Finally, we get to the root of The Burn in "Su'Kal"! That...that's really what you're going with, "Discovery"? Huh. But on the plus they let Doug Jones out from behind his customary makeup to let him really run free as Saru goes through a bit of an emotional wringer. Meanwhile, Tilly is left in charge and gets to take part in a time-honored "Trek" tradition of losing her ship to pirates. Dang it.

Also this week: Culber is finally tagging along, Michael is finally xenoanthropologizing, and we're talking about sci-fi vehicles!

[Su'Kal: 00:53; Get in: 56:31]

[Vroom vroom: https://sshbpodcast.tumblr.com/post/795592066996600832/pimp-my-sci-fi-ride ]

It may not be three ghosts but Georgiou is getting her own little "Christmas Carol" in "Terra Firma, Part 2". Witness what this show seems to think is a redemption of everyone's favorite (?) genocidal maniac as she's kind of nice to Mirror Saru and has her daughter murder a bunch of people in her name. Look, we don't know what they were going for here, either.

Also this week: thank goodness for Sonequa, wasting Killy, and a look back at the Mirror Universe!

[Note: Picard S.2 spoilers 36:55 - 37:33]

[TF2: 01:50; How did we get here?: 1:00:18]

[Break out the skimpy costumes: https://sshbpodcast.tumblr.com/post/794961272577851392/were-all-mad-here-in-the-mirror-universe]

It's another jaunt to The Mirror Universe (or perhaps *A* Mirror Universe) this week as the "Discovery" writers have to figure out a way to get Georgiou into the past for what was then planned to be a "Section 31" series. In "Terra Firma, Part 1" the effects of being away from her universe and time are threatening to strike the Emperor down, and only a man in a funny hat may have the key to save her. There's also some incidental Burn stuff, as a treat.

Also this week: bringing back an old favorite, amazing makeup, and Mirror People!

[Terra Firma 1: 01:00; Not-quite-familiar faces: 44:12]

[Glob eht: https://sshbpodcast.tumblr.com/post/794325473825046528/mirror-mirror-on-the-viewscreen]

It's that time of year again! We're right around our anniversary so we've cracked open our noggins and brought you more of our trademark fanfics in our trademark styles! It's the "Discovery" crew's turn to be our weird little puppets, and we've not only wound up with a Mudd trio, but our first-ever total character choice overlap! So settle in for some very noncanonical tales by your favorite "Trek" talkers!

This week: improving a joke, singing a song, and K is for Klingon!

Caitlin: 02:46; https://sshbpodcast.tumblr.com/post/793707033641795584/tales-from-the-holodeck-dis-fanfic-caitlins

Jake: 10:15; https://sshbpodcast.tumblr.com/post/793707127836442624/tales-from-the-holodeck-dis-fanfic-jakes

Chris: 39:25; https://sshbpodcast.tumblr.com/post/793707155887931392/tales-from-the-holodeck-dis-fanfic-chriss

Ames: 1:05:58; https://sshbpodcast.tumblr.com/post/793707364967727104/tales-from-the-holodeck-dis-fanfic-amess

There's trouble on the (possibly tiny?) world of Kwejian this week, and Book has to book it over there in "The Sanctuary"! Surprisingly convincing the Starfleet powers-that-be to let the "Discovery" and her crew tag along is super easy, barely an inconvenience, and we're all getting involved in family drama that overlaps neatly with the oft-mentioned Emerald Chain its boss Osyraa!

Also this week: two plots with one stone, the Federation Quid Pro Quo, and comedy sci-fi!

[Sanctuary: 01:11; yuk it up: 47:03]

[set phasers to fun!: https://sshbpodcast.tumblr.com/post/793057384742486016/a-priest-an-alien-and-a-time-traveler-walk-into ]

The search for the origin of The Burn continues in "Unification III", and our next step is Vulcan! Wait, no, it's called Ni'Var now. At the home to a still-not-quite meshed Vulcan and Romulan culture, Michael Burnham has to defend her thesis while Saru gets to engage in the ages-old "Trek" tradition of being a captain who makes a pass at a guest star.

Also this week: sci-fi pinching from Judaism, Advocate Momchael, and military sci-fi!

[Unification III: 00:47; FALL IN...IN SPACE (sometimes)!: 52:59]

[Drop and read it twenty times!: https://sshbpodcast.tumblr.com/post/792426499446833153/im-not-at-all-tired-of-all-these-star-wars]

The "Discovery" crew is still finding their legs and has JUST gained a modicum of trust from Admiral Vance, so of course Michael is going to immediately go rogue in "Scavengers". Book has possibly been taken captive on a hunt for clues to The Burn, so it's up to her and Georgiou to face off against a Nepo Baby in a cement fact...ah, futuristic scrap yard. Plus Stamets chills out a bit.

Also this week: Linus shenanigans, the Canadian starship, and alien invasions!

[Scavengers: 02:02; Welcome to Earth: 50:54]

[except for when Earth is coming to YOU: https://sshbpodcast.tumblr.com/post/791789580533841920/we-come-in-peace-jk-lol ]

The "Discovery" has found her way to Starfleet in "Die Trying"! A shame everyone assumes they might be temporal agents here to cause Time Shenanigans! In an attempt to prove their trustworthiness they head off to a mission that leads to another pre-departure infodump that could've made a character interesting WAY sooner!

Also this week: phreaking with Georgiou, a game changer, and alternate realities!

[Die Trying: 00:41; it's familiar, but not QUITE: 1:06:30]

[oh, THAT's different!: https://sshbpodcast.tumblr.com/post/791154064875470848/through-more-and-more-looking-glasses ]

The "Discovery" crew continues its twofold search for Starfleet and a little inner peace in "Forget Me Not". A trip to Trill seems like it could hold the answers, until "Star Trek" remembers that the Trill government is just...just awful. Back on the ship, Saru asks the computer for help planning a party and it goes as well as one might expect. Never ask an AI for advice, Saru!

Also this week: The Great Gazoo, why the Ames Maneuver rarely happens, and fictional dystopias!

[Forget Me Not: 01:04; Dystopic Media (no, not the actual news): 40:09]

[You don't need a high rating to read this: https://sshbpodcast.tumblr.com/post/790525943047389184/one-mans-utopia-is-another-mans-dystopia]

Now that the gang's back together, it's time to continue the hunt for Starfleet and the Federation in "People of Earth"! But it turns out the titular people have become real jerks and are under attack by mysterious space jerks, and the "Discovery" crew is caught in the middle of it all! Meanwhile Stamets finds someone new to be smug at.

Also this week: unsubtle costume coding, music choices, and the post-Apocalypse!

[Earth: 00:40; blog: 43:42]

[someone else broke it, we're just living in the aftermath: https://sshbpodcast.tumblr.com/post/789902267480424448/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-binge-it]