The Trouble with Tribbles

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018 - Bean sucks at poker

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Welcome to another episode of the To Baldly Go Podcast.

I am joined again this week by my wife, Abbie, and our friend, Nate as we discuss:

  • The next 3 episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series – The Gamesters of Triskelion, A Piece of the Action, and The Immunity Syndrome

  • First – my homework to rewatch The Trouble with Tribbles

  • I can see why The Trouble with Tribbles is a favorite episode for many

  • Does “more fun” mean “better”?

  • Parks and Rec vs. The Sopranos

  • Have we seen this episode before?

  • Aaron can rate something a 10

  • Fair terms?

  • Would Kirk have acted the same if only saving himself and crew?

  • Downgrading my rating and things that took me out of the episode

  • No blondes on Vulcan

  • A good-enough episode

  • Application of the Prime Directive?

  • Let’s play Cups!

  • Kirk’s ‘20s talk

  • Radios and rotary phones

  • Nate hates Scotty

  • Abbie didn’t finish the final episode

  • The death of one vs the deaths of many

  • Kirk’s understanding of their mission

  • Spock shit-talking McCoy

  • Spock and McCoy truly care for each other

  • Nate’s 13-year-old humor

  • Instinct and intuition vs logic

  • Did the Vulcans logic themselves to death?

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017 - Aaron can be stubborn. And wrong

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Welcome to another episode of the To Baldly Go Podcast.

I am joined again this week by my wife Abbie and our friend Nate as we discuss:

  • The next 3 episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series – Obsession, Wolf in the Fold, and The Trouble with Tribbles

  • Drinking Minnesota beer in Northeast Florida

  • A good, forgettable episode

  • PTSD in Star Trek

  • Personal log vs Captain’s log

  • Kirk is quite the dynamic character

  • The Farragut

  • Moby Dick

  • Logic vs Intuition

  • Star Trek and religion

  • A Newsradio segue

  • Hedonism Bot from Futurama

  • An episode that could have been stronger if it was shorter

  • Piglet the Ripper

  • Deep space murder mystery – of course we’ll jump to an unsolved series of murders from London 400 years prior

  • Stunt doubles and watching Star Trek on our phones (like they did when this first came out)

  • “Abbie will hate this episode”

  • Was Hengist innocent?

  • Anchor points and being underwhelmed

  • Undercover Klingon

  • A perfect episode???

  • Physical altercations over disrespectful words

  • I agree to rewatch The Trouble with Tribbles