Heart of Glory (TNG)
The episode that made Worf, and a security team that badly needs retraining. Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin weigh Klingon honor, a death howl...
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The Practical Joker (TAS)
A charged particle cloud infects the Enterprise computer and it starts pranking the crew. In TAS S2E3, Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. J...
Amok Time (TOS)
Vulcan biology gets its first real explanation, and it nearly kills Spock. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler break down TOS S2...
Tomorrow’s Enterprise (SNW)
Two Uhuras, a year apart, and a Scotty who died in one timeline: the Strange New Worlds Season 4 finale (Episode 10) plays like a pilot for...
Once La’an A Time (SNW)
A shadow self is the part you hide, not the evil twin — which gives Season 4, Episode 9 away a mile off. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr....
Orders of Magnitude (SNW)
A grieving admiral wants 5,000 people killed to be sure of one cloaked ship, and only Kirk objects. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jaso...
Announcing Holy Troublemakers
Announcing Holy Troublemakers, a new podcast from StarQuest. In this weekly podcast host Dom Bettinelli will introduce you to the difficult...
Like Chronitons Through the Hourglass (SNW)
Trelane turns the Enterprise into a soap opera for a school project, and only Pike notices. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler...
Off-Hour (SNW)
A table tears loose in sickbay and cuts Dr. M'Benga nearly in half — and Nurse Chapel refuses to let him go. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and...
Level-Five Transporter Accident (SNW)
Is Star Trek's puppet episode genius or a cop-out? Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler split over whether Strange New Worlds S4E...
A Case of Chiaroscuro (SNW)
In Strange New Worlds S4E4, Number One gets stranded on a Klingon-occupied world that's basically Casablanca in space. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy...
Human Best Friend (SNW)
Ortegas and Scotty wake up on a drunk planet with no memory of the night before — and a bomb on their shuttle. Dom Bettinelli, Fr. Jason Tyl...
The Griffin Incident (SNW)
A derelict starship weaponizes its rescuers' worst fears, and Strange New Worlds S4E2 flatly refuses to explain any of it. Dom Bettinelli, J...
Valles Marineris (SNW)
Sixty-five million years in the past, Pike can save a planet or keep his own future — not both. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Ty...
Singularity (ENT)
Radiation from a black hole turns the crew into a shipful of obsessives in Enterprise S2E9, "Singularity." Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and F...
Persistence of Vision (VOY)
A powerful alien telepath locks Voyager's crew in private hallucinations and then vanishes without explanation. Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Aki...
Return to Grace (DS9)
When Klingons destroy the conference she was headed to, Kira ends up teaching guerrilla tactics to a demoted Dukat. Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy...
The High Ground (TNG)
A separatist leader kidnaps Beverly Crusher and makes arguments the Enterprise crew can't quite answer. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr....
Bem (TAS)
An alien observer who detaches his own body parts puts Kirk and Spock through their paces in TAS S2E2. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. J...
Who Mourns for Adonais? (TOS)
A giant green hand grabs the Enterprise — and the Greek god Apollo demands worship. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler weigh TO...