Up front: MAJOR content warning. Our first episode, "Mortal Coil", has a character attempting to end their own life. We discuss it and other topics related to it AT LENGTH. Please use the timestamps to jump ahead to "Waking Moments" if this discussion could cause discomfort.

In this week's episodes, can dreams solve an existential crisis? Can they be used to conquer enemies? And how does Chakotay factor in to all of this?! All this and more in this week's "A Star to Steer Her By"!

Also this week: Bryan Fuller, a famous horn, and Romulan starships!

[Timestamps: "Mortal Coil": 00:47; "Waking Moments": 32:55; Shipchat: 59:23]

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Shopping can be dangerous in space. You never know if you'll wind up with a lobotomy or having to overpay for your own, stolen merchandise. First up, in "Random Thoughts", B'elanna's temper puts her at odds with the strict morals of a telepathic alien race with boundary issues. After that, a lot of important things get stolen in "Concerning Flight" including, apparently, any sense of a good story.

Also this week: suggestive produce, a bad plane, and Klingon ships!

Note: spoilers for "Lower Decks" season 2 after the closing theme!

[Timestamps: Thoughts: 01:57; Flight: 28:23; Klingons: 56:05]

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The long-forewarned but completely forgotten "Year of Hell" has arrived! In this epic two-parter some dumb*ss jams his foot up time's backside so hard he simultaneously saves his empire and murders his family, and then decides it's the fault of "Voyager" and her crew! Janeway must contend with the world's most brilliant idiot trying to kill them all even as her ship and crew crumble around her! Will things ever return to normal?!

Also this week: Caitlin's old trick, everyone's favorite plans, and wrapping up Starfleet's look!

[timestamps: Episode: 02:39; ship chat 50:49]

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This franchise has given us so many examples of horrible, horrible societies over the years. And "Voyager" is giving us two this week! First up, negotiations with the wildly arrogant B'omar are thrown into disarray when Seven hears the call of the Borg in "The Raven". After that, the "Voyager" crew is being used by sadistic aliens who treat other lives as playthings for their experiments in "Scientific Method".

Also this week: Riker-style cooking, debating worst people, and ship-talking JJ Abrams.

[Timestamps: The Raven: 1:59; Scientific Method: 25:02; More Ships: 50:43]

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What's real this week? Not much! First up: Chakotay is dragged into an alien war and shown the depravity of the enemy…or is he? Find out in "Nemesis"! After that, is the holo-man's truth hollow? How did his crew really die? The EMH tries to make a friend in "Revulsion"!

Also this week: talkin' strange, Chekhov's latest weapon, and more ship stuff!

[Timestamps: Nemesis: 01:55; Revulsion: 26:16; Ships: 49:33]

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So many ships, so little time! We're losing shuttles like whoa this week on "Voyager" when Kes evolves to a higher form and needs a ride in "The Gift". After that. Torres has the worst Klingon Yom Kippur ever when she and Tom get stranded in the middle of nowhere when their shuttle goes kablooey in "Day of Honor"! After that, Ames already has regrets as she brings us to her own personal Utopia Planitia to start our latest blog series: "Trek" vessels!

Also this week: bagging on 7's outfit, weird messaging, and I promise we recorded this before the news about Eaglemoss going under came out so yes it's our fault and we're sorry.

[timestamps: Gift: 01:05; Honor: 38:24; Ships: 1:01:40]

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It's the latest entry from the new era of "Star Trek", the Pike-lead "Strange New Worlds"! The Enterprise (no bloody A, B, C or D)is back in what is either a new spinoff or the most delayed pickup in television history as episodic storytelling makes its live-action franchise return. We have thoughts, but what kind?! Spoilers abound as we discuss the season in a fairly general way, and also some major plot points for "Picard" S.1 and 2 also come up, so be wary there.

Also this week: bad self-promotion, Sam Fleegman, and filling in some blogtivity gaps!

[Timestamps: season discussion: 04:04; tumbling: 01:16:03]

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It's finally happened...the "Voyager" has made it to Borg Space! But in a twist they didn't see coming, the intrepid crew finds a species possibly more lethal than their cybernetic foes, prompting Janeway to make a potentially-deadly bargain! Buckle in for "Scorpion", parts one and two!

Also this week: the Brannigan Gambit, wrapping season 3, and preparing for fics!

[Timestamps: Scorpion: 01:15; s.3 Wrap: 01:08:05; fic planning: 01:24:21]

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The locations are fake but the danger is real this week on "Voyager"! First up: faux-nice invaders start switching places with the "Voyager" crew in "Displaced". After that, fanfic goes horribly wrong when Tuvok finds out an old enemy has tampered with a holodeck program in "Worst Case Scenario"!

Also this week: comedy bee violence, good comedy, and Cardassians!

[timestamps: Displaced: 01:07; "Worst Case Scenario": 34:55; Cardassian talk: 1:00:08]

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You've already got the theme playing in your head, don't deny it! This week, inspired by the dino-people of "Voyager", we've taken a bit of a break to talk the Jurassic film series; we focus mainly on "Jurassic Park" but we can't help but bring up its many sequels, especially the recent "Jurassic World: Dominion". So grab your wide-brimmed hat, silver medallion, and 90s mom-jeans and get ready to check out some dinos with us!

Also this week: crushin' on Malcom, OJ/Dolly, and the best academic squabble ever!