Station log: stardate 52902.0 The series finale. The final episode was written by Ira Steven Behr and Hans Beimler. It’s a feature length story that debuted on 2 June, 1999, and brought the arc of DS9 to its conclusion, as we dive into the last piece of The Final Chapter. Captain Sisko (Avery Brooks) and…
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1999) – Extreme Measures, and The Dogs of War
Station log: stardate 52645.7 We’re closing in on the end of the series, as we delve into the last few episodes comprising The Final Chapter. Extreme Measures, written by David Weddle and Bradley Thompson, first screened on 19 May, 1999. Bashir (Alexander Siddig) and O’Brien (Colm Meaney) let work leak that they have a cure…
Star Trek: Voyager (1998) – The Omega Directive, and Unforgettable
Captain’s log: stardate 51781.2 Lisa Klink pens the teleplay for this episode from a story by Jimmy Diggs and Steve J. Kay. It first debuted on 15 April, 1998. Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) find themselves on opposite sides of an argument when a unique particle is detected. Under orders…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1997) – You Are Cordially Invited, and Resurrection
Station log: stardate 51247.5 With a title like You Are Cordially Invited, it’s fairly easy to figure out what most of this episode is about – Worf (Micheal Dorn) and Dax’s (Terry Farrell) wedding. Written by Ronald D. Moore, the episode first debuted on 10 November, 1997. As the celebrations of reclaiming DS9 continue, thoughts…
Star Trek: Voyager (1997) – Coda, and Blood Fever
Captain’s log: stardate 50518.6 Jeri Taylor pens this episode that first hit screens on 29 January, 1997. Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and Chakotay (Robert Beltran) are on a relaxing away mission, when something goes wrong, and the captain is killed. Janeway is guided into the afterlife by her father (Len Cariou), and the Starfleet captain is…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1995) – The Sword of Kahless, and Our Man Bashir
Station log: stardate unknown LeVar Burton directs this episode that was written by Hans Beimler from a story by Richard Danus. It first aired on 20 November, 1995. This Worf (Micheal Dorn) and Dax (Terry Farrell) story sees the two officers joined by Kor (John Colicos) as the search a remote planet in the Gamma…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1995) – The Visitor, and Hippocratic Oath
Station log: stardate unknown Micheal Taylor pens this exemplary episode that first aired on 9 October, 1995. Tony Todd plays an adult Jake Sisko as we find ourselves in a temporal tale that is one of the best of the series. A young writer, Melanie (Rachel Robinson) knocks on an elderly man’s door, and we…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1995) – The Way of the Warrior
Station log: stardate 49011.4 Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe pen the fourth season opener that sees Captain Sisko (Avery Brooks) settle into his iconic look, and the Enterprise’s Worf (Micheal Dorn) joining the crew. With an original broadcast date of 2 October, 1995, the season opened with a Klingon fleet arriving at Deep…
Star Trek: Voyager (1995) -Parallax, and Time and Again
Captain’s log: stardate 48439.7 Brannon Braga pens the first episode following the series opening, from a story by Jim Trombetta. It debuted on 23 January, 1995. Voyager has begun its journey home, and as the Starfleet and Maquis crews attempt to integrate, they receive a distress call from a ship, a ship stuck in a…
Star Trek: Voyager (1995) – Caretaker
Captain’s log: stardate 48315.6 Micheal Piller and Jeri Taylor penned the series opener from a story they came up with alongside Rick Berman, and the Trek universe was introduced to its newest captain, Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and her Intrepid-class starship, Voyager, NCC-74656. She and her crew, including a helmsman recruited out of a Federation…
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