Mercy”		 Is it possible with future knowledge to change the future? If yes, is that good?
Fun with time.
What if…?
Hey, it’s that guy.
Diplomacy or violence?

Pike is a good captain. Talks to people, thinks, takes it slow, chooses surprising solutions. – It’s nicely done, that’s it’s more episodic. – So. Pike shouldn’t change his future, because sometimes diplomacy is the wrong answer? Really? Really?

Why I love Star Trek, Prodigy, season 1

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I ask every episode: Why do I love trek? Most episodes demonstrate some of the reasons.

prodigy

Number / Name Why I liked it
101-102 / 1-2
“Lost & Found”		 The big brute is actually a girl.
Child slaves escape.
Hey, that’s her!
103 / 3
“Starstruck”		 It’s good to ask for help.
104 / 4
“Dreamcatcher”		  
105 / 5
“Terror Firma”		 It’s good to work together.
106 / 6
“Kobayashi”		 Those voices!
Good leadership.
Just very nostalgic.
107 / 7
“First Con-tact”		 Lying creates problems.
108 / 8
“Time Amok”		 Honesty.
Fun with time.
Ingenuity.
109 / 9
“A Moral Star, Part I”		 Courage.
Self-sacrifice.
110 / 10
“A Moral Star, Part II”		 Freeing slaves.
111 / 11
“Asylum”		 Ecology.
112 / 12
“Let Sleeping Borg Lie”		 Found family.
113 / 13
“All the World’s a Stage”		 Fandom. Meta. (*)
Hey, it’s that shuttle!
Love all the references.
114 / 14
“Crossroads”		  
115 / 15
“Masquerade”		 Fun with genes.
People can’t be repaired, improvement isn’t simple.
Plot twist.
116 / 16
“Preludes”		  
117 / 17
“Ghost in the Machine”		 Fun with simulations.
118 / 18
“Mindwalk”		 Swapping bodies.
Communication.
119 / 19
“Supernova, Part I”		  
120 / 20
“Supernova, Part II”		 Self-sacrifice.

(*) Some great quotes in this episode!

  • James’T, Sool’U, En Son, Huur’a, Doctor Boons, Scott’Ee, Sprok.
  • New Enda-Prize.
  • Star-Flight.
  • The Gallows.
  • Live logs and proper + hand sign

Picards regler

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Se, nu har jeg allerede sagt noget forkert. Det her er Patrick Stewarts regler. Dem, der skulle følges, hvis han skulle spille Picard igen. De giver mening. Og min respekt for ham stiger bare.

  • Never a dream. (Almost never.)
  • No Borg. (Instead xBs.)
  • No uniforms. (Almost.)
  • Nothing familiar unless it’s earned.

Kilde: mini-dokumentar “Make It So”, 10 minutter lang. Patrick’s tenets.

Jeg elsker, at der var nogle betingelser. Det her skal opfyldes, ellers kan vi ikke gøre det her.

Der er også andet guf i de 10 minutter. Fokus på Data. Der er gået mange år, siden vi sidst så Picard, der er sket meget, og han har ændret sig. Det tillader en ny serie, der på en ny serie reflekterer sin samtid.

Men jeg er vild med, at Stewart ikke gider uniformen længere. At vi i hvert fald ikke skal have den samme slags borger som før. At vi ikke skal vade rundt i profetiske drømme eller “det var bare en drøm”. Og endelig, ja, vi kan fx godt have Riker med. Men der skal være en bedre grund end en gruppe glade fans.

Ja, ja, jeg ved det godt. Sir Patrick Stewart. Han var ikke en sir, da jeg lærte ham at kende, så det er svært at vænne sig til.

Picard rokker stadig

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Julen 2002 havde Star Trek: Nemesis premiere. Her så vi bl.a. Picard være begejstret over at have en all-terrain buggy. Woohoo!

Nogle af os kunne ikke helt finde ud af, hvor det nu kom fra. Det passede ikke helt sammen med den værdige og eftertænksomme fyr, der roligt havde styret Enterprise gennem et eventyr om ugen i 7 halvår, foruden 3 andre film.

Der var mange gode grunde til, at den næste film ikke havde Picard med.

