And the countdown to the end of Prodigy's second episode chunk has begun! Before we get into breaking down "Time Amok," we talk a bit of Star Trek news - including the latest Picard trailer, which has both Mike and Johnson just a bit more excited for the new season. We then get into Prodigy, which gives us an episode that has some great moments and morality lessons - hooray for Rok-Tahk saving the day!

We then wrap up the episode with a bonus discussion on The Book of Boba Fett, before dropping by Deanna's with some quick life updates.

And we're back with one of the few episodes we're both recording in person and not over Zoom! This week, we start to episode by enjoying (?) a glass of Chateau Picard, which Mike and Johnson give a mixed review - but the bottle is so cool! We then dive into this week's Prodigy episode, which thankfully gives us a slightly less annoying Dal, but perhaps a more stereotypical portrayal of a Ferengi on Star Trek. We then spend WAY too much time going into off topic - which includes an extensive discussion of the series finale of The Expanse. This segues into a discussion as to whether or not we can compare The Expanse to Star Trek, and perhaps some of the lessons that Star Trek can learn. But then a larger question is posed - what's going to be the next great sci-fi show? Mike and Johnson need suggestions!

And now we're back to Prodigy - way to give us whiplash Paramount Plus! Good thing that this episode is a doozy in all the best ways - it's hard to count the number of references that they decided to pack in. Between all the character appearances on the holodeck to the reveal of Captain Chakotay at the end :scream emoji:, we're glad that Prodigy decided to start episode six with a bang.

After getting Prodigy out of the way, we then chat about our overall thoughts on the Coda trilogy, and the end of the Star Trek Litverse. Major spoiler warning to those that haven't had a chance to read these books yet!

And after a one week hiatus. we're back - Happy New Year to all our Deep Space Pride listeners! Mike and Johnson do double duty this week, since we have some catching up to do. First up is "Stormy Weather," which seems to be a melting pot of recycled Star Trek tropes - Jonathan Frakes did his best? We then move onto the mid-season finale (why?) of Discovery Season 4 - at least "... But To Connect" stirs up some healthy debate. While Michael's point of view is positioned as the right one, was Book's really that wrong?

Here's hoping that the second half of Season 4 finishes out strong - but apparently we have to wait until February to find out! Meanwhile, we have a few more episodes of Prodigy to look forward to next... and will we get Picard Season 2 in February???

And we're finally back to talking about the force of nature that is the gravitational anomaly... only to learn that it's artificial DUM DUM DUM. Shocker. Mike and Johnson deliberate the facts and figures of "The Examples," which has us caring less about the actual examples and more about Culber and his C-level storyline. In other news - Michael Burnham and Book have a lot of gut wrenching to do over some typical Star Trek tropes, while Mike wants to shove our Risian guest star out of an airlock (TRIGGER WARNING!).

As much as we love Star Trek, we can't help but gush about some of the other sci-fi we're watching right now, including The Witcher and The Expanse, in some scattered but well-intentioned off topic coverage.

Okay so this is the episode where both Mike and Johnson can BOTH agree that at the very least, Michael Burnham is written well, and less aggravating than usual - though that doesn't stop Johnson from having some strong points of feedback. That being said, we loved the episode "All is Possible" as a whole, where we get some awesome character moments. And who else is on this Saru and T'Rina ship!?!?!

We also say a bittersweet farewell to Tilly, at least for now. Here's hoping she isn't a stranger, and if she is indeed going to get her own Starfleet Academy show that Mary Wiseman lets us know first!!

This is one of those episodes where Mike and Johnson end up talking WAY too much and then it's like "OH MY [insert George Takei GIF] would you look at the time!?" This week, we celebrate (briefly) Star Trek VI's 30th anniversary, before getting into the Discovery episode "Choose to Live." And oh look surprise surprise - there's a heated debate about the character of Michael Burnham. SHOCKING. But at least we all understand and recognize that Tilly is a delight!

We then drop by Deanna's office and do some sharing - Mike is just trying to catch up and make sure his dog Hamish doesn't poop everywhere, while Johnson contemplates turning 40 and how he's going to manage to live for another 40-50 years. Choose to live indeed!

Discovery brings us a new episode where we see a LOT of sidebar conversations happening, but we love all of them! Between Culber-Tilly (twice!), Adira-Tilly, Book-Michael, Book-Stamets, Adira-Gray, Saru-Tilly, there is a LOT of action. And we are so glad that Saru is back!!

Other than this week's episode, we also chat about some off topic - including Cowboy Bebop, the Great British Bakeoff, Doctor Who, Foundation, The Morning Show, and The Wheel of Time. And will we ever discuss Coda Book 2!?

So much Star Trek to discuss! First, we celebrate the 25-year anniversary of Star Trek: First Contact, arguably the best TNG movie ever! Where were we? What were we doing? And how have we grown since then?? We then move onto discussing TWO Star Trek episodes - Prodigy's "Terror Firma" and Discovery's "Kobayashi Maru." We loved the "mid" mid-season (?) finale of Prodigy, which has Dal finally doing something other than being annoying, and some great moments for our characters. We also loved (shocking) the season premiere of Discovery, though we're not without our qualms (not shocking) - and Mike totally owes Johnson a drink because there WAS crying in this episode!

Note from the podcasts hosts: Unfortunately, the audio this week was a bit wonky. We appreciate your understanding and continued support!

And we are already nearing the end of Prodigy Season 1!...Kind of. Mike and Johnson talk about the latest episode of the new series, which will be the second-to-last one before we take a two month break. Who is making these decisions!? Anyway, this week we ponder Dal's level of annoyance compared to the previous episode - while a BIT tolerable, other things make this episode a bit vexing... but that's ok!

We also chat a bit of Star Trek news - which include an update that affects our Star Trek family internationally, and a brand new shiny pin that Mike has!