Episodes

This week's episode, is all about the aftershows. While we do get a bit goofy afterwards, valuable discussion is always around the corner. In these vignettes of post show banter, we discuss everything from Black Mirror's pig-gate, to the plausibility of turning while in warp. Join in on the fun!

This episode is a love letter to the first captain of the Enterprise, Captain Christopher Pike! Join in as we cover a brief bit of casting news — with feedback from friend of the show Matthew Turnage, then our friend and playwright, Lee Shackleford, talks about his feeling on what Captain Pike has meant to him and so many others.

While aired as the third episode of the first season of Star Trek: The Original Series, “Where No Man Has Gone Before” — the second of two pilots — manages to right the ship. Not only did it get the series green-lit, but it also started a phenomenon. Join us as we review “Where No Man Has Gone Before”.

In this episode, we take a look at IDW’s third issue of their Star Trek Discovery book, “The Light of Kahless”. Join us as we give the book the deep-dive, as well as discuss the Star Trek Discovery news coming out of WonderCon 2018!

In this episode, we take on the pilot that *ahem* almost started it all. Though a second pilot was ordered, this is where it all started. Join us as we drive into “The Cage”.

In this episode, we take a look at IDW’s second issue of their Star Trek Discovery book, “The Light of Kahless”. Join us as we give the book the deep-dive, as well as talk a bit about our time at PENASCON–were we got at meet Robert Picardo!

In this episode, we are once again doing things a bit differently! While the normal crew takes a bit of a break after covering season one of Star Trek: Discovery, we go to the Discussing Who archives for a review of the 2016 movie Arrival! Join in as Kyle Jones, Lee Shackleford, and Clarence Brown give their thoughts on one of the biggest science-fiction movies of 2016.

In this episode of the Discussing Trek, we take a look back at season one, discussing the highs, the lows, and some things that just didn’t sit well with us! Did things end as well as they started with the onset of the Klingon War in the “Vulcan Hello”? Are we satisfied with the Tyler/Voq-arc? Was the venture into the mirror universe ultimately a good thing? Join us as we attempt to answer these questions and more!

Season one of Star Trek Discovery is in the books! In the season finale, Mirror-Georgiou leads the away team to execute a plan that could give the federation a leg up in the war against the Klingons. All is not as it seems, and Burnham and crew are left with the only thing they know–their Starfleet principles. Join us as we wrap-up season one of Star Trek Discovery with “Will You Take My Hand?”

In the next to last episode of season one, a decimated Federation confides in a unlikely source, while the crew of Discovery attempts to come to terms with what remains of Lieutenant Tyler. Join in as we unpack it all in our review of the latest episode of Star Trek Discovery “The War Without, The War Within”.