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Is O'Brien the right guy to bring along on a secret mission? Did Geordi's double get wet and wild on Risa? Is Janeway actually the monster from the Honeycombs commercials? Was Enterprise all just one of Riker's holoprograms?
All that and more on this week's Brother Date. 

The latest in our ongoing series, "Don't Bing It, My Dude." Find out what you should not Bing or even Google-Bing.
What dastardly plot has Judah loosed upon us and will we ever learn what J.U.D.A.H. really stands for?
Finally, we weigh apples and oranges and discuss the concept of a failed state. 

In a very special holiday episode, Judah battles depression and detachment from the podcast. Will Matthew be able to talk him off the ledge?
Also, is Two Dead Elizabeths actually the best song in The Wallflowers' catalog? Find out by pushing play and standing a safe distance from the podcast.

We weren't even going to do this one but we got a call from Babu Frik and dude is very convincing.
It turned out not to be so bad, as long as you know what a "dyad in the force" is, and I totally do.
Also, did Luke really just leave our boy hanging out near Lurch Canyon like that? For how many years?

Finally a sensitive, thoughtful episode of Enterprise, free of the metaphorical "moon base with warp engines" that so often plagues The Next Generation.
Also, find out who was a sex criminal on Voyager this week.

Mailbag: Deciphering the Urkel Cinematic Universe (UCU).
Bracket: Is Judah too cowardly to use Matt's pomegranate connection?
Power Hour: Is there a game worse than Jet Moto?

Jonathan Frakes, Armin Shimmerman, Garrett Wang, and Anthony Montgomery star in this week's crop of excellent science-fiction episodes.  They all play key roles and we learn a lot about the characters they portray.
Also, capitalism!

Will the resistance have time to swing by a space Shell station and fill up their hope tank? Why DID they call that planet "Crate?" And how did Andy Serkis lose all of his money? Find out on episode 208 of Brother Date, tentatively titled "Finnedict Arnold."

Is Ray Wise the greatest American actor or do you think it's Brian Thompson? Maybe you prefer Clarence Williams or Scott MacDonald? Sam Neill is not American so you cannot choose him for this game. 
Also, how DID Arturis know Janeway made a deal with the Borg? Do the Borg have a website now or something?

Ryan gets his first win during the Mailbag segment. Also, we begin Shannon's fruit bracket and... I guess neither of us expects it to be so sexual. Matt tells the story of his near-death experience in Hanson, MA and Judah talks about a time he had a tasty Coke.