This episode we discuss:
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Didn’t go full Captain Planet
Nate surprised by his rating
Felt like a long episode
Ralph Winter – producer
Chekov in 1980s San Francisco
The pitfalls of knowing there is more to come
Plot holes
No butterfly effect?
Different timelines?
A Commander Random sighting
Plot devices vs. realistic story progress
Star Trek: Movie Memories – by William Shatner
Sulu’s lost movie moment
Eddie Murphy in Star Trek?
Nate is not a biologist
Trivia
Production battles
Similarities with Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Other time travel stories – Stephen King’s 11.22.63
Home video release included a trailer for Star Trek: The Next Generation