Welcome to episode 8 of the To Baldly Go Podcast, as I document my mission to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To Baldly Go where so many have gone before.
I have started at the beginning, with Star Trek: The Original Series, watching through in an attempt to understand why people love these shows as much as they do. Just maybe, I’ll become a Trekkie myself.
This week I am joined by Abbie and Nate, as we discuss:
Star Trek: The Original Series – Shore Leave, The Galileo Seven, and The Squire of Gothos
The Alice in Wonderland bunny and initial thoughts
Nate second-guesses his rating
A different landing party than we normally see
A man with a jeweled knife – Don Juan, of course!
Daydreams or weirdly intrusive thoughts?
The crew doesn’t seem to notice when things should seem strange – like a human-sized bunny, or a loaded 20th century gun
The more complex the mind, the more important play is. Get out of your own head
Kirk’s age
20% of the way through The Original Series
Spock’s first command
Galactic High Commissioner
Standing orders
Charging phasers to get into orbit
Foreshadowing from Spock?
Trying to trap Spock into being wrong
Spock the Stoic
Results-oriented vs probability-oriented
Spock doesn’t understand the logic that some people will act emotionally and can’t respond accordingly
Logic doesn’t have all the answers
Rituals are very important to people
Would Spock have stayed behind? Abbie calls Nate out for making claims from episodes or movies yet to come
A rare instance of Nate and Abbie disagreeing on a rating
Kidnapped Kirk rejects the mission?
Form vs substance
Mirrors are a window to the soul
The future is the past
Q
Abbie with the deep questions – Is Kirk a good Captain? A good friend? A good person?
Kirk’s similarities to Picard
Janeway discussion
More on Kirk as captain, friend, person
Abbie throws more shade at DS9
The draw of stories