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We've finally done it! Hello, and welcome to the first episode of The Star Trek Picard Cast! We bring you this introductory podcast episode to bring you our brand new podcast on Star Trek: Picard! Of course, if you have been listening along to us on The Star Trek Discovery Podcast, we probably don't need an introduction, but we are Brian Meloche and Ruthie Rink, two long-time Star Trek fans since we were children in the '70s (Brian) and '80s (Ruthie).

We're not going to bore you about us... but you can listen to us talk about our Star Trek fandom. We know that many of you don't know us from our other Star Trek podcast, The Star Trek Discovery Podcast, so we talk a little about that show, and why we love it, but our love of Trek goes back to the beginning, and we know our Trek very well. Whether you like the show or won't give it the time of day, we think you will like our take on Trek. You won't hear it on this episode, but our listeners are a cornerstone of our podcasts here at Talk Through Media, and you will hear as much or more fan interaction on this Trek podcast than you may have ever heard before!

We talk about the broad strokes of what we know about this show, which isn't a lot, but we do know a few things. It begins in 2399, and centers around Jean-Luc Picard, who is no longer in Starfleet. We believe he was involved in a rescue attempt to save the people of Romulus. Data will appear in the show, although we know that Data died in Star Trek: Nemesis. The android predecessor to Data, B4, could also play into the show; both roles would be played by Brent Spiner. One of the characters is a cyberneticist, so we believe she may be constructing new androids or involved in trying to reconstruct Data.

We also know that the Borg play heavily in the story. Returning are Jonathan Del Arco, who played the liberated Borg, Hugh, in episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation; and Jeri Ryan, in the role of Seven of Nine made famous on Star Trek: Voyager. Of course, Picard was taken by the Borg and made into Locutus, nearly assimilating the Federation and destroying their way of life. It makes sense that the Borg play a central plot element of this show.

We also know Picard's long-time first officer, William T. Riker, and Counselor Deanna Troi return in the show, although they are not members of the main cast. Still, it will be good to see them again and find out what has been going on in their lives.

It's going to be another three months until we have the first episode, although the sixth and final Short Trek of this season is supposed to be a tie-in to this show. Until then, we may have more trailers, and we'll probably discuss some of the relevant Star Trek films and, of course, Star Trek: The Next Generation. What do you think about the trailers we have seen so far? Please leave your feedback for us! One of the best ways to submit feedback is on our Facebook group. You can also send us an email to [email protected] or call our voicemail at 216-232-6146. Or, reply to us on Twitter!

For episode 101 of The Walking Dead Talk Through, Mark and I talk through The Walking Dead Season 10 Episode 2, titled We Are The World... ahem... I mean We Are the End of the World. This episode was written by new co-executive producer Nicole Mirante-Matthews, and directed by executive producer Greg Nicotero.

Before we get into this episode, we got a little feedback on the season premiere, Season 10 Episode 1, titled Lines We Cross. I also left off a big theory I have about the satellite and how it fits in with the season and The Walking Dead universe in general. Thankfully, this episode didn't get back to this storyline, so we start off the podcast with this theory. Our discussion of We Are the End of the World begins 7 minutes and 45 seconds into the episode.

This episode was well-made and had a lot of things going for it. However, the dividing line (or border, pun intended) :-) were your reactions to Alpha, Beta, and the Whisperers in general. For Mark and I, we could appreciate that it was well-made, but it lost marks on its focus on Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and the Whisperers. We have trouble relating to these adversaries.

We've both wanted a back story for Negan. Negan is an interesting and, perhaps, a more complex character than you might see on the surface. He's been on the show since Season 6, and we still haven't gotten that backstory. We've wanted to see how he went from teacher to the Negan we know as the leader of the Saviors. Perhaps AMC, Gimple, Angela Kang, and the rest of The Walking Dead inner circle are holding that back for a movie, mini-series or webisode series, but no news has been announced.

For Alpha, we have already gotten the unreliable narrator backstory from S9E10 Omega (the sometimes name for Lydia in the Whisperers, though we aren't hearing that much). This is a second backstory about Beta and Alpha meeting for the first time and the beginnings of the Whisperers. While we get a little more humanity in these characters, we have a lot of trouble relating to this group. We just find their behavior too weird to be relatable. This is more backstory that we weren't really asking for. That said, we both find some of the things brought up about Beta in this episode more intriguing, and we expect to see more backstory about him, especially his relationship with his friend. A friend he didn't want to leave, and couldn't kill. A friend whose shirt, and face, he wears.

