Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - The RANDY Awards

 Clearly, I have way to much time on my hands!  Looking back over this latest offering to the Star Trek Universe, I am going to give out some awards.  In fact, I've given this more and a little (and way too much) thought and it will be 16 separate awards in 10 categories.  Some of the categories will be very standard and familiar.  Others won't.  For example the very first category comes from the praise that this series engendered in the very beginning: Best Stand Alone Episode.  

Some of the awards have three places, so all of the awards are listed as Gold, Silver and Bronze with only three of them having Silver and Bronze recipients.  The ten categories are:

1) Best Stand Alone Episode: GOLD

2) Best Ensemble Episode: GOLD

3) Best Guest Actor in a Supporting Roll: GOLD, SILVER & BRONZE (this is an actor with multiple scenes, but no pivotal role in the story line.  It's a judgment call, and I am the judge)

4) Best Design and Set Elements: GOLD

5) Best Special Effects Design: GOLD

6) Best Make-up Design: GOLD

7) Best Costumes Design: GOLD

8) Best Actor in a Featured Role: GOLD, SILVER & BRONZE (this is an actor with a major part to play, on that appears multiple times and compares in screen time to regular actors--again, my call)

9) Most Ambitious Concept in an Episode: GOLD  (It's like pornography--you know it when you see it!)

10) Best Episodes: GOLD, SILVER & BRONZE

So here I offer a chart with all 10 episodes and the winner of the first category: BEST STAND ALONE EPISODE goes to....

THE CHILDREN OF THE COMET!