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Hi guys, so Dave is sick with a stomach flu and yet again we've been foiled by our own weak human blob bodies.

We wanted to do something to celebrate hitting 3,750 downloads, so we are giving away three custom mugs (including shipping) to the first three people who get the questions asked in this segment correct! You have to be speedy and accurate!

Email your answers to [email protected] when you think you have them, and may the odds be ever in your favor!

We will have episode 15 ready for release hopefully by Sunday and then be back on track for future Tuesday releases. Hope y'all are doing well!

Amara & Dave

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If you really like left nipples, this is episode is for you! The team visits a matriarchal planet where the women make their men wear navel necks that expose their left nipples. And very tight pants, probs with padding. Because male writers in the 80's totally know what women want to see, so chill ladies, this is for your benefit. 

But don't worry everyone, the diplomatic issue on the planet is solved by the ladies of Starfleet! Psych! Riker solves all of the problems with his "gesture of good will" aka his penis. And also marginalizes Tasha and Troi on a WOMAN RUN PLANET, so yeah, that checks out.

Crusher is left alone to take care of medical stuff while her residents take a much needed vacation, but gets thwarted by the common cold! Oh no! Should she inject chicken soup mixed with tea into people to cure them? Her answer may surprise you!

Featuring: Virtual Ski Lessons! Shirtless Picard! Casual Use of the Holodeck Built by Skynet! Pants Padding! Deep V-Necks On Men- For the Ladies...Shh Just Enjoy It! A Lack of Right Nipples! Amara's Fanfic Origin of the Reading Rainbow!

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Honestly though, what are they teaching at Starfleet Academy? Because it's definitely not good leadership. Or empathy. Picard needs to memorize some Hallmark apology cards or something.

The crew (not Data) decide to invite themselves to Data's home planet where they poke around his past and bring up a homicidal Data doppelgänger  that maybe was left dissembled by the now dead colonists for a reason?  But no, Picard knows better.

Lore, Data's double, is Lore-din over Data how much more human he is and that he's super cool. Spoiler, Lore sucks.

Featuring: COVID ridden hosts! Wesley actually being right! "Shut up, Wesley!" Robot roofies! Disturbing child art! Robot Botox? And people treating Data like s*** for absolutely no reason. 

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Despite depriving his entire crew of some much need free massages and relaxation after the whole "Troi's betrothed jumping ship to chill with ebola Farrah Fawcett," Picard decides he's just too stressed to do his work and instead goes on a selfish adventure in the 1940s on the Holodeck, which apparently is like the Matrix in this episode because if you die in it...you die for real!

This is because it breaks down, so maybe they should read up about mechanical failures at places like Jurassic Park, because if your malfunctioning Holodeck can kill you, WHY ARE YOU USING IT!?

Dave mistakes a Vanderbilt at a 1940s police station clearing up some tax issues for a "lady of the evening" for no discernible reason, and I divulge pronunciation woes.

Featuring: Dr. Crusher clapping when her shipmate is shot! Wesley willing to take a 50/50 shot at saving his mother, with absolutely no emotion whatsoever or hesitation! Gangsters, seeeee? Up and coming young women Dave thinks are sex workers because boooooo shame on him! Appropriate hats! Picard causing his bff AI to have an existential breakdown! 

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Troi's in for a surprise this episode when a disembodied head spewing rubies announces she's about to tie the knot! But things do "knot" go to plan! Which is good, because Troi's betrothed is obsessed with Farrah Fawcett.

Riker gets pouty as he ponders the loss of his potential friend with benefits, everyone gets psyched for a visit to a spa planet only to thwarted YET AGAIN BY PICARD. 

We meet Troi's mom and Dave & I both experience flashbacks to cringey parent teacher conferences when she interacts with Picard.

Featuring: Pouty Riker! Embarrassed Picard! Troi's mom hitting on everyone! Beaver damming! Vegas casino gals from 90's Caesar's Palace! Lurch! Data loving reality TV! Creepy drawings! Wedding drama! No Wesley! Space Ebola but it makes you sexy!

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Finally! They give the people (meaning me and apparently a ton of fan fic writers) what we want! Q reappears and sets his sights on hunky hard to get Riker, they have a playful back and forth and Dave cannot convince me this isn't just a massive set up in the form of a "humanity test" just so Q and Riker can have a lovely date together.

Also, Starfleet is all uppity about warp travel and stuff, but they do not know what methane is/how to detect it. Once again with the Osha violations, y'all! Oh, and a young girl dies because she's wearing those jelly shoes popular in the early 90's that gave you mad blisters and I guess she got sepsis from her jelly shoe wounds? That's my take.

Featuring: Q costume changes! Elton John? Amara's take on Too Fast Too Furious! Amara being a little too invested in the potential Q and Riker loves story! Jelly Shoes! Overworked medical residents! War games! Crappy pig human costumes! Napoleonic props and costumes! Picard vs doors! Wesley getting bayonetted! Riker being a douchecanoe! And everyone ignoring that Riker is a douchecanoe. 

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You guys. My (Amara’s) favorite burrito place closed down permanently and we found out an hour before recording this episode, so I’m like at an eleven the entire time, sorry in advance. 

Picard is dodgy as heck in my book, and Dave and I recorded over two hours of heated debate about Picard and Ferengi relations which is why this episode is a bit jumpy in some places (I had to trim it down majorly), it got intense, may have been fueled by my burrito angst.

In this episode, Picard may or may not have committed a war crime, the circumstances of a historical event are really nebulous and Picard has completely blacked out a major event in his life, I am super confused about who is actually in the wrong this episode, and Dave is bewildered by my stance, which is fair. 

Featuring: Fancy mind balls! Three fish! Heated debate! Spacism! Confusion! Assumptions about Ferengi! A ship full of Singhs! PTSD? Amara ranting! The USS Indianapolis! Indiana Jones! Amara's Anna Delvey impression! And more!

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Hold on to your space britches, the crew finds a super sex positive planet and are about to have a wild party when Wesley wesleys and we end up with a political situation, and is a giant beaver dam/c***block.

Dr. Crusher pretends to understand mechanical engineering, Riker leers, the poor male aliens in this episode have some major discomfort in the crotch region due to odd costume design, Picard is mad inconsistent with space law, and Yar ready to drop ALL the hats (that's a euphemism apparently, but good for her).

The Enterprise is glitching again, perhaps Starfleet will learn not to buy their spaceships from Wish.com.

We'll see y'all in the new year! Thanks for listening!

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So we finally get a South Asian member of the cast and I am totally psyched, but it's short lived. RIP Singh, we hardly knew ye. 

Palpatine makes a surprise guest appearance, we find out Space Apple Pencils may electrocute you, and the Enterprise gets the White Lotus treatment. Also there is some heavy pro vegan messaging from Riker and Yar in this episode y'all.

Happy Holidays, everyone! Thanks for listening!

-Amara & Dave

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Oh the depths of the writers' room to which they must have descended to write a more irritating character than Wes, in an attempt to make Wes more likeable.

Introducing: Space Elon! He works his assistant basically to near death, doesn't actually know what he's talking about, and basically wrecks everything, tearing the social fabric of the Enterprise asunder. 

Featuring: Warp ponchos! A friend for Wes! Targs! Unicorn Pigs! A cute cat! And a lonely guy who just wants buddies with which he can play his violin wearing 18th century costumes.

*Sorry we didn't upload this Tuesday, someone who's name starts and ends with "A" forgot to back up the episode and the audio file got corrupted as we were uploading it. Whoops.

Thanks for listening, and check out our other podcast: Anecdotes for Awkward Folks! :)

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