Deep Space Now

Every Wednesday, on Deep Space Now Hillary and Nic revisit an episode of the classic sci-fi show Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Sometimes the discussion is silly, sometimes it's serious, but with Deep Space Nine, there's always something worth talking about.

2020 Runabout 09/24/2020

2020 Runabout Hillary and Nic take a break from talking Trek to talk about the brutal year that 2020 has been and everything that is going on. /episode/index/show/deepspacenow/id/16145621

The International House of Caviar 09/04/2020

The International House of Caviar Hillary and Nic suspect that O'Brien is freaking out because the entire crew is all acting strange and seems to be hiding something from him. /episode/index/show/deepspacenow/id/15880322

Star Trek Las Vegas Convention 2019 09/26/2019

Star Trek Las Vegas Convention 2019 We went to the Las Vegas Star Trek convention this year and we had a lot to say about it! Here's our discussion about the convention and the time we had at it! /episode/index/show/deepspacenow/id/11409296

Minty Fresh Man 08/03/2019

Minty Fresh Man Hillary and Nic find themselves in the middle of an Armageddon game as O'Brien and Bashir struggle to survive a very violent peace treaty. They'll hide under the shadow of the amazing hairdos, discover amongst those shadows more of Bashir's questionable "romantic" exploits, and at long last answer the most important question: What does Bashir smell like? /episode/index/show/deepspacenow/id/10760798

Trekfast with Mushrooms 02/21/2019

Trekfast with Mushrooms Hillary and Nic welcome Heather to the first early morning Trekfast runabout where they talk over how Star Trek Discovery's usage of the spore drive squares with the actual science and about the real life Stamets that the character's name is derived from. /episode/index/show/deepspacenow/id/8736491

Hot Cheeto Farts 02/07/2019

Hot Cheeto Farts Father/Son issues abound as Hillary and Nic try to diagnose the social dynamics at play between Odo and his surrogate father who arrives on the station. They test the awkward conversations between the two, probe the validity of a certain red herring, and take the temperature of the gassiest of planets. /episode/index/show/deepspacenow/id/8563385

Runabout - Bar Madlibs 12/12/2018

Runabout - Bar Madlibs In this short bonus runabout Hillary and Nic meet up in person outside a bar to review another Star Trek Madlibs. There will be disturbing facts about tribbles, and an impromptu dance number. In short, the usual for whenever Hillary and Nic are in the same space. /episode/index/show/deepspacenow/id/7896503

The Luck Bop It 11/28/2018

The Luck Bop It Hillary and Nic find the station at the whim of fate, as the crew deals with increasingly bizarre and unlikely events. Will they beat the odds and find something interesting about this episode's antagonist? How much will they bet on the latest evolution of the O'Brien/Bashir dynamic? Is the technobabble in Ops a critical hit or a critical fail? They'll address all this and more in this episode of Deep Space Now. /episode/index/show/deepspacenow/id/7722563

Runabout: The Wedding Episode 11/08/2018

Runabout: The Wedding Episode Hillary and Nic talk about Hillary's recent wedding and brainstorm some extremely unconventional Star Trek themed weddings in this week's runabout. /episode/index/show/deepspacenow/id/7494788

Checkbox, Checkbox, Checkbox, Kentanna! 10/11/2018

Checkbox, Checkbox, Checkbox, Kentanna! Hillary and Nic find Kira in the middle of a request for sanctuary this week. Will they properly assess the episode's metaphor for immigration? Will they correctly process the lengthy section where the universal translator isn't up to snuff? More importantly is there something untoward about a 15 year old boy tutoring a Dabbo girl or is Jake just making it up to get Ferengi high fives from Nog? All this and more is covered in this week's Deep Space Now! /episode/index/show/deepspacenow/id/7158505

Runabout - Klingon Opera 09/20/2018

Runabout - Klingon Opera Hillary and Nic broaden their cultural horizon so far it reaches past the horizon all the way to Qo'noS. Yep, we're digging into Klingon Opera. More specifically the real life Klingon opera 'U' which we watched and discuss here in this runabout! /episode/index/show/deepspacenow/id/7071676

Waaaay Creepier than Lemonade 09/06/2018

Waaaay Creepier than Lemonade This week Hillary and Nic find Sisko in the midst of a most unusual romance. Will Sisko locate his lady in red? What are the ethics of prepping for a date with an abuse of station authority and the aid of the head of security? Do terraformers make the worst husbands? We'll investigate all of these questions and more this week on Deep Space Now! /episode/index/show/deepspacenow/id/7013647

The Picard Announcement Runabout 08/24/2018

The Picard Announcement Runabout In this quick little runabout episode, Hillary and Nic take a moment to discuss the recent announcement of the return of Patrick Stewart's return to the role of Captain Jean Luc Picard. /episode/index/show/deepspacenow/id/6965185

Flowers and Death Delivery Service 08/16/2018

Flowers and Death Delivery Service This week Hillary and Nic flashback to the past of Deep Space Nine as an attempt on Quark's life brings up an old unsolved case. They'll fade to a discussion on color schemes, reminisce about noir elements, and dissolve into a conversation about a questionable assassination plan. /episode/index/show/deepspacenow/id/6935549

Runabout - Cowmunication Breakdown 08/03/2018

Runabout - Cowmunication Breakdown This week Hillary and Nic reteam with special guest Veronica Garcia to once again create an episode of Star Trek out of some very unusual facts. There will be dancing cows, a big musical number in ops, and some very heartfelt moments with the O'Brien family. /episode/index/show/deepspacenow/id/6884805

