Star Trek Discovery Podcast, featuring Picard, Lower Decks, and Strange New Worlds

We're finally back! Ruthie and I are back with The Star Trek Discovery Podcast, with the first of four mini-episodes, covering the Short Treks. We recorded the first three all on the same night, and we'll be releasing them over the holidays. For this one, episode 21, we discuss the first Short Trek, with a focus on Ensign Sylvia Tilly, titled Runaway. Ruthie loved it, whereas I liked it but found a couple things to take issue with, one thing in particular.

Star Trek: Discovery - Short Treks, Episode 1: Runaway

We're finally back! Ruthie and I are back with the Short Treks! We recorded episodes for the first three Short Treks on Tuesday, December 18th in back to back to back fashion. We'll be releasing them a few days apart over the holidays, so you can have time to listen to each of them before you get the next one!

A Runaway favorite, if you love Tilly!

Who can REALLY have a bad thing to say about this Short Trek? It features our favorite cadet, now an ensign, Sylvia Tilly! Ruthie and I both say that Tilly is our favorite character, and Mary Wiseman shows why Tilly is a favorite for so many viewers!

Well, I did...

OK, I did have a bad thing to say about the Short Trek. I had one issue with the episode, and that is the Runaway herself, Po, and her Xahean species in general. I didn't have any problems with Yadira Guevara-Prip's performance, but the way the character changes over the course of 15 minutes was not believable to me. In fact, I really didn't like the episode because of it, on the first watch. On repeated watches, though, it became less of an issue, but still enough to take the rating down a couple of points. Listen to the episode for more. I also have a potential explanation for "the born at the same time as the planet" thing. Some might call that "head canon", but if you've ever listened to us, you KNOW how I feel about that term!

What's with Tilly's Mom?

I found it an odd choice that they showed Tilly's mom in the form of a hologram, but didn't show her face! Why did the producers and director decide to do that? Was Mimi Kuzyk, who played the character, just temporarily cast in that role, or is there some other reason for it? It was very weird and a bit off-putting.

That's it for Runaway!

So, that's it for this mini-episode! Ruthie loved this episode more than I did, but I still liked it a lot. We'll be back in the next few days with the next Short Trek, titled Calypso.

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After a five month hiatus, we finally bring you the long awaited roundtable episode, covering news about Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 and the Picard TV series! Joining Ruthie and I are Mark Steve from the Panels to Pixels podcast.

Star Trek: Discovery - Season 2 and Picard Show News Roundtable!

It's finally time for us to bring you our long-awaited Season 2 News and Picard Roundtable!!! Recorded on September 8th, Ruthie and I were joined by two past roundtable participants - Mark Des Cotes from Solo Talk Media, and Steve Brown of the Panels to Pixels Podcast, and two new participants - Mark Deal and Wes Huntington from The Minnesota Star Trek Nerd Podcast. This episode took a while to get released, due to some glitches that were encountered during the recording, some we didn't know about at the time. More on that later.

We start with news...

We cover reaction about the former co-showrunners Gretchen J. Berg and Aaron Harberts being fired from the show for both budget concerns and abuse in the writers' room, with the announcement of Alex Kurtzman being made the new showrunner and James Duff later made an executive producer and probable next showrunner. Then, we talk about the casting announcements of Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike, Rebecca Romijn as Number One, and, most recently, Ethan Peck as Spock.

Onto the trailer!!!

Most of us had seen the trailer (one exception... and you'll have to listen to find out who hasn't), but we talk about the trailer and our reactions to it. We also talk about what we would like to see in Season 2.

Jean-Luc Picard... Is Back!!!

We then spend a good deal of time discussing last month's announcement at Star Trek Las Vegas that the next Star Trek series will be focused around Jean-Luc Picard. We discuss our reactions to the announcement, dissect some of what Patrick Stewart said about the show is and isn't, and speculate what the show will be about. We also discuss what we think some of the other shows might be.

We finally get to some undiscussed feedback!!!

During our last roundtable, we decided not to cover a couple pieces of feedback that we didn't have a chance to cover at the end of the season. Ruthie and I finally go through that feedback. We recorded that separately, so the other panelists do not participate during that section of the podcast.

We STILL didn't cover EVERYTHING...

We decided not to cover the "Short Treks", a series of four shorts covering a few short stories within the Star Trek: Discovery universe. On September 20th, CBS announced that the first of these Short Treks - a Tilly story called Runaway - would be released on October 4th, followed by shorts in November, December and January. We will definitely be covering that next time. A few days after we recorded, CBS CEO Les Moonves resigned amidst allegations of sexual harassment, and since he's been the driving force behind CBS All Access, I'm sure we will have more to say about this next time. We also didn't talk much about the existing characters, some of the people involved in the Picard show, like Pulitzer Prize winning author Michael Chabon, who also wrote one of the Short Treks, TNG cast talking about the Picard show, and I'm sure there's more! We did cover a lot though!

I could use your help...

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Looking for our RSS Feed? Not anymore! Want to participate? Join our Facebook group! And follow us on Twitter! And don't forget to subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts! While you do, we'd appreciate it if you can leave us a review, hopefully, a 5-star! Or, if not, a rating will do!!! And we're now on Spotify!

After a hiatus, we finally bring you the long awaited Season 1 Roundtable episode for Star Trek: Discovery! Joining Ruthie and I are my former co-host from this show, Adam, whom you can still hear on The Nerfherder Council Podcast, and Steve of the Panels to Pixels Podcast. We learn about his... well... let's say Steve REALLY loves Denise Crosby! :-)

After a hiatus, we finally bring you the long awaited Season 1 Roundtable episode for Star Trek: Discovery! Joining Ruthie and I are my former co-host from this show, Adam, whom you can still hear on The Nerfherder Council Podcast, and Steve from the Panels to Pixels podcast. Read More...

Please check out my GoFundMe campaign at https://www.gofundme.com/twdttbrianharddrive. Since we went out on hiatus, I lost my job and my wife and I could use your help!

There was a lot to say about the season finale of Star Trek: Discovery, S1E15, titled Will You Take My Hand? We also got more feedback about S1E14 The War Without, The War Within. Ruthie & I analyze the episode, discuss your feedback,

There was a lot to say about the season finale of Star Trek: Discovery, S1E15, titled Will You Take My Hand? We also got more feedback about S1E14 The War Without, The War Within. Ruthie & I analyze the episode, discuss your feedback, and anxiously await Season 2!!! Read more...

There was a lot to say about S1E14 of Star Trek: Discovery, titled The War Without, The War Within, and we also got a lot more feedback about S1E13 What's Past Is Prologue. So, sit back, put on your favorite set of headphones or take your favorite driv...

There was a lot to say about S1E14 of Star Trek: Discovery, titled The War Without, The War Within, and we also got a lot more feedback about S1E13 What's Past Is Prologue. So, sit back, put on your favorite set of headphones or take your favorite drive, and listen to Ruthie and I analyze the episode, discuss your feedback, and wonder what we will see on next week's season finale!!! Read more...