Voyager not only broke the mold of previous series of Star Trek for introducing the first woman captain as a lead, but had several important female friendships throughout the series – Captain Janeway and B’Elanna Torres, who bonded over their…
Tuvix – both the episode and the character – is one of the most divisive parts of the early seasons of Voyager. Did Janeway do the morally right thing by forcing Tuvix to separate back into Tuvok and Neelix? Should…
Vulcan society was introduced early in The Original Series through Spock, who was the only member of the original pilot “The Cage” to make it into the new pilot, “The Man Trap.” Throughout TOS Spock tried to uphold the Vulcan…
Sarek, the father of Spock, became one of the most recurring characters in Star Trek, appearing in The Original Series, The Animated Series, several of the TOS moviest, and even as one of the few Vulcans to appear on The…
When season 2 of The Next Generation premiered, the audience was introduced to one of Trek’s most divisive characters – Doctor Katherine Pulaski. Taking over for Doctor Beverly Crusher as the CMO on the Enterprise, Pulaski was criticized from the…
“The Child,” in which Deanna Troi is impregnated unwillingly and unknowingly by an alien being and forced to experience a rapid pregnancy before giving birth to a son, is one of the most infamous episodes of The Next Generation. You…
Louise Fletcher’s recent passing means another Trek great is gone. This is especially striking because she held the distinction of playing one of the most notable female villains in Star Trek and one who was almost more hated than the…
Jennifer Sisko may be one of the only characters in Star Trek who is “fridged” in two different universes. Instead of being a traditional redshirt death, where a character dies to prove how dangerous the situation is, Jennifer Sisko’s death…