Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - "The Siege"

Ok so maybe those rebels were being manipulated by the Cardassians all along! Also I know they're a fake space alien species made up for tv but I still get pretty uncomfortable when somebody (O'Brien) calls them "cardies" or "spoonheads."

RATING: 80%

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - "The Circle"

Kira gets fired by Bajoran rebels and then as a follow-up the rebels seize power and kick Starfleet off DS9.

RATING: 77%

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - "The Homecoming"

Kira and O'Brien rescue a Bajoran from a secret illegal warcamp and then all the Bajorans are like "cool be our new leader guy!"

RATING: 71%

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - "In The Hands Of The Prophets"

A Bajoran bishop comes on board to criticize Keiko for not teaching creationism in her science class (basically).

RATING: 68%

Star Trek: The Next Generation - "Rightful Heir"

Worf takes a little spiritual retreat just in time for Klingon Jesus to return from the dead.

RATING: 70%

Star Trek - "The Return of the Archons"

Kirk decides a peaceful society doesn't have the right kind of freedom so he kills their computer leader, destabilizing their whole culture, and then he peaces out.

RATING: 73%

Enterprise S3E12 - "Chosen Realm"

Some space religious nuts want to take over Enterprise for their holy war, which is probably supposed to be a xenophobic metaphor for radical Islam but I feel works well for radical Christianity, too.

RATING: 72%

Enterprise S1E10 - "Cold Front"

While meeting some space-religious-types on a pilgrimage to a space-cloud, Archer and co. also meet some time travelers who want to either fuck things up or save them. It's actually an ok episode before the time travelers come in and force a story arc because people nowadays apparently can't enjoy a show unless "everything's connected, man!"

RATING: 62%

Enterprise S1E6 - "The Andorian Incident"

So there's lots of crazy space things to explore, but instead Archer's like "let's check out this boring Vulcan monastery!" Turns out some Andorians also wanted to check it out, ie take everybody hostage because they worry there's a secret spy thing underneath, but that would never be true in Star Trek, right???

RATING: 64%