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K'Ehleyr was a female Klingon -human hybrid introduced in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode The Emissary , and the first wife of Worf .

She was portrayed by Suzie Plakson, who also portrayed Doctor Selar, a Female Q, and an Andorian named Tarah in other Star Trek related productions.

The product of a Klingon father and a human mother, K'Ehleyr was born in the first half of the 24th century. In the 2350s she was an emissary leading a group of Klingon cadets when she met a young Starfleet cadet named Worf . Working with Worf and the other cadets they were able to save a joint Klingon-Federation colony from an attack. She and Worf entered into a relationship in 2359 but didn't proceed as neither were ready to commit to a relationship.

K'Ehleyr and Worf met again in 2365 when K'Ehleyr was dispatched to the USS Enterprise -D to help deal with the Klingon ship IKS T'Ong , which had on an extended mission where the crew had been in cryosleep for over seven decades. The crew awoke not knowing the Federation and Klingons were now allies. Her visit forced her and Worf to confront their feelings for each other, and the pair made love after a Klingon exercise session on the holodeck, resulting in the conception of a child. Afterwards Worf wanted to immediately marry K'Ehleyr, but she refused to take the oath with Worf and become his wife.

Working with Worf and the Enterprise crew, the pair were able to successfully devise a means of peacefully resolving the situation with the T'Ong without having to destroy the vessel. K'Ehleyr boarded the T'Ong and spent the next three days bringing the Klingons up to speed on the 24th century until other Klingon ships could arrive and escort the T'Ong back to base.

Shortly after having her and Worf's child, who she named Alexander, K'Ehleyr was named the Federation 's ambassador to the Klingon Empire. She spent most of her time working out of the Federation embassy on Qo'noS, and Alexander never left the compound when he lived with her.

K'Ehleyr and Alexander accompanied the dying Chancellor K'mpec to meet Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the Enterprise in 2367. With K'mpec dying the threat of a Klingon civil war was high as various contenders would fight for control of the Empire. She also wanted Worf to meet Alexander. Recently discommended by the High Council, Worf was unwilling to acknowledge K'Ehleyr as his wife nor acknowledge Alexander as his son.

Determined to figure out what happened to Worf, K'Ehleyr began her own investigations, which had the unfortunate effect of alerting Worf's enemy Duras when she used her diplomatic codes to access Klingon computer files on Duras and the Klingon High Council's inquiries into the Khitomer massacre. K'Ehleyr was then murdered by Duras. She died in Worf's arms with their son Alexander present. As this was the first time Alexander had seen someone die, Worf told him to look upon his mother's deceased form and always remember death. Boarding Duras's ship, Worf claimed the right of vengeance against Duras on the grounds that K'Ehleyr was his wife.

After her death K'Ehleyr's body was transported to Earth and buried in New York City's Woodlawn Cemetery. After Worf himself became Federation Ambassador to the Empire, he visited her grave for the first time. He told his friend Martok about K'Ehleyr during the Dominion War when Alexander joined the crew of the Rotarran during the war.

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Biology [ ]

They were a large and physically powerful people with an average height of over 2.5 meters and weighed over 150 kilograms. ( TNG - Intelligence Gathering comic : " A Matter of Dates "; FASA RPG module : The Orions: Book of Common Knowledge )

The Kaylar were noted for their aggression and were capable of a battle-frenzy that made them hard to stop with non-lethal weapons. ( TNG - Intelligence Gathering comic : " A Matter of Dates "; FASA RPG module : The Orions: Book of Common Knowledge )

There were thought to be only around 100,000 Kaylar across Rigel VII in the late 23rd century . ( FASA RPG module : The Orions: Book of Common Knowledge )

Culture [ ]

The Kaylar of Rigel VII were rated D-plus on the Richter Scale of Culture ( ST references : Star Trek Maps , The Worlds of the Federation ), known as primitive and savage, while their civilization was limited to towns, some agriculture. ( FASA RPG module : The Orions: Book of Common Knowledge )

The Kaylar preferred to be nomadic and unsettled however, and slaves and mercenaries soon fell back to this state when their owners' empires collapsed. ( Decipher RPG module : Worlds )

They were strongly territorial and xenophobic, and by the late 23rd century there had never been a successful contact that didn't end in bloodshed. The Kaylar preferred their solitude. ( FASA RPG module : The Orions: Book of Common Knowledge ; ST reference : The Worlds of the Federation )

Aton , a 24th century Kaylar.

Their most advanced weapons were catapults, swords, spears ( FASA RPG module : The Orions: Book of Common Knowledge ) and other primitive hand weapons ( Decipher RPG module : Worlds ). Kaylar warriors and construction workers mid- 24th century wielded large swords and axes in addition to energy weapons . ( TNG - Intelligence Gathering comic : " A Matter of Dates ")

They were expert in the ways of Rigel VII's powerful and erratic tides, however, and many were skilled mariners. They could sail across the dangerous oceans on ships that were huge in size but quite light, long, narrow, and shallow-bottomed. They were also known for skills in construction. ( FASA RPG module : The Orions: Book of Common Knowledge ; TNG - Intelligence Gathering comic : " A Matter of Dates ")

The Kaylar also typically had heavily decorated left arms. ( TNG - Intelligence Gathering comic : " A Matter of Dates ")

History [ ]

The Kaylar were suspected to be originally native to Rigel V , but were taken as mercenaries and slaves and settled on Rigel II , IV , and VII , where they quickly returned to nomadic life-styles once their masters' empires collapsed. ( Decipher RPG module : Worlds )

In 2254 , a USS Enterprise landing party under the command of Captain Christopher Pike was attacked by the Kalar on Rigel VII. Two crewmen were killed in the attack, while one, Yeoman Zac Nguyen , was presumed dead but was in fact left behind on the planet. ( TOS episode : " The Cage "; SNW episode : " Among the Lotus Eaters ")

The memory of the Kaylar attack was used by the Talosians when they held Captain Pike of the Enterprise captive. To help draw Pike into the illusion his fellow captive, Vina , purposefully overplayed her role as damsel-in-distress to keep Pike from rationalizing the experience, too distracted defending her from the attacking Kaylar. ( TOS episode : " The Cage "; TOS novel : Burning Dreams )

In 2259 , the Enterprise revisited Rigel VII, where Pike found out that Nguyen survived and became a leader of the Kalar as "High Lord Zacarias". ( SNW episode : " Among the Lotus Eaters ")

Administrator Areen battling Lieutenant Worf.

