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35 Years After “The Best of Both Worlds,” a Borgified America Is Staring Us Down

When “The Best of Both Worlds, Part 1” brought the third season of Star Trek: The Next Generation to a close 35 years ago this week, the moment that…

Jun 19 •

Faith and the Fifth Dimension: "A Passage for Trumpet" (May 20, 1960)

What's the music we need to hear when we're "living" in limbo?

Jun 16 •

Faith and the Fifth Dimension: "The Chaser" (May 13, 1960)

This supposedly lighthearted fable is actually pretty bleak stuff.

Jun 4 •

May 2025

Faith and the Fifth Dimension: "A Stop at Willoughby" (May 6, 1960)

In The Twilight Zone Companion, Marc Scott Zicree calls “A Stop at Willoughby” “one of the most enduring episodes” of the series.

May 15 •

April 2025

Faith and the Fifth Dimension: "Nightmare as a Child" (April 12, 1960)

What does Helen Foley's imagintation say about salvation?

Apr 11 •

Faith and the Fifth Dimension: "A Nice Place to Visit" (April 15, 1960)

Rocky Valentine, Qohelet, and "the good life"

Apr 3 •

March 2025

Faith and the Fifth Dimension: "The Big Tall Wish" (April 8, 1960)

“The Big Tall Wish” isn’t an episode about racism. But like much in America that “isn’t about race,” it is.

Mar 31 •

Faith and the Fifth Dimension: "Execution" (April 1, 1960)

Is Joe Caswell the "evil man" Rod Serling says he is?

Mar 26 •

Faith and the Fifth Dimension: "People Are Alike All Over" (March 25, 1960)

Susan Oliver's brief, beautiful performance as Teenya raises some haunting questions.

Mar 17 •

Faith and the Fifth Dimension: "Long Live Walter Jameson" (March 18, 1960)

Walter Jameson decided only death gives life meaning. Was he right?

Mar 12 •

Faith and the Fifth Dimension: "A World of Difference" (March 11, 1960)

Now, honestly, did Arthur Curtis deserve to be put through a wringer like that?

Mar 5 •

February 2025

Faith and the Fifth Dimension: "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" (March 4, 1960)

If it happened to neighbors who knew each other, what hope is there for neighbors who don't?

Feb 25 •

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