John is only just starting to notice maybe he's up to no good after murdering people in cold blood and then committing piracy. He's still not positive, though. First up, in "Azati Prime" he decides diplomacy is for jerks. Then, in "Damage" he makes a bad choice and we find out T'Pol has secretly also made one but it's only getting mentioned now, just like...HER!

Also this week: Marvin the Martian, Forrest Gump, and Kai Winn!

[timestamps: Prime: 02:41; Damage: 39:17; the space pope we love to hate: 1:12:58]

[Win With Winn: https://www.tumblr.com/sshbpodcast/751197665325432832/character-spotlight-winn-adami?source=share]

Bust out the fisheye lens, because it's time to get nuts! First up: it's another rehash of a better episode as Phlox slowly goes mad as he runs the ship while almost everyone else naps in "Doctor's Orders". After that, goo to the face in "Hatchery" turns John into the craziest thing the show can possibly imagine: a responsible Starfleet captain!

Also this week: Shyamalan'd, mutinie'd, Keiko'd.

[timestamps: Orders: 02:25; Hatchery: 28:38; Keiko: 59:28]

[I hear the schoolbell, don't wat to be late forTumblr!: https://www.tumblr.com/sshbpodcast/750572583022460928/character-spotlight-keiko-obrien?source=share]

Look, we're running out of ways to say how bad this season is. First up: Archer comes up with a new form of psychological torture in "Stratagem". Then he decides with NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that some dying guy is evil and makes him literally writhe in agony (which isn't okay even if he IS evil, JOHN!) in "Harbinger". Then we talk about someone with much better ethics: Elim Garak.

Also this week: not star trek, actively harmful television, and everyone's favorite secret policeman!

[Timestamps: Stratagem: 01:32; Harbinger: 22:23; Garak: 48:23]

[ESPECIALLY the Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/sshbpodcast/749947466874503168/character-spotlight-garak?source=share]

For pity's sake, John keeps falling for obvious lies this week on "Enterprise". First up: religious extremists take over the ship way too easily in an attempt to end a moronic war for jerks in "Chosen Realm". After that, Shran is back to totally just altruistically help and NOTHING ELSE in "Proving Ground".

Also this week: the dumbest ladder, SpongeBob, and Jake Sisko!

[timestamps: Realm: 02:31; Ground: 30:12; Jakey Boy: 1:01:52]

[tumbl this way to Jake: https://www.tumblr.com/sshbpodcast/749309616486252544/character-spotlight-jake-sisko?source=share]

We're taking a bit of an "Enterprise" break to discuss one of the foundations of modern cyberpunk and its legacy sequel: "Blade Runner" and "Blade Runner 2049". In a future where it almost never stops raining, artificial human slaves and their complex, ever-shifting relationship with their human creators/oppressors are the crux on which the world turns. But in neither version are there sufficient sheep.

Also this week: Ford typecasting, Gosling clothes, and Ridley Scott fanfic.

John wants his way and he's gonna get it, and to the devil with ethics and sensible choices! First up: Trip is in a coma and the Cap'n'll do anything, including listening to Phlox, to get his friend back in "Similitude". After that, why take a soldier into the past when you can drag your first officer along because reasons in "Carpenter Street".

Also this week: bad Doctor, bad cop, good Nog.

[Timestamps: Similitude: 02:43; Carpenter Street: 41:37; Nog: 1:15:10]

[Cadet on Deck: https://www.tumblr.com/sshbpodcast/748033528631050240/character-spotlight-nog?source=share]

We got time travel and cosplay time travel this week on "Enterprise"! First up, Archer has "Fifty First Dates" syndrome and has to be told daily that Earth done gone kablooey over a decade ago in "Twilight". After that, how did old west humans get onto an alien world in the Delphic Expanse? Find out in "North Star"!

Also this week: symbolic stabbing, staggering hypocrisy, and Rom!

[timestamps: Twilight: 03:58; North Star: 34:59; Moogie's favorite boy: 1:01:34]

[Show proper respect to your Nagus at https://www.tumblr.com/sshbpodcast/747414429350658048/character-spotlight-rom?source=share]

The Xindi arc continues this week, and the investigation gets stupid. First up: it's a little "Phantom of the Opera", a little "Beauty and the Beast" and maybe a big pile of tell don't show when Hoshi becomes unwilling roommates with a lonely telepath in "Exile". After that, Archer learns a lesson about the Xindi he'll almost definitely forget by next week in "The Shipment".

Also this week: someone's lonely, someone was cocky, and the someone for the blog this week is Quark!

[timestamps: Exile: 00:48; Shipment: 29:39; Quark: 55:53]

[don't walk, run to the tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/sshbpodcast/746764947445448704/character-spotlight-quark?source=share]

When you've got a stun setting, just follow Muldoon's advice and all your problems will be solved. First up: the Xindi come up with a needlessly convoluted plan to get information on human biology in "Rajiin". After that, "Trek" decides to do a pretty humdrum zombie story in "Impulse".

Also this week: rewrites, running short, and Odo!

[timestamps: Rajiin: 01:46; Impulse: 42:36; The Constable: 1:05:53]

[No running to the tumblr!: https://www.tumblr.com/sshbpodcast/746133762181677056/character-spotlight-odo?source=share]

"Enterprise" is going too fast! First up: Archer ditches his morals faster than you can say "enhanced interrogation" in "Anomaly". After that: maybe "Extinction" would've been more interesting if we didn't know what was happening so early on in it (probably not, tho).

Also this week: moral cowardice, Chekov's peach, and Chief O'Brien!

[timestamps: Anomaly: 01:24; Extinction: 26:21; The Chief: 55:13]

[this way to the Alamo: https://www.tumblr.com/sshbpodcast/745489823824019456/character-spotlight-miles-obrien?source=share]