Enchantment of Eternity’s Star Trek Episode Reviews
Welcome to Enchantment of Eternity. I’m Marc, and I’m on a mission to analyze every episode of the Star Trek Franchise. I started with The Original Series, and then moved on to The Next Generation, and now I’m covering Deep Space Nine and Voyager in order of airdate. It’s my mission statement to always give my honest opinion on each and every episode regardless of what the popular opinion is, so sometimes I have some hot takes. I prefer character based stories. I try to analyze the writing, acting, cinematography, and music of each episode, with emphasis on the writing. I explore themes and commentaries on the episode and give my opinion on whether or not it works, as well as explore some behind the scenes tidbits and trivia, and share my personal experience with the episode. We also hear from my patreon supporters and what they think of the episode. So check me out and give it a listen.
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Saturday Oct 11, 2025
Saturday Oct 11, 2025
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 19 "Shattered Mirror" explained. Join me as I review and recap where we visit the mirror universe once again, and each time we do the episode gets worse. But to be fair, this is only a small downgrade from the previous episode as it has a strong story of Jake reconnecting with his Mirror mom and the complexities of that, BUT the characters come off as too cheesy and campy, they're getting worse, and I couldn't care less about the big battle because I have no investment in it what so ever. And there are some characters who act too dumb to be believably. Come see my first reaction as I breakdown the episode and attempt to give my in depth analysisSupport Enchantment of Eternity on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/enchantmentofeternityListen to this video in audio podcast form: https://enchantmentofeternity.podbean.com/Check out Enchantment of Eternity on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/enchantmentofeternity/Check Out Enchantment of Eternity on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/enchantment33.bsky.social0:00 Intro / Synopsis1:42 Diminishing Returns on the Mirror Universe7:48 Jake finds Mirror Mom11:55 Turning up the Camp20:07 Patreon Comments35:07 Rating36:57 Outro
Thursday Oct 09, 2025
Thursday Oct 09, 2025
Join me as I cover the episode that is undone by it's episodic nature: Ds9's "Hard Time"
Originally uploaded to youtube on August 13th, 2016
Monday Oct 06, 2025
Monday Oct 06, 2025
Star Trek: Voyager Season 2 Episode 22 "Innocence" explained. Join me as I review and recap the episode where Tuvok is trapped on a planet with a bunch of kids who turn out to be Benjamin Button style old people. This is obviously meant to be amusing like Kindergarten Cop but that attempt was completely lost on me. I just found it cliched and annoying, especially when Tuvok tried to treat these obviously non-Vulcan "children" like Vulcans. And what REALLY annoys me about this episode is that the whole problem could have been avoided if they just talked to each other. And it was rather convenient that the "child" didn't talk about her grandson until after it was revealed they were actually old. Come see my first reaction as I breakdown the episode and attempt to give my in depth analysis
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Saturday Oct 04, 2025
Saturday Oct 04, 2025
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 17 "Rules of Engagement" explained. Join me as I review and recap the episode where Worf is put on trial for killing Klingon civilians in a combat situation, but the episode forgets to have a first act and then tries to make up for it with pretentious flashback scenes where the characters talk directly to the camera. All of which might have been okay if it wasn't for the fact that this is yet another misguided episode where the Klingons are the villains and they act more like Romulans or Ferengi in this episode rather than Klingons. And the lawyer's argument is ridiculous he doesn't actually have a case. Come see my first reaction as I breakdown the episode and attempt to give my in depth analysis
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Thursday Oct 02, 2025
Thursday Oct 02, 2025
Join me as I cover one of the best episodes of Voyager
Originally uploaded to youtube on April 6th, 2022
Monday Sep 29, 2025
Monday Sep 29, 2025
Star Trek: Voyager Season 2 Episode 20 "Investigations" explained. Join me as I review and recap the episode that concludes the Michael Jonas story line and it does it very much in UNspectacular fashion with Neelix doing a dumb morning shoe and pretending to be a reporter which is such a ridiculous and terrible idea. Although I did think it was still interesting to see the conclusion of the Kazon spy, but I wish it was tied to the finale where the Kazon take over the ship as opposed to "Good Morning, Voyager" Come see my first reaction as I breakdown the episode and attempt to give my in depth analysis
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Thursday Sep 25, 2025
Thursday Sep 25, 2025
Star Trek: Voyager Season 2 Episode 19 "Lifesigns" explained. Join me as I review and recap the episode where the Doctor falls in lurv. But it's actually a great character story for him as he grows more into his own person and not just a program, in fact this may be the best episode that deals with that topic. It also has a great character story for the guest character and an interesting use of the Vidiians, and it deals with topics of beauty and how it can determine self worth through society norms. So over all a great episode that's emotional and has great commentary. Come see my first reaction as I breakdown the episode and attempt to give my in depth analysis
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Monday Sep 22, 2025
Monday Sep 22, 2025
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 16 "Accession" explained. Join me as I review and recap the episode that officials retcons the Wormhole Aliens who were strange aliens mistaken for gods into The Prophets who ARE gods. And it also officially retcons the role of the Emissary to be this prominent religous figure with power to equal the leader of the government. The episode itself is fine I guess, it's mainly the retcons that bother me about the episode. Come see my first reaction as I breakdown the episode and attempt to give my in depth analysis
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Saturday Sep 20, 2025
Saturday Sep 20, 2025
Star Trek: Voyager Season 2 Episode 18 "Death Wish" explained. Join me as I review and recap the episode where Q first appears on Voyager. We get a somewhat interesting trial episode that deals with some heavy topics as another Q seeks to end his own life and the continuity imprisons him in order to stop them. But he argues that immortality isn't all what it's cracked up to be, and we get a deeper look at the continuity, which I believe is a little bit of a retcon. I do like this episode but not as much as everyone else seems to, therefore I think it's a little overrated. Come see my first reaction as I breakdown the episode and attempt to give my in depth analysisSupport Enchantment of Eternity on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/enchantmentofeternityListen to this video in audio podcast form: https://enchantmentofeternity.podbean.com/Check out Enchantment of Eternity on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/enchantmentofeternity/Check Out Enchantment of Eternity on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/enchantment33.bsky.social0:00 Intro / Synopsis2:05 An overrated episode6:41 Inconsistency with the Portrayal of the Q14:38 This portrayal doesn't add up22:05 Q on Voyager28:31 How the episode handles the commentary36:07 Patreon Comments50:04 Rating52:52 Outro
Monday Sep 15, 2025
Monday Sep 15, 2025
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 15 "Bar Association" explained. Join me as I review and recap the episode with pretty powerful commentary on workers' rights. In the great tradition of Star Trek, it makes poignant and relevant commentary on modern day society through the lens of sci fi. HOWEVER there's a lot of plot contrivances in order to make the plot happen that don't make any sense. Most prominent is the fact that because Quark runs his bar on a Bajoran space station administered by Starfleet, he never should have been allowed to abuse his employees in the first place, and even if he did he should have ben shut down instantly. Come see my first reaction as I breakdown the episode and attempt to give my in depth analysis
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