In the 2360s , a group of over two hundred Kaylar, led by Administrator Areen , were involved in a joint venture with a group of unrelated Rigelians to establish a new Federation colony on the planet Votar VII . The Kaylar were contracted to provide construction and repair services for suitable compensation. In 2368 , the Rigelians attempted to renegotiate their contract with the Kaylar laborers and tried to force a lower rate of compensation upon them. The Kaylar refused the terms of the new contract and in response launched an attack on a dam and a power planet, "repossessing" the facility, and cutting the power it provided, plunging the colony into darkness.

The Rigelians believed that the Kaylar would destroy the dam if their demands weren't met, and prepared to abandon the colony. As Votar was a strategically important location to the Federation, Starfleet sent the USS Enterprise -D to mediate the dispute. Early attempts at diplomacy and a non-lethal assault led by Worf were met with resistance from the Kaylar as the Rigelians had convinced them the Federation would side with them and force the Kaylar out. Meanwhile, the Kaylar had no intention of destroying that which they'd built. Once these facts came to light, Worf was able to clear the waters and bring both sides to the negotiation table to find an amicable resolution to their dispute. ( TNG comic : " A Matter of Dates ")

Early Voyages continuity [ ]

After centuries of specialized breeding, the Kaylar developed to be quite different from the average Rigellian , being a good deal taller and stronger. ( EV comic : " Our Dearest Blood ")

Historically, the Kaylar played a major part in Rigel's warlike society. ( EV comic : " Our Dearest Blood ") In the 2250s , when Rigel VII sought to join the United Federation of Planets , the Kaylar faced being disbanded as Rigel attempted to move its society forward from its warlike routes. The Zemtar fortress , a traditional Kaylar barracks, was to be the site of Rigel VII's admission ceremony. ( EV comic : " Our Dearest Blood ")

However, Rigel VII did not join the Federation due to a Kaylar coup on the eve of the planet's admission. The Kaylar attacks lead to the deaths of three crewpersons from the USS Enterprise and injuries to seven others. The incident shocked much of Rigellian society, spurring them to continue their reformations, to remove the more barbaric elements of their society with the aim of eventually reclaiming its place in the Federation. ( EV comics : " Our Dearest Blood ", " Nor Iron Bars a Cage ")

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Background [ ].

There have been differing depictions of Kalar or Kaylar over a number of sources. The ST references : Star Trek Maps , The Worlds of the Federation , Star Charts describe the "Kalar" or "Kaylar" as the dominant species of their homeworld, but describe them as primitive and pre-industrial, and have Rigel VII be an avoided and quarantined world (likely by the Prime Directive ) after failed first contacts. The Decipher RPG module : Worlds follows suit, but places on several worlds of the Rigel system , having them be the descendants of slaves and mercenaries deposited there by ancient masters (by context, these are likely to be of the Orion Empires ).

TNG comic : " A Matter of Dates ", set in the 24th century, has them as a somewhat civilized warrior people in their own right, employed in Federation colony construction, indicating a century of advancement. It also depicts Kaylar of much more typically humanoid sizes than in other appearances before SNW , which also has depicts them as identical to Humans.

On the other hand, the EV comic : " Our Dearest Blood " makes the Kaylar merely a sub-culture of the more advanced Rigelians, prospective Federation members at the time others place first contact.

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Captain Picard is outfitted with everything needed for a Starfleet officer. He comes equipped with the following accessories:

• Type II hand phaser : The phaser can be worn in a black holster that magnetically attaches to the pants.
• TR-580 Tricorder VII : This standard tricorder can be opened or worn in a holster.
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• Teacup : A clear teacup with Captain Picard’s Earl Grey tea.
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard ( Star Trek: The Next Generation ) - "Essential" Version with Duty Uniform

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• Type II hand phaser : The phaser can be worn in a black holster that magnetically attaches to the pants.
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard ( Star Trek: The Next Generation ) - "Essential" Version with "Darkmok" Uniform

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The " Darmok" Uniform consists of:

• Casual jacket : Simulated microsuede jacket with black shoulders. The "Darmok" jacket casual uniform variant was designed by Robert Blackman at the request of Patrick Stewart to make Captain Picard stand out from the rest of his crew and because Stewart wasn't happy with the uncomfortable standard duty uniforms. Producer David Livingston commented, "The genesis of the design was that submarine and aircraft commanders sometimes have a jacket that's special." In its first appearance, the jacket featured leather-like shoulders; however, in all other appearances, the shoulders were microsuede, with a synthetic fiber resembling suede used for the burgundy division color.
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The Kalars , or Kalarans , were a species native to the planet Rigel VII in the Alpha Quadrant . Most were similar in build to average Humans , although some were notably larger. In the 23rd century , the Kalars were Bronze Age pre-warp warriors who primarily relied on weapons such as armor , swords , spears , pikes , and maces .

In 2254 , Captain Christopher Pike of the starship USS Enterprise had a violent encounter with a Kalar on Rigel VII, during which two of his own crew members were killed, seven were injured, and one was presumed dead and left behind. ( SNW : " Among the Lotus Eaters "; TOS : " The Cage ")

Captain Pike later blamed himself for this, claiming that his own complacency was the reason the Kalar had been able to successfully attack them. ( TOS : " The Cage ", " The Menagerie, Part I ")

Until 2259 , the civilization's growth was hampered by radiation from a crashed asteroid that was impeding memory development in the vast majority of the population. After returning to Rigel VII and becoming aware of the asteroid, the Enterprise lifted it off the planet, with Captain Pike dispelling any Prime Directive concerns by arguing that it was not part of the planet's natural development. ( SNW : " Among the Lotus Eaters ")

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Appendices [ ]

Appearances [ ].

• " The Cage " ( illusion )
• " The Menagerie, Part I " (illusion; archive footage)
• SNW : " Among the Lotus Eaters "

Background information [ ]

The story outline for "The Cage" (as reprinted in The Making of Star Trek , pp. 47-65) includes an illusion similar to the one in which Pike is challenged with protecting Vina from this type of warrior. However, that early version of the scenario incorporates multiple such beings, described in the outline as "hairy manlike creatures," bipedal and armed with medieval weaponry that is not specifically described. ( The Making of Star Trek , p. 50)

In the second revised final draft script of "The Cage", the Enterprise 's commanding officer (at that point known as Captain James Winter) mentions the Kalar by saying its species name, during a discussion with Doctor Phil Boyce . However, the name "Kalar" is said only once in that episode's final version (in footage that was reused in " The Menagerie, Part II "), spoken by Vina , shortly before the reenacted battle scene. The conversation in which Pike talks about the Kalar with Dr. Boyce is still present in the final version of "The Cage" (as well as in " The Menagerie, Part I "), though he indirectly refers to it as "one of their warriors."

