This week we discuss:
The Tholian Web, Plato’s Stepchildren, and Wink of an Eye
We continue last week’s debate and how Nate is wrong
A traditional Star Trek episode
Ratings with qualifiers
Episode and series hero journeys
Scotty the full-blown alcoholic?
A weak spot in the episode?
Explaining to the audience instead of the characters
Grown-up storytelling
Shatner stepping back in an episode
Could this have been a TNG episode?
Star Trek memorabilia at auction
Scotty’s hair
Another back-in-time episode
First television inter-racial kiss, at least in the US
Abbie wants internal consistency
Subtle vs overt messaging in shows then and now
Motor control vs mind control
We can again see why the series was canceled
Things that take us out of the story
Inception and X-Men did it better
Star Trek Customizable Card Game
How the series was experienced in the late-1960s
Cinematography
Kirk’s coffee
Why didn’t they harness the power when they had the antidote?
Abbie is refusing to watch The Animated Series
Star Trek graphic novel
Getting rid of Kirk?
Hanlon’s Razor?
A Waffle House story