Please leave your feedback for the next episode, S10E3, titled Ghosts, by 6 PM Eastern/5 PM Central on Tuesday, October 22, 2019. If you have any feedback on this episode, We Are the End of the World, send that in, too! One of the best ways to submit feedback is on our Facebook group. You can also send us an email to [email protected] or call our new voicemail at 21

We have finally made it to episode 100 of The Walking Dead Talk Through! It seems like it took forever... Well, it took us five years! Thank you, listeners, for all of your enthusiasm and support! We did the first time ever first impressions episode earlier this week, and this time, Mark and I talk through a more detailed analysis of The Walking Dead Season 10 Episode 1, titled Lines We Cross. This episode was written by showrunner Angela Kang, and directed by executive producer Greg Nicotero. Kyle will not be covering the show this season but may appear from time to time. He is behind the scenes this episode, editing (though you may hear that I was going to edit it).

We got a couple of extended pieces of feedback about Fear the Walking Dead's season finale, S5E16, titled End of the Line from Aaron and Cutter, who also talks about how we have too many characters on both shows and gives us proof! Our more detailed discussion of the season premiere begins 32 minutes and 6 seconds into the episode.

We get a return to the use of cards in the episode, with white block text on a black screen. AMC Premiere has a video of the table read for the episode. It was interesting to see how the episode changed from the table read and who wasn't there. We had:

• Training Day - There was no Luke and Jules scene during the table read; Dan Fogler wasn't there during the table read. My guess is that the decision to add that scene was because of something that happens later in the season, and the decision to lengthen this to six acts instead of five.
• Skin - Called "Stories We Tell" in the table read. Skin is much better, in my opinion. I don't remember hearing the Highwaymen during the episode? Michonne elaborates on the Rick comment, where she didn't in the final episode and stops short. Antony Azor wasn't there during the table read. Callan McAuliffe read RJ's parts in the table read, and it's pretty funny.
• Bird Wisdom - Called "Certain Uncertainty" during the table read. This one had no Negan and Gabriel scene during the table read. I think that the Negan and Lydia scene was expanded but I can't say for sure. Jeffrey Dean Morgan wasn't at the table read, and his scenes were read by Ryan Hurst.
• Sea Dogs - This was called "Daryl and Carol" in the table read. Angel Theory wasn't there during the table read; Eleanor Matsuura read her pieces. I got a kick out of Norman Reedus' reaction to some of the lines.
• New Mexico - There was no card for this one. They split the Daryl and Carol scene into two acts. The original script only had five acts.
• Lines We Cross - This was called "Where There's Smoke" in the table read. This act was pretty similar to the table read.
• Embers - Luke's lines were read by Avi Nash. He doesn't call him "Eugenius" in the table read. That was a great addition to the script and it was a lot funnier in the episode.

We are curious about what people who hadn't been watching Fear think about this season premiere. Did you think it was as good

We mentioned last time we had something special planned for episode 99 of The Walking Dead Talk Through! Mark, Kyle (who you know if you listen to us on Fear the Walking Dead Talk Through) and I do something we've never done before! We give our first impressions of the season premiere of The Walking Dead, titled Lines We Cross, on the night of the premiere! Season 10 Episode 1 was written by showrunner Angela Kang, and directed by executive producer Greg Nicotero.

AMC Premiere made The Walking Dead season premiere available a week ahead of its airing on AMC. Because of that, we were all able to watch the season premiere several days early! We've never done a "first impressions" podcast before, so you will have to let us know what you thought of it! Perhaps we will make it a more regular thing if there's a demand for it, though I'm not promising!

Unlike most episodes, your feedback is NOT a part of this episode, but we will be doing our regular episode for TWDTT 100 with a more detailed analysis of S10E1 Lines We Cross that will be released on the feed later this week, with all of your feedback like you have come to expect.

We have been very critical of Fear the Walking Dead this season. We enjoyed certain aspects of the show, but it missed more often than it hit. Lines We Cross did not leave us with that same feeling. Our first impressions, after we each watched it only once, was that it was great. It's not the best season premiere ever, but it set up the season well, and it did not have any of the little annoying things Fear had all season long. And I certainly enjoyed it a LOT more than I did the last season finale!