In the script for "The Cage", the sound produced by the Kalar is initially described as " a strange bellowing like a man-beast creature in a rage. " When the Kalar first appears in the episode, it is physically characterized as " a huge Neanderthal-like figure [....] It is humanoid, huge, hairy, with carnivore's fangs, clad in a strangely shaped armor breastplate and helmet, brandishing a deadly looking mace. "

In November 1964 , the Standards and Practices Department of NBC sent a memo which, as well as commenting on various other aspects of the script for "The Cage", politely advised that the production team "avoid camera angles that would feature the lance protruding from the giant creature's back" and "exercise caution when the creature falls to the compound below." ( Star Trek Creator: The Authorized Biography of Gene Roddenberry , pp. 207 & 208)

The name of this species is spelled "Kaylar" in the official reference book Star Trek Encyclopedia and the closed captioning on the 2005 DVD set erroneously interprets Vina saying the name as "killer" rather than "Kalar." However, the name is spelled "Kalar" in the script of "The Cage". James Blish , in his adaptation of "The Menagerie, Part I" and "The Menagerie, Part II" as "The Menagerie" in the book Star Trek 4 , also noted that the species was "Kalar." Blish worked from the actual scripts used in filming, noting that they were " heavily revised in various handwritings (and in which Pike confusingly appears from time to time as 'Captain Spring' and 'Captain Winter'). "

A Kalar was illustrated on the front cover of A Child's Garden of Lifeforms in Our Galaxy . ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion , p. 579)

The reference books Star Trek Maps , The Worlds of the Federation and Star Trek: Star Charts , which all used the "Kalar" spelling, describe the Kalar as pre-industrial. Star Trek Maps (p. 29) and The Worlds of the Federation describe the species as rated D-plus on the Richter scale of culture , while Star Trek: Star Charts (p. 54) describes Pike's encounter as the first contact with the species, details the Kalar as being the dominant species of Rigel VII and characterizes the world as being quarantined without any aligned political system, pending development of warp drive . Whereas Star Trek: Star Charts (p. 54) gives Rigel VII a population of 725,000, Star Trek Maps (p. 29) cites a population of only 10,000 for the planet.

Apocrypha [ ]

The Star Trek: Early Voyages comic " Our Dearest Blood " greatly expands on Pike's original encounter with the Kalar, and Kalar culture in general. In the comic, the Kalar are shown to be a warrior caste in a humanoid Rigelian species. As Rigel VII aims to join the Federation , the Kalar are threatened with being disbanded and conduct a coup. The attacks made by the Kalar in the coup are those which lead to the casualties and fatalities described in "The Cage".

The novel Burning Dreams expands on Vina's point of view of the Talosian's illusory Kalar encounter. It describes her playing up to her role as damsel-in-distress to assist in the Talosians' plan to have Pike fall in love with her and stay on Talos. From her viewpoint, she screams melodramatically and purposefully knocks things over to attract the attention of the Kalar, to try and draw Pike into the illusion by being too distracted with defending her to rationalize the Kalar as not being real.

The Star Trek: The Next Generation - Intelligence Gathering issue " A Matter of Dates " depicts a group of Kalar co-founding a new Federation colony with the Rigelians in the 2360s . In the comic, the Kalar work as laborers, building and servicing the infrastructure of the colony. Unfortunately, the cooperative venture is soured when the Rigelians try to renegotiate their contract with the Kalar workers, to give the Kalar less compensation for their work. This act provokes the Kalar into repossessing the dam they had built, which provided power to the colony, which in turn leads Starfleet to send in the USS Enterprise -D to mediate the dispute.

Both comics and the novel used the spelling "Kaylar" for the name of the species.

According to the novel Tower of Babel , the Kalar were a racial group of Zami (the Vulcanoid Rigelian species mentioned in " Journey to Babel " and " Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges ") native to Rigel IV who terrorized and enslaved their neighbors in the pre-spaceflight era. After making first contact, the more technologically-advanced Jelna of Rigel V helped the Zami forcibly relocate the Kalar to Rigel VII.

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The Enterprise addresses the emergency of an old Klingon ship coming out of stasis and ready to fight the Federation. A half-Human/half Klingon emissary arrives to help, who once knew Worf i... Read all The Enterprise addresses the emergency of an old Klingon ship coming out of stasis and ready to fight the Federation. A half-Human/half Klingon emissary arrives to help, who once knew Worf intimately. The Enterprise addresses the emergency of an old Klingon ship coming out of stasis and ready to fight the Federation. A half-Human/half Klingon emissary arrives to help, who once knew Worf intimately.

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[the Enterprise approaches the T'Ong, a Klingon battle cruiser]

Lt. Commander Data : Sensors show life forms aboard, but I am unable to ascertain whether they are awake or dormant; however, their propulsion system is inactive, so I would hypothesize that the crew is asleep.

[the Klingon ship fires at them]

Lt. Commander Data : However, I could be in error.

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Worf (Michael Dorn) , like many of TV's "tough guy" characters, spends more time getting his butt kicked than kicking butt. Through Dorn's imposing performance, fans of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" fans understand that Worf is not only ready to step in and protect the Enterprise with only a split-second notice, but that he is also perfectly capable in a fight. Worf is often seen practicing martial arts, engaging in phaser target practice, or honing his skills with a bat'leth.

However, whenever an intruder or villain actually does appear on the Enterprise, the makers of "Next Generation" have to demonstrate how threatening they are by showing them thrashing poor Worf. Oh no, the audience thinks in those moments, this new intruder is so strong, they can just fling Worf aside like a paper doll. The conceit is dramatically satisfying, of course, but it also ensures that there will be more raw footage of Worf being roughed up than footage of Worf actually apprehending miscreants. Sometimes, it seems that he spends more time getting knocked down than standing upright.

