Episode 85 – “Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country”
We’re finally here, everyone: the last Original Series movie, and arguably the most substantive. Definitely the most 90s, and the most...
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Join Corene, Ari and Kim as we talk (and argue) about Star Trek, episode by episode, in chronological order all the way from the dawn of the franchise with The Cage (Q help us) all the way t...
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20 of 93 episodesEpisode 84 – “Star Trek 5: The Final Frontier”
In this, the officially Most Bananas of all the Star Trek movies, a crazed cult-leader steals the Enterprise and her crew and takes a joyrid...
Episode 83 – “Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home”
Buckle up, nerds, for MY FAVOURITE STAR TREK MOVIE, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, AKA: The One with the Whales. This movie has it all: 1. H...
Episode 82 – “Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock”
So, here’s the thing about the second, third, and fourth Star Trek movies: they’re a trilogy. And Search for Spock plays true to...
Episode 81a – “Star Trek: Discovery Trailer”
Have you seen the Discovery trailer yet? Well, spoilers: it definitely looks amazing. Great production values, a diverse cast, and some̷...
Episode 81 – “Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan”
We’re here! We’re finally here! We’re finally at my favourite era of Original Trek: all the movies after The Motion Pictur...
Episode 80 – “Star Trek: The Motion Picture”
Welcome, nerds, to a new phase in our adventure together: the Original Series Movies! These uniforms: The Worst, or The Literal Worst? Star...
Episode 79 – TOS 3×24: “Turnabout Intruder”
Welcome to the VERY LAST EPISODE of the Original Series of Star Trek. On these episodes was based the entire, larger, extensive body of the...
Episode 78 – TOS 3×23: “All Our Yesterdays”
IN THIS, THE PENULTIMATE EPISODE OF THE ORIGINAL SERIES, we visit the planet Sarpeidon, a planet whose star is about to go supernova. Settin...
Episode 77 – TOS 3×22: “The Savage Curtain”
So hey guys, spoiler: this episode is total nonsense. Basically, the Enterprise is at A Planet. Why? It’s never explained. But almost...
Episode 76 – TOS 3×21: “The Cloud Minders”
Now in our home stretch for The Original Series, we come to a genuinely kinda good late-series episode, in which the Enterprise gets caught...
Episode 75 – TOS 3×20: “The Way to Eden”
So this week’s episode is about checking your privilege! The Enterprise trips over a stolen ship full of young space hippies who have...
Episode 74 – TOS 3×19: “Requiem for Methuselah”
So I nearly didn’t bother writing a post for this episode, because Corene’s intro basically… covers it all. You’ll s...
Episode 73 – TOS 3×18: “The Lights of Zetar”
In this episode, in a roundabout treatise on bodily autonomy and how you shouldn’t fuck with it, some jerkface glowy space lights impe...
Episode 72 – TOS 3×17: “That Which Survives”
Buckle up, nerds, because this week’s episode brings together two of our favourite things: 1. Star Trek and 2. a cozy murder mystery!...
Episode 71 – TOS 3×16: “The Mark of Gideon”
This week brings us to an episode is often referenced as evidence of Trek’s pro-choice, feminist foundations. The basics are thus: Kir...
Episode 70 – TOS 3×15: “Let That Be Your Last Battlefield”
So this episode needs little explanation, being well-known, even to those living under literal rocks, as Trek’s Clumsiest Racial Preju...
Episode 69 – TOS 3×14: “Whom Gods Destroy”
So, chances are, you have a hazy memory of a Star Trek episode that takes place in a mental hospital of some kind. Like us, you probably mad...
Episode 68 – TOS 3×13: “Elaan of Troyius”
So this week’s episode would best be described as Taming of the Shrew, But in Space, but with the caveat that in no universe would any...
Episode 67 – TOS 3×12: “The Empath”
So really, this episode makes a lot more sense if you think of it as the first bad fic you ever wrote for your favourite TV show. The Empath...