Wolf in the Fold/The Trouble with Tribbles

The time has come for Tribbles! We may not have a lot to say about the fan-favorite episode “The Trouble with Tribbles.” As it turns out, we were into it! “Wolf in the Fold” is another story, but at least Scotty was given his time to shine, er… be accused of murder.

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The Deadly Years/Obsession

Even the second season of The Original Series needed to hit a slump. We’re all just waiting for the Tribbles to show up (next time!). In the plus column though, we do get to hear Mac’s story about the time he accidentally wore women’s pants. Which does relate to one of these episodes. Sort of.

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Journey to Babel/Friday's Child

Your Away Team spends a goodly amount of time talking about and loving “Journey to Babel.” Seriously, Eris really liked the episode. Like, a lot. Tons. Also, “Friday’s Child” is here for some reason. :shrug: At least Julie Newmar will get us through this.

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I, Mudd/Metamorphosis

We are just as surprised as anyone else to learn we prefer spending time with Harry Mudd over Zefram Cochrane. We just—we didn’t see that coming. Also: why did it take Kirk and Bones so long to realize who Zefram Cochrane was?

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The Doomsday Machine/Catspaw

Prepared to be whisked away to a Moby Dick-like tale… except in space. Also with firey anuses. Don’t worry, though. We have a cream for that. Then we wallow in the only Halloween (or, for that matter, any holiday) themed episode of the franchise, with Catspaw.

We ended up preferring the fire anuses. And we’re not sorry.

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Mirror, Mirror/The Apple

Your Away Team spends a good long spell wondering just how sexy the Mirror Universe is. The answer? Between goatees, abs, and thigh sheaths? Very. They then hang their heads in disappointment as “The Apple” teaches us all to procreate and be capitalists… in a post-capitalism society. :checks notes: Yeah. There is red face. We’re not fans.

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Who Mourns for Adonais?/The Changeling

Your Away Team meets Zeus. He insists his name is Apollo, but we know better. After spending a spell on the ups and downs of costuming, we change gears and… :checks notes: Yep. Kirk blows up another computer by arguing with it.

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Operation -- Annihilate!/Amok Time

Your Away Team finishes up Season 1 of The Original Series with the symphony of punctuation that is “Operation — Annihilate!” We then move on to Spock’s wedding and a whole lot of world building. Also, Chekov and his adorable hair.

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The Alternative Factor/The City on the Edge of Forever

After immediately dismissing The Alternative Factor as perhaps the worst episode of all time (sorry, Spock’s Brain) the Away Team spend the majority of their time discussing the famous—and somewhat infamous—Harlan Ellison-penned “The City on the Edge of Forever.” Drugs! Time Travel! A surprising lack of sex! Different teleplay drafts and prolonged action with the Writer’s Guild of America! It’s all here.

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The Devil in the Dark/Errand of Mercy

Your Away Team continues their march through the first season of The Original Series. They meet Klingons for the first time, decide that—at minimum—their makeup needs a little work. We also pay a little visit to the Horta and sample Dr. McCoy’s secret guacamole. Eris marvels at Organian costumes! Z celebrates the gayness of The Devil in the Dark! Lora sympathizes with Spock having to do all the work while Bones and Kirk drink coffe from a Starbucks just off screen. And Mac… Well, Mac decided at some point he was a morning drive time DJ named DJ DJ DJ (The Double D, with another one added in there) and can’t quite seem to shake it off.

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A Taste of Armageddon/This Side of Paradise

We have a lot of thoughts about Spores, but even more thoughts about how Uhura can still do her job while Spored (tm) and the rest of the crew can’t handle their high. Meanwhile, we marvel at just how often Kirk will go to the well of solving dilemmas by absolutely wrecking a computer that is solely responsible for a civilization.

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Return of the Archons/Space Seed

Recorded hours after networks called the Presidential election, your Away Team has some things to say about cult like behavior, emotionally abusive despots whose best days were in the 1990s, and… on a tangentially related note, we also have a few thoughts on Benedict Cumberbatch.

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Tomorrow is Yesterday/Court Martial

Time travel. We have a lot of opinions about it. That and chicken soup. Also, we devote a not insignificant amount of the show unpacking how Captain Kirk is trusted ONLY with three commands from his captain’s chair (none of them are “order coffee”).

Meanwhile, Z DRAMATICALLY undersells the virtues of Among Us to the Away Team.

Oh yeah! Also, the ship (by way of the computer) develops a personality and Kirk's romance with said ship is suddenly brought into question.

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The Squire of Gothos/Arena

We’re less than a year into our re-watch of The Original Series, and by our count we have met our fourth misbehaving god-man. He basic. Literally. His name is Trelane, which is apparently less a French name, and more the kind of name an omnipotent child would give himself. Then, we set course for Cestus III and realize that the more bedazzle a Gorn’s eyes, the higher their rank. Most importantly, Z points out our most glaring omission to date:

Boner jokes about Bones.

How did we get nearly a year into this thing without putting it together?

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Shore Leave/The Galileo Seven

Meet Leroy. He runs a pleasure planet and he’s very concerned you’re going to ruin it for everyone. Your away team take a brief break with “Shore Leave” before boring themselves to tears with “The Galileo Seven.” Along the way, they grapple with the question that has stymied Trekkies since 1966:

Just how horny is Dr. McCoy?

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The Conscience of the King/Balance of Terror

Wherein our dauntless away team reunite (the jury is still out as to who was actually missing) just in time to talk about Shakespeare, Space Hitlers, inappropriate Scottish Play casting, weddings in space, and bureaucratic weapons fire. Is that you, dad?!

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Medical Emergency, Part 10 - Lower Decks

Captain Lora and First Officer Mac finish their Medical Emergency run by taking a look at the newest, still-in-progress animated series, Lower Decks. Lora is a Boimler, and Mac is a Mariner, if you were interested. Much like with their discussions on “Picard” and “Discovery,” they have almost no patience for the army of people who would do nothing but complain about new Star Trek. Next time, the Medical Emergency series may be at an end (even if the actual medical emergency is very much still among us) but Z and Eris will rejoin us as we resume our course—episode by episode—through The Original Series.

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Medical Emergency, Part 9 - The Next Generation (Part 2)

Captain Lora and First Officer Mac continue their deep-dive into TNG with their best-of (both worlds) list. Prepare yourself for a shock, but a Season 2 episode finds its way onto the list. Don’t worry, it’s not “Shades of Gray.” Join us next week for a mid-season check-in with the newest Trek, Lower Decks, before we modify our main deflector dish to emit an inverse tachyon pulse, bring back our co-hosts, and maybe get back on-format!

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Medical Emergency, Part 8 - The Next Generation (Part 1)

Captain Lora and First Officer Mac are put on trial for being representatives of a dangerous, savage, child race. Their only hope for clemency before being erased from existence by Q (who should really get to be on Season 2 of Picard, right?) is to deep-dive into Star Trek: The Next Generation. The high highs of the “collar-up” years! The low-lows of “Code of Honor”! More than a little chatter about how Dr. Crusher was tragically underserved (and should *really* be in Season 2 of Picard, right?). They had so much to say, that you’re just going to have to wait two weeks for the best-of (both worlds?) lists! Cliffhanger!!!

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Medical Emergency, Part 7 - Deep Space Nine (Part 2)

Rejoin Captain Lora and First Officer Mac on their journey through the Gamma Quadrant, and listen to their favorite episodes. Lora loves the Ferengi. Mac loves the Ferengi and everybody!

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#rootbeer

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