This is good news for Worf's stunt doubles, who often get to throw themselves back onto the ground or be pushed aggressively over that attractive wooden swoop-shaped countertop on the Enterprise bridge. In many cases, Dorn did those stunts himself, happy to do some of the light tumbling and less dangerous body work required. Over the years, however, Dorn learned which stunts were more likely to injure him and which ones he was able to do safely. He talked about the balance of stunts in a 2023 interview with TrekMovie , explaining the hard lessons he learned after sustaining minor injuries.

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Dorn was never pressured into doing dangerous stunts, although he does recall that the producers of "Next Generation" were a little miffed, in certain rare instances, that they had to hire a stunt double. Dorn, for his part, lightly insisted, knowing that he wasn't about to risk injury to play Worf. When asked if he did his own stunts, the actor explained: 

"I do a lot of them, but not the kind of dangerous stuff. I leave that to the stunt guys, I've done a lot of stunts over the years, and you learn from experience, there are some things that you just say no to, at the consternation of stunt people and producers. They go, 'Well, why not?' and you go, 'Look, I don't want to get hurt.' I got hurt before and so I just say 'No, I'm not going to do that.' I don't have an ego about it. I have no ego about going, 'Okay! Stunt guy!'"

It's refreshing that Dorn isn't putting his body on the line for some misplaced sense of machismo.

This wasn't true, however, of actor Michelle Hurd, who had many one-on-one scenes with Dorn in the third season of "Star Trek: Picard." Notably, there was a scene in "Picard" wherein Hurd's character Raffi and Worf were forced to fight in by a bunch of eager criminals. Hurd is a trained martial artist and devotes a lot of time to her physical fitness. She was equal to the task. This subsequently led to a moment when Dorn swung a sword at Hurd and accidentally cut her on the arm . It was Dorn who insisted that the scene's fight choreography be changed so that he wouldn't hurt Hurd again. Safety first.

Hurd, meanwhile, didn't much care, happy to continue either way. 

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• Crafting a satisfying Star Trek series finale can be challenging, with some failing to meet expectations due to outside factors like network cancelation.
• The concept of a series finale wasn't widely established until the 1990s, when Star Trek: The Next Generation set the trend with some of the best-loved finales ever.
• While some series like Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: Enterprise struggled with their finales, others like Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine excelled, delivering satisfying conclusions.

It can be a daunting prospect to deliver a truly great Star Trek series finale, which is why a handful have failed to perform to expectations. Occasionally, outside factors can impede the writers' abilities to write a satisfying finale, as a cancelation by the network can abruptly bring a Star Trek TV show to an end. Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Enterprise were afforded the opportunity to respond creatively to their cancelation , with differing results. However, Star Trek: The Original Series existed at a time when the concept of a series finale was yet to be widely established.

It was really in the 1990s when the idea of a Star Trek series finale took hold , as network television became more writer-led. The success of Star Trek: The Next Generation and its spinoffs meant that, by seven seasons of Star Trek , TNG was afforded the luxury of canceling itself. These 1990s series finales are among some of the best-loved episodes of Star Trek ever, as they have thrilling stakes and also give their hugely talented casts one last chance to shine.

12 Best Star Trek Season Finales Ranked

In its impressive nearly 60-year history, the various Star Trek series have delivered some truly excellent season finales.

8 "Turnabout Intruder"

Star trek: the original series.

"Turnabout Intruder" is a fairly weak episode of Star Trek: The Original Series that also acts as the show's de-facto finale. In its defense, the series finale was not an established feature of network television in the late 1960s , which is why "Turnabout Intruder" isn't designed as a fitting conclusion to TOS . However, even with that in mind, it has a dated, and sexist, storyline about Janice Lester (Sandra Smith) swapping bodies with Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) so that she can become a female starship captain . It's hardly a story that serves as a fitting farewell to the TOS cast.

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Star Trek: The Original Series follows the exploits of the crew of the USS Enterprise. On a five-year mission to explore uncharted space, Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) must trust his crew - Spock (Leonard Nimoy), Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy (Forest DeKelley), Montgomery "Scotty" Scott (James Doohan), Uhura (Nichelle Nichols), Chekov (Walter Koenig) and Sulu (George Takei) - with his life. Facing previously undiscovered life forms and civilizations and representing humanity among the stars on behalf of Starfleet and the United Federation of Planets, the Enterprise regularly comes up against impossible odds and diplomatic dilemmas.

"Turnabout Intruder" provides William Shatner with a chance to play a different side of Captain Kirk, and also showcases the Enterprise crew's loyalty, as they refuse to follow Lester's orders. However, the dated plot and disposable nature of "Turnabout Intruder" makes it a poor finale for Star Trek: The Original Series . Thankfully, the Enterprise crew's movie revival would lead to a far more fitting farewell in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country .

7 "The Counter-Clock Incident"

Star trek: the animated series.

In many ways, Star Trek: The Animated Series got a better finale than its live-action predecessor. "The Counter-Clock Incident" brings things full circle by teaming up two captains of the starship Enterprise , James T. Kirk and Robert April (James Doohan). However, the stakes involved in the team-up do undermine the occasion of the TAS finale, somewhat. The titular "Counter-Clock Incident" involves the Enterprise flying into negative space, which forces the crew to age backwards.

The climactic scenes where Kirk and his crew are crawling around on the floor like babies undermines them in a far more substantial way than anything in Star Trek: Enterprise 's controversial finale. Thankfully, the older Robert April is also aged backwards, to an age where he can command a starship and ultimately save the day. "The Counter-Clock Incident" is as ageist as "Turnabout Intruder" was sexist , but the Star Trek: The Animated Series finale has more fun with its central premise, and a sense of passing on the torch, that makes it the superior finale.

Now played by Adrian Holmes, Admiral Robert April has become a recurring character in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds .

6 "These Are The Voyages..."

Star trek: enterprise.

Star Trek: Enterprise 's finale is notorious among fans for undermining the cast by bringing back Commander William T. Riker (Jonathan Frakes) and Counselor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis). It's a fair criticism, given that the Enterprise characters as seen in "These Are The Voyages..." are holographic replicas , not the real deal. Also, controversial was the death of Commander Trip Tucker (Connor Trinneer), which co-writer Brannon Braga had intended as a heartbreaking moment but, in execution, it just angered fans. For all the problems with Enterprise 's finale, it does at least try to end the story of Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula).

Star Trek: Enterprise acts as a prequel to Star Trek: The Original Series, detailing the voyages of the original crew of the Starship Enterprise in the 22nd century, a hundred years before Captain Kirk commanded the ship. Enterprise was the sixth series in the Star Trek franchise overall, and the final series before a twelve-year hiatus until the premiere of Star Trek: Discovery in 2017. The series stars Scott Bakula as Captain Jonathan Archer, with an ensemble cast that includes John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, and Connor Trinneer.

