Welcome to another episode of the To Baldly Go Podcast.
As usual, I am joined by my wife, Abbie, and our friend, Nate, as we discuss:
The next 3 episodes of season 2 of Star Trek: The Original Series – A Private Little War, Return to Tomorrow, and Patterns of Force
What was the message of this episode? Do they even know?
TV makeup and High Definition
We don’t like Gene Roddenberry episodes?
Understanding why TOS was cancelled
Was TOS running out of ideas?
A Next Generation actress
Characters acting out of character
Star Trek and the Apollo missions
Other shows calling their shots
Command structure on the Enterprise
Risk vs. reward
Scotty’s voice and linguistic talents
Biblical connections?
Plot devices vs. realism
Fermi paradox
Aliens and Mexican parliament
A relative lack of surprise that Kirk and Spock dressed as Nazis
Blues Brothers discussion
Nazi imagery in the episode
An episode we wanted to dislike
Is there always a silver lining?
Moral ambiguity and how shows are received