Out of Contreks

Ask not for whom the Morn mourns, he mourns for thee (and for us, who didn't realize this episode was going to come out on Christmas). On Ryan and Brady's 99th episode, they talk about DS9's excellently silly side-character, Ferengi economics, and dad jokes we love.

Ryan and Brady spend a while attempting to dissect this odd Season 7 TNG episode, which feels like it should work for us and just... doesn't. We talk Brent Spiner acting, anti-climactic endings and why this feels like it takes the show back to Season 1.

Ryan and Brady tackle a strange early episode of TNG in which everyone is mean to Data for no reason and the holodeck almost destroys the entire ship on a technicality.

In a rare "Ryan and Brady disagree" podcast, we go deep on Critical Care, a dark, thoughtful, late-period Voyager episode about income-gated health care and the ethics of political violence.

Here's a link to The Joe Manchin Trolley Problem, an article we discuss in the episode.

Join Brady and Ryan as they return for another discussion of Star Trek: Lower Decks, this time the newly-completed third season. A lot of this podcast is them trying to put their finger on just what it was about this season that made it not quite as good as the last two... and then remembering a lot of things that still worked pretty well!

In this DS9 two-hander, we get into the psyche of Elim Garak, one of the best recurring characters in Trek history. We also talk about cool caves, plot twists, and which Muppet it was who sells Scrooge's clothes at the end of Muppet Christmas Carol (apparently, it was not Uncle Deadly, although that's probably who Ryan was thinking of).

An episode where "something is going on" and you wait until the end until you find out what it is. Not gonna lie, this one has really fallen out of the brain in the two months since we watched it. Even Brady  couldn't remember which episode this was until about halfway through the editing process.

Ryan has been dreading this episode for a while, but it wasn't that bad! Well, I mean, it wasn't great. It's kind of annoying, but only because it starts pretty strong and then sort of wastes away to nothing... the Star Trek episode, I mean, not the episode of the podcast. Hopefully that's still pretty entertaining.

You could also call this episode "O'Brien and Bashir: Origins," as it's one of the first outings in which the frostiness between the two men starts to thaw. Join Ryan and Brady as we talk about its sludgy middle, killer opening, and excellent comedy stinger.

In which Ryan and Brady discuss Adam the space hippie, the sensational character find on 1969. This episode of The Original Series has full original music numbers, a surprisingly nuanced message, and renewed relevance in our pandemic era. Check out the podcast for an effusive commentary.