Because the show was canceled, the Star Trek: Enterprise finale skips ahead to the founding of the United Federation of Planets. Given that this was always what Enterprise was building to, it makes sense for the finale to deliver that pay off even if the long road to getting there was curtailed. It's just hugely unfortunate that the culmination of Archer and his crew's adventures are overshadowed by a tribute to Star Trek: The Next Generation and Enterprise 's more beloved franchise stablemates.

Brannon Braga apologized to the cast of Star Trek: Enterprise for the finale in the 2013 Bluray special feature In Conversation: The First Crew

Star Trek: Enterprise is now getting some long overdue recognition from new Star Trek and its heartwarming to see shoutouts to Scott Bakula's show.

5 "Life, Itself"

Star trek: discovery.

Star Trek: Discovery 's finale was never intended as the show's ending, which does count against "Life, Itself" in some respects. That being said, Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) coming face to face with the alien race that seeded all humanoid life in the Star Trek universe is bigger than anything in the TOS, TAS , and Enterprise finales. As a de-facto finale for the entire series, "Life, Itself" works as an ending for the Discovery crew, as their quest for the Progenitors' technology gives many of the characters a greater grasp of what matters to them the most.

Star Trek: Discovery is an entry in the legendary Sci-Fi franchise, set ten years before the original Star Trek series events. The show centers around Commander Michael Burnham, assigned to the USS Discovery, where the crew attempts to prevent a Klingon war while traveling through the vast reaches of space.

Ironically, if "Life, Itself" had gone out as originally intended after Star Trek: Discovery was canceled, it may be regarded more highly. There's a neat thematic symmetry to Burnham's journey beginning with the Battle of the Binary Stars, and ending between the primordial black holes . Unfortunately, a contrived epilogue that gives the Discovery crew one last chance to pat themselves on the back and allows the writers' room to wrap up a dangling thread from Star Trek: Short Treks makes this an uneven and unsatisfying conclusion to the series.

4 "Endgame"

Star trek: voyager.

Star Trek: Voyager 's ending brings Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and the crew back home to the Alpha Quadrant. However, Voyager 's season finale is seriously hampered by the show's outdated approach to episodic storytelling. Voyager could have built a multi-episode arc about the crew making one last-ditch attempt to escape the Delta Quadrant. Recurring elements like the Pathfinder Project certainly gave Voyager the chance to build up to the crew's return home. Instead, audiences get "Endgame", a feature-length Voyager finale that ends before the crew even makes it into Earth's orbit .

The fifth entry in the Star Trek franchise, Star Trek: Voyager, is a sci-fi series that sees the crew of the USS Voyager on a long journey back to their home after finding themselves stranded at the far ends of the Milky Way Galaxy. Led by Captain Kathryn Janeway, the series follows the crew as they embark through truly uncharted areas of space, with new species, friends, foes, and mysteries to solve as they wrestle with the politics of a crew in a situation they've never faced before. 

It's an odd decision to spend so much time in the alternate future where Voyager gets home too late, but completely avoid showing how the crew readjusted to life on Earth in the prime Star Trek timeline. There's a lot of great material in "Endgame", from present and future Janeway collaborating to save Voyager to the final battle with the Borg Queen (Alice Krige). However, the oddly abrupt ending prevents Star Trek: Voyager 's finale from being truly great .

Ronald D. Moore clashed with Star Trek: Voyager's writers, but channelled those frustrations into creating the acclaimed Battlestar Galactica reboot.

3 "The Last Generation"

Star trek: picard.

Star Trek: Picard may have been uneven in terms of quality over its three seasons, but the final episode, "The Last Generation", is the best finale of the modern franchise . The Star Trek: Picard finale , written and directed by Terry Matalas, manages something that's almost impossible; it gives everyone a chance to shine. "The Last Generation" is a fond farewell to Patrick Stewart and his beloved Star Trek: The Next Generation co-stars, while also setting up Starfleet's next generation. No character feels short-changed as Picard and the crew of the USS Enterprise-D face the Borg Queen for one final time.

After starring in Star Trek: The Next Generation for seven seasons and various other Star Trek projects, Patrick Stewart is back as Jean-Luc Picard. Star Trek: Picard focuses on a retired Picard who is living on his family vineyard as he struggles to cope with the death of Data and the destruction of Romulus. But before too long, Picard is pulled back into the action. The series also brings back fan-favorite characters from the Star Trek franchise, such as Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan), Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton), Worf (Michael Dorn), and William Riker (Jonathan Frakes).

"The Last Generation" is a thrilling Star Trek action movie that has genuine emotion at its core. Picard's fight to save Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers), the son he's only just met, is beautiful, and is given monumental stakes given that his love and acceptance is the only thing that can break Jack's Borg processing. "The Last Generation" is exciting, emotional, occasionally hilarious, and full of warmth . Everything you could want from a Star Trek series finale, basically.

2 "What You Leave Behind"

Star trek: deep space nine.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 's series finale is epic and intimate, which is the perfect reflection of the show itself . "What You Leave Behind" brings DS9 's Dominion War to a shattering conclusion, leaving Cardassia Prime a devastated warzone, mirroring the state of Bajor at the show's beginning. The DS9 finale also fulfilled the tragic destiny of Captain Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks), Emissary of the Prophets, who gave his life to seal Gul Dukat (Marc Alaimo) and the Pah-wraiths in the Bajoran Fire Caves. However, amidst all the fire and brimstone in "What You Leave Behind", DS9 's overriding themes of family and friendship prevail.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, also known as DS9, is the fourth series in the long-running Sci-Fi franchise, Star Trek. DS9 was created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller, and stars Avery Brooks, René Auberjonois, Terry Farrell, and Cirroc Lofton. This particular series follows a group of individuals in a space station near a planet called Bajor.

From the melancholic goodbye between Constable Odo (Rene Auberjonois) and Colonel Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor) to the emotionally restrained farewell between Garak (Andrew J. Robinson) and Dr. Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig), there's a palpable feeling of finality. Arguably, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 's finale is too good, as its resolution has so far put off Alex Kurtzman from returning to the show and its characters. "What You Leave Behind" is the most conclusive of Star Trek series finales , paying off seven years of storytelling. It's one of the reasons why DS9 remains such a satisfying viewing experience more than 30 years after its premiere.

