Thirty Days of Star Trek: Wanted: Crew Position

Day 11 - Crew Position You Would Want

Frankly, none. Just about the only one I‘d be sort of qualified for would be historian, and these only exist on Kirk‘s Enterprise in order to be seduced by charismatic fascists they fangirl, or, even worse, they‘ve already established a Third Reich Cosplay world, because sure, a historian would think that was a great idea the first time around.

(Gene Roddenberry had weird ideas about historians.)

Now, Jake Sisko, budding writer and aspiring journalist, is someone whose job I imagine I could do, but he‘s never part of Starfleet (except in a canonical AU), and I really like that about Jake. So: can‘t pick his occupations, either, for the purpose of this question.


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Thirty Days of Medici: Favourite Episode

Day 17 ~ Favourite episode

Here I have to make a choice for each season, given that each tells a separate story, with a different ensemble. (Other than Contessina guest starring in Lorenzo’s s2 childhood flashbacks.)

So, for s1: episode 1.04, Judgement Day: because it has so many excellent things: ( which are spoilery for the episode and can’t be told in an unspoilery way. )

In short: it has the aspects that made me fond of the show in full measure.

For s2: episode 2.08, Mass, the season finale. It brings all the season has been building towards to a climax and does so incredibly well. It takes an historical event and makes it really suspenseful. It steals some emotional beats from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar and actually pulls that off. Our main character goes through a major transformation. There is no moment wasted. And: it’s gorgeously filmed. It’s the kind of love one shares with legendary pelican mothers, mind, i.e. ripping your heart out, feeding with blood, but still: I do love this episode, and it’s my favourite.

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