First Flight Podcast

EP 127 BONUS- January 2026 Trek of the Month

Welcome to First Flight's bimonthly Bonus Trek of the Month episodes chat! Chris and Abby love ALL Trek and Melanie has assigned them two great episodes to discuss.

This month is (January) and our episodes are (DS9 S1 Ep 12 Vortex) and (TNG S2 Ep 15 Pen Pals). Take a listen and hear what we love, what we question, what we find important and a Grappler Rating.

Feel free to let us know your thoughts on these bimonthly episodes and if you have any connections or Grappler Ratings of your own. (Please note, contributions might be shared on the podcast!)

Find Us on Bluesky, Instagram, Threads and Facebook: @FirstFlightPod Abby: @abbymsommer Chris: @ShelfNerds

Find Us on YouTube: Chris' Channel : Completing the Shelf

Episode 126- BONUS Starfleet Academy First Thoughts

First Flight loves ALL Trek and today we bring you a bonus episode that lets Abby and Chris reflect and chat about their first thoughts on the premiere episodes of Starfleet Academy. Beware of SPOILERS ahead!

Feel free to let us know your thoughts on this thread or any Porthos' Picks, Grappler Ratings, Viewscreen On picks, VAMF and Flipping Duras Awards and/or your general thoughts so we can share them on our next Mail Bag episode. (Please note, contributions might be shared on the podcast!)

Find Us on Bluesky, Instagram, Threads and Facebook: @FirstFlightPod Abby: @abbymsommer Chris: @ShelfNerds

Find Us on YouTube: Chris' Channel : Completing the Shelf

Episode 125- Star Trek: Khan

Abby and Chris discuss the new audio drama Star Trek: Khan!

Season 4 Format: -Welcome & Reed Alert (spoiler warning) -Pros (analysis of episode) -Porthos' Pick (our favorite parts) -Vulcans' Verdict (rating the episode on a scale of 1-10 grapplers)

Feel free to let us know your Porthos' Picks and Grappler Ratings, VAMF Awards, Flipping Duras and/or your general thoughts on this episode! We save these and share them on special Mail Bag episodes. (Please note, contributions might be shared on the podcast!)

Find Us on Bluesky, Instagram, Threads & Facebook: @FirstFlightPod Abby: @abbymsommer Chris: @ShelfNerds

Email us feedback and voice recordings (90 secs or less) [email protected]

Find Us on YouTube: Chris' Channel : Completing the Shelf

Episode 124 - Season 4 Ep 6 The Augments

Season 4 is here and First Flight, and the Carrot Crew, have many things to discuss! Chris and Abby talk about provoking the Klingons, augmented genomes and siblings.

In defiance of their "father," Arik Soong's Augments devise a heinous plot against the Klingons which will surely lead to interstellar war.

Season 4 Format: -Welcome & Reed Alert (spoiler warning) -Captain's Log & Haiku (episode recap) -Pros and Decons (analysis of episode) - Viewscreen On (calling out a beautiful visual shot or director's choice of shot) - Flipping Duras and/or VAMF (Vulcan as a Mother Flipper) Awards as needed -Porthos' Pick (our favorite parts) -Trivia -Vulcans' Verdict (rating the episode on a scale of 1-10 grapplers)

Feel free to let us know your Porthos' Picks and Grappler Ratings, VAMF Awards, Flipping Duras and/or your general thoughts on this episode! We save these and share them on special Mail Bag episodes. (Please note, contributions might be shared on the podcast!)

Find Us on Bluesky, Instagram, Threads & Facebook: @FirstFlightPod Abby: @abbymsommer Chris: @ShelfNerds

Email us feedback and voice recordings (90 secs or less) [email protected]

Find Us on YouTube: Chris' Channel : Completing the Shelf

EP 123 BONUS- Dec. 2025 Trek of the Month

Welcome to First Flight's Bonus Trek of the Month thematic episodes chat!

Chris and Abby love ALL Trek and have given themselves, and the Carrot Crew, some franchise spanning, thematic episode choices for each month.

This month of December the theme is Christmas/Solstice, and our episode picks are (The Gift VOY S4 Ep 2 and (Generations Movie TOS/TNG) Take a listen and hear why we picked them for this theme, a connection to our personal lives and a Grappler Rating.

*** Next Month in (January) look forward to 2026 with a new miniseries!***

Feel free to let us know your thoughts on these monthly episodes and if you have any connections or Grappler Ratings of your own. (Please note, contributions might be shared on the podcast!)

Find Us on Twitter (X), Instagram, Threads, Bluesky and Facebook: @FirstFlightPod Abby: @abbymsommer Chris: @ShelfNerds

Find Us on YouTube: Chris' Channel : Completing the Shelf

Episode 122 - A Heart Divided: The History of the Xindi Civil War | (BONUS)

As Chris and Abby worked their way through Enterprise's 3rd season, Chris was inspired to write a fictional history of the Xindi Civil War. This bonus episode serves as an audiobook version the introductory chapter of this fictional historical record of the events which led up to the Xindi Civil War and the Great Cataclysm.

