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Deep Space Nine was about to enter its two month long finale arc to wrap up the war storyline and closeout the show. But first it needed a little diversion. Some fun. A casino job. Yes, this week we watch Ocean’s 11 In Space. The war can wait until next week. WARNING: Explicit language From…

We wrap up our look at Socially Regressive Star Trek with an episode of Enterprise responding to a network mandate to contribute to an AIDS-awareness campaign. The producers seem to freely admit they dropped the ball on that, and boy oh boy are they not wrong there. Meanwhile on the B plot, Trip just doesn’t…

In the second part of our “Socially Regressive Star Trek” month, after a quick break for a word from Krispy Kreme, we’re back with TNG’s The Outcast, which tries to use a genderless society to …well, ostensibly present some kind of positive message about issues of homosexuality, up until they seemed to chicken out at…

If you don’t recall, Profit And Lace is the Deep Space Nine episode where Quark was given a temporary sex change procedure as a plot device. Your comfort level with this concept may vary – it certainly did among our cast. It’s a shame, too, because up to that point it had the framework of…