S2 Ep10 The Sirens: The Eridani is crossing a diffuse nebula, attempting to get the first precise scans of its highly ionized core. What they discover within it is the cause of that former star’s original collapse: a flock of vacuum-faring aliens, whose ionized frequency songs enchant the male crewmen in an attempt to drag the ship into the gravitational field of the core. David Marcus’ strange resistance to the sirens’ call allows the Eridani to escape through unlikely means, revealing one of his closely guarded secrets in the same stride.
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S1 Ep3 What's in a Name?: As they stop on a Starbase for ressupply, and when a member of Dr. McCoy’s family boards the ship, an old conflict, concerning her first deep space assignment being taken so soon after the Enterprise-B’s accident, is unearthed. Meanwhile, when a warp core misalignments causes a power outage to the Starbase and the other ship docked to it, conversations have the chance to take place. Can ship counselor Cohen ensure father and daughter reconcile?
Which of these is the better episode of Almighty Johnsons?
S3.E9 - "Mike in the Mirror"
S2.E9 - "Everything Starts with Gaia"
Voting ended onApr 8
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Possibly spoilery episode descriptions and screenshots below the cut to help you decide!
S3.E9 - Mike in the Mirror
Zeb awakens from a dream with a brilliant idea: a casting call for actresses to play Frigg in a beer commercial. Axl likes it, as Frigg would come to him. The auditions go poorly: Axl rejects all the candidates and gets a black eye from the boyfriend of one of them. Although blinded in one eye, Axl is granted extraordinary insight. He has a conversation with Mike in his bathroom mirror. Mike says that he, Ullr, is Odin and that he will find Frigg before Axl does. Zeb remembers the story of Mímir's well, in which Odin sacrifices his eye to gain wisdom. Meanwhile, Michele, with Ingrid as assistant, begins holding "Goddess Healing" sessions for women, to earn cash. Anders wangles his way in by threatening to tell Mike, then outlines a more profitable and discreet business plan. Dawn confronts Ty about her memories. At first reluctant, he follows the advice in an anonymous note (from Martin, who has also visited Dawn) and admits they were lovers. He explains he is a god. At a family meeting, Mike is livid that Axl, Ty and the goddesses are risking revealing the secret of the gods' presence among mortals in Auckland. Axl tells Mike he is not Odin and never will be.
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S2.E9 - Everything Starts with Gaia
Gaia is having strange dreams and behaving erratically. Bryn and Jacob arrive, insisting she leave with them immediately. Eggthér, a jötunn, also arrives, intent on killing her. After knocking him out, Axl takes Gaia and the others to Mike's bar. Olaf's sense of smell reveals Bryn to be a (short) giant and Jacob a (tall) dwarf. When Olaf, Mike and Axl identify themselves as gods, they run off, shocked. Later, they admit they had been sent to kill Gaia as an infant, to avert disaster for giants and dwarfs alike should she become Frigg, but instead had chosen to protect her. Eggthér takes Zeb hostage, threatening to kill him unless Axl hands over Frigg. The gods prepare for battle and call on Derrick (Thor), who hates giants, for help. Meanwhile, Anders drags Ty out drinking, and in the process meets his soul mate, Helen (Iðunn). Axl and Bryn tell Gaia that she is to become Frigg, but she just laughs.
S2 Ep4 Q-re of Rejuvenation: Q returns and its chosen entertainment is to turn the Bridge crew into their child selves. With the Captain and First Officer back in their young body and mind, it falls to Lieutenant Commander Masters to captain the ship, while Joanna McCoy and the rest of the medical staff have to take care of young Saavik, Kyral, Demora, Wane, Lila, David and Terrance. How many shenanigans will it take before the omnipotent being restores the crew to their rightful ages?
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S2 Ep16 Homeward Bound: As Saavik’s head of house by Vulcan law, Sarek has taken it upon himself to find her a betrothed. When she is called to Vulcan to meet the chosen potential suitors, Saavik will teach them her own logical interpretation of the saying “marriage or challenge”, fighting for her own hand in physical, logical and scientific confrontations.
S3 Ep4 Follow the Leader: The Eridani intercepts an unidentified ship nearing the Romulan neutral zone, whose crew complement is revealed to be v’tosh ka’tur who were former followers of the Vulcan Sybok. The Vulcan crewmembers of the Eridani find themselves confronted by the seemingly completely illogical attitude of the v’tosh ka’tur, while their current leader attempts a takeover of the vessel to allow them to flee to Romulus.
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S2 Ep22 Thy Blood is Thin: Members of Saavik’s house, namely some of Sarek’s brothers, question her status as Spock's heir and a member of the house of Sarek after her stunt at her kal-if-fee trials. Called back to Vulcan, she must prove herself to her clan by ancient Vulcan trials of worthiness.
S1 Ep16 Smoke and Mirrors: After encountering an ion storm and being accidentally beamed out, Captain Saavik, Science Officer Marcus, Dr. McCoy, Lt. Velann and Engineer Masters find themselves on a twisted version of their ship, the I.S.S. Eridani. While they work to return to their home universe, Saavik must face her counterpart, the cunning, ruthless and brutal heir to the current Emperor…
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S2 Ep10 The Sirens: The Eridani is crossing a diffuse nebula, attempting to get the first precise scans of its highly ionized core. What they discover within it is the cause of that former star’s original collapse: a flock of vacuum-faring aliens, whose ionized frequency songs enchant the male crewmen in an attempt to drag the ship into the gravitational field of the core. David Marcus’ strange resistance to the sirens’ call allows the Eridani to escape through unlikely means, revealing one of his closely guarded secrets in the same stride.