Benjamin Sisko's ending in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine finale was originally a lot less ambiguous until Avery Brooks asked for it to be changed.

1 "All Good Things..."

Star trek: the next generation.

Star Trek: The Next Generation 's "All Good Things" is the gold standard of Star Trek series finale, even 30 years after it aired. Riffing on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol , Captain Picard is split across his past, present, and future to deal with a threat to all creation. The only constant in these three time zones is Picard's crew, who remain loyal to him throughout his life . Picard's final test isn't so much whether humanity is deserving of its place in the stars, but whether the Enterprise-D's captain can appreciate the smaller things.

Star Trek: The Next Generation is the third installment in the sci-fi franchise and follows the adventures of Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew members of the USS Enterprise. Set around one hundred years after the original series, Picard and his crew travel through the galaxy in largely self-contained episodes exploring the crew dynamics and their own political discourse. The series also had several overarching plots that would develop over the course of the isolated episodes, with four films released in tandem with the series to further some of these story elements.

The Star Trek: The Next Generation finale is a celebration of seven years of television that never feels indulgent or self-congratulatory. "All Good Things" honors the journey of the TNG cast, while looking hopefully toward the future , as all good series finales should do. TNG was never a serialized show with a clear endpoint. However, "All Good Things" wraps up the relationship between Q (John de Lancie) and Picard, while giving him the family he's always denied himself; his crew. It's for those reasons that "All Good Things" remains the greatest Star Trek series finale.

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Review: The EXO-6 ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ 1:6 Geordi Figure Is A Sight To See

| June 18, 2024 | By: Jeff Bond 4 comments so far

Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge 1/6 Scale Action Figure

Manufacturer: EXO-6 Price: $230 (Standard Edition… also available in $190 Essential Edition) Grade: A+

Geordi on TNG

When Star Trek: The Next Generation premiered in 1987 the biggest name in the cast wasn’t Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner or Michael Dorn. It was LeVar Burton. Burton had starred in Roots , one of the biggest TV miniseries of all time and had been familiar to kids since 1983 for his PBS show Reading Rainbow . Gene Roddenberry had made the original Star Trek one of the more diverse shows on television and he and producers Rick Berman and Maurice Hurley wanted to build on that tradition with TNG, not only culturally but visually. So the Enterprise 1701-D’s bridge crew would include a metallic-skinned android, a Klingon, and “a man with unique vision”: Geordi La Forge, who had been born blind but now sees using a comb-like visor that hooks into neural implants in his temples. Just as much as Data’s Spock-like android, La Forge demonstrated the wonders of future technology and human evolution just by standing there—or sitting there, as La Forge spent most early episodes at the helm station on the bridge.

LeVar Burton was and is a fine, expressive actor, and it’s a testament to his skill that he made La Forge a vital presence on the show for seven years with his eyes and eyebrows—some of an actor’s most crucial tools—completely hidden behind a futuristic prop. If anything, Burton probably overdid his performances in TNG’s first season, but he might have just been excited at finally getting something specific to do. TNG took a few seasons to find its footing and often seemed at sea trying to find dramatic functions for characters like Geordi and Tasha Yar. After a few episodes as a bridge officer, and after a number of different actors portraying the Enterprise’s chief engineer, LaForge settled into the role of Enterprise engineer, and particularly in “The Arsenal of Freedom” he gets so worked up over a potential tactical maneuver that he smacks his fist into his palm like Burt Ward used to do playing Robin on the old ‘60s Batman show.

LeVar Burton as Geordi La Forge

Even as TNG improved as a series La Forge wasn’t always well used as a character. He provided a human pal for Data, who quickly broke out on the show as a popular figure just as Leonard Nimoy’s Spock had—but casting La Forge as Watson to Data’s Holmes was a stunt that didn’t quite work. Even worse was LaForge’s hopeless forays into TNG’s version of computer dating on the holodeck, where the character came off as a fumbling adolescent. But La Forge did figure in solid outings like “The Enemy” where his abilities to see far beyond the human spectrum helps him survive on a storm-swept planet alongside a wounded and dangerous Romulan. By the time of the series finale, “All Good Things,” La Forge had been through enough that his transition from visor to high-tech eyeballs was genuinely moving, and he’s particularly good as paterfamilias La Forge in Picard season three.

EXO-6 Geordi Figure

From a personal note as a Star Trek merch collector, I can’t say I was slavering for another Geordi La Forge action figure. But when I saw what EXO-6 had done with the character he quickly turned into an instant buy. EXO’s TNG Data figure reminded me how much I love William Ware Theiss’ original Next Generation costume designs—EXO hasn’t done the “jumpsuit” yet since by season three the Starfleet uniform had evolved to a tunic and black pants much like the TOS uniforms, but Theiss’ distinctive, angular application of black to the gold, teal and burgundy department colors remained the same, and these figures look great in the outfits. You might have to do a Picard Maneuver with the tunic from time to time but overall the uniform look is sleek and striking.

EXO-6 TNG Geordi figure

Most (all?) previous La Forge action figures have had his distinctive visor literally molded as part of his head, which means compromises on both the head sculpt and visor detail. The EXO-6 LaForge figure starts out with a magnificent head sculpt by Godwin Nerona and Dean Tolliver. The likeness is remarkable and includes the two silver-and-red neural links at his temples and his blind, white-within-white eyes, achieved with contact lenses on the TNG set when necessary. The expression is neutral but particularly with the visor on the look expresses focus and intelligence, as if Geordi is just about to solve a puzzling engineering mystery.

Face sculpt for EXO-6 Geordi figure with VISOR removed

The visor itself is a little work of art. The detail in the dark gold comb is crisp and the frame has a beautiful brushed metal look with a lot of depth—I would argue it actually looks a little more convincing than the full-sized prop! Geordi comes in an Essential version that includes the visor, a phaser, tricorder and PADD and two additional gripping hands in addition to his relaxed hands. The more expensive version includes four additional hands, including an open, waving hand and two clasped hands so Geordi can stand at ease.