Please leave your feedback! You may still be able to get in your feedback on time for the season premiere if you get it in by 6 PM Eastern/5 PM Central on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. One of the best ways to submit feedback is on our Facebook group. You can also send us an email at our new email: [email protected] or call our new voicemail at 216-232-6146.

Lately. it's been difficult collecting the feedback, and we could use your help. Our availability is limited for each of us on Tuesdays when the bulk of the feedback comes in. We have to grab it from the various sources, including the Facebook group, the feedback form, email, and voice mail; put it into a Google doc; separate it into the appropriate sections of the podcast: Ratings, sauces, and feedback;

For this episode 67 of Fear the Walking Dead Talk Through, Mark, Kyle and I talk through End of the Line. Fear the Walking Dead Season 5 Episode 16 was written by the showrunners Ian Goldberg & Andrew Chambliss, and directed by Michael E. Satrazemis.

This episode began with feedback on S5E15 Channel 5 from Todd and Aaron. Discussion about the season finale, in particular, begins at 13 minutes 27 seconds into the podcast.

There were some good points to celebrate in this season finale. We finally have our power couple, John Dorie and June, tie the knot this episode, in a very bittersweet scene at Humbug's Gulch. Dwight was great this episode, and the walker roundup and ride down the rapids were pretty great to watch, but we had a lot of problems with this episode.

With an ending that was similar to the final scenes of Madison in the Season 4 mid-season finale, but with a much different story told on Talking Dead. That time, they were very clear on Talking Dead that Madison was dead. Since I watched it a couple of nights early because I have AMC Premiere, I had to wonder if he was going to be dead, but it turned out that they didn't say either way. Clearly, whether he makes it through Season 6 or not, there will be some to tell. Could the long thought dead Madison save him? Could it be that Dwight did not hallucinate Sherry, that she's really alive and tried to make contact, and that she's the one who will save him next season? Is there a dumpster for Morgan to crawl under? :-)

Virginia, the person not the state, has a thing with alliteration that I'm making fun of here and with my rating. That wasn't the only Ginny thing that bothered me; I really had a problem with Ginny's strategy of splitting apart the group, even as far as at the family level. If she's really an efficiency expert, you would think she would realize that the best way for our people to be productive members of her society is for them to be content. There's no way they will be content and productive if families have been split apart, whether they are families in the traditional sense, or in the chosen sense. She's mean enough to keep Skidmark and Daniel apart? What good would that do?

Please leave your feedback! We got a good dose of feedback again this week, so keep it comin'! Next time, we'll cover any additional feedback we get for S5E16 End of the Line, and then talk through a more detailed analysis of the season 10 premiere of The Walking Dead, titled Lines We Cross. Get your feedback in by 6 PM Eastern/5 PM Central on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. One of the best ways to submit feedback is on our Facebook group. You can also send us an email at our new email: [email protected] or call our new voicemail at 216-232-6146.

On this episode 66 of Fear the Walking Dead Talk Through, Mark, Kyle and I talk through Channel 5. Fear the Walking Dead Season 5 Episode 15 was written by Michael Alaimo & Samir Mehta, and directed by David Barrett.

This episode began with feedback on S5E14 Today and Tomorrow from Todd, LT, and Aaron. Discussion about this episode, in particular, begins at 18 minutes 24 seconds into the podcast.

I liked this episode a lot on the first watch, but it didn't do well on rewatches. There were some things in this episode that just didn't feel authentic. Tom, on one hand, seemed to genuinely appreciate what this group was trying to do, but then he sacrifices himself in a completely idiotic way. You didn't have to die, Tom, and what purpose did it serve? For that matter, what does it tell the viewer? I really hope they are done with this tape thing! It feels SO inefficient. Why not find a TV or radio station and broadcast your message on a loop? That seems much more effective than these tapes. It's just dumb.

Please leave your feedback! We got a good dose of feedback again this week, so keep it comin'! Next time, we'll cover any additional feedback we get for S5E15 Channel 5, and then talk through the season finale of Fear the Walking Dead, Season 5 Episode 16, titled End of the Line. Get your feedback in by 6 PM Eastern/5 PM Central on Tuesday, October 1, 2019. One of the best ways to submit feedback is on our Facebook group. You can also send us an email at our new email: [email protected] or call our new voicemail at 216-232-6146.

