Tag: Power Dynamics

Power Slide, TNG: S1E10 “Hide and Q”

September 30, 2025

The Catholic historian Lord Acton once said that all power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. However, Abraham Lincoln posited that you must give someone power to truly test their character. Is it really true that power is a poison guaranteed to corrupt all people equally, or do corrupted people tend to seek out power … More Power Slide, TNG: S1E10 “Hide and Q”

Gender Blender, TOS: S3E24 “Turnabout Intruder”

May 31, 2024

Last, and somewhat least, “Turnabout Intruder” is considered to be a shockingly bad conclusion to the Original Series’s dismal third season.  Less of a grand finale, and more just the final episode that aired before the show was ended by the network, Captain Kirk’s closing adventure managed to crap upon everything the show symbolized.  In … More Gender Blender, TOS: S3E24 “Turnabout Intruder”