ODS9EG - Trials and Tribble-ations

[Darth Paxis]

[Temujin]

A great review for a great episode.

I particularly love the bit about Kirk being a Man's Man's Man and strangling syphilis.

[Crossroads Inc.]

Im sorry but I am having a true "laugh out loud" moment by the "no STD ever had the courage to infect James T Kirk ever again

[Cecelia5578]

IIRC this was part of the 30th anniversary of Trek. Voyager also had a special TOS episode, (can't remember the name) dealing with Tuvok, Sulu and ST6. Compared to T and T, it was pretty mediocre, and a big waste of cast and money.

[Ghost Rider]

Ah, good times.

Tribbles, Sisko wanting to know what it is like to beat a lizard costume, Shatner's double, and Bashir about to pull a Fry.

[Big Orange]

IIRC this was part of the 30th anniversary of Trek. Voyager also had a special TOS episode, (can't remember the name) dealing with Tuvok, Sulu and ST6. Compared to T and T, it was pretty mediocre, and a big waste of cast and money.

"Flashback"?

It was OK in the way it blended the late 23rd century in with the 24th century, but it wasn't helped at all by George Takei's terribly pompous, stilted acting. "Trials and Tribulations" was cheesy fanwank, but it was a lot more fun and much needed tongue in cheek (like VOY's "Bride of Chaotica").

[JME2]

IIRC this was part of the 30th anniversary of Trek. Voyager also had a special TOS episode, (can't remember the name) dealing with Tuvok, Sulu and ST6. Compared to T and T, it was pretty mediocre, and a big waste of cast and money.

"Flashback"?

It was OK in the way it blended the late 23rd century in with the 24th century, but it wasn't helped at all by George Takei's terribly pompous, stilted acting. "Trials and Tribulations" was cheesy fanwank, but it was a lot more fun and much needed tongue in cheek (like VOY's "Bride of Chaotica").

Part of me still wishes the DS9 production team had gone with their original idea to revisit the events of "A Piece of the Action" and see Kirk's influence on the planet.

[Stofsk]

Nah. They should have done that regardless. Revisiting Tribbles was a great move and a fantastic homage to the original series.

[CaiusWickersham]

Sorry Chuck, but there are six Enterprises: Ent-prime, A-E. There isn't one before them.

[Eframepilot]

Sorry Chuck, but there are six Enterprises: Ent-prime, A-E. There isn't one before them.

The "Six" was indeed a reference to the E, but it's more fun to pretend that the forgotten sixth was Archer's.

[Gandalf]

Sorry Chuck, but there are six Enterprises: Ent-prime, A-E. There isn't one before them.

The "Six" was indeed a reference to the E, but it's more fun to pretend that the forgotten sixth was Archer's.

Maybe John Harriman is the Chris Benoit of Starfleet, and they've wiped him from their collective memories as well.

[JME2]

Sorry Chuck, but there are six Enterprises: Ent-prime, A-E. There isn't one before them.

The "Six" was indeed a reference to the E, but it's more fun to pretend that the forgotten sixth was Archer's.

Maybe John Harriman is the Chris Benoit of Starfleet, and they've wiped him from their collective memories as well.

It's unfortunate that our only on-screen glimpse of Harriman left much to be desired. Novels like Serpents Among the Ruins portrayed Harriman as a competent Captain -- not in Kirk's league of course, but qualified enough to handle the Enterprise legacy.

[Molyneux]

Sorry Chuck, but there are six Enterprises: Ent-prime, A-E. There isn't one before them.

Actually, long before Enterprise, there were references to a space craft named "Enterprise" - and not the space shuttle, either. It goes at least as far back as Star Trek: the Motion Picture.

[Instant Sunrise]

Captain John Harriman was quickly forgotten after he left the Enterprise-B in reverse and it went out the back of a spacedock and crashed on Earth.

[OsirisLord]

I love this episode. It's fun and doesn't take itself very seriously. On top of that you can tell that the entire cast was having a blast with it. I think if Star Trek was more like this, fun space opera that doesn't take itself too seriously, I probably would be kinder to it.

[FedRebel]

Captain John Harriman was quickly forgotten after he left the Enterprise-B in reverse and it went out the back of a spacedock and crashed on Earth.

I doubt that, he just got reassigned on...



...wait for it...






"Tuesday"

[Skylon]

Didn't catch this posted, but Chuck did a companion piece to the reviews of the two 30th anniversary episodes, comparing the two directly:



I loved the ripping on Janeway for her comments about how Kirk and company would be booted out of Starfleet in the 24th century.

[Patrick Degan]

"Trials And Tribbleations" was goofy, but the sheer effort the DS9 production crew put in to duplicate the whole look of the TOS world, down to finding now-rare materials to reconstruct set props exactly as they were fashioned back in that time, earned my respect for this episode and for the producers. That's having respect for the primary source. Berman and Braga could not have comprehended such a concept on their best day.