This week I am joined by my wife, Abbie, and our friend, Nate, as we discuss:
Let that Be Your Last Battlefield, The Mark of Gideon, and That Which Survives
The Trouble with Tribbles story
Elaan of Troyius recap now that Abbie is back
Overt messaging in shows
Star Trek without Gene Roddenberry
Is a good message enough to carry an episode?
A Captain’s responsibility to keep the ship out of enemy hands
Great Enterprise security
The transporter as a weapon
Nuclear codes in history
Dr. Strangelove
A good message – “Don’t hate”
Terrible movies with heavy-handed messaging
Watching people watch people on TV
Episode context
What is the call to action in this episode?
Being extra-Spock
Spock needs to be more precise
Abbie gets attacked by a kitten
The Tunguska Event
Another callout to The Beginning of Infinity
Limits on human knowledge?
A victim of the medium at the time?
The decline of the series
Over Warp 14
More multi-culturalism on the Enterprise
A game plan to finish The Original Series
Planning a Star Trek trivia challenge
Looking ahead to The Next Generation
Abbie fires some shots at DS9
Nate throws down the gauntlet for the best episode ending in all of Star Trek
A Star Trek producer spoke in my video production class in college
Something about whales