Men nu er han tilbage! Og trekkies.dk føltes også pludselig som gamle dage igen, da en flok af os mødtes for at se første afsnit af en ny serie sammen.

I den virkelige verden er der gået sådan noget som 17 år. Og i trekland er det omtrent det samme. Picard er i 90’erne, men der er stadig liv i ham. Og hvad kan man derudover sige?

Spoilers!

  • Når Picard siger, at romulanere og syntetiske livsformer bør behandles som alt andet liv. Når en ung dame dukker op og fortæller lidt om sig selv. Så bliver hans blik intenst. Det er så godt. (Til gengæld kunne jeg godt tænke mig at vide, hvordan der pludselig kan være bunkevis af “synteter”.)
  • Picard kan ikke længere løbe op ad trapper. Godt.
  • Dahj kæmper på en elegant måde. (Og lad os så håbe, at serien primært byder på andre ting end slåskamp.)
  • Det virker, som om Picard er ved at få rodet sig ud i et mysterie. Måske endda en konflikt. Mja.
  • Af gode grunde kan Data ikke være med her. Men “Data 2.0” kan.
  • Selv om der var masser af ny information, så føltes det ikke tungt.

Why I love Star Trek, Short Treks season 1

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I ask every episode: Why do I love trek? Most episodes demonstrate some of the reasons.

shorttreks

Number / Name Why I liked it
1 / 1:1
“Runaway”		 How parents react to a big wish.
2 / 1:2
“Calypso”		 To love a constructed person.
3 / 1:3
“The Brightest Star”		 Being exceptional is rewarded.
4 / 1:4
“Escape Artist”		 Intelligence. Tricks.

I like that 2 of these episodes were leading directly into 2 episodes elsewhere.

Why I love Star Trek, Discovery season 1

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Way back, I made one of these lists for every season of Star Trek. New trek, new lists. I ask every episode: Why do I love trek? Most episodes demonstrate some of the reasons.

Number / Name Why I liked it
1 / 1:1
“The Vulcan Hello”		 WOC leadership.
Revealing a new ship.
Delight at being in space.
What is the right balance between emotions and logic?
An unusual upbringing.
Faced with potential conflict, is it ever the right choice to fire first?
2 / 1:2
“Battle at the Binary Stars”		 Mutiny has consequences.
The enemy is nationalism.
3 / 1:3
“Context Is for Kings”		 Some new things in this new show turn up here.
Revealing a new ship.
Social awkwardness is not a barrier to a good job.
WOC leadership.
Fighting and war have rules.
A second chance.
4 / 1:4
“The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not for the Lamb’s Cry”		 Tardigrade.
Looking like a monster is not the same as being a monster.
Science is open to all possibilities.
Science takes time.
Cool space suit helmet.
5 / 1:5
“Choose Your Pain”		 “This is so f***ing cool.”
Animal cruelty is bad. Person cruelty even worse.
Gay love.
6 / 1:6
“Lethe”		 Telepathy.
Give newly released POWs a little time.
Truth.
7 / 1:7
“Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad”		 Fun with time.
Montage of repetition.
Intelligent people with a good plan.
8 / 1:8
“Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum”		 A planet making music. Gaia.
An end to anxiety.
9 / 1:9
“Into the Forest I Go”		 PTSD shown realistically.
10 / 1:10
“Despite Yourself”		 Alternate history. And blending in.
Disqualified, knows the patient too well.
Faking self confidence.
A significant change in crew.
11 / 1:11
“The Wolf Inside”		 Can you pretend to accept slavery, only pretend? Or the death penalty?
“You’re my tether.”
Learning authority.
Female leadership.
12 / 1:12
“Vaulting Ambition”		 Excellent revelation.
13 / 1:13
“What’s Past Is Prologue”		 Nationalism is punished.
Something hard actually goes a little wrong.
Awesome high kick.
14 / 1:14
“The War Without, The War Within”		 Suspicious events are treated with suspicion.
Can you forgive someone, who was not an enemy but “possessed”?
Yeah, men cry too.
15 / 1:15
“Will You Take My Hand?”		 There are unbreakable principles.

Also, there’s a very strong sense of continuity. Somebody knew how the whole season would go and planned accordingly. This is delicious going through the episodes the 2nd time.