At Least There's a Dog

Did we realize that this would be one of the best episodes of the show, and that it would take us well over a month to get around to watching it?  Nope.  But there's no time like the present, so buckle up, put on your compound eyes, and listen to us talk about Star Trek.  We'll try not to leave you (or us) hanging so long for the next one.

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Captain Archer basically turns into a mommy, and the crew has a full-on mutiny.  These two things are more related than one might expect.  We also discuss the question of who feeds Porthos when the captain is... distracted.

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Dr. Phlox is in charge of the ship while it travels through a Big Scary Space Thing, with only T'Pol and Porthos for company.  T'Pol is definitely real, just like the chef, and this plot is definitely unique in Star Trek history.  At least there's lots of dog!

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This episode's biggest feature was a lot of hand-to-hand combat stuntwork.  We don't mention that on the podcast, because we didn't care.  The rest of the episode, we do talk about.  If the episode were a sentient entity that could wish things, it would probably wish we hadn't.  Also, a digression on forks.

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Phlox expands his services to include hair extensions, tattoos, and thoroughly unnerving worms.  The rest of the crew expands their services to include escape room design.  This was an enjoyable episode, so let's hope they continue along their new career paths.  Bonus: our youngest co-host expresses some strong opinions on Star Trek: Nemesis, and we talk about Star Trek: Nemesis for reasons other than pointing out that it was terrible.

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Offered for a limited time by the Andorian Mining Consortium!  Did you know that we like Jeffrey Combs?  Oh, you did?  Ok.

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I knew him, D'Jamat, although Josh didn't remember anyone's name.  Even after being reminded, during the recording.  Anyway, please enjoy our reflections on the time the NX-01 gets taken over by religious extremists.  Also, if you're wondering why Josh hums half a bar of music from Orpheus in the Underworld, check out this video, counting torpedoes on Star Trek: Voyager.

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This time travel episode was puzzling for all the wrong reasons.  At least, we assume there were reasons.  We can't figure out what they might have been.  Also, you can tell it is set in Detroit because of the mountains.

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The NX-01 has a lot of secret formula.  Baby formula.  Why do they have so much baby formula on a starship with no children?  And where do they keep it?  We have no answers to these questions, but the episode was actually quite good and powerful.

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Is this the least inspired episode of Star Trek we've ever seen?  No, but only because TNG did an actual clip show one time.  The NX-01 crew hang out on a Wild West set full of stereotypes and confused metaphors.  Our baby, who is a more creative writer than the ones for this episode, chimes in with his opinion.

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