Starfleet Expendables (DS9 S3 : E1 "The Search, Pt.1" - First Half Discussion)
Release Date: 06/19/2025
Care Was Not Taken (VOY S1 : E1/2 "Caretaker")
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We go deep and meta on trek and ourselves as we revisit where V'Ger Please started as we revisit the Voyager pilot, "Caretaker"! Quark gives the ship a deserving farewell from DS9 as we dig deep on our thoughts about the episode - and Voyager as a whole - with seven and a half years of additional context (and much better microphones).
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Violence, Tragedy, and the Future (DS9 S3 : E10 "Past Tense, Part II")
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We review the second half of the all-to-timely "Past Tense, Part II". Ben and Julian need to make sure a terrible act of political violence takes place to ensure the timeline stays in-tact while helping everyone involved retain their empathy. Boy, sounds like science fiction more than ever, am I right?
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Ghostbusters in Jackboots (DS9 S3 : E11 "Past Tense, Part 1")
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What's that, we have to review an episode about urban crime, class divides, and deep questions of humanity? Oh and it takes place of the 'future' of 2024? Well 'that won't be awkward at all as we review "Past Tense, Part 1"! Just remember one important thing - Dax is prepared to be a con artist in any time or place.
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Midsummer Nightmare (DS9 S3 : E10 "Fascination")
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Hey everyone, do you like Shakespeare? What about The Lesser Troi? No one? Well too bad, because we are reviewing "Facination"! Deep Sheetz Nine is having a groovy slice of life episode with some sort of new years thing, but then our favorite(!) ambassador shows up and everyone gets a case of the horny. It's wacky! It's also somehow...not the worst?
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Dramatic Sideburns Reveal (DS9 S3 : E9 "Defiant")
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Poor Major Kira, she's overworked, she stressed, she needs a break. so it will be just when the doctor ordered when good 'ol Commander Riker shows up...right? We finally review "Defiant" and find out if Peter managed to stay pure, go deep on the Tom Riker question, and find out why you don't let the CIA have an actual army.
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A Junk Drawer TNG Script (DS9 S3 : E8 "Meridian")
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We find a way to not talk about this episode as much as possible as we review classic DS9 stinker "Meridian"! We get to experience the joy of Dax retrofit into a Troi plot, unearned emotion like it's a DISCO episode, and Jeffery Combs show up to do naughty cybercrimes with Quark.
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ATTENTION BAJORAN WORKERS (DS9 S3 : E7 "Civil Defense")
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Everyone gets in on the action as we review the most improbably perfect comedy episode Trek has ever produced as we review "Civil Defense". After Deep Sheetz Nine turns into a pro level Cardassian escape room, can our crew outwit Dukat's incredible Bioware-style dialogue trees? Also, who was that guy who just got zapped to ashes during our wacky nonsense?
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Blackjack and Dabo Girls (DS9 S3 : E6 "The Abandoned")
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Everyone is dealing with the consequences of parenthood this week as we review "The Abandoned". So the A plot with Odo uncovering the horror of his people is great and all, but we need to have an immediate conversation about Jake 'Pool Shark' Sisko. This young lad is out here pulling Alpha Quadrant Eights!
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Total Recall : Cardassian Edition (DS9 S3 : E5 "Second Skin")
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It's time for the ol' classic 'your life is fake/a lie' get a new twist as we review "Second Skin"! When Kira gets a replimat call no one would want, she winds up a pawn in a much bigger game, Garak commits his first crimes for Starfleet, and we decide if the Obsidian Order is either galaxy brain genius or Scooby-Doo level idiots.
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John Carpenter's Breeding Pools (DS9 S3 : E4 "Equilibrium")
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We get another solid dose of detail on Trill where Jadzia spends the principal part of the episode out of the action as we review "Equilibrium"? Seriously, why were the DS9 writers so bad at this? How did the manage to make Quark a fantastic loverboy but somehow every single time it's Trill Time they give us underbaked nonsense where the focus character has no agency over her existence? WHY DID YOU DO THIS THREE TIMES?
info_outlineWhen Sisko rolls back into Deep Sheetz Nine with Starfleet's castoff superweapon, things get very interesting as we begin our discussion of Season 3 and "The Search Pt. 1" We spend an hour on just the part before they leave for the Gamma Quad! There is so much to go over! Enjoy us being indulgent.