Emissary

Screenshot: ParamountThe Battle of Wolf 359's legacy goes much further than just “The Best of Both Worlds,” both in and out of the text of Star Trek itself. The trauma of the incident follows Picard throughout the remainder of TNG, brought up explicitly in episodes like the following season’s “Family” and “The Drumhead,” and of course in Star Trek: First Contact and its renewed engagement with the Borg in Sector 001, set just six years after the events of “The Best of Both Worlds.”It touches other important Star Trek…

Screenshot: ParamountJadzia finds herself on trial for a murder she didn’t commit—but that her Trill symbiont’s former host, Curzon, might have—leading to an ethical quandary over whether or not she can be held accountable for his actions.Star Trek loves itself a “trial for a wrongly accused Starfleet officer” episode, and this is a solid one of those, but Deep Space Nine elevates the trope with this early exploration of Jadzia’s relationship with her past selves, not just on the ethical level of the premise but…