Written by Theodore Sturgeon and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Joseph Pevney Amok Time is the first episode of the second season and starts that season off as strongly as the last one ended. […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – The Menagerie – For Years, the Only Way to See the Original Pilot
Written by Gene RoddenberryDirected by Marc Daniels For anyone who doesn’t know the story behind the original Star Trek series, the first pilot was scrapped for a variety of reasons by the […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – What Are Little Girls Made Of
Written by Robert Bloch and Gene RoddenberryDirected by James Goldstone I can remember going to Star Trek conventions and hearing those who worked on the original Star Trek series back in the […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – The Naked Time
Written by John D.F. Black and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Marc Daniels With the introduction of a character who was from an entirely different race of beings, Star Trek needed time to get […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Dark Page
Written by Hilary Bader, Rene Echevarria, and Naren ShankarDirected by Les Landau The Enterprise is transporting the Cairn, a species of humanoids that communicates through telepathy. Lwaxana Troi (portrayed by Majel Barrett-Roddenberry), […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Cost of Living
Written by Peter Allan FieldsDirected by Winrich Kolbe Although the show opens with the Enterprise blowing up a potentially dangerous asteroid before it enters a planet’s atmosphere, giving viewers the impression this […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Half a Life
Written by Peter Allan Fields, Ted Roberts, David Carren, J. Larry Carroll, Joe Menosky, and Ronald D. MooreDirected by Les Landau Probably the most remarkable point I’ve taken from this episode is […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Menage a Troi
Written by Fred Bronson, Susan Sackett, and Ronald D. MooreDirected by Robert Legato Every now and then, just when you think Star Trek: The Next Generation is taking itself way too seriously, […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Manhunt
Written by Tracy Torme, Hans Beimler, Richard Manning, and Melinda M. SnodgrassDirected by Rob Bwman In the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation, we were introduced to Lwaxana Troi, the […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Haven
Written by Tracy Torme and Lan O’KunDirected by Richard Compton On rewatching this episode it was hard to put my finger on just what was wrong with it. The premise is simple […]
Thoughts From the Mountain Top 