Tag: the Roddenberry Box

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  • What Star Trek isn’t

    What Star Trek isn’t

    Like many from the TNG Generation, I’m enjoying the third season of Star Trek: Picard, although — like, I’m hoping, at least a few of us — I feel a bit silly about it. I’m aware that, for example, my visceral glee at the prologue of the first episode was largely due to the fact…

  • Blogging the Next Generation: “The Pegasus”

    Blogging the Next Generation: “The Pegasus”

    “’Captain Picard Day?’” One of the few great episodes of Season Seven, “The Pegasus” is a tight morality play which also bears the distinction of being my introduction to the wonderful Terry O’Quinn, who plays the antagonist-of-the-week, Admiral Eric Pressman. It’s the sort of Starfleet-against-itself storyline that certainly wouldn’t have flown in Roddenberry’s lifetime, but…