Our photonic friends are nothing but trouble this week on "Voyager". First up: a facsimile Barclay who should be helping "Voyager" is instead reprogrammed by Ferengi (or is it Ferengeh?)to kill them all in the name of profit in "Inside Man". After that, The Doctor needs to hide from hologram-haters inside Seven, but it also means he gets to go full "Being John Malkovich" with her in "Body & Soul".

Also this week: more sunscreen chat than you might expect, a stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid B plot, and DS9 guest characters!

[timestamps: Inside Man: 01:35; Body & Soul: 33:48; Blog: 1:03:03]

[Tumbl on over: https://www.tumblr.com/sshbpodcast/719493401185255424/top-3-star-trek-deep-space-nine-characters?source=share]

Time to crush the system! First up: someone went and did a "Manchurian Candidate" on Tuvok and he makes the ex-Marquis join him in a takeover in "Repression". After that, The Doctor is forced to work for an HMO that's almost as bad as a real-world one and decides he's going to ruin it in "Critical Care"!

Also this week: the real cause of Tuvok's mental break, busted ethics, and mutinies!

[Timestamps: Repression: 00:48; Critical Care: 32:00; Blog: 55:37]

[take that, authority!: https://www.tumblr.com/sshbpodcast/718857321044901888/mutiny-on-the-bounty-and-the-enterprise-and-the?source=share]

Alright, so maybe the title is an exaggeration but this is for sure the first time we've had two episodes in a row where these characters have pleasant conversations with each other. First up, Seven's cortical implant is on the fritz and the prognosis is bad, so she hides from the Doctor with Torres in "Imperfection". After that, Tom does a race at the expense of free time with B'Elanna and she gets relationship advice from her new Borg buddy in "Drive".

Also this week: possibly borked order, avoiding the episode with math, and shuttlecraft!

[Timestamps: Imperfection: 02:05; Drive: 30:42; Shuttleblog: 01:01:56]

[blog to docking bay 2: https://www.tumblr.com/sshbpodcast/718220011240636416/shuttle-shuttle-boil-and-buttle-shuttlecraft-in?source=share]

Somehow we have already reached the end of season six and the start of season seven of "Voyager"! In what is more-or-less "Trek" tradition it's a two-part affair, and the Borg are back in town! This time we find out about the titular "Unimatrix Zero", where a random array of drones spend their regeneration cycles aware of who they used to be and live separate lives that they cannot remember when they wake up. But the Borg Queen is onto them, and they need to find a way to preserve their temporary independence. Luckily for them, none other than Seven of Nine used to be a member of their club! Can she convince the "Voyager" crew to assist in a potential Borg rebellion? Of course, Janeway loves intense danger!

Also this week: Janeway 2024, Hestu, and wrapping season six!

[timestamps: Unimatrix Zero: 03:34; Season wrap: 1:00:03]

[tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/sshbpodcast/717605181508993024/good-bad-or-somehow-both-the-simultaneously?source=share]

[the tale of Neevok: https://www.tumblr.com/sshbpodcast/694830183978565632/tales-from-the-holodeck-voy-fanfic-caitlins?source=share]

Folks need help this week on "Voyager", though they resist at first. In "Life Line" the EMH has himself emailed to the Alpha Quadrant so he can try to force his father to accept treatment. After that, Janeway has to convince an accidental kidnapee that they can trust her to get them to a new home in "The Haunting of Deck Twelve".

Also this week: pointless flies, tactical Ames, and "Trek" horror!

[timestamps: Life Line: 01:39; Haunting: 46:51; Spookytimes: 1:14:28]

[bloooooooooooooooooog: https://www.tumblr.com/sshbpodcast/716948665817858049/the-call-is-coming-from-inside-the-starship?source=share]

It's possibly the best time travel movie ever this week on SSHB: the original "Back to the Future" (sorry, "The Voyage Home). It's the 1980s classic that's actually super weird if you look at it from a distance as Marty McFly accidentally travels back in time and nearly undoes his own existence! Featuring iconic scenes, career-defining roles, and the best version of one of the worst cars ever made!

Also this week: 80s standards, musical acts, and somehow Broadway!

[content warning: discussion about the upsettingly-common appearance of sexual assault in 1980s films and the very obvious scene in this one]

It's bad writing all around this week on "Voyager"! First up, a terrible playwright has fame drop almost literally into his lap when Torres gets stranded on his world in "Muse"! After that, a very meta episode tries to rewrite history in the positively wretched "Fury"!

Also this week: we got a sleepy lad, just straight-up gaslighting, and duplicates!

WARNING: "Lower Decks" spoiler in the blogtivity chat

[timestamps: Muse: 02:07; Fury: 38:52; Doppelgangers: 1:08:16]

[blog: https://www.tumblr.com/sshbpodcast/715697421340082176/doublemint-doublemint-doublemint-trek?source=share]

[ALL THE SPOILERS for new Treks in the blogtivity this week]

There's feeling like you don't belong and then there's actually not belonging this week on "Voyager". First up, Janeway tries to play mama bird to a trio of less-than-stellar officers and really does a rotten job of it in "Good Shepherd". After that, a trio of aliens convinces a bunch of folks that they're Janeway and company for nefarious purposes in "Live Fast and Prosper"!

Also this week: triple Reg, our favorite (phony) Vulcan, and Trek Parents Pt 2!

[Timestamps: Shepherd: 01:56; Prosper: 37:50; Tumbl: 59:37]

[You don't GET me, MOM: https://www.tumblr.com/sshbpodcast/715053636903927808/star-trek-parents-just-dont-understand-part-2?source=share]

How do YOU reuse stuff? I guarantee it's not as unique as either of the methods found this week on "Voyager". First up, in "Ashes to Ashes", death is only the beginning for a species that uses other folk's corpses to procreate! After that, if a weapon fails but is dropped back in your lap, load it up and fire again in "Child's Play"!

Also this week: not THAT dead crewman, space animals, and round one of "Trek" parents!

[timestamps: Ashes to Ashes: 00:58; Child's Play: 34:30; Parent Chat: 54:08]

[tumbl: https://www.tumblr.com/sshbpodcast/714420190821187584/star-trek-parents-just-dont-understand-part-1?source=share]

[note: that weird hum under Chris stops pretty quickly, sorry about that, not sure what caused it]

[Minor "Prodigy" chat in blogtivity, and also MAJOR "Discovery" s.3 spoilers there, as well]

Oh god everything's broken! First up: the "Voyager" comes across a Borg cube only to find it's crewed entirely by a handful of kids led by one particularly petulant brat in "Collective"! After that, we revisit Tom's Ireland and things have gone all self-aware in "Spirit Folk"!

Also this week: ship facts, foley, and holodeck malfunctions!

[Timestamps: Collective: 03:02; Spirit Folk: 42:05; blog: 1:07:46]

[tumbldeck: https://www.tumblr.com/sshbpodcast/713786185456254976/keep-the-safeties-on-holodeck-malfunctions-in?source=share]