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The Nerdy Up North team Boldy go where no Northern Nerd have gone before...
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Debating Star Trek: The Keiko Conspiracy! (opens the original)
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So after last week's episode defending Keiko O'Brien it's time for the truth™ to come out. We here at Trekkin Up North have known it for a long time and it's finally the right moment to share it with the rest of you all once again. Everything you think about Star Trek and the timeline is wrong. Almost every major event has been guided by one person, one sinister hand (or maybe two if it was slightly heavy). It's all been manipulated from behind the scenes by one shadowy individual: Keiko O'Brien
Debating Star Trek: In Defence of Keiko O'Brien (opens the original)
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There are a lot of contentious characters across Star Trek, our opinions of them shaped by who we were or how we felt when we first saw the show. Keiko O'Brien is definitely among them despite being played so brilliantly by actress Rosalind Chao, with some fans having a negative opinion of the character throughout her appearances in The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. We even have our own Keiko conspiracy theory running gag on Trekkin Up North (merch now available from https://www.adequatem
Star Trek The Next Generation Review: Shades of Gray (opens the original)
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Well here it is, for our sins against Keiko the Dabo Wheel of Shame has served us up the worst rated episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation (3.3/10 on IMDb) to review. "Shades of Gray" is infamous for being a glorified clip show done because the production had run out of budget toward the end of the season. It's also our final episode with Dr Pulaski who Science Officer Synoiz actually prefers to Dr Crusher. But is this truly one of the worst episodes of Star Trek or is it just misunderstood?
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