The Nextlander Watchcast

6: Star Trek: The Enemy Within and Mudd's Women


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As we return to the world of Star Trek, we tackle a pair of episodes that truly represent the highs and lows of this series, as we experience some top flight Shatner-brand hambone acting, meet a swarthy Irish pimp, and take note of more than a few red flags about how early ST treated its women characters.

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(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.

(00:00:19) - Intro.
(00:01:48) - R.I.P. Nichelle Nichols.
(00:03:36) - Kicking things off with The Enemy Within.
(00:04:03) - Vinny thought this was a Mirror Universe episode.
(00:06:19) - This ain't mirror Kirk. It's just plain Evil Kirk. Thanks, transporter!
(00:10:14) - Some background on the episode.
(00:12:10) - Vinny senses some recurring themes in these early episodes.
(00:13:51) - That sure is a clean good/evil split.
(00:16:40) - Poor Sulu.
(00:18:34) - Evil Kirk is up to no good. Poor Yeoman Rand.
(00:22:13) - I'M CAPTAIN KIRK. Also, some more tech talk.
(00:24:19) - The McCoy death stare.
(00:25:03) - It's all going wrong and Kirk can't figure out what to do.
(00:28:23) - A really bad Spock line, and the human-centric writing of the series.
(00:30:07) - Well, we figured out how to put Kirk back together, but it might kill him!
(00:32:45) - All's well that ends well, right?
(00:36:08) - Break!
(00:36:30) - We are back, and talkin' Mudd's Women.
(00:37:18) - Some background on the episode.
(00:39:15) - Time to meet Harcourt Fenton Mudd.
(00:40:02) - Vinny has one note from the last episode he forgot to mention.
(00:40:45) - Back to Mudd.
(00:43:15) - He's a hustler, baby. And he's gotta get these women some husbands!
(00:47:01) - The prevalence of the Rigel system.
(00:48:06) - Just three lonely guys on a planet mining crystals.
(00:54:31) - Let's talk about VENUS DRUGS.
(00:58:26) - Things are getting buckwild on this mining planet.
(01:01:22) - Ah, marital bliss.
(01:02:34) - Remember ladies, you've just gotta believe in yourself.
(01:05:39) - Vinny ain't so sure about these episodes. None of us are, really.
(01:13:19) - Outro

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