Star Trek Resignation

A new "Short Trek" episode, "Runaway" has dropped, a fifteen minute speck to fill the Star Trek void sucking away subscribers from CBS All Access until Discovery returns in 2019. Yet, James and Hugh have run away from A Discovery Home Companion, demanding a ransom before they return. But! There is still new Star Trek to complain about! What to do?

To fill the podcasting void Wade talks Runaways with his brother -and for certain a real person- Lane Bowen.

For longer than the length of the short they complain about all the tropes that "Runaway" stumbles through before talking about some other Star Trek announcements, such as the Picard and new animated shows.

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Is this really the end? What will it take to get James and Hugh back on board with Season 2? Your calls try to grapple with what happened this Season of Star Trek Discovery. Is there anything people should do if they're not fans of the show? Is it actually possible to, you know, not watch Star Trek?Lots of trying to figure out just what happened this Season. Voicemails! Gabriel (not Lorca) on what Discovery is lacking. Especially when compared to DS9's "Duet" Bucky sighs. What must admiral Janeway think about the spore drive if she comes across classified materials? How to reconcile when something we love ends up being not so great? Should we watch this show and hope for it to be better? What can be done to demand something better? What if we didn't watch next season. Stefan found some stuff that worked, but is also dissatisfied ultimately. Arguing the weak technobabble explanations.

Kristin can't get invested in the emotional lives of a bunch of Jack Bauers. Greg on Discovery as a TNG Season 1 episode stretched out into a season of television.

Eric is trying to understand how this all happened, and proposes The Checkbox Theory. Along with some #TeamWade positivity. Hugh is baffled. Tom is also a bit befuddled. What actually leads people to explore? Will that be explored at all in a season about faith vs science? What kind of stories do we need for the future? Kristin calls back! With the actual theme of the season: People: they're not great, but they're not that bad The hotline is still up for The Rules of Acquisition. Check us out on Patreon if you are missing out on hearing us fight about Discovery patreon.com/kickersofelves

Will you please? We're very tired.

Star Trek Discovery is over! Season 1 anyways. How do we feel the ending held up? What is the fate of The Prediction? Will we ever be able to recover?

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Are we too hard on Star Trek Discovery? It's been hard on us. We take your calls to check in on how you are doing.

What can we expect from Season 2? How could they right the course? We have some disagreements between ourselves.

What are the current odds on The Prediction?

One episode to go!

Let us know how you feel about the endgame of this show.

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Back in the Prime and feeling... fine? Maybe not? We're having a war within ourselves.

What do you do with a space Hitler? Just how far should Federation ideals take a person in their personal interactions?

Is The Prediction in danger?

Was James too hard on the Tilly/Ash scene? Was the breakup scene that awful?

Let us know what you think!

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The Prediction is hope. Listen to some community testimony on The Past is Prologue. Judging from your calls, this week's episode of Star Trek Discovery left a lot of folks deflated, unsure of where we've been and where the show might take us going forward. James received the revelation of The Prediction in the hopes that the end of the first season of Discovery might clean up the mess it's made.

What do you think? Is The Prediction hogwash? Heretical? Unneeded? Give us a call and inform us:

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How bout that Lorca, huh? Well, a major plot reveal is behind us, and all that's left is to figure out where we are, and how we go forward.

How heavy handed was this episode exactly? Was this the best use of characters we've lived with up until now? Just what does climate change have to do with anything?

James has ... the Prediction.

He's been right before, will this take down his batting average?

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So... Lorca's kinda gross now.

Just how gross? Wade is disgusted by the extent to which he tries to defend him.

Lots of your calls to discuss in this one:

Bucky thinks the show is too predictable. Alex in Minneapolis has cracked what he finds off putting about Discovery Adam thinks it over explains. Stefan... may be having an aneurism. But has a Galaxy Fight question. Tom from Cleveland thinks everyone needs to relax; he's realized the shows theme. Lane realizes that shows about parallel universes can be pretty good.

Make Kathy Bates the captain of Season 4!

There's a lot to discuss in there! Let us know if you're excited about Lorca's turn. We want to hear from you!

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Three plots in 37 minutes, covered in 54.

Does this episode have the biggest reveal of the season so far? Even if the reddit predictions were right... did this go even further? It's a somewhat sedate episode, as we go through every thread of this episode and wonder... why did the writers of Star Trek: Discovery make the choices that they made?

Let us know YOUR response to this episode, especially if you loved it

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Important thoughts on Star Trek Discovery! Stefan defends Wade's honor.

Kristin, who has read more romance novels than us, has a perspective we're missing. And perhaps the thesis of the show!

We tackle James' dislike of the show and how he can reconcile that with all the people who love it (who also pay for it)

Lane, a real person, is back on board!

Give us your thoughts!

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