Station log: stardate 51948.3 Ronald D. Moore pens the teleplay for this episode from a story by Pam Pietroforte. It first aired on 10 June, 1998. The Defiant races towards an inhospitable planet after receiving a distress call from a Starfleet captain. It seems, the captain, Lisa Cusak (Debra Wilson) crashed in an escape pod,…
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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 (1998) – Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night, and Inquisition
Station log: stadate unknown Hans Beimler and Ira Steven Behr pen this Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor) story that first aired on 1 April, 1998. When the Cardassian, Dukat (Marc Alaimo) stuns Kira with the revelation that he claims her Bajoran mother was his lover during the occupation she turns to Sikso (Avery Brooks) not as…
Star Trek: Voyager (1998) – Retrospect, and The Killing Game
Captain’s log: stardate 51658.2 Bryan Fuller and Lisa Klink pen this Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) episode that came from a story by Andrew Shepard Price and Mark Gaberman. It first aired on 25 February, 1998. The Voyager is looking to upgrade some of its weapon systems as it continues through Hirogen space, and they…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1998) – Honor Among Thieves, and Change of Heart
Station log: stardate unknown Rene Echevarria pens this O’Brien (Colm Meaney) episode from a story by Philip Kim. It first aired on 25 February, 1998. O’Brien is recruited by Starfleet Intelligence to infiltrate an Orion Syndicate one of the largest criminal organizations in the Alpha Quadrant, and is required to befriend the man he is…
Star Trek: Voyager (1998) – Hunters, and Prey
Captain’s log: stardate 51501.4 Jeri Taylor pens this episode that first aired on 11 February, 1998. After briefly introducing the Hirogen in the previous episode, this one brings them right to the fore, as the Voyager enters Hirogen space and finds all manner of grief. They are like the Predator of the Star Trek universe,…
Star Trek: Timetrap (1988) – David Dvorkin
Space, the final frontier. David Dvorkin pens another Trek novel, and this one is a huge step up from his previous effort The Trellisane Confrontation, although the climax of the book plays out pretty quickly once it’s reached. The idea is well executed. The in-story continuity suggests the novel takes place after The Voyage Home,…
Star Trek: Voyager (1998) – Waking Moments, and Message in a Bottle
Captain’s log: stardate 51471.3 Andre Bormanis (who serves as the science consultant for both Voyager and Deep Space Nine) pens this episode that first aired on 14 January, 1998. The crew of the Voyager all seem to be suffering from night terrors, and all of them feature the exact same alien (Mark Colson) . Of…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1997/1998) – Statistical Probabilities, and The Magnificent Ferengi
Station log: stardate unknown Rene Echevarria pens the teleplay for this Bashir (Alexander Siddig) episode from a story by Pam Pietroforte that first aired on 24 November, 1997. Doctor Bashir has to confront his genetically engineered past again when a group of likewise engineered humans arrive on the station hoping he will help them integrate…
Star Trek: Voyager (1997) – Year of Hell: Part II, and Random Thoughts
Captain’s log: stardate 51425.4 Brannon Braga and Joe Menosky pen the conclusion to the intense two-parter Year of Hell. First airing on 12 November, 1997, the episode sees Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) attempting to rescue Chakotay (Robert Beltran) and Paris (Robert Duncan McNeill) from the Krenim while the Voyager limps along, on the verge of…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1997) – Favor the Bold, and Sacrifice of Angels
Station log: stardate unknown Ira Steven Behr and Hans Beimler pen the next part in The Dominion War arc, that sees Captain Sisko (Avery Brooks) developing a plan to retake the station, and wrest it from the joint forces of the Cardassians and the Dominion. Meanwhile, aboard the station Rom (Max Grodenchik) is charged as…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1997) – A Time to Stand, and Rocks and Shoals
Station log: stardate unknown Ira Steven Behr and Hans Beimler pen the season six opener, that picks up shortly after the end of the events in season five. It first debuted on 29 September, 1997. Captain Sisko (Avery Brooks) and his crew, now without a station, as the Cardassians have reclaimed it, use a stolen…
