Second Officer Slog

It's been six months of DS9 relaunch. New friends have been made, tragedies have struck, and through it all Ezri and Bashir are still together. Let's put all of that aside for today as we follow one confused boy and his misadventures as Jake Sisko heads into the wormhole in search to the prophecy of B'Hala and maybe something more!

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This Month's Book
Rising Son by SD Perry

Next Month's Book
The Left Hand of Destiny Book One by J.G. Hertzler and Jeffrey Lang

This Month's Episodes
DS9 S1E13 - "Battle Lines"
DS9 S4E21 - "The Muse"

Next Month's Episodes
TNG S4E26 - "Redemption, part i"
TNG S5E01 - "Redemption, part ii"

After a long, long absence we have returned to the world of the Deep Space Nine relaunch, but before we can tackle the final stretch of the first arc, we must step back and read a little book called: The Lives of Dax. Nine short stories for every Dax host, we talk a lot this episode about the weird mess that is The Trill. It's good to be back with Star Trek.

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This Month's Book
The Lives of Dax by Various

Next Month's Book
Rising Son by SD Perry

This Month's Episodes
DS9 S4E06 - "Rejoined"
DS9 S7E13 - "Field of Fire

Next Month's Episodes
DS9 S1E13 - "Battle Lines"
DS9 S4E21 - "The Muse"

The Second Officers (that's us, we're workshopping it) return for a new episode of your favourite Star Trek podcast! The stresses on our schedule are starting to clear, and so we've read the latest Discovery book for you all. It was, tragically, not a great note to come back on. But between that and Jackson's first exposure to the animated series, we spun it into an excellent 1 hour and 15 minutes of hashtag content. So please, enjoy.

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This Month's Book
Drastic Measures by Dayton Ward

Next Month's Book
The Lives of Dax by Various

This Month's Episodes
TAS S1E02 - "Yesteryear"
TNG S4E11 - "Data's Day"

Next Month's Episodes
DS9 S4E06 - "Rejoined"
DS9 S7E13 - "Field of Fire

There's a mistake in the timeline! We ditch our book and episodes for a month due to scheduling and instead turn our eyes to a little, forgotten corner of Star Trek lore. Once upon a time, a man named J J Abrams was given the keys to make a new vision of Star Trek. What we got wasn't exactly fresh, nor was it particilarly visionary, which means we get to enjoy tearing it apart! Join us, as we boldly go back to where it all began, but maybe worse than it's ever been. 

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This Month's Comic Books
Star Trek Countdown
Star Trek Nero

Next Month's Book
Drastic Measures by Dayton Ward

This Month's Movie
Star Trek (2009)

Next Month's Episodes
TAS S1E02 - "Yesteryear"
TNG S4E11 - "Data's Day"

James Kirk is dead (again), until he isn't. He's wishing he could see Spock (again), until he does. He's at cross purposes with Picard (again), until they aren't. The more things change, the more they stay the same was we wrap up the third book in the first Shatnerverse trilogy. We return to Chal, talk about the failures of the Federation, and reflect on just how arrogant Vulcans are as we wrap up this journey in this side universe with perhaps the best of the three books. Join us, for the first time, for the hundredth. 

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This Month's Book
Avenger by William Shatner, Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens

Next Month's Book
Drastic Measures by Dayton Ward

This Month's Episodes
TOS S1E26 - "Errand of Mercy"
TOS S3E04 - "The Enterprise Incident"

Next Month's Episodes
TAS S1E02 - "Yesteryear"
TNG S4E11 - "Data's Day"

James Kirk is dead. Once, on the Enterprise-B, sacrificing himself to save a ship of strangers. Twice, on Veridian III, giving his life to save a planet of unknown aliens. And now? Well ... there are always possibilities, especially when the actor playing you is both wildly infamously egotistical and knows how to write books. Thus, The Return, William Shatner's second foray into writing the further adventures of James T Kirk. Because why would Kirk ever let a little thing like dying twice stop him? It didn't stop Spock to die, did it?

We are, as always, a Patreon supported show. Please go to patreon.com/abnormalmapping to find out how you can support us!

This Month's Book
The Return by William Shatner, Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens

Next Month's Book
Avenger by William Shatner, Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens

This Month's Episodes
TOS S1E26 - "The Devil in The Dark"
TOS S2E05 - "Amok Time"

Next Month's Episodes
TOS S1E26 - "Day of the Dove"
TOS S3E04 - "The Enterprise Incident"

The finale of Discovery is here! We talk about the very final episode of Star Trek's return to television (on the internet), and after a season of ups and downs it all comes down to one question: will they stick the landing?

Yes. Yes they absolutely do. Spoilers.

The USS Discovery is back in the Prime universe, and the war has gone very badly. What beacon of hope can we turn to in these moments of peril? Surely not the leader of the evil space fascists. That wouldn't make sense. No sir. But here, in the penultimate episode, all sorts of bullshit will go down as we scream into the ending of this, the first season of Star Trek in over a decade. 

It's a bit of a down week here in Second Officer Slog but we're still bringing Star Trek Discovery takes to the people. Last time, we were wrong about literally everything that it is possible to be wrong about, and this time the possibility space closes up and we watch everyone punch each other.

The Mirror Universe spins off in complicated directions as we ponder the possibilities of existence and Em tries very hard to not say that Kelpians probably taste delicious. A lot happens as we begin to head to the end of this season!