We continue our Star Trek: The Next Generation series of Mek’ba challenges with the Best Pulaski episodes of Season 2! Show co-host Greg defends his episode, “Unnatural Selection”, while our guest, Timothy Jackson, defends his pick, “Up the Long Ladder”. We also discuss the results of last week’s listener poll for our Best Riker of TNG Season 2 Mek’ba which saw “Measure of a Man” go up against “The Icarus Factor”.

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This week we warp into Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 2 with another Mek’ba! In our Best Riker of TNG Season 2 episode, Jeremy and Derreck go head-to-head with the episodes they think are the best of Riker for the season. Jeremy brings “The Icarus Factor”, an episode that showcases double the Riker. Meanwhile, Derreck brings “Measure of a Man”, an episode iconic for its Data story line. Before the Mek’ba begins, we discuss a bit of Trek news including the results from the Saturn Awards plus the rumors swirling around the return of Picard.

Finally, break down the Twitter poll results from last week’s match for the Best Alien Encounter of TNG Season 1 which saw “Where No One Has Gone Before” going up against “The Neutral Zone”. Find out the winner, catch this week’s match-up, and then vote in the Twitter poll! 

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Join us as we end our Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1 journey with the Best Alien Encounter Mek’ba! We’re joined by special guest, Angie from KC Geeks! She enters the Mek’ba defending “Where No One Has Gone Before” while Greg brings in “The Neutral Zone”! Which episode will Derreck pick? You’ll have to listen in to find out! We also discuss Star Trek: Discovery news, specifically the changes coming to the show runner position for Season 2. Finally, break down the Twitter poll results from last week’s match for the Best Romance of the season which saw “Haven” going up against “We’ll Always Have Paris”. Find out the winner, catch this week’s match-up, and then vote in the Twitter poll! 

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Our journey on the Enterprise D continues with this week’s Mek’ba! Jeremy and Derreck must bring two different episodes to the table in an epic debate for the best Romance of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1! Jeremy bring “We’ll Always Have Paris” to the Mek’ba while Derreck’s pick for best Romance is “Haven”. We also discuss the Twitter poll results from last week’s match for the Best of Wesley Crusher which saw “Coming of Age” go up against “The Naked Now”. Find out the winner, catch this week’s match-up, and then vote in the Twitter poll! 

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This week we jump ahead to The Next Generation and introduce a new format we’re calling the Mek’ba! Each week, two of us will go head-to-head, making our case for why a particular episode is the best of a given topic. The third host will need to determine the winning episode. First up, we’re tackling TNG Season 1 with the next three episodes. Our maiden voyage finds us looking into the best Wesley Crusher episode of TNG Season 1. Greg has picked Episode 2 “The Naked Now” and Derreck has picked Episode 19 “Coming of Age”. Next week, we’ll rotate and it will be Jeremy and Derreck with Greg being our judge for the best Romance episode of TNG Season 1. Don’t miss it!

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It’s time to finish up our Star Trek: The Original Series Season 1 journey with “Miri”, “Space Seed”, and a special guest! We promise not to bonk you on the head but we will certainly talk about the significance of Khan’s first appearance in the franchise that led to The Wrath of Khan saving the franchise.

Next week we move forward in time to TNG with a brand new episode format! You don’t want to miss it.

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For our big episode 30 “Charlie and the Horta”, we bring on our show’s first guest (if you don’t count our convention floor interview with Doug Jones)! Hearth Barker of The Tricorder Transmissions network joins us to talk about two classic TOS episodes, “Charlie X” and “The Devil in the Dark”! Just like we’ve been doing, we tackle one low rated episode and one highly rated one. “Charlie X” is rated quite low, usually due to how is handles sexual harassment and the male ego. “The Devil in the Dark”, on the other hand, shows us the first Vulcan mind meld and a side of Spock we aren’t used to seeing.

Next week we review “Miri” and “Space Seed” (we swapped episodes, sorry about that)! Don’t miss it.

How do you feel about “The Devil in the Dark”? Does it hold up to time? Do you like the horta? Is “Charlie X” really that bad? Yes. Yes it is.

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Jeremy and Derreck tackle the first appearance of Harry Mudd in “Mudd’s Women” along with Mark Leonard’s first appearance in “Balance of Terror”. While Harry Mudd is one of the more iconic recurring characters from Star Trek: The Original Series, he only appears in two live action episodes plus an episode of The Animated Series. Also, while Mark Leonard first appears as a Romulan in this Cold War era episode, he is later cast of Spock’s father. There’s a lot to unpack, so set course and engage!

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How do you feel about “Balance of Terror”? Is it the best episode of Star Trek? Is “Mudd’s Women” really that bad?

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Paramount announces two new Star Trek movies are in development, CBS releases some behind-the-scenes footage from Discovery’s Season 2 production, and we talk about two episode of The Original Series! We take a look at the episode largely considered to be the greatest episode ever made, “The City on the Edge of Forever”, along with a not so great episode, “The Alternative Factor”. Join us for our TOS Season 1 discussions.

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How do you feel about “The City on the Edge of Forever”? Is it the best episode of Star Trek? Is “The Alternative Factor” really that bad?

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Let’s be honest, a lot of podcasts have talked about Star Trek’s second pilot “Where No Man Has Gone Before”. But don’t worry! We’ve got our own fresh take on the classic Gary Mitchell episode, especially since this is Jeremy’s first viewing! We also announce our new format going forward that will make covering classic Trek a little smoother and hopefully more fun.

Join us next week for our first episode in the all new format when we review City on the Edge of Forever and The Alternative Factor!

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