EXO-6 Geordi VISOR accessory

About the hands. I was startled to see an incredibly subtle detail here: the skin coloration on all of La Forge’s hands is lighter on the palms and insides of the fingers than on the back of the hand. I believe this is EXO’s fourth figure based on African-American actors, starting with Michael Burnham from Discovery and including Voyager’s Tuvok and DS9’s Benjamin Sisko. All of these characters seem to have subtly different skin coloration and it’s a testament to EXO’s pursuit of accuracy that they haven’t cheaped-out by adopting a standard “Black” pigmentation for these characters. As far as I can tell the lighter palm coloration is not a feature on Burnham or Sisko (it may be on Tuvok but I don’t have that figure), but it’s an amazing detail that really puts this figure over the top. After all, it’s common to adopt standard hands and skin-tone colors for mass-produced figures. In La Forge’s case, the wrists also match the color of the hands, which is also going the extra yard as you won’t see the figure’s wrists except for some extreme poses (in the case of the DS9 Kira figure the wrists are a generic white that’s quite different from the Caucasian skin-colored hands).

Detail on hands for EXO-6 Geordi figure

The final bonus of the La Forge Standard edition is an engineering kit with three futuristic engineering tools. Just like Geordi’s visor, the engineering kit is a little work of art: the tools are beautifully reproduced and the interior of the engineering suitcase is velvet-lined with snug cutouts that fit the tools perfectly, making for a neat display open and also something easily carried by LaForge.

The figure’s range of motion is excellent and you can get him into a nice kneeling pose for work on those hard-to-reach power conduits.

EXO-6 Geordi figure posed

I’m going to go out on a limb and say this is probably the best figure EXO-6 has produced yet, just slightly edging out Mirror Sulu because of the hand pigmentation details and the tremendous accessories. The Standard Version will sell for $230 and the Essential for $190; pre-orders on these figures have just gone out and the remaining stock should be available for sale soon at exo-6.com .

EXO-6 Geordi figure

Picards and more coming next

EXO has just put up pre-orders for a TNG Picard (available in his standard uniform and in a Standard Version with the standard and “Darmok” jacket outfit) and they still have a number of amazing figures due out this year including Star Trek II Saavik and Star Trek III Kruge. If you follow EXO-6 founder Nanjin Tam on Facebook he sneak-previews the development of a lot of their figures—their TOS Uhura looks stunning even just after a glimpse of her eyes and hair. If you want any of these figures it’s best to pre-order or act quickly once they go up for direct sale as many of them sell out and become very pricey on the after-market.

Preview image of EX0-6 “Darmok” Picard figure

A closer look at Geordi

Jeff Bond is a freelance writer and book author who’s addicted to plastic models and action figures. You can catch up with him on  Facebook  and  Instagram  where he posts model works in progress, and takes commissions. His latest Star Trek book is  Star Trek: The Motion Picture: The Art and Visual Effects .

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Oh, that facial sculpt is so much better than what EXO-6 tends to come up with.

Right down to his adolescent acne scars. WOW!

Damn, that’s scarily good.

These people are really doing a phenomenal job with these figures.. One day I’ll pick up the entire TNG crew!

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Star Trek is one of the most enduring franchises in pop culture, starting with the legendary Star Trek: The Original Series in 1966 and continuing to the present day with a very bright future in front of it. That includes a staggering number of episodes, along with over a dozen films, which means it's put out a lot of content over the decades.

As with any endeavor so successful for so long, occasional misfires do occur, with questionable stories and themes cropping up here and there. Most of them can be traced to decisions that might have sounded good at the time, but didn't play well onscreen. After all, Star Trek hasn't been immune to more problematic tropes and representations in the course of its run. They range from the merely silly to the flat-out offensive, but most Trek fans agree that the franchise erred by including them.

10 The Troi/Worf Romance Was a Misfire from the Beginning

'best season so far': star trek: strange new worlds actor teases upcoming episodes.

Christopher Pike actor Anson Mount explains why the upcoming third season of Strange New Worlds is the best season of the Star Trek series yet.

Deanna Troi and Will Riker are one of Star Trek's most beloved and enduring couples, but for most of their appearances, they were friends only. Their past romance was long over when Star Trek: The Next Generation premiered, giving them a realistic dynamic that doesn't appear often in pop culture. They didn't rekindle their romance until Star Trek: Insurrection , and got married in Star Trek: Nemesis .

That left an opportunity for The Next Generation to explore a brief romance between Troi and Worf, which loosely played out over the show's seventh and final season. The initial novelty value came with a good deal of timidity, and the pair lacked the more palpable romantic chemistry of Troi and Riker . Worf ended up with Jadzia Dax on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and everyone -- onscreen and off -- agreed that his brief fling with Deanna was better off forgotten.

9 'The Game' Is Goofy and Uncomfortable

The Next Generation was firing on all cylinders in Season 5 when "The Game" first aired, and right away, everything about it felt off. The episode delves into the more paranoid side of the final frontier, as a sinister mastermind takes control of the Enterprise crew through an addictive video game that renders them willing minions. Wesley and his new love interest Lt. Robin Lefler have to stop the conspiracy before it enslaves all of Starfleet.

Paranoid conspiracies have rarely been Star Trek's strengths (though Star Trek: Picard's final season makes a glorious exception), and "The Game" isn't up for breaking the streak. Its heavy-handed commentary about addictive video games feels like paternalistic finger-wagging in retrospect , and the in-world gadget's use of pleasure to hook the players leaves the poor cast emitting uncomfortable orgasmic grunts every few scenes. On top of it all, it wasted a strong performance from a pre-star Ashley Judd as Lt. Lefler.

8 'The High Ground' Makes a Politically Charged Prediction

On the surface, it's difficult to get too worked up one way or the other about The Next Generation Season 3, Episode 12, "The High Ground." It concerns a planet, allied with Federation, in the midst of a long-term conflict with violent local separatists. The episode itself is neither good nor bad, it's an average outing about an important subject that the writers treat with superficial interest and some not-particularly-insightful platitudes.

The problem arises from a single line from Data, who studies historical instances of terrorism and cites them in his analysis of the problem. It includes "The Irish Unification of 2024," which he says was achieved through violent insurgency. The "Troubles" in Ireland remain a hot-button topic, with Northern Ireland still a part of Great Britain, and the episode was banned from both British and Irish airwaves for decades. Today, it looks ill-conceived and tone-deaf, engendering pointless controversy on a subject the episode really didn't wish to engage .

7 'The Paradise Syndrome' Dressed Kirk as an Indigenous Person

The Original Series was very much a product of its time, which includes a fair amount of questionable and problematic content that was considered perfectly acceptable at the time. "The Paradise Syndrome" is a strong case in point. Kirk loses his memory on a planet populated by the descendants of Native Americans transplanted by an unknown alien. When he awakens, he's hailed as a god.