Feel free to let us know your Porthos' Picks and Grappler Ratings, VAMF Awards, Flipping Duras and/or your general thoughts on this episode! We save these and share them on special Mail Bag episodes. (Please note, contributions might be shared on the podcast!)

Find Us on Bluesky, Twitter, Instagram, Threads & Facebook: @FirstFlightPod Abby: @abbymsommer Chris: @ShelfNerds

Email us feedback and voice recordings (90 secs or less) [email protected]

Find Us on YouTube: Chris' Channel : Completing the Shelf

Episode 121- Season 4 Ep 5 Cold Station 12

Season 4 is here and First Flight, and the Carrot Crew, have many things to discuss! Chris and Abby talk about Dr. Lucas, holey clothes and extremism.

Arik Soong leads his band of Augments to a medical facility where hundreds of genetically enhanced embryos are still stored, intending to retrieve them and bring them to life.

Season 4 Format: -Welcome & Reed Alert (spoiler warning) -Captain's Log & Haiku (episode recap) -Pros and Decons (analysis of episode) - Viewscreen On (calling out a beautiful visual shot or director's choice of shot) - Flipping Duras and/or VAMF (Vulcan as a Mother Flipper) Awards as needed -Porthos' Pick (our favorite parts) -Trivia -Vulcans' Verdict (rating the episode on a scale of 1-10 grapplers)

Feel free to let us know your Porthos' Picks and Grappler Ratings, VAMF Awards, Flipping Duras and/or your general thoughts on this episode! We save these and share them on special Mail Bag episodes. (Please note, contributions might be shared on the podcast!)

Find Us on Bluesky, Twitter, Instagram, Threads & Facebook: @FirstFlightPod Abby: @abbymsommer Chris: @ShelfNerds

Email us feedback and voice recordings (90 secs or less) [email protected]

Find Us on YouTube: Chris' Channel : Completing the Shelf

Episode 120- Season 4 Ep 4 Borderland

Season 4 is here and First Flight, and the Carrot Crew, have many things to discuss! Chris and Abby talk about the strong family genes with Soongs, genetic enhancements and more.

When genetic supermen left over from the Eugenics Wars hijack a Klingon ship, Archer must rely on their creator, the criminal Dr. Arik Soong, to help hunt them down and avert an interstellar war.

Season 4 Format: -Welcome & Reed Alert (spoiler warning) -Captain's Log & Haiku (episode recap) -Pros and Decons (analysis of episode) - Viewscreen On (calling out a beautiful visual shot or director's choice of shot) - Flipping Duras and/or VAMF (Vulcan as a Mother Flipper) Awards as needed -Porthos' Pick (our favorite parts) -Trivia -Vulcans' Verdict (rating the episode on a scale of 1-10 grapplers)

Feel free to let us know your Porthos' Picks and Grappler Ratings, VAMF Awards, Flipping Duras and/or your general thoughts on this episode! We save these and share them on special Mail Bag episodes. (Please note, contributions might be shared on the podcast!)

Find Us on Bluesky, Twitter, Instagram, Threads & Facebook: @FirstFlightPod Abby: @abbymsommer Chris: @ShelfNerds

Email us feedback and voice recordings (90 secs or less) [email protected]

Find Us on YouTube: Chris' Channel : Completing the Shelf

EP 119 BONUS- Nov. 2025 Trek of the Month

Welcome to First Flight's Bonus Trek of the Month thematic episodes chat!

Chris and Abby love ALL Trek and have given themselves, and the Carrot Crew, some franchise spanning, thematic episode choices for each month.

This month of November the theme is Veterans Day and/or Thanksgiving, and our episode picks are (Forget Me Not DSC S3 Ep 4) and (Under the Cloak of War SNW S2 Ep 8) Take a listen and hear why we picked them for this theme, a connection to our personal lives and a Grappler Rating.

*** Next Month in (December) the episodes are (The Gift VOY S4 Ep 2) and (Generations Movie TOS/TNG) ***

Feel free to let us know your thoughts on these monthly episodes and if you have any connections or Grappler Ratings of your own. (Please note, contributions might be shared on the podcast!)

Find Us on Twitter (X), Instagram, Threads, Bluesky and Facebook: @FirstFlightPod Abby: @abbymsommer Chris: @ShelfNerds

Find Us on YouTube: Chris' Channel : Completing the Shelf

Episode 118- BONUS Trek Thread Solving Problems Through Time

First Flight loves ALL Trek and today we bring you a bonus episode that lets Abby and Chris reflect and chat about the theme of solving problems through time throughout the franchise.

The episodes discussed are: TNG- All Good Things, VOY- Shattered, VOY- Relativity, PRO- Time Amok, PRO- Shattered Mirror and DSC- Face the Strange,

Feel free to let us know your thoughts on this thread or any Porthos' Picks, Grappler Ratings, Viewscreen On picks, VAMF and Flipping Duras Awards and/or your general thoughts so we can share them on our next Mail Bag episode. (Please note, contributions might be shared on the podcast!)

Find Us on Twitter (X), Instagram, Threads, Bluesky and Facebook: @FirstFlightPod Abby: @abbymsommer Chris: @ShelfNerds

Find Us on YouTube: Chris' Channel : Completing the Shelf