We're in the home stretch of Star Trek's second season, and on deck we have the extraordinarily blunt Vietnam War parable A Private Little War, and the body swapping saga of Return to Tomorrow! 

(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 147: Star Trek: A Private Little War and Return to Tomorrow

(00:00:54) - Intro.

(00:06:21) - Kicking things off with A Private Little War and its development history.

(00:14:27) - Our cavalcade of guest stars this week.

(00:26:11) - Launching into the episode proper.

(00:36:15) - Kirk get's Mugato'd, then he gets ensorcelled.

(00:41:10) - How did these guys get these guns?

(00:45:25) - Wrapping up the Spock plot.

(00:48:34) - Tying this as tightly as you can to the Vietnam War without strangling it in the process.

(00:53:02) - Nona's wants, such as they are. And the blondes get guns.

(00:57:15) - This ending is a damn mess.

(01:00:48) - Final thoughts.

(01:03:53) - Break!

(01:04:18) - We're back, and it's time for Return to Tomorrow!

(01:09:50) - A VERY special guest star, and her lasting impact on Trek.

(01:16:32) - What's up with the big booming voice?

(01:21:49) - Beaming through thousands of miles of solid rock to hang with some orbs.

(01:28:40) - Would you put your brain in a robot body? Would you put that brain's energy in your own body?

(01:33:22) - Time to let the orbs ponder us, so to speak.

(01:44:56) - The mad dash to the conclusion.

(01:48:25) - Into oblivion.

(01:52:13) - Final thoughts, and our upcoming episodes.

(01:55:37) - Outro.