Star Trek Reviews

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

First Generation: 1964-1986
The Original Series

Third Generation: 2009-present
Kelvinverse films*, Discovery**, Picard, Lower Decks, Prodigy, & Strange New Worlds**

* Note: The term "Kelvinverse" or sometimes called "Kelvin timeline" refers to these films existing in an alternate universe spun off from the prime canon by the first Kelvinverse film. The Kelvinverse shares canon with Ent, but not with TOS or chronologically later series. Kelvinverse productions are highlighted in orange.

** Note: The term "Discoveryverse" refers to the editorial stance of this publication that Discovery and Strange New Worlds exist in an alternate universe similar to the Kelvin timeline. An in-story (spoiler-filled) justification for this determination exists in Discovery 2x11's review which splits off Discovery from the main canon after Ent but before TOS similar to the Kelvinverse. While this stance on canon is not supported by Star Trek's producers, it is the best way to resolve the substantial problems that Discovery and Strange New Worlds present to Star Trek's overall canon, so we must hope the producers endorse it some day or at least avoid contradicting it. Discoveryverse productions are highlighted in purple.

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Date
My Rating
Fan Ratings
Synopsis
Problems
Factoids
Remarkable Scenes
Comments
Fan Commentary
Episode Commentator Date
TNG: Skin of Evil Jake Sisko 2023-03-09
Ent: Kir'Shara The HMS Obumpresidency 2023-03-03
Ent: The Breach Subcommander T'Obummer 2023-02-23
Ent: The Communicator Subcommander O'bummer 2023-02-21
Ent: Unexpected President Obummer 2023-02-15
DS9: In the Pale Moonlight Cthulu 2023-02-06
TNG: Birthright, Part II Cthulu 2023-02-06
TNG: Up The Long Ladder Poutine_On_The_Ritz 2023-02-01
DS9: Body Parts Rob Uk 2023-01-25
DS9: Body Parts Alex 2023-01-17
TNG: The Outrageous Okona MJ 2023-01-17
Voy: Author, Author MrSoftware 2023-01-09
Voy: Emanations Mitchell O 2023-01-01
TOS: Balance of Terror Alan Feldman 2022-12-02
TOS: The Man Trap star Bird 2022-11-17
DS9: Empok Nor Empok Obummer 2022-10-25
DS9: For the Uniform The Orb of Obampresidency 2022-10-22
DS9: Body Parts The Obam-Hadar 2022-10-18
DS9: Sons of Mogh The Bok Obummer 2022-10-16
DS9: Take Me Out to the Holosuite floreign 2022-09-15
DS9: Chimera floreign 2022-09-15
TOS: Balance of Terror Orac 2022-09-13
DS9: Heart of Stone fL0reign 2022-09-08
TOS: The Enterprise Incident Alan Feldman 2022-08-25
TOS: Spock's Brain Alan Feldman 2022-08-25
Movie: Star Trek I: The Motion Picture Alan Feldman 2022-08-04
DS9: Necessary Evil Luke 2022-08-03
Voy: Ashes to Ashes maggie 2022-07-06
TOS: The Doomsday Machine Alan Feldman 2022-06-25
TOS: The Doomsday Machine Alan Feldman 2022-06-25
Episode Fan Rating My Rating Date
TOS: The Man Trap 9 3 2023-03-25
TOS: Day of the Dove 4 8 2023-03-25
TNG: Q Who 10 9 2023-03-25
TNG: The Big Goodbye 0 5 2023-03-25
TOS: The Gamesters of Triskelion 0 3 2023-03-23
TOS: Errand of Mercy 6 8 2023-03-23
TOS: Shore Leave 4 8 2023-03-23
TOS: Court Martial 0 5 2023-03-23
TOS: A Piece of the Action 4 6 2023-03-23
TOS: Balance of Terror 0 10 2023-03-23
TOS: The Paradise Syndrome 0 7 2023-03-22
LD: Second Contact 7 6 2023-03-22
TOS: The Conscience of the King 8 5 2023-03-22
TOS: Court Martial 4 5 2023-03-21
TOS: The Ultimate Computer 0 8 2023-03-21
TOS: The Enemy Within 0 2 2023-03-19
TOS: All Our Yesterdays 3 7 2023-03-19
TOS: The Menagerie, Part I 10 7 2023-03-18
TOS: The Gamesters of Triskelion 0 3 2023-03-17
DS9: Sanctuary 0 2 2023-03-17
TOS: Who Mourns for Adonais? 0 1 2023-03-16
Voy: Think Tank 3 7 2023-03-16
DS9: Emissary, Part II 0 6 2023-03-16
TNG: Where Silence Has Lease 6 6 2023-03-16
Dis: The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry 0 1 2023-03-15
TOS: A Taste of Armageddon 10 4 2023-03-14
Ent: Cold Front 5 5 2023-03-14
TOS: The Cage 6 6 2023-03-14
Voy: Scorpion, Part II 10 10 2023-03-13
TOS: The Mark of Gideon 6 1 2023-03-13

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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