Second Officer Slog

Second Officer Slog makes a glorious return as we begin the epic journey that is The Shatnerverse. In this month's book we deal with Kirk's Horny Middle Aged Crisis and greatly relish in the thinly veiled metaphor it all is for the difficulty of being William Shatner. It's a really good podcast and it's spoiler free for DS9 and most important Star Trek so if you've been cautious about listening there has literally never been a better time to jump in!

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

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

This Month's Episodes
TOS S1E3 - "Mudd's Women"
TOS S1E19 - "Arena"

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

In this week's Discovery, everything happens at once, and in this raucous episode of SOS, we stumble upon some of the most troubling deep lore possibilities yet.

Here's the IGN article we talked about this week!

It is a turbulent time for Abnormal Mapping, but we just had to talk about the latest Star Trek: Discovery. It's a fucking stealth sequel to an episode of Enterprise, it could not possibly be more atop its bullshit if it tried, come on in and enjoy the return of everyone's favourite show.

Here's the buzzfeed article that we referenced in this episode.
And here's the GoFundMe if you want to help out Em's situation.

Second Officer Slog, December 2017, we're here at the very beginning of Star Trek to talk about both the pilot that started it all and the latest book about the very latest Trek. Vulcan nonsense, the aesthetics of the pre-Kirk Enterprise, and the politics of the Federation in the 23rd Century take the stage in this big episode about just how much we enjoy what Discovery has done to change the tenor of the original series as an idea. Please, join us for this very good ride as Captain Pike and Captain Georgiou square off!

Here's the clip from Patrick Stewart on Extras, mentioned in this episode.

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This Month's Book
Desperate Hours by David Mack

Next Month's Book
The Ashes of Eden by William Shatner, Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens

This Month's Episodes
TOS S0E0 - "The Cage"
TOS S1E10 - "Dagger of the Mind"

Next Month's Episodes
TOS S1E3 - "Mudd's Women"
TOS S1E19 - "Arena"

We're here at the end of all things, where the Pahvans misstepped and made a terrible mistake, where the Discovery makes a daring gambit to take the next step forward, and we all boldly go for one last time in 2017 as the first half of the season comes to a dramatic conclusion. Join us for "Into the Forest I Go", and thoughts from listeners on what they've enjoyed from Discovery so far.

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Hello friends, and welcome back to our continuing Discovery coverage. Today we talk about "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum," the penultimate episode of the fall half of this season. The table is set and Saru gets owned as we wonder about Cornwell and talk about how nice it is to have Trek book sensibilities on a show like this.

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Discovery barrels through the first half of the season but we still have books to read, and this week we complete our journey through the Mission Gamma series! It is one of the most wild books we have read in sheer terms of holy shit moments per page, and specifically tuned to the stuff we love about Trek. It is a very, very good time.

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This Month's Book: Lesser Evil by Robert Simpson

Next Month's Book: Desperate Hours by David Mack

This Month's Episodes:
"The Corbomite Maneuver" TOS S01E02
"Operation -- Annihilate!" TOS S01E29

Next Month's Episodes:
"The Cage" TOS S00E01
"Dagger of the Mind" TOS S01E10

Hello everyone! Welcome back to our Discovery recaps! We're here to talk about episode 7, "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad", and deviate into our thoughts on Tilly, Mudd in DIS versus ToS, our hopes for the show, and the Ash Tyler problem. It's a good show, even if we're very punchy from recording our Book Club right before (which will be up next week).

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Jackson's preferred Discovery Recap they shout out can be found here.

We go on for ages about this week's Discovery, which is the most deep lore nonsense for episode six of a brand new star trek show! Sarek's Brain! Lorca's Scars! Klingon Spies! It's all kicking off, and we're just along for the ride.

We're back for another journey down Discovery lane, as we reach a conclusion to the Tardigrade saga, open a door into possibilities dark and mysterious, and contemplate a real speed bump in the timeline of the show we've been presented with so far. Please enjoy this talk of Discover episode 5, "Choose Your Pain"