The Practical Joker

The Enterprise encounters Romulans while on a routine geological survey. The ship is damaged and Scotty spend the rest of the episode troubleshooting the ship’s computer. Air Date 21 September 1974 Production Number 22021 Stardate 3183.3 Gregorian Calendar Date Saturday, 27 October 2266 14:08:51 GMTMonday, 29 October 2266 18:29:18 GMT Primary Arc The Romulans Secondary […]

Prelude to The Next Generation

As I worked through three seasons of Star Trek, the two seasons of Star Trek: The Animated Series, and then the original film series, I felt somewhat daunted by the amount of work ahead of me in building out the “Berman Era” of Star Trek. While it is well-known that Gene Roddenberry wanted to distance […]

Spock's Brain

“Brain and brain! What is brain?!” Spock misplaces his brain and Doctor McCoy uses an alien hairstyling device to put it back in his friend’s head. Air Date 20 September 1968 Production Number 60043-41 Stardate 5431.4 Gregorian Calendar Date Friday, 17 May 2267 19:48:34 GMT Primary Arc Bad Medicine Secondary Arc n/a Tertiary Arc n/a […]

Prelude to Enterprise

To use a well-worn joke, it’s been a long time getting from there to here… We’ve come to the end of the Berman era of Star Trek with the fourth spin-off of the seminal science fiction series with Star Trek: Enterprise. For this prelude, things are a bit different than the others. The show is […]

Yesteryear

Spock, Kirk, and McCoy return to the planet of the Guardian of Forever. Ostensibly to assist Federation historians with an investigation into the organization’s past. Air Date 15 September 1973 Production Number 22003 Stardate 5363.4 Gregorian Calendar Date Wednesday, 08 May 2267 09:36:15 GMT & 2236 Primary Arc The Guardian of Forever Secondary Arc Temporal […]

Amok Time

In this episode, we learn about Vulcan birds and Vulcan bees, and how to throw a hot bowl of plomeek soup at a wall. Air Date 15 September 1967 Production Number 60334 Stardate 3372.2 Gregorian Calendar Date Wednesday, 05 December 2266 07:52:03 GMTThursday, 06 December 2266 16:56:48 GMT Primary Arc The Vulcan Way Secondary Arc […]

Project Daedalus

Admiral Cornwell returns to the Discovery to interrogate Spock. Michael defends Ash from Pike’s suspicions about his loyalties. All of which lead the crew to decide to infiltrate a Section 31 base to gather intel on the secret agency’s intentions. Air Date 14 March 2019 Production Number 209 Stardate Unknown Gregorian Calendar Date 2257 Primary […]

Bem

Commander Ari bn Bem of the planet Pandro, an independent observer on the Enterprise, runs afoul of the Prime Directive when he participates in an away mission in the Garo VII system. Air Date 14 September 1974 Production Number 22018 Stardate 7403.6 Gregorian Calendar Date Thursday, 11 March 2269 01:26:43 GMTThursday, 11 March 2269 16:19:22 […]

Will You Take My Hand?

Emperor Georgiou helms the Discovery in a bid to bring an end to the Federation-Klingon war by taking the ship to Qo’noS. With L’Rell’s help, Ash Tyler integrates Voq’s memories into his own before they undertake a clandestine mission to wipe out the Klingon home world. Burnham confronts Cornwell and the plans to commit genocide, […]

Beyond the Farthest Star

The crew of the Enterprise find an ancient, derelict, alien vessel towards the edge of the galaxy in the series premier of Star Trek: The Animated Series. Air Date 08 September 1973 Production Number 22004 Stardate 5221.3 Gregorian Calendar Date Thu 18 April 2267 16:54:07 GMT Primary Arc Final Frontier Secondary Arc Pilots Tertiary Arc […]

The Pirates of Orion

It’s not been a good year for the crew of the Enterprise when it comes to contagious disease. After beating back an outbreak of choriocytosis, the only crew member not cured is Spock, who needs strobolin to survive. However, in the Season Two premier, some Orion pirates have other ideas. Air Date 07 September 1974 […]

The War Without, the War Within

Stamets gets the USS Discovery back to their universe, only it’s nine months later and the Federation is about to lose the war with the Klingons. Specialist Burnham makes a deal with Emperor Georgiou and they devise a plan to defeat the Klingons with the help of L’Rell and Voq. Air Date 04 February 2018 […]

Prelude to Discovery | Part One

In 2016, Paramount struggled to revive the Star Trek franchise after Star Trek: Beyond’s lackluster box office. In contrast, CBS sought to launch its streaming service and decided to create a new series, Star Trek: Discovery, which premiered on September 24, 2017, successfully revitalizing the franchise.

The Changeling

The Enterprise encounters an old Earth probe that’s got some funny ideas about what constitute’s perfection. Air Date 02 September 1967 Production Number 60337 Stardate 3541.9 Gregorian Calendar Date Wednesday, 09 January 2267 11:47:06 GMTWednesday, 09 January 2267 13:40:05 GMT Primary Arc Artificial Intelligence Secondary Arc n/a Tertiary Arc n/a See It or Skip It […]

Light and Shadows

Michael returns home to ShiKahr to learn some secrets about her family. Back on the starship Discovery, Pike and Tyler get on each other’s nerves while stuck in a temporal rift. Later, Michael tangles with Section 31’s Leland and Georgiou on how to proceed with a babbling Spock. Air Date 28 February 2019 Production Number […]

What’s Past is Prologue

Lorca, released from the agonizer booth aboard the ISS Charon, frees his followers in attempt to overthrow Georgiou and install himself as the emperor. Stamets, having recovered from his overdose, works with Cadet Tilly to destroy the source of the mycelial network’s corruption and find a way home. Air Date 28 January 2018 Production Number […]

The Sound of Thunder

A signal appears over Saru’s home world Kaminar. Hoping to catch a glimpse of the mysterious Red Angel, the Discovery races to a planet Saru hasn’t seen in twenty years. Air Date 21 February 2019 Production Number 206 Stardate 1035.86 Gregorian Calendar Date 2257 Primary Arc The Red Angel Secondary Arc Pike’s Adventures Tertiary Arc […]

Vaulting Ambition

Poor Michael is forced to face her feelings about her own mentor’s death over a plate of Kelpian with the Terran Emperor. Meanwhile, Stamets continues his mushroom trip, encountering his counterpart and learning that something is corrupting the mycelial network. Oh, and Lorca’s secret becomes a secret no longer. Air Date 21 January 2018 Production […]

Saints of Imperfection

A Section 31 liaison is assigned to the Discovery to assist in tracking down the fugitive Spock. Stamets and Tilly go halfway into the mycelial network to help Tully’s hitchhiker, May, get back home, only to find a long lost crew member. Air Date 14 February 2019 Production Number 205 Stardate Unknown Gregorian Calendar Date […]

The Wolf Inside

Burnham has taken command of the ISS Shenzhou in a ploy to get the information needed for Discovery to get home by impersonating her counterpart in this universe. Tyler’s dueling identities get the better of him to the detriment of Doctor Culber. Later, during a mission to save some rebels from the Terran Empire, the […]