Anomaly consolidation day on the USS Cerritos leaves the Lower Deckers with mixed emotions. Captain Freeman attempts to negotiate peace on the Pakled home world.

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This week, Houselights tackles the often forgotten but extremely powerful "Amistad" from Steven Spielberg.

It was overshadowed by "Titanic" upon its release but how do you feel about this film 24 years later?

Derek "Tools" Young and Darren "Chip" Moser talk about their experiences starting up online stores. From getting over the fear of actually launching to the complications of international shipping and logistics. Join the discussion and if you're on the fence, Launch Your Store!

Book Club: Call to Vengeance.

Matt and John return to the Jedi Apprentice series reviews with Jude Watson’s A Call to Vengeance, wherein Qui-Gon teeters to the edge of the Dark Side, Obi-Wan progresses a little more to the man we would come to know, and a surprising insight into Mace Windu is found. Also they ask, would there be a law or rule for Jedi who strayed since they were officials of the Republic? All this and more!

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We continue our unit on dystopian society as we explore “the community” where Jonas turns 12 and his world is turned upside down when he becomes the Receiver of Memory. As we read through Jonas’ eyes we find out how disgustingly “same” his community is and how much of life has been taken away from the denizens. The writing and approach to narrative is quite different from our recent books, and as usual Charles and Asia debate if it’s a spoiler if you have a gut feeling about a plot point in a book that you read a decade ago but cannot now remember. 

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Next week we will be reading chapters 13-23 of book 1 in the series, The Giver.

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“Lower Decks” - Mugato, Gumato. It’s time to bring back a TOS-era “monster,” the Mugato! The trio look at his Boimler, Rutherford, and Mariner tackle some “Last Outpost”-type Ferengi and … really earn that “SV” rating. They also chat about Tendi’s sidequest adventure … and the C story we almost forgot about. Is Captain Freeman on course for a promotion? Let us know your favorite parts!

Mariner and Boimler try to track down the location of a legendary Starfleet party while the bridge crew deals with an insecure alien diplomat.

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Nobody talks about Steven Spielberg's "Always" but of course, Houselights is this week. Dreyfus, Goodman, Hunter, how could anything go wrong? Listen as we discuss what does and doesn't work in this firefighting dalliance with the afterlife.

Derek "Instructor" Young and Darren "Doctorate" Moser talk about teaching as a Maker. How do you present techniques and tutorials when you don't know how everyones mind works? There is something to be said for google searching your answer but being able to put the method into words creates a connection in the maker community. What have you taught to other makers?

Lee welcomes Minari's Kaye Brownlee-France who plays a lab tech in the movie that meets the Yi family during a tense afternoon as they visit the hospital.

Kaye takes us behind the scenes on she came to be cast in Minari, her experience on set and shares her insight into the unique and growing Oklahoma film scene and community.