It Takes Two to Tongo 07/27/2018

It Takes Two to Tongo This week Hillary and Nic find themselves in the middle of the business opportunity of the century with Quark, the Nagus, some angry Dosi, and a Ferengi named Pel who has a secret. They'll have to re-examine the Nagus for fine print, haggle over the episode's treatment of women in the workplace, and renegotiate the love subplot in order to make sure they get a sweet deal. /episode/index/show/deepspacenow/id/6856459

Mad Libs Review - "Weclome to Starfleet Academy" 07/19/2018

Mad Libs Review - "Weclome to Starfleet Academy" Hillary and Nic take a break from talking about episodes to talk about Mad Libs again. This time they tackle Nic's misspelling of titles, the frat house living of cadets, sentient beverages and Starfleet Academy's most famous and unexpected alumni. /episode/index/show/deepspacenow/id/6827729

The Phallus Stays in the Podcast 07/12/2018

The Phallus Stays in the Podcast This week Hillary and Nic navigate the tension between two different pairs on Deep Space Nine. They carefully chart the romantic gravity between Bashir and Melora, the new wheelchair bound ensign. Then they steer around the death threats emanating from one of Quark's old friends coming to settle an old debt. Finally they crash land straight into a character's name that's impossible not to make fun of...a lot. /episode/index/show/deepspacenow/id/6801492

Mad Libs Review - The Most Famous Intro Ever 07/05/2018

Mad Libs Review - The Most Famous Intro Ever This week Hillary and Nic take a break from discussing Deep Space Nine to discuss the potential repercussions of one of the Star Trek Mad Libs. /episode/index/show/deepspacenow/id/6776608

Cardassian Finger Food 06/27/2018

Cardassian Finger Food This week Hillary and Nic find themselves in the midst of some tricky issues when a Cardassian boy raised by Bajorans becomes the subject of a custody struggle. They untangle through the webs of O'Brien's fairly open racism, the delightful threads of Garak's charm, and the grim realities of the episode's ending. All this and more on this weeks Deep Space Now! /episode/index/show/deepspacenow/id/6750344

Runabout - Star Trek Discovery 06/21/2018

Runabout - Star Trek Discovery Hillary and Nic take a break from Deep Space Nine this week to discuss Discovery, the first new Star Trek show in quite a while. /episode/index/show/deepspacenow/id/6729042

Like an Even Smarter Siri 06/07/2018

Like an Even Smarter Siri This week Hillary and Nic have to survive some rather invasive procedures along with the crew of the Deep Space Nine when intruders come on board. They scan the performances of the guests, probe the disturbing timeliness of the villains justification, and diagnose Quark's horrible whines of pains. All that and more on this week's Deep Space Now. /episode/index/show/deepspacenow/id/6678235

Runabout - Silent Butt Deadly 05/31/2018

Runabout - Silent Butt Deadly In this Runabout we welcome Veronica Garcia to the show to play a game where she provides strange facts and we do our best to transform them into a Star Trek episode pitch! In this case, a pitch that involves more digestion based drama and space dolphins than the typical Deep Space Nine episode. /episode/index/show/deepspacenow/id/6652716

Spider Sandwiches 05/24/2018

Spider Sandwiches This week Hillary and Nic brave a bumbling evil Bajoran Steven Weber, embrace the thrill of a Dax/Kira adventure, and risk the dietary nightmare that is spider sandwiches as the crew of Deep Space Nine tries to stop a coup in it's tracks. /episode/index/show/deepspacenow/id/6629614

USS Callister Runabout 05/16/2018

USS Callister Runabout This week Hillary and Nic take a break from Deep Space Nine to look into the Black Mirror at the Star Trek inspired episode "USS Callister." /episode/index/show/deepspacenow/id/6600583

Drop Acid With The Pope 05/09/2018

Drop Acid With The Pope Hillary and Nic stumble on a conspiracy in Bajor and watch the crew struggle to deal with the absence of everyone's favorite Bajoran Major. In this episode we fall over ourselves keeping up with Kira's ever expanding unplanned farewell party, bump into the ethics of exposing someone to an unexpectedly steamy hallucinogenic vision, and crash into the question of whether merely being a part of a trilogy of this sort makes it more difficult for the episode to work on its own. /episode/index/show/deepspacenow/id/6573516

Orville Runabout 05/03/2018

Orville Runabout Hillary and Nic take a break from Deep Space 9 for a week to talk about the Star Trek influenced TV show The Orville. Half of this episode was recorded after we watched the first episode and half after the first season ended. /episode/index/show/deepspacenow/id/6551062

Bajorge Washington 04/25/2018

Bajorge Washington Hillary and Nic return from their hiatus to investigate the whereabouts of a famous Bajoran freedom fighter with the crew. They reconnect with the crew, discuss using Bugs Bunny tactics in warfare, and thrill to the introduction of Skeletor Nixon. All this and more this week in Deep Space Now! /episode/index/show/deepspacenow/id/6520540

Season 1 - A look back 09/13/2017

Season 1 - A look back Having completed the entire first season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Hillary and Nic take this episode to look back on it as a whole and reflect on the things they liked, didn't like, and look forward to seeing in season 2. /episode/index/show/deepspacenow/id/5735454

A Badly Made Frisbee 09/06/2017

A Badly Made Frisbee This week Hillary and Nic find themselves in the middle of a major debate over religion in schools! In order to navigate through it they'll discuss O'Brien's jumja stick, Vedek Winn's amazing outfit and even more amazing performance, and discover how a man went from ensign to frisbee in record time. All this and more on this week's Deep Space Now! /episode/index/show/deepspacenow/id/5712835

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