The Changeling
The Changeling (Memory Alpha; SD Video) is a thoroughly mediocre robot-of-doom episode.
It’s remarkable only because it happens right after I talked about Uhura lacking substantive roles, and here she gets something approaching an actual part. She still plays the damsel-in-distress, and she’s still a second-tier character, but it’s more than her usual fare. She gets a little drama, and we learn a little about her, and that’s more than we’ve gotten up to now.
Grade
B
