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  The Best Star Trek Time Travel Episodes, Ranked Time travel episodes are Trek’s bread and butter. Some series use them as a crutch, others use them to tell genuinely mind-bending stories. After watching these episodes more times than is probably healthy, I’ve got strong opinions about which ones actually work. Let’s rank the best temporal adventures in Trek history. 10. “Future’s End” (Voyager, Season 3) Ed Begley Jr. as a tech billionaire who stole 29th-century timeship technology is delightfully slimy, and Voyager in 1996 Los Angeles is pure fun. Sarah Silverman’s rain-soaked astronomer becomes an instant favorite, and the Doctor getting a mobile emitter changes the entire series. It’s not deep, but it’s entertaining as hell and gives us one of Trek’s best temporal agents in Captain Braxton. Plus, any excuse to get the crew back to present-day Earth is automatically a good time. 9. “Trials and Tribble-ations” (DS9, Season 5) The ultimate fan-service episode, and I mean that in ...

  After sitting through countless panels about Trek’s future and what stories still need telling, I keep coming back to the same thought: we’ve spent sixty years watching the Federation’s perspective, but what about everyone else? These alien species got tantalizing glimpses of development, but they deserved so much more. Here are the species that should get their own series. 7. The Horta Hear me out. “Devil in the Dark” introduced us to a silicon-based life form that communicates through burning words into rock and just wants to protect her eggs. That’s a compelling alien perspective right there. Imagine a series following Horta miners, engineers, and explorers as they join the Federation. How does a species that experiences reality completely differently from humanoids integrate into Starfleet? The translation technology alone would be fascinating. Plus, you know the prosthetics department could do amazing things with modern effects. 6. The Tholians We’ve seen them exactly twice ...

Could the Kelvin Timeline and Prime Timeline Merge? Here's How — Special Contributor The Kelvin Timeline movies split Trek into two separate continuities back in 2009, and we've been living with that division ever since. But what if the timelines could merge? What if there's a way to bring Chris Pine's Kirk and the Prime Universe together? I've been thinking about this way too much, and I've figured out how it could work. The Setup: Why Merge Them? First, let's address why this would even matter. The Kelvin Timeline movies brought in new fans, made Trek financially successful again, and gave us great performances from the reboot cast. But they're isolated from the main continuity, which means they can't interact with Strange New Worlds, Picard, Discovery, or any other Prime Timeline shows. Merging the timelines would allow crossovers, give Kelvin Kirk a chance to meet Prime Universe characters, and create storytelling possibilities we've never se...