The USS Athena and it's Starfleet Academy atrium become Grover's Corners, as we finally confirm cadets are all musical theater kids. But between Thorton Wilder's words, another drama brews between Caleb and a now sanctioned Tarima after her actions on the Miyazaki.

And then William Shanter returns to the small screen of the 80s, but he trades his Starfleet Uniform for LACPD blues. He's got his own cadets to train in the neverending-copganda War on Crime. And that's because, "TJ Hooker's the name."

Can Jay Den rescue Darem from matrimony? Or is this an "Amok Time" redux? The Jerks find out with our review of STARFLEET ACADEMY's "Ko'Zeine." Then, William Shatner wrestles with whether he is the tormentor in a psychological experiment in THE TENTH LEVEL. Our Shat-tastic filmography continues!

The cadets finally get their space legs shot from under them during a training mission. Seems Nus Braka is up to something, but can Ake figure it all out before Caleb and team are splashed? Welp, the Jerks find out this week in our latest STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY review.

Then, it's back to Earth circa 1977. Deadly spiders threaten to halt an Arizona town's county fair. But don't fret, veterinarian William Shatner is on the case. It's the latest in our Shat-tastic Film Festival.

Series Acclimation Mil goes on a journey to figure out what happened to Captain Benjamin Sisko. The Jerks go along for the ride.

Then, our examination of William Shatner's acting chops continues with a spooky flight at 37,000 feet. We find out why Shatner and planes don't mix.

The Jerks debate whether STARFLEET ACADEMY delivered the best Klingon story in Trek ever. It's a battle of words for Cadet Jay'Den as he argues for the preservation of his people.

Then, we tackle Roger Corman's THE INTRUDER, starring a Pre-Trek William Shatner as a white supremacist agitator. Trigger Warning: our discussion of the film includes racial violence and sexual assault.

The Jerks shenan and shenan again as the Starfleet Academy cadets get into a prank war with the War College. It's a Laser Tag battle to see who rules the campus!

Then, we leave San Francisco for New Mexico to check in on Vince Gilligan's latest opus, PLURIBIS, which some say is the modern age THE PRISONER.

The Jerks return to their alma mater, Starfleet Academy, to usher in the next generations of cadets with the two-episode premier of STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY.

Does the latest from Alex Kurtzman's franchise stewardship pass muster? Find out on this episode of the Jerks.

STRANGE NEW WORLDS' third season comes to a close with "New Life and New Civilizations" and Batal's transcendence into a fountain. The Jerks discuss how Pike and Batal went to "It's Even More Complicated" on their Spacebook relationship status. Plus, more queerbaiting with Kirk and Spock's "first date."

Then, we dive deep into how BABYLON 5 handles destiny better than most sci-fi franchises, including STAR TREK.

Can two bitter enemies become star-crossed lovers? You betcha when they're trapped on a desolate and dangerous alien world. Human and Drac. Human and Gorn. Either way, it's a queer subtext-filled fest in our double-feature, back-to-back confab on STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS' "Terrarium" and its antecedent, ENEMY MINE.

The magic hypo strikes again and transforms four of the Enterprise crew into full Vulcans, ousting Spock as the 0.5 Vulcan on the crew. But is it culture or genetic determinism at work here? The Jerks get into it.

Then, they contrast that with how Clark Kent, aka Kal-El and Superman, is allowed to be a child of two worlds, more so than Spock ever gets to be.