This season, collecting the feedback has been challenging, and we could use your help. Our availability is limited for each of us on Tuesdays when the bulk of the feedback comes in. We have to grab it from the various sources, including the Facebook group, the feedback form, email, and voice mail; put it into a Google doc; separate it into the appropriate sections of the podcast: Ratings, sauces, and feedback; and then fix things like spelling mistakes, grammar, and format, and then divide it by who will read it. If you are available most Tuesdays that we have an episode to record and want to help the podcast out, please drop us a line, either using the feedback form, the Facebook group, or if you are friends with us on Facebook, over Messenger. We'll work out something if you can, like comping you into the Patreon, assuming you can do that.

Ratings for S5E15 Channel 5 were up slightly from last week's e

On this episode of Fear the Walking Dead Talk Through, Mark, Kyle and I talk through Today and Tomorrow. Fear the Walking Dead Season 5 Episode 14 was written by Richard Naing & David Johnson, and directed by Sydney Freeland.

Kyle missed last week's episode, so we began with his feedback on S5E13 Leave What You Don't. We also got feedback from Todd and Aaron. recommendation this time out to listen to it to pick up some insights on Leave What You Don't. Discussion about this episode, in particular, begins at 22 minutes 38 seconds into the episode.

I wanted to highlight the link to the Forbes article mentioned for DeEtta's feedback. Overall, this one was a mixed bag. It wasn't a bad episode, with not nearly as many things to point out as the last episode had, but still not up to the quality we expect from this show.

There's a story point about Virginia/Ginny from an AMC article that we elude to several times during the podcast that we finally discuss during the News, Ratings and Info section. It describes her as an efficiency expert, a cost-cutter or re-organizer that explains a lot about this character that you may not have seen up until now. We also talk about the Talking Dead Twitter backlash, which you can find out about here.

Please leave your feedback! We got a good dose of feedback again this week, so keep it comin'! Next time, we'll cover any additional feedback we get for S5E14 Today and Tomorrow, and then talk through Fear the Walking Dead, Season 5 Episode 15, titled Channel 5. Get your feedback in by 6 PM Eastern/5 PM Central on Tuesday, September 24, 2019. One of the best ways to submit feedback is on our Facebook group. You can also send us an email at our new email: [email protected] or call our new voicemail at 216-232-6146.

This season, collecting the feedback has been challenging, and we could use your help. Our availability is limited for each of us on Tuesdays when the bulk of the feedback comes in. We have to grab it from the various sources, including the Facebook group, the feedback form, email, and voice mail; put it into a Google doc; separate it into the appropriate sections of the podcast: R

On this episode of Fear the Walking Dead Talk Through, Mark and I talk through Leave What You Don't. Fear the Walking Dead Season 5 Episode 13 was written by the Ashley Cardiff & Nick Bernardone, and directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer. Unfortunately, Kyle was out sick this week, so it's just us from The Walking Dead Talk Through!

It's taken us nearly five years, but we finally have a Patreon for this podcast! For $5/month, you can get content not offered on the regular podcast, including call-in shows and other stuff we have planned. Join here: https://www.patreon.com/WalkingDeadTalkThrough

Like last week's episode, we found ourselves relating Aaron's feedback on the previous episode relating to the episode we had just seen. I'll make the same recommendation this time out to listen to it to pick up some insights on Leave What You Don't. Discussion about this episode, in particular, begins at 11 minutes and 25 seconds into the episode.

This episode was enjoyed by many, including Mark, but I think I brought up enough points that turned him around a bit. Don't get me wrong, there were some good aspects to this episode, but there were also some very annoying aspects as well. For example,

Please leave your feedback! We got a good dose of feedback again this week, so keep it comin'! Next time, we'll cover any additional feedback we get for S5E13 Leave What You Don't, and then talk through Fear the Walking Dead, Season 5 Episode 14, titled Today and Tomorrow. Get your feedback in by 6 PM Eastern/5 PM Central on Tuesday, September 17, 2019. One of the best ways to submit feedback is on our Facebook group. You can also send us an email at our new email: [email protected] or call our new voicemail at 216-232-6146.

This season, collecting the feedback has been challenging, and we could use your help. Our availability is limited for each of us on Tuesdays when the bulk of the feedback comes in. We have to grab it from the various sources, including the Facebook group, the feedback form, email, and voice mail; put it into a Google doc; separate it into the appropriate sections of the podcast: Ratings, sauces, and feedback; and then fix things like spelling mistakes, grammar, and format, and then divide it by who will read it. If you are available most Tuesdays that we have an episode to record and want to help the podcast out, please drop us a line, either using the feedback form, the Facebook group, or if you are friends with us on Facebook, over Messenger. We'll work out something if you can, like comping you

On this episode of Fear the Walking Dead Talk Through, Kyle, Mark, and I talk through Ner Tamid. Fear the Walking Dead Season 5 Episode 12 was written by the co-showrunners, Andrew Chambliss & Ian Goldberg, and directed by the show's lead director, co-executive producer Michael E. Satrazemis.

