Fusion Patrol

This week’s episode under review is the eleventh episode of Space Above and Beyond, The River of Stars. The River of Stars was written by Marilyn Osborn, was directed by Tucker Gates and first aired on December 17th, 1995. Kenneth and Eugene act as pedants on both sides of the religious content, ponder whether West ... Read more

John and Eugene take a lot at two more episodes of Neo Ultra Q. This week, they look at The Iron Shell – a story of natural disasters and scientific hubris that first aired on February 23, 2013, and then they look at Memories are Crossing the Planet – the story of alien reincarnation that ... Read more

This week, Simon and Eugene look at the Bugs episode Happy Ever After. John Stroud directed this Series Three episode, which first aired on August 30, 1997. They discuss marrying for love and marrying for control, the implications of a water grid and why this wasn’t explored in a show ostensibly about technology, and whether ... Read more

Kenneth and Eugene look at episode 10 of Space Above and Beyond, Stay With the Dead this week. The episode aired on December 3, 1995, and was written by Matt Kiene & Joe Reinkemeyer. They ask the burning question: who will West play dominos with now?

This week John and Eugene look at two more episodes of Neo Ultra Q. In the first episode, The Town That Doesn’t Speak, which originally aired February 9, 2013, the gang investigates the fate of a group of artificial humans, which prompts our podcasters to ask, “If you could perfectly read body language, would you ... Read more

Under review this week is series 3, episode 6 of Bugs, entitled “Fugitive.” Matthew Evans wrote this episode, which first aired on August 23, 1997. Hosts Simon and Eugene discuss when giving our heroes vulnerabilities adds interest as opposed to destroying the character, how much the Sci-Fi and Tech dimension (or absence of it) matters ... Read more

This week, our episodes under discussion are Space Above and Beyond numbers 8 and 9, the two-episode story Hostile Visit & Choice or Chance. These episodes were written by Payton Webb and Doc Johnson, respectively. They first aired on November 19th and 26th, 1995. Hosts Kenneth and Eugene discuss if a second nail-clipping scene might ... Read more

This week Simon and Eugene are taking a special one-off look at The X-Files episode Die Hand Die Verletzt. This was the 14th episode of the second season of The X-Files and marks the departure of Glen Morgan and James Wong from the series. It first aired on January 27, 1995. Simon and Eugene discuss ... Read more

This week, John and Eugene look at two more episodes of Neo Ultra Q. In The Businessman from the Sky, the trio investigates the strange case of the supermodel who sold herself for beauty and touches upon the concepts of beauty. In Pandora’s Cave, a scientist tampers with things he shouldn’t. Can Mr. Bretheren clean ... Read more

This week’s episode for discussion is S03E05 of Bugs, entitled “Nuclear Family,” which initially aired in August of 1997 and was written by John Stroud. Hosts Simon and Eugene discuss whether a weapon might be developed to kill the second person in a conga line, why a writer might withdraw their name from their work, ... Read more