The Greatest Generation

When B’Elanna Torres tries one of her door-opening strategies on another engineer’s head, she remands him to the care of a shrinking holo-doctor. But when other heads start to ache all over the ship, the problem turns out to be coming from not from a fist, but from a butthole...

When the USS Voyager pursues a Maquis ship on a high-speed chase across the galaxy, they end up stranded far from home. But when they encounter an aging alien bent on reproduction, Captain Janeway will have to make a hard decision about saving some strangers or saving themselves. Do starships have “Rambo Resumes”? Can just anyone get the con? What are you doing, Rollins? It’s the episode that’s 100% Drago!

We spend this episode looking back on all of Deep Space Nine, one of the most celebrated series in the Star Trek franchise. We talk about beloved characters, favorite villains, areas where the show slipped up, and others where it was sublime. And most importantly we nominate episodes our Mount Armus, Mount Knuckmore, and a new, third kind of mountain.

When the war against the Dominion reaches its apex, Changeleader is in danger of exceeding her sell by date. But when Captain Sisko confronts the prophets for the final time, it turns out that his character isn’t the only one saying goodbye. Does the Kosst Amojan have Cliff’s Notes? Which physical activity is best while wearing vestments? Is the Galaxy Class a renewable resource? It’s the episode that ends in an EECU!

When Sisko and the gang take delivery of a new Little D, it’s a glimmer of hope for the end of the war. But when Damar’s resistance is crushed by the Dominion, the last cell has to take refuge in Garak’s old basement...

When time starts running out for Dr. Bashir to find a cure to Odo’s illness, he and Chief O’Brien resort to a desperate plan that would be right at home in a taut, mid-90’s movie thriller. But when they choose not to tell anyone about their plan, the away mission becomes more of a headache than they bargained for. How dangerous is being around a Changeling when they die? Why does the uncaged bird sing? Where should you keep the good stuff? It’s the episode that’s a maniac on the bio bed!

When Kira and Garak begin to turn Demar and his men into Maquis, they force Odo’s case of dandruff into the terminal stage. But when Bashir’s efforts to cure Section 31’s biological attack on the Founders comes up short, he and O’Brien will have to resort to their own cloak and dagger methods. Is Section 31 worse than Kevin? Why do we know what Cardassian balls look like? Is that one of Gowron’s men, or his stunt double? It’s the episode that woke up with ‘morning phaser.’

When Colonel Kira, Odo and Garak go behind enemy lines, they’re there to do more than take pictures. But when Dr. Bashir starts experimenting on what Odo left behind, he finds a dark secret with dangerous implications. How much do Klingon warriors know about the K’Tang? Do the Priority One messages work like sandwiches? Is a cut to the wide shot a form of self-care? It’s the episode that won’t do shots with management!

When Kai Winn gets impatient with her new evil overlords, she begins to do research into the Joy of Kosst Amojen. But when the Breen start to heat the war up, Starfleet will have to make a last stand at Wolf 369. How does the math pencil out with Ezri’s heartbreak calculus? Who’s getting on that last shuttle out of ‘Sco? Who is the Bajoran Postmaster General? It’s the episode where we came to start wreck about Star Trek.

When Worf and Ezri Dax are sentenced to death, help comes from an unexpected source. But after Kai Winn starts getting prophet visions, her career aspirations depend on her changing religions. Does anybody win an argument fought with spices? What’s the best way to dispose of a Weyoun? How to you clean a dirty mirror? It’s the episode that goes from one fruit bowl to the next!