The Nextlander Watchcast

30: Star Trek: The Alternative Factor, The City on the Edge of Forever, and Operation -- Annihilate!


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We've come to the conclusion of Star Trek's first season, and we're closing things out with a triple-header of The Alternative Factor, The City on the Edge of Forever, and Operation -- Annihilate!

CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening.

(00:00:14) - Intro.
(00:03:07) - We've got a triple-header for our finale, kicking things off with The Alternative Factor.
(00:08:26) - Some background on the episode.
(00:10:16) - They kinda do Lazarus dirty, and the episode kinda tips its hand early.
(00:15:31) - There are like two things that happen in this episode and they happen over and over again.
(00:21:31) - Getting into the nitty-gritty of what this episode is going for.
(00:27:11) - Clearing up exactly what is going down in this final conflict.
(00:33:39) - Break!
(00:34:06) - We're back with our big time banger for the week, The City on the Edge of Forever!
(00:36:13) - Getting into the history of the episode and its many, many rewrites.
(00:43:28) - Surfing on the timewaves and McCoy wipes out.
(00:49:44) - Say hello to the talking time portal.
(00:58:10) - Welcome to the depressing '30s!
(01:02:26) - The sheer incandescence of Joan Collins.
(01:06:57) - Spock's perpetual irritation with 20th century tech.
(01:09:30) - Edith's mission (heh) statement.
(01:12:48) - Edith Keeler must live or die! One of the two! (Also Brad had a thing he forgot about the last episode.)
(01:20:42) - OK, Edith Keeler definitely needs to die.
(01:27:15) - It all comes together fast at the end.
(01:33:10) - Final thoughts on the episode.
(01:37:04) - Break! Again!
(01:37:45) - We're back, and it's time to close things out with Operation -- Annihilate!
(01:43:00) - Everybody's actin' real weird down on this planet. It's because of the puke parasites.
(01:46:27) - Spock gets got. And Kirk's sister-in-law ain't doin' so hot. 
(01:53:30) - Parasites too strong, and the nature of these things is wild.
(01:59:35) - Arriving at a solution through sheer force of Kirk brain.
(02:06:43) - The SENSELESS blinding of Spock.
(02:14:53) - Final thoughts on our experience with the first season of Star Trek.
(02:21:44) - Talking about our future Watchcast schedule. And Brad's SHOCKING ADMISSION.
(02:31:00) - Outro.

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