When Klingons take control of Organia, a strategic planet between them and the Federation, Kirk rolls in to make the argument that while they, too, are basically colonizers, they’re not as bad as those other colonizers. Does the Federation’s lack of effort around trying to understand both the Organians and Klingons make war too easy? Shouldn’t war be the last resort?
When Klingons take control of Organia, a strategic planet between them and the Federation, Kirk rolls in to make the argument that while they, too, are basically colonizers, they’re not as bad as those other colonizers. Does the Federation’s lack of effort around trying to understand both the Organians and Klingons make war too easy? Shouldn’t war be the last resort?
A mining colony of New Yorkers starts reporting mysterious deaths in the caves. When Kirk and crew arrive, Spock makes a new friend and find that sometimes killers aren’t necessarily devils after all?
While visiting Planet Disney Ranch, the crew of the Enterprise get so high on flower spores that only a good ol’ fashioned Star Trek Fight will do. Are humans destined to work toward paradise forever? And why does this show spend so much energy on this “paradise” narrative?
Once again the Enterprise rolls up on a planet and starts calling all the shots like they own the place. Aren’t we supposed to first seek to understand different cultures and build an approach based on compassion and empathy? We’re not sure they got this one quite right.
The Enterprise encounters a sleeper ship full of GMO people from the eugenics wars of the 1990’s. Khan and the GMOs take over the Enterprise, but in the end Kirk dumps them on Ceti Alpha V. Is this wild west cowboy diplomacy out of place in 2267? Why all the admiration for GMO people anyway? And how does Khan remember Chekov in #TWOK if Chekov wasn’t even part of the cast yet?
While investigating the disappearance of the USS Archon, the Enterprise discovers a cult of Amish-turned-Jehovah’s Witnesses reenacting “The Purge”. The introduction of the Prime Directive doesn’t stop Kirk from making some questionable decisions. Don’t join a cult, kids!
Kirk is marched back to #Starfleet to defend his actions that led to the apparent death of Lt Cmdr Finney. Does Kirk’s prosecutor being a former fuck buddy create a conflict of interest? What’s a pod, where is it, what does it do, and why would you eject it? Why is Spock fucking off playing chess again? Why are there buttons & switches on the command chair anyway?
This good ol’ fashioned “what if we went back in time” time travel story was played more for entertainment than it was for the consequentialism of time travel. They can’t all be overwhelmingly philosophical! But don’t worry – even if your life turns out to make little to no impact in the world, perhaps your children will.