The episode itself has a strong plot, along with an intriguing romance for Kirk with a Native woman, Miramanee. The notion of a white man acting as a deity for the locals is distasteful, and scenes of William Shatner in a 1960s version of a Native outfit haven't aged well at al l.

6 'Threshold's' Silly Reveal Has Become Legend Among Trekkies

How did star trek: voyager become a tv series.

Star Trek: Voyager debuted after The Next Generation ended its historic run, but Captain Janeway's series was in development long before then.

To quote Star Trek: Lower Decks' Commander Ransom, "s**t got weird" on Star Trek: Voyager. The show's habit of going for broke with out-there concepts often paid dividends with some of the most notable episodes in the saga. That didn't always pan out, however, as seen in Season 2, Episode 15, "Threshold," which ended with Captain Janeway and Tom Paris "evolving" into giant salamanders and spawning a litter of young.

The jaw-dropping absurdity of the moment rivals "Spock's Brain" for so-bad-its-good Star Trek . Lost in its wake is what was almost a terrific episode, with Paris falling to pieces in a manner similar to David Cronenberg's The Fly and considerable suspense mined from his possible fate. The space salamander notion is so spectacularly wrong-headed, it obliterates all that good will in a single giggle-laden reveal .

5 'Plato's Stepchildren' Taints a Groundbreaking Moment

"Plato's Stepchildren" is best remembered for the groundbreaking interracial kiss between William Shatner's Kirk and Nichelle Nichols' Uhura . The importance of that moment covers up for the episode's deeply unpleasant sheen, as Kirk and his crew become the unwilling slaves of telekinetic aliens. They're forced to dress in Greek clothes and perform degrading acts for their captors' amusement, including the Kirk-Uhura kiss.

Much of that can be blamed on the weak and repetitive script, which simply wallows in non-consensual manipulation before delivering a hand-waving finale to resolve the torture . The BBC took note of the unpleasant overtones and included the episode as one of a handful they didn't air. Its big moment hasn't diminished over the years, but it makes the rest of the episode look very shabby in comparison.

4 Star Trek: Nemesis Killed a Beloved Character

Before Season 3 of Picard provided a proper curtain call, the crew of The Next Generation ended their tenure with one of the saga's big-screen low points. Star Trek: Nemesis attempted to launch a new big-screen arc for the saga, marked by a death and resurrection for Data akin to Mr. Spock's arc in the classic The Original Series movies from the 1980s.

Instead, it delivered a dull, inert entry that made the franchise look tired and ready to be finished. Undue focus on Tom Hardy's villain saw the crew sidelined in their own movie, while Data's ballyhooed death arrived as an afterthought, with no resurrection in sight . The film's box office failure ended any chance of a follow-up and left The Next Generation era on a decidedly sour note until Picard's third season came riding to the rescue.

Star Trek: Nemesis

The Enterprise is diverted to the Romulan homeworld Romulus, supposedly because they want to negotiate a peace treaty. Captain Picard and his crew discover a serious threat to the Federation once Praetor Shinzon plans to attack Earth.

3 'Turnabout Intruder' Ended TOS with Straight-Up Misogyny

The Original Series ended its run with "Turnabout Intruder," widely regarded as one of the worst of all time and which was infamously pre-empted by the death of Dwight Eisenhower on its original air date. The franchise has rarely felt so tired, and indeed, there was little there to indicate that Star Trek had any kind of a future beyond a few years of reruns.

Beyond that, however, "Turnabout Intruder" lurches into flat-out misogyny as a former flame of Kirk's under care in a mental institution swaps bodies with him in an effort to become a Starfleet captain . The central notion that women can't serve in that position has since been retconned, and the antagonist's unhinged performance plays into all manner of nasty stereotypes . Shatner's overacting becomes acute, adding inadvertent humor to an episode about as far from the franchise's ideals as it's possible to get.

2 'Code of Honor's' Racist Overtones Have Not Diminished

The Next Generation infamously struggled in its first season to update The Original Series formula for the 1980s, which ultimately resulted in the sidelining of series creator Gene Roddenberry and a steady uptick in quality as the show course-corrected. Season 1, Episode 4, "Code of Honor," is an object example of its early struggles on that front, as the Enterprise seeks a vaccine from a culture with a strict social caste whose ruler abducts Tasha Yar to serve as his wife.

In and of itself, the episode might not have registered, save that the alien culture is coded as African for what appears to be arbitrary reasons (they were originally written as reptilian). The racism of the equation torpedoes anything better the episode has to say, and flies in the face of everything the series is supposed to be about . Star Trek has endured its share of growing pains as it moved forward, but this may be the most openly painful of the lot.

1 Orion Women Have Been Problematic Since The Star Trek Pilot

'hopefully we find a new home': jack quaid reacts to star trek: lower decks ending at paramount+.

Star Trek: Lower Decks' Jack Quaid laments the show ending while deeming himself "unbelievably grateful" for the chance to star in this world.

The Orions are one of the major players in the Star Trek universe as green-skinned pirates and ne'er-do-wells who have quietly served as one of the Alpha Quadrant's most influential species for centuries. They also came with some serious baggage thanks to the original Star Trek pilot "The Cage" which featured Susan Oliver's Vina performing as an enslaved "animal woman" who could drive men mad with her pheromones . The sexist stereotype didn't get any better as the series went on, with The Next Generation -era shows pointedly ignoring the Orions for their entire run.

Star Trek: Enterprise launched a disastrous retcon that reimagined Orion women as scheming Mata Hari's (trading one stereotype for another), which led to lingering distaste around the species for decades. The Kelvinverse movies marked a slow course change by presenting Orion women serving in Starfleet, while Star Trek: Discovery upended the Mata Hari stereotype with its chilling antagonist Osyraa, which is still one of the best villains the saga has ever produced. Even so, it took Lower Decks' beloved D'Vana Tendi to finally put the stereotype in its grave over 50 years after it first appeared.

The Star Trek universe encompasses multiple series, each offering a unique lens through which to experience the wonders and perils of space travel. Join Captain Kirk and his crew on the Original Series' voyages of discovery, encounter the utopian vision of the Federation in The Next Generation, or delve into the darker corners of galactic politics in Deep Space Nine. No matter your preference, there's a Star Trek adventure waiting to ignite your imagination.