Like last week's episode, we found ourselves relating Aaron's feedback on the previous episode relating to the episode we had just seen. I'll make the same recommendation this time out to listen to it to pick up some insights on Ner Tamid. Discussion about this episode, in particular, begins at 21 minutes 1 seconds into the episode.

I think the consensus was that we liked this one more than last week's episode. It wasn't without its flaws but it was still better. Perhaps it was John and June? I don't know, but whenever those two are in it, the episode seems better.

It still wasn't perfect. In particular, I thought the scene with Rabbi Jacob telling Charlie the truth about losing his faith and why he left was good, but it was ill-timed, and it kind of hurt the rest of the story in general. That said, we all thought that Rabbi Jacob was a much more sympathetic character than Father Gabriel was on the main show! I remembered the famous supplemental episode where Ruthie and I ranted for 35 minutes on Gabriel's actions in Spend!

Please leave your feedback! We got a TON of feedback again this week, so keep it comin'! Next time, we'll cover any additional feedback we get for S5E12 Ner Tamid, and then talk through Fear the Walking Dead, Season 5 Episode 13, titled Leave What You Don't. Get your feedback in by 6 PM Eastern/5 PM Central on Tuesday, September 10, 2019. One of the best ways to submit feedback is on our Facebook group. You can also send us an email at our new address [email protected] or call our temporary voicemail at 216-236-5449.

We didn't have the ratings yet when we recorded Tuesday night. Normally, Sunday night cable ratings come in on Tuesday morning, but when it's a holiday weekend, ratings come in a day later, and they are usually down quite a bit. This weekend, people (at least in Florida, where I live) were glued to their TVs to watch the progress of Hurricane Dorian, so that probably didn't help ratings much. S5E12 Ner Tamid Here got a 0.29 in the 18-49 demographic, with 1.141 million viewers, which is way down from last week's 0.43 and 1.435 million viewers.

On this episode of Fear the Walking Dead Talk Through, Kyle, Mark, and I talk through You're Still Here. Fear the Walking Dead Season 5 Episode 11 was written by the Mallory Westfall & Alex Delyle, and directed by K.C. Colwell.

Normally, when we get feedback about the past week's episode, we try to stick to last week and prior episode discussion, but we found ourselves relating Aaron's feedback to the episode we had just seen. Normally, we give you the time that we start talking about this week's episode in case you want to skip ahead, but I'll say that it's worth listening to a lot of that discussion to get insights about this week. That aside, discussion about this episode begins at 35 minutes 44 seconds into the episode.

There were a few things I really liked about this episode. I enjoyed the use of the riot gear weapons and the first shot of the cold open and a few tie ins to past episodes. I also liked the confrontation between Logan and Morgan, and there are signs that Al may be able to help Morgan finally get past the loss of his family, which he has just got to snap out of at this point.

On the other hand, the stuff with Wes and the mystery manuscript connaisseur, while well-acted, was weak to downright confusing. I said on the podcast that it felt like the writers declaring their love of some screenplay or TV pilot they had written that never got made. And why Wes would kill a guy over the manuscript and just leave it there with him... was a, "what did I just see?" kind of moment. I just didn't buy it, and neither did we or any of you that sent in feedback. Even now, I still don't get it. It didn't feel right. I also think they screwed up Alicia being screwed up. She should be traumatized by certain gnarly walkers, like the first one we see this episode, not all of them.

Please leave your feedback! We got a TON of feedback again this week, so keep it comin'! Next time, we'll cover any additional feedback we get for S5E11 You're Still Here, and then talk through Fear the Walking Dead, Season 5 Episode 12, titled Ner Tamid. Get your feedback in by 6 PM Eastern/5 PM Central on Tuesday, September 3, 2019. One of the best ways to submit feedback is on our Facebook group. You can also send us an email at our new address [email protected] or call our temporary voicemail at 216-236-5449.

Proving that you ARE still here, ;-) S5E11 You're Still Here got a 0.43 in the 18-49 demographic, with 1.435 million viewers, which is up from last week's 0.38 and 1.368 million viewers.