Star Trek Reviews

Episode guide featuring extensive critical reviews of Star Trek episodes and films.

First Generation: 1964-1986
The Original Series

Second Generation: 1987-2005
TOS wrap, TNG, DS9, Voyager, & Enterprise

Third Generation: 2009-present
Current films

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Picture
Date
My Rating
Fan Ratings
Synopsis
Problems
Factoids
Remarkable Scenes
Comments
Fan Commentary
Episode Commentator Date
TNG: The Neutral Zone linearA 2010-09-02
TOS: The Cage Jem Hadar 2010-09-02
Ent: Cogenitor Jadzia Guinan Smith 2010-09-01
Ent: Cease Fire Jadzia Guinan Smith 2010-09-01
TOS: That Which Survives Arianwen 2010-09-01
Voy: Fair Trade Shooter 2010-08-31
Voy: The Thaw Nick 2010-08-31
Movie: Star Trek IX: Insurrection Nick 2010-08-31
Movie: Star Trek X: Nemesis Nick 2010-08-31
DS9: The Passenger Paul 2010-08-31
Movie: Star Trek IX: Insurrection Paul 2010-08-31
DS9: In Purgatory's Shadow siukong 2010-08-30
Ent: Cold Front Jadzia Guinan Smith 2010-08-30
Voy: Life Line Kethinov 2010-08-27
Voy: Life Line Steve Mohns 2010-08-26
TOS: Assignment: Earth Orion Pimpdaddy 2010-08-26
TOS: The Empath Jem Hadar 2010-08-25
TNG: The Icarus Factor rpeh 2010-08-25
TNG: Contagion rpeh 2010-08-25
TNG: The Dauphin rpeh 2010-08-25
TNG: A Matter of Honor rpeh 2010-08-25
TNG: The Schizoid Man rpeh 2010-08-25
TOS: The Trouble With Tribbles Jem Hadar 2010-08-24
DS9: Explorers Popescu 2010-08-24
TNG: Elementary, Dear Data rpeh 2010-08-24
TNG: Where Silence Has Lease rpeh 2010-08-24
DS9: Past Tense, Part II Popescu 2010-08-22
DS9: Fascination Popescu 2010-08-22
DS9: Civil Defense Popescu 2010-08-22
TOS: Bread and Circuses Orion Pimpdaddy 2010-08-20
Episode Fan Rating My Rating Date
TOS: The Cloud Minders 9 6 2010-09-03
TNG: The Enemy 9 7 2010-09-03
TNG: The Next Phase 9 4 2010-09-03
TOS: The Way to Eden 6 4 2010-09-03
TNG: The Emissary 2 6 2010-09-03
TNG: Redemption, Part II 10 9 2010-09-03
TNG: Redemption, Part I 10 9 2010-09-03
Voy: Basics, Part II 6 6 2010-09-03
Voy: Basics, Part I 6 7 2010-09-03
Ent: Minefield 9 9 2010-09-03
Ent: In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II 10 10 2010-09-03
Ent: In a Mirror, Darkly, Part I 10 10 2010-09-03
Voy: Resolutions 6 5 2010-09-03
Voy: Tuvix 3 8 2010-09-02
Voy: The Thaw 5 5 2010-09-02
DS9: Crossfire 6 5 2010-09-02
DS9: Return to Grace 7 6 2010-09-02
TNG: Emergence 2 0 2010-09-02
TNG: Genesis 9 7 2010-09-02
TNG: Masks 3 1 2010-09-02
TNG: Thine Own Self 8 7 2010-09-02
TNG: Lower Decks 10 8 2010-09-02
TNG: Inheritance 9 5 2010-09-02
TNG: Phantasms 9 5 2010-09-02
TNG: Gambit, Part II 9 8 2010-09-02
TNG: Gambit, Part I 8 7 2010-09-02
TNG: Interface 4 2 2010-09-02
TNG: Descent, Part II 5 3 2010-09-02
TNG: Descent, Part I 8 4 2010-09-02
TNG: The Chase 8 6 2010-09-02

Short FAQ

How do your reviews work?
Each Star Trek series is divided by season and a link to a page where each season is reviewed episode by episode is provided. Each episode review shows a screenshot, the season and episode number, the episode name, the original air date, my rating, a synopsis, a list of technical problems, a list of interesting factoids, a list of remarkable scenes, and some final comments. You may also attach your own ratings, reviews, and commentary to mine.

How does your rating system work?
It is a scale from 0 to 10. An episode rated 10 would be one of the best episodes Star Trek has ever done. A rating of 5 or 6 would be average. A rating of 1 would be a very bad episode. A rating of 0 means I think the episode is so bad that I have (usually, but not always) personally dropped it from Star Trek canon. Episodes rated zero often have incredible technical problems. There are very few episodes rated 10 and even less rated 0. I think this is fair. Keep in mind that I would rather watch a low-rated Star Trek episode than virtually anything else on TV. Star Trek has always been my favorite TV show.

What's the deal with your average rating?
My average rating should usually never be below 4 or above 6. Ideally my average rating is 5. The lowest rating I usually give a bad episode of Star Trek is 1. The reason for this is that I usually (but not always) consider a zero rated episode as so bad that it should be dropped from canon. This happens very infrequently.

TAS is not canon you moron!
My view of what is and isn't canon slightly differs with that of TPTB. Anything shown on screen or in a movie is canon, unless I rate it zero and declare it not canon.

What about the movies?
I rate them exactly like any other episode of Star Trek, except usually with a bigger screenshot, a higher rating most of the time, and a lot more commentary.

I submitted a comment and it's been weeks! Are you ever going to post it?
I don't check the queue every day. But if your comment does not appear after a prolonged period of time, and you've not received a rejection notice, then I've probably silently deleted it, or you typo'd your private E-mail address. I don't always issue a rejection notice when I delete a submission. On the rare event that you do receive a rejection notice, it is probably because I found lots of value in your submission and simply want you to refine it a bit more and resubmit. If I've silently rejected your submission, it means I found something fundamentally wrong with it and am unwilling to work with you. I know all of this comes off as arrogant and condescending, but this is my website, and I do believe in maintaining a certain level of quality control. All that said, and while I do reject a lot of submissions, I do accept more than I reject. Please, don't let it bother you.

What is the basis for your work?
I have admired the review style of Graham Kennedy and Bernd Schneider for many years. I wanted to create a more specialized Star Trek site focusing on episode reviews modeled as a combination of their two styles. This site won Bernd Schneider's September 2008 EAE award. Thanks Bernd!

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