Deep Space Now

Hillary and Nic take a break from talking Trek to talk about the brutal year that 2020 has been and everything that is going on.

Hillary and Nic suspect that O'Brien is freaking out because the entire crew is all acting strange and seems to be hiding something from him.

They'll try to detect the most humorous routine checkup yet, puzzle through an extended log listening session, and uncover the International House of Caviar.

All this and more on this episode of Deep Space Now!

Deep Space Nine Episode Covered: Whispers

We went to the Las Vegas Star Trek convention this year and we had a lot to say about it! Here's our discussion about the convention and the time we had at it!

Hillary and Nic find themselves in the middle of an Armageddon game as O'Brien and Bashir struggle to survive a very violent peace treaty. They'll hide under the shadow of the amazing hairdos, discover amongst those shadows more of Bashir's questionable "romantic" exploits, and at long last answer the most important question: What does Bashir smell like?

Star Trek Deep Space Nine Episode Covered: Armageddon Game

Hillary and Nic welcome Heather to the first early morning Trekfast runabout where they talk over how Star Trek Discovery's usage of the spore drive squares with the actual science and about the real life Stamets that the character's name is derived from.

Father/Son issues abound as Hillary and Nic try to diagnose the social dynamics at play between Odo and his surrogate father who arrives on the station. They test the awkward conversations between the two, probe the validity of a certain red herring, and take the temperature of the gassiest of planets.

Star Trek Deep Space Nine episode covered: The Alternate

In this short bonus runabout Hillary and Nic meet up in person outside a bar to review another Star Trek Madlibs. There will be disturbing facts about tribbles, and an impromptu dance number. In short, the usual for whenever Hillary and Nic are in the same space.

Hillary and Nic find the station at the whim of fate, as the crew deals with increasingly bizarre and unlikely events. Will they beat the odds and find something interesting about this episode's antagonist? How much will they bet on the latest evolution of the O'Brien/Bashir dynamic? Is the technobabble in Ops a critical hit or a critical fail? They'll address all this and more in this episode of Deep Space Now.

Star Trek Deep Space Nine episode covered: Rivals

Hillary and Nic talk about Hillary's recent wedding and brainstorm some extremely unconventional Star Trek themed weddings in this week's runabout.

Hillary and Nic find Kira in the middle of an awkward request for sanctuary this week. Will they properly assess the episode's treatment of a new species as a metaphor for immigration? Will they correctly process the lengthy section where the universal translator isn't up to snuff? More importantly is there something untoward about a 15 year old boy tutoring a Dabbo girl or is Jake just making it up to get Ferengi high fives from Nog? All this and more is covered in this week's Deep Space Now!

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode covered - Sanctuary