Trek Talk: Starfleet Panel
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 1 wrapped and a panel of trusted Trekkies goes episode by episode through the entire first season and gives each one a Trek Rank — our 1 to 10 scale for judging Star Trek the way it deserves to be judged.
On March 22 the panel of trusted Trekkies: Maiamama-calling up justice, grant-curiosity paradox, Luticha-catalyst consulting associates, and G.J.-one free community gathered to rank the episodes of Star Fleet academy from the sisko to winn. Our Goal was to rank all of the episodes. Number one, the best being the Sisko and the worst being the wind. So, for those who may not know, Sisko is awesome, so obviously, he number one, and Kai Winn being, the most evil of villains in all of Star Trek.
A Trek Rank is exactly what it sounds like: an excuse to get together and judge Star Trek. As true fans, we have a responsibility to be hypercritical. We love this franchise — we’re not here to say certain Star Treks aren’t Star Trek. We’re here to have a real conversation about what each episode did and didn’t do, and put a number on it together.
All 10 episodes. One panel, Two Live stream conversation. Watch the replay below as we chat, argue, and rank the episodes.
The group got nerdy as we reflected on each episode; on how we felt, why we felt that episode ranked the way we ranked it, and had dialogue back and forth when we disagreed. The overall consensus was that SAM is the most lovable character. Everyone loves SAM. It’s not as CW as some will tell you. Several great characters without enough room to grow.
Maiamama, Claudia, and Luticha gushed about how SAM’s hair was allowed to be fully Black and girly by switching up hairstyles, a first for Star Trek. To see what the overall rankings were and to join the discourse, tune into YouTube and Twitch!
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Maiamama regularly livestreams discussing Star Trek episodes and reading Star Trek books. Producer Claudia Alick and others join as guests. Current livestreams are Thursdays at 4:00PST on Calling Up Justice Twitch Channel. Visit the Extra’s page for short video star trek reviews, recaps, and random.
