This week, Nate and I discuss:
The Emmy-award winning Star Trek: The Animated Series
Stopped rating the episodes
Less than the sum of its parts?
A bad series
Animated Series as punishments
Spaceships and aliens
Target demographics
Shortcomings of TAS
No Chekov
The great episode of TAS – a top episode for the franchise to this point
Political implications of airing certain episodes
Is TAS canon?
Life support belts
Kirk was the Devil’s advocate?
Missing charm and disjointed dialogue
Unrealized potential
What non-Star-Trek fans think Star Trek is
Felt like the Gorn fight from Arena
TAS trivia
Nate’s Star Trek models
Star Trek production guide
Looking ahead to Next Generation
Planning future podcast discussions and watch order