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Day 31: Commentary on Humanity
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In the Siege of AR-558, Quark points out that Humans are wonderful, charitable and kind until they are put in danger and deprived of their creature comforts. Then they are as scary as any Klingon.
January 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Day 30: Metaphor
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In "Darmok" Picard and the Enterprise crew are sent to make contact with the Tamarians, a species that Starfleet hasn't been able to communicate with- because they use their myths and stories as metaphor.
January 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Day 29: Morality Tale
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In Civil Defense, Gul Dukat vacillates between self-proclaimed rescuer, troll and blackmailer as the DS9 crew are trapped by anti-revolt countermeasures he put in place. That is until Dukat's arrogance traps him aboard as well.
January 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Day 28: Morality Tale
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Throughout Star Trek Picard Season Three, Seven is forced to use her "Dead Name"- Annika Hansen- to assuage the fear of some in a story line that parallels the experience of many Transgender and Queer people in the real world.
January 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Day 27: Like a Stage Play
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In "Frame of Mind", Riker's mind is using a recent stage play to try and maintain some level of sanity as he is psychologically tortured on an autocratic alien world.
January 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Day 26: Literary Stories
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In "Elementary Dear Data" Geordi, Data and Pulaski are pulled into a holodeck program, "In the Holmesian Style" with an antagonist capable of defeating Data.
January 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Day 25: Entertainment
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In the "Nth Degree" Reginald Barclay plays Cyrano de Bergerac opposite Beverly Crusher in a live stage performance for the crew's entertainment.
January 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Day 24: At the Bar
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The Lurian trader Morn is seen in several episodes of Deep Space Nine, even prompting Quark to propose a 286th Rule of Acquisition- "When Morn Leaves, Its All Over." Despite being described as chatty, we never hear him speak onscreen.
January 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Day 23: Traditions
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In the DS9 episode "Facets," we learn that Joined Trill undergo the Zhian'tara to better understand the perspectives and lives of their previous hosts.
January 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Day 22: Physical Activities
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In "The Forsaken" Lwaxana Troi purses Odo romantically. But when they are trapped in a turbolift together they form a special friendship. She shows Odo her wig. Odo returns to his liquid state- a first revelation for both.
January 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Day 20: Physical Activities
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Mentioned in several episodes, Parisses' Squares is a particularly violent and dangerous game that has led to injury- and the concern of at least a few parents when young people try it for the first time.
January 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Day 20: Games
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In "Peak Performance" the audience is introduced to the ultimate game of strategic and tactical thinking- Strategema.
January 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Day 19: A Day in the Life Stories
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In "Dear Doctor" Phlox narrates with subspace entries to a colleague detailing a crewmember with an apparent crush, a virulent plague, evolution before his eyes, and having to stand up to (and ultimately trust) Captain Archer.
January 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Day 18: Ending a War
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In "What We Leave Behind" Odo is able to stop the Dominion War and the Dominion's genocide of the Cardassians by healing the female Changeling and promising to return home to the Great Link.
January 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Day 17: Learning from War
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In "Strange New Worlds" Captain Pike uses the example of Earth's apocalyptic World War III to predict the future of the Kiley world. There were two opposing factions ready to use warp-powered weapons of mass destruction against each other.
January 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Day 15: Healing After War, P2
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In "Armageddon Game" the Kellrun & T'Lani destroy their biogenic weapons after a war that nearly wiped them both out. But they are so desperate to put the war behind them, that they try to kill anyone who know about these weapons.
January 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Day 15: Healing After War
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In "Where Pleasant Fountains Lie" the evil supercomputer AGIMUS had manipulated opposing factions into a brutal century-long war until he was removed from power and ultimately transported to the Daystrom Institute.
January 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Day 14: Fighting a War
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In "Favor the Bold" and "Sacrifice of Angels," Sisko determines that the only way to turn the tide of losing for the Federation is to retake Deep Space Nine and secure the wormhole against Dominion reinforcements. Resistance grows on DS9, led by Kira.
January 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Day 13: Preventing War
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In "The Emissary" the Klingon ship T'Ong's crew have been in cryogenic sleep since the 23rd century and believe the Federation and Klingons are still enemies. The Enterprise must act fast to stop Captain K'Temoc from attacking Federation colonies.
January 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Day 12: War Stories
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Li Nalas was the symbol of the Resistance, who killed the hated, mighty Gul Zarale. When its learned he's alive, he's rescued. He confides in Sisko that all he ever did was accidentally kill Zarale while the Gul was surprised- wearing only his underwear.
January 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Day 11: Medical Procedure
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Gray Tal is given an entirely new body and new life after their tragic death, which allows them to resume hosting the Tal symbiont.
January 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Day 10: Medical Mystery
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Doctor Hugh Culber's death and subsequent resurrection within the mycelial network.
January 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Day 9: Relieved of Duty
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In "The Wounded" Captain Benjamin Maxwell is ultimately relieved of duty for unilaterally attacking Cardassian assets. His actions threaten to spark a new war, but it seems he is not totally wrong about his assertions that the Cardassians are rearming.
January 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Day 8: Do No Harm
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Vedek Bareil is critically wounded during a peace treaty between Bajor and Cardassia. Kai Winn insists she needs Bareil advice, pressuring Doctor Bashir to keep him alive as long as possible. Meanwhile Kira is grieving the loss of her partner.
January 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Day 7: Eugenics
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In "Masterpiece Society", Humans are genetically bred to fill niches in their colony of Moab IV. But when the Enterprise-D arrives to divert a stellar fragment, the colonists get a glimpse of a civilization unfettered by such.... "perfection."
January 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM