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David C. Roberson breaks down the latest news and Star Trek series with lifelong friend Matthew Carroll and introduces longtime friend Effie Ophelders to classic Trek for the very first time.
From Strange New Worlds and Starfleet Academy to The Original Series, The Next Generation, and everything in between, we explore the Star Trek universe one episode at a time!
Effie and Dave fight to be vended as thralls while wearing tin foil bikinis and getting eye-effed by Galt! Lord have mercy upon us, maman! It'll be no time before we're served the old Jim Kirk peck-n-punch! Or worse, his cock-n-sock!
Episode Reviewed:
Star Trek 2x17 - "The Gamesters of Triskelion"
Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Effie Ophelders
Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first watch of Star Trek in production order. Guiding her on this journey: Dave, a stalwart fan of almost four decades who rewatches along with her, provides trivia, insights and the occasional excitement-stoking minor spoiler.
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Kirk brings the crew to a spot he visited before, but he expected paradise -- not a private little war! This is an uneven-but-fun episode to talk about, maman! We got G̶u̶m̶a̶t̶o̶, er, Mugato bites, a witch with a small, deadly box, wigs, Lisa Frank stickers on foreheads and a Vietnam redux, maman! It's a wild one!
Episode Reviewed:
Star Trek 2x16 - "A Private Little War"
Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Effie Ophelders
Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first watch of Star Trek in production order. Guiding her on this journey: Dave, a stalwart fan of almost four decades who rewatches along with her, provides trivia, insights and the occasional excitement-stoking minor spoiler.
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It's our 300th episode, maman! We're getting into all sorts of news!
Strange New Worlds
They finally told an original story, maman -- or they started to before they were "inspired" by an episode of The Next Generation and did that instead. Alright, fine. It was the only part that actually worked.
Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 3x10 - "New Life and New Civilizations"
Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Matthew Carroll
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Divert power to cliché, snarky one-liners, maman! Even in the face of death, and with no one listening, it's time to get in an old yuk-yuk! But ain't nobody laughing at the end, maman. It goes from tragic story to a tragic couple of missteps in franchise continuity! What are they doing, maman?
Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 3x09 - "Terrarium"
Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Matthew Carroll
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Yes, we watched it, maman. We saw "Four-and-a-Half Vulcans." Our tears are bitter, maman. Our souls are thin as to be wisped away by a wayward zephyr. We weep for our bodies are malnourished; our spirits are distressed. It is a dark age, maman. We require a bonfire of the inanities.
Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 3x08 - "Four-and-a-Half Vulcans"
Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Matthew Carroll
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Beto’s been filming on the Enterprise for weeks, maman - and the fruit of his labor is “What is Starfleet?” There were other things to talk about, maman. Starfleet probably didn't declassify that ish, maman. We’re talking about Strange New Worlds 3x07 - “What is Starfleet?” as well as a little bit of news about who Paramount has put in charge of programming at Paramount +!
Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 3x07 - "What is Starfleet?"
Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Matthew Carroll
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Pelia talking about her age is getting stale while Kirk becomes the Sehlat who ate its tail. Gather your telephones, maman! It's time for a chat!
Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 3x06 - "The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail"
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David C. Roberson
Matthew Carroll
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There’s a murderer on board, So Spock might pull the chord! You’ll hear Sarek say “My Wife! Attend!” while a Tellarite meets his end! A killer runs amok while Spock’s parents finger fuuh, oh -- uh, how about... D.C. Fontana brings more world-building to this intergalactic fable as we’re settling in for a Journey to Babel! It got dicey there for a minute, maman!
Episode Reviewed:
Star Trek 2x15 - "Journey to Babel"
Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Effie Ophelders
Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first watch of Star Trek in production order. Guiding her on this journey: Dave, a stalwart fan of almost four decades who rewatches along with her, provides trivia, insights and the occasional excitement-stoking minor spoiler.
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Mike Sussman and Bakula have a pitch for a President Archer series! Simon Pegg says the new head of Paramount is a huge Star Trek fan! Plus we review Strange New Worlds 3x05, "Through the Lens of Time" and love it! So many fan theories this episode, maman! It's jam-packed!
Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 3x05 - "Through the Lens of Time"
Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Matthew Carroll
Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing journey discussing Star Trek as they have since the late1980s.
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