It's all full of Riker's chest hair. It's really hard to get past all that glorious fur to the meat of this episode, but we your cultural bridge crew boldly go there and try to figure out how exactly it has to do with Apartheid, as the writer originally intended. There's something compelling hidden here about objectification of the sexes, as well as the question of intervening in the politics of a world, but it's muddied by a weak, tacked-on, virus B-plot and incomplete theming. Interesting scenes are certainly in Angel One as we remember comic moments like Data chewing on the word "aphrodisiac" or Troi and Yar giggling at Riker's costume. I mean, really, we just can't stop looking at Riker's chest.

 

Host: Kate Jaeger (@jaegerlicious on Twitter and IG) 

Panel: Erik Gratton (@erikfallsdown on Twitter & IG), Greg Tito (@gregtito on Twitter, @greg_tito on IG), and Jimmie G (@thejimmieg on IG & Twitter)

Audio Editor: Krista Curry (@kristafromglee on Twitter, krista.curry on IG)

Logo artwork: @mojojojo_97 on Twitter, mojo97.com

Theme music: Ryan Marth

 

Next up is "11001001" s1e13 hosted by Greg!