Liz and Anika execute a flawless landing and hang out talking about episode 4 of Star Trek: Prodigy! Along the way, we talk about how:

• We're glad we don't have to cover two Star Treks at once, but we're gonna miss these characters when Prodigy goes on hiatus

Anika and Liz are here to drink holographic coffee and talk about episode 3 of Star Trek: Prodigy ... and they're all out of coffee.

• Long Janeway is Clippy, and we're sort of into it

It's time … for brand new Star Trek! Anika and Liz sit down to talk about Star Trek: Prodigy, and discuss: 

• It's a little bit Star Warsy … but we think that's a good thing

It's the episode where we are definitely shipping Dal/Gwyn!

Anika and Liz catch up on New York Comic-Con and the second half of Lower Decks season 2. Which … we loved! 

We talk about: 

• Anika's NYCC experience

It's the episode where Liz has so many last-minute thoughts that this is basically the end of Return of the King, in Star Trek podcast form

Liz and Anika talk about Kes, a character we loved more than Voyager's writers did.

• Kes did not even get an entry in her own right in the Voyager character bible

Episodes to watch: 

• Elogium (an episode about Neelix deciding if he's ready for Kes to have a baby)

Liz and Anika get together to discuss the news, trailers and outfits from Star Trek Day, 8 September 2021, including...

• We have concerns about the sidelining of female characters in Prodigy

It's the episode where we agree that, for all our mixed feelings about his father, Rod Roddenberry seems like a good egg.

Anika and Liz check in on season 2 of Star Trek: Lower Decks. And ... maybe it isn't for us? And that's okay!

Along the way, we talk about:

• Walking the line between responding to fans versus pandering
  

It's the episode where we had to cut out a twenty-minute chat about police procedurals because not even we could pretend it was on topic!

Anika and Liz sit down to discuss DS9's "Past Tense". It's one of those episodes where we go, "This is really good!" and then talk about its problems for an hour.

• Everyone knows "Past Tense" is a great two-parter, but what our theory presupposes is … maybe it's deeply flawed?

It's the episode where we go, "Has this just aged, like, really badly?"

Anika once said she had no interest in watching The Animated Series ... yet here we are, discussing "Yesteryear"!

• We may be a Star Trek podcast, but we're a Star Trek podcast with a lot of Loki feels

It's the episode where we wish the tiny Vulcan children would put some clothes on!

Liz and Anika discuss shipping in Star Trek: The Next Generation -- at least until Liz suddenly realises she's messed up her calendar and has to flee to an appointment.

We are very good at this whole podcasting business.

• Social media: it's good, actually

Content notes:

We get a little more explicit than usual in this episode, particularly when it comes to the logistics of sex with Klingons. And there is discussion of sexual assault from 24 minutes to 26:23.

Sound notes:

Despite doing every single thing normally, there are a few points where there's a hissing noise behind Liz if Anika's track is muted. For that reason, we have a bit more overtalk than usual.