Real whiplash this week, dear listener. First up, it's a right mess of an episode that brings back bad faux–Native American nonsense and makes Robert Beltran scream a lot in "The Fight". After that, we do NOT resist the urge to make too many "Seinfeld" references when Jason Alexander shows up as a soft-spoken but malevolent genius in "Think Tank".

Also this week: NPR voice, the many uses of creed, and space-based life!

[Timestamps: The Fight: 01:14; Think Tank: 35:23; Blogtivity: 1:29:44]

[tumbling: https://at.tumblr.com/sshbpodcast/tough-as-a-tardigrade-space-dwelling-lifeforms-in/o9765xcym4cn]

It's the biggest surprise of the streaming era of "Star Trek", and we're here to broadly talk about its first season! Yes, "Star Trek: Prodigy" recently finished up its freshman outing and it was SHOCKINGLY good! Come listen to us basically just gush the whole time about a cartoon aimed at families starring characters that are mostly not adults. I know, we're shocked, too!

Also this week: using canon well, the secret origins of Murf, and a unique science consultant!

[note: MINOR spoilers for other streaming "Trek" series within]

It's a week of medical maladies this week on "Voyager", but there's something else going on! First up: the most interesting plot in "The Disease" is unfortunately not the main one, as we mostly follow a mopey Harry. After that, a bizarre sickness is infecting the crew, and the solution reveals a horrifying truth in "Course: Oblivion".

Also this week: no alien love, no plot armor, and no escape from space sickness!

NOTE: Spoilers for basically ALL the Paramount+ "Trek" series in our blogtivity; major for "Picard" s.1, pretty big for SNW and "Prodigy", minor for "Lower Decks".

[Timestamps: The Disease: 02:22; Course: Oblivion: 38:42; Star Scourges: 1:07:16]

[blog: https://at.tumblr.com/sshbpodcast/how-do-you-feel-diseases-in-star-trek/o989breo9dxq]

Everyone's heading home this week on "Voyager"...OR ARE THEY?!

First up: has a way back to Earth finally been found?! A wormhole that seems too good to be true has appeared, but Seven, the EMH, and Naomi Wildman question its veracity in "Bliss". After that, The Borg Queen sends Seven an invitation she can't refuse to come back to the arms of the collective in "Dark Frontier"!

Also this week: Tellarites, Dian Fossey, and playing Alien!

[Timestamps: Bliss: 01:15; Dark Frontier: 36:28; Blog times: 1:29:51]

[Cut, print, that's a blog: https://at.tumblr.com/sshbpodcast/were-ready-for-our-closeups-mr-vulcan/ne2k2zn3cg4m]

We've been threatening it for ages, and the time has come at last! Yes, real life popped up and threw our scheduling a bit out of sorts so Mel Brooks has come to the rescue as we talk "Spaceballs"! Somehow we DON'T just quote the movie for an hour and a half (but we do quote it A LOT, so brace yourself) but actually discuss it, its influences, and what it, in turn, may have itself inspired.

So prepare to listen, and may the Schwartz be with you!

Welcome back, loyal listeners, to the beguiling science fictional world of "Star Trek: Voyager" as fireside chatted by 3/4 of your usual SSHB Stalwarts and a Mystery Guest! That mysterious layer of reality known as subspace is causing havoc for our intrepid heroes this week, as the game becomes real life for light-based lifeforms in "Bride of Chaotica!" After that, subspace twists time and Tuvok finds himself lost on an alien world and the focus of a fellow strandee's affections in "Gravity"!

Also this week! The works of the silver-screen's Sandra Bullock! A deeply creepy repeating spider! And the fantastical world of the holodeck!

Brought to you by Blue Coal!

[Timestamps: Bride of Chaotica!: 02:22; Gravity: 38:00; holodeck talk: 1:13:34]

[tumblr here!: https://at.tumblr.com/sshbpodcast/computer-begin-simulation-holodeck-programs-in/kpu9re3qi936]

Our world is made up of facts we are presented with and how we recall them. So what happens if neither data nor memory are reliable? First up: can Janeway trust an alleged defector from a fascist government when he offers help in "Counterpoint"? After that: there's a conspiracy to keep the EMH in the dark about SOMETHING regarding an alien attack and a crewmember he can't recall in "Latent Image"!

Also this week: face-on-face action, a climbing song, and memory wipes!

[Timestamps: Counterpoint: 00:58; Latent Image: 29:50; blogtivity: 1:03:36]

[remember our blog? It's here: https://at.tumblr.com/sshbpodcast/dont-forget-to-remember-these-star-trek-memory/jtd8nyfuub12]

Content warning: talk of real-world unethical human medical experimentation in relation to one of this week's episodes.

It's never easy, is it? What do you do when a crewman is dying and your best hope is a hologram that looks like a war criminal? The EMH is forced to grapple with that in "Nothing Human". After that, Tom Paris suddenly loves the sea so much he's willing to put his life and career on the line for it in "Thirty Days".

Also this week: unfortunate thirst, a very special guest duo, and The Prime Directive!

[spoilers for "Discovery" and "Strange New Worlds" in our blogtivity]

[timestamps: Nothing Human: 01:36; Thirty Days: 40:20; talkin' the big PD: 01:18:23]

[blog it: https://www.tumblr.com/sshbpodcast/702374637935460352/some-directives-were-meant-to-be-broken]

Ever have one of those days where your head ends up dissected for parts? Or where all your old victims start taking you over and making you (ugh) PLAY WITH CHILDREN?! Well BOTH these things happen to our hapless ex-Borg this week. First up: she and everyone but Harry and Chakotay are dead thanks to bad math, so the survivors are hoping to wreck the Temporal Prime Directive to fix it in "Timeless". After that: Jeri Ryan has fun and we're a bit underwhelmed when a bunch of people take her mind for a ride in "Infinite Regress".

Also this week: a Rudolph story, infinite ending, and possession!

[Timestamps: Timeless: 01:56; Regress: 38:37; Possession: 59:45]

[bloggz: https://at.tumblr.com/sshbpodcast/there-is-no-data-only-zuul-body-possessions-in/htxe55qhuzxz]

You all know how it goes! Dance along to our latest round of "Voyager" episodes with us! First up: how did an identical Starfleet HQ - complete with groundskeeper Boothby - get to the Delta Quadrant in "In the Flesh"? Next: Neelix tries to shield his goddaughter from potential trauma while triggering his own in "Once Upon a Time"!

Also this week: retconning, space "Sesame Street", and Lwaxana's looks!

[timestamps: "In The Flesh": 02:03; "Once Upon a Time": 39:48; the dapper duds of the Daughter of the 5th House: 1:09:23]

*also yes, Chris now knows it was RL Stine, not Stephen King

Lwaxana Troi fashion show here: https://www.tumblr.com/sshbpodcast/702814721155514368/fashionably-late-a-lwaxana-troi-appreciation-post