If the early '90s needed anything, it was an odd science fiction allegory for the public's treatment of Vietnam veterans! And to fulfill that need came "The Hunted"! When the Enterprise captures an escaped super soldier, the crew gets more than they bargained for when they have to return him to his planet. Plus, the first time we see the new brig!

When a Romulan defects to the Federation, Picard and his officers must determine if there is any truth to his claims of impending doom! Sean joins us to discuss 24th century gut feelings, Shakespeare, and auto-didactic Klingons! Join us for one of the best episodes of the third season!

When a group of aliens known as The Gatherers start to raid Federation colonies, the Enterprise is called in to negotiate a truce between The Gathers and the race they left 100 years ago. Then, Riker gets the hots for an alien assassin with a deadly touch! Then people perform diplomacy! Then we get vengeance!

A stable wormhole must be auctioned off to the highest bidder, even in a post-capitalist universe. When such a wormhole is discovered, a guy named Ral appears to win the rights to it, and he seems to have a history with Troi. Or does he? Any why, exactly, is he so good at negotiating? And how about we do some testing before we start calling things "stable", huh?

Another Geordi episode! Two in a row! This episode, however, is pretty good. Plus, Geordi gets to shoot some rocks with a phaser! When a distress call on an inