Month: October 2012

  • Trekathon 516: Wrongs Darker than Death or Night (DS9)

    Kira digs into her mother’s past with Dukat. Oh goody, *another* time travel back to the dark days of the Cardassian occupation of Bajor. It really hasn’t worked well so far, and I’m not sure why they chose to tell this story. Perhaps they were already regretting the new Dukat they created, and were using…

  • Trekathon 515: The Killing Game, Part II (VOY)

    The fighting breaks out of the Holodeck. Not as good as part one, mainly due to the silly (the holo-emitters conveniently allowing the ‘Nazi’ thing to keep going), and the over-earnest (the Hirogen leader’s desire to remake his culture). But still a lot of fun, and with a lot of good action moments. And while…

  • Trekathon 514: The Killing Game (I) (VOY)

    The crew are held captive on the Holodeck by the Hirogen. This is the single best use the Holodeck has ever been put to. I’ve complained in the past about the many stupid holodeck malfunction episodes, and the otherwise distracting and pointless use of the holodeck when it’s working perfectly. Here they finally managed to…