This week:
Ferengi less cartoonish
Still difficult to take them seriously as adversaries
Lore and worldbuilding
Nate sees Picard giving up early
A/B storylines and storytelling in Star Trek
Improvements in the medium over the 1960s
Suspension of disbelief and faster than light travel
Solar system versus other star systems
Nostalgia
Music in Next Gen
Returning characters
Q is kind of weird
Using Q to explore human nature
Assuming Q isn’t gone
More solar system discussion
We’re nerds
Personal anecdotes about mutual friends
Reusing footage from other episodes and movies
Season 1 released immediately in syndication
“Bill” Riker?
Security lapses
Character actors
Thoughts on Lwaxana
More worldbuilding and lore
Filming order
Things we miss from The Original Series
Conflict in Star Trek