Tag: Kate Mulgrew
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STAR TREK REWIND: “False Profits”
“We have to out-Ferengi… the Ferengi.” Captain Janeway? Neelix? The crew of Voyager? Outwitted by a couple of Ferengi on a distant planet in the Delta Quadrant? Is this possible? The U.S.S. Voyager picks up what appears to be a wormhole and investigate a nearby Class-M planet where Chakotay and Paris discover something less than…
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STAR TREK REWIND: “First Con-tact”
“The sand is dancing.” When we last left the Ferengi (Deep Space Nine’s series finale, “What You Leave Behind”), it seemed they were on the cusp of a grand experiment. The experiment involved the liberation of females. Sorry if I’m spoiling a 23-year-old episode for everybody but Grand Nagus Zek (played by Wallace Shawn) retires…
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STAR TREK REWIND: “Kobayashi”
“I’ve blown up so many times… I see now the only way out is chaos.” It was inevitable that we would get a silly (by comparison) episode of Prodigy, but (and this is important) it’s not silly on the order of Lower Decks. It’s kind-of embarrassing when one has to consider Lower Decks as part…
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STAR TREK REWIND: “Flashback”
“Structure. Logic. Function. Control. The structure cannot stand without a foundation. Logic is the foundation of function. Function is the essence of control. I am in control. I am in control.” To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the franchise, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine produced episodes featuring characters from the Original…
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STAR TREK REWIND: “Basics, Part I,” “Basics, Part II”
“A fitting end for a people who would not share their technology. Let’s see if you manage to survive…without it.” The Kazon were never my idea of a “worthy” adversary for the crew of the U.S.S. Voyager, primarily because of their reputation for stealing technology (they’re almost a nomadic version of the Borg but strangely…
Misadventures in Blissville 