Star Trek: Voyager (1995) -Tattoo, and Cold Fire

Captain’s log: stardate unknown Micheal Piller pens the script from a story by Larry Brody, that first aired on 6 November, 1995. This is a Chakotay (Robert Beltran) heavy script that sees the Voyager’s First Officer drawn into a mystery that connects his present with his past. While on an away mission, Chakotay comes across…

Proxima Command – An Evening’s Sci-Fi Adventure

Ever since I was a kid and first discovered Star Wars, Star Trek, and science fiction in general, I had dreams of stepping onto the bridge of a starship, or spaceship, and exploring, seeking out new life forms, engaging in intergalactic battles, or watching the stunning starscape slip past my windows. I remember sitting at…

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1995) – Starship Down, and Little Green Men

Station log: stardate 49263.5 David Mack and John J. Ordover pen this episode that first premiered on 6 November, 1995. Inside a gas giant, Captain Sisko (Avery Brooks) leads the Defiant crew on a dangerous cat-and-mouse game with some Jem’Hadar ships that were attacking a Karemma ship.As the crew work to elude and outwit the…

Star Trek: Discovery (2018) – Blu-Ray

The most controversial incarnation of Star Trek has come to blu-ray as season one comes home from Paramount Pictures. Featuring a gorgeous picture and sound transfer, no matter where you stand on the show itself, it looks and sounds amazing. Set after Star Trek: Enterprise, and a decade before The Original Series this incarnation of…

Star Trek: Voyager (1995) -Parturition, and Persistence of Vision

Captain’s log: stardate 49068.5 Jonathan Frakes directs this episode that was written by Tom Szollosi that first aired on 9 October, 1995. This episode sees the Tom Paris (Robert Duncan McNeill) – Kes (Jennifer Lien) – Neelix (Ethan Phillips) triangle finally dealt with and put to rest. Tom begins to realize he has feelings for…

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1995) – Indiscretion, and Rejoined

Station log: stardate unknown LeVar Burton directs this episode from a script by Nicholas Corea, from a story by Toni Marberty and Jack Trevino. It first aired on 23 October, 1995. Kira (Nana Visitor) and Gul Dukat (Marc Alaimo) go after a Cardassian freighter, the Ravinok, that disappeared six years ago. It served as a…

Star Trek: Voyager (1995) – Non Sequiter, and Twisted

Captain’s log: stardate 49011 Brannon Braga pens this Harry Kim (Garrett Wang) -centric episode that first aired on 25 September, 1995. Harry wakes up in San Francisco, never having been assigned to U.S.S. Voyager which is listed by Starfleet as missing and presumed lost. In San Francisco, Harry has been working on starship designs, but…

Star Trek: Voyager (1995) – Projections, and Elogium

Captain’s log: stardate 48892.1 Johnathan Frakes directs this Doctor (Robert Picardo) episode that was written by Brannon Braga and first aired on 11 September, 1995. When the holographic Doctor is activated, he discovers the ship is practically deserted but for Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), Torres (Roxann Dawson) and Neelix (Ethan Phillips) after a Kazon attack. With…

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…