Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Lower Decks, season 5, episode 1 – “Dos Cerritos” Star Trek: Lower Decks it just hinted that Commander William Riker (Jonathan Frakes) didn’t become a great character until he grew a beard. Lower decks Season 5 kicked off with a season opener that found the USS Cerritos face to face (or nacelle to nacelle) with a duplicate ship from an alternate universe. As the Prime Cerritos crew members worked to find a way back to their own universe, they were paired up with their doppelgangers. This scenario provided Lower decks with the perfect opportunity to…
Author: Rachel Hulshult
Lieutenant Commander Data (Brent Spiner) and Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton) were best friends in Star Trek: The Next Generationand they regularly teamed up to solve problems on the USS Enterprise-D. As a unique and incredibly advanced android, Data has saved the Enterprise-D many times, and his friendship with Geordi never fails to bring out his humanity. Geordi served as the Enterprise’s chief engineer and never treated Data as less than human. Between the two of them, Data and Geordi could solve almost any engineering-related problem that arose on the Enterprise. Data and Geordi were friends since the…
Whether due to alternate universes or strange transporter malfunctions, several Star Trek characters found their doppelgangers. Doppelganger stories have been a trope of Star Trek from one of the first episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series – season 1, episode 5, “The Enemy Within”. Almost all Star Trek Since then, the series has featured at least one story in which a character encounters an alternate version of themselves. This trope is not exclusive to Star Trek, of course, as many science fiction and fantasy stories have found creative ways to incorporate multiple versions of the same character. Just like…
Star Trek: Lower Decks Picks up about one year after the events of Star Trek: Nemesis, So it’s no surprise that the animated comedy contains many references to Star Trek: The Next Generation and its spin-offs. Following the adventures of the USS Cerritos and its eclectic crew, Lower decks is unlike any Star Trek series that came before. Not only does Lower decks Tell fun and unique Star Trek stories, but it also acts as a love letter to the franchise as a whole and the TNG period in particular. Realistically, Brad Boimler (Jack Quid) and Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome)…
Although certain episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation are known to be great, many other episodes are better than you might think. Throughout its seven seasons, TNG it had far more good episodes than bad, which means that many solid episodes rarely make it onto best-of lists. Episodes like “The Best of Both Worlds” and “The Inner Light” are memorable for how great they are, and they also have significant ramifications for TNG’s characters. Even casual fans have probably heard of these episodes, but TNG There are many other good episodes that often go unnoticed. Star Trek: The Next…
In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3, Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) attempts a maneuver on the USS Enterprise that usually means suicide. Strange new worlds season 2 ended with a cliffhanger as the Enterprise faced several Gorn ships, including a destroyer. As Captain Pike contemplates his next move, Admiral Robert April (Adrian Holmes) orders the Enterprise to stand down, even if it means leaving several crew members stranded on the Gorn ship. Pike stops, not wanting to leave his people behind but unsure how to proceed, just before the words “continue” appear on the screen. With Captain Marie…
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds It wouldn’t have worked if the show hadn’t updated the character of Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount). Anson Mount’s Captain Pike made his debut in Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, when he took command of the USS Discovery to investigate a series of mysterious red explosions. Mount’s take on Pike ended up being so appreciated that fans began clamoring for a spin-off following his adventures on the USS Enterprise. That’s why, Strange new worlds he was born. The character Christopher Pike (played by Jeffrey Hunter) debuted in 1966, in the only Star Trek: The Original…
Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) encountered many Klingons throughout Star Trek: The Original Series, but some proved more formidable than others. Since its debut in Terms of Service season 1, episode 26, “Errand of Mercy”, the Klingons have become one of the Star Trek most iconic exotic species. Although the Klingons became allies at the time of Star Trek: The Next Generation, they were one of the United Federation of Planets’ most formidable enemies during Captain Kirk’s time on the USS Enterprise. In Star Trek In the first Klingon episode, Kirk faced off against Commander Kor (John Colicos), who…
Star Trek typically leans towards the cerebral, focusing on qualities like intelligence and wit, but the franchise has also introduced its fair share of characters with incredible physical strength. Some aliens, such as the Klingons and Vulcans, are naturally stronger than humans, while other creatures are created or genetically altered to be physically stronger. Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) can hold their own in a fight, but sometimes they find themselves physically outmatched. Star Trek the most powerful godlike beings, such as John de Lancie’s Q, rely on their magical abilities rather than…
Thanks to the upcoming Star Trek: Section 31 movie, Star Trek Now he has the opportunity to tell more about one missing era of the USS Enterprise. The Enterprise was one of Starfleet’s most famous ships. ever since Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) set sail on the Enterprise NX-01 in 2151 on humanity’s first interstellar exploration mission. Since then, several Federation starships have been named Enterprise, including the ships of Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart). While the voyages of Kirk’s Enterprise and Picard’s Enterprise-D are well documented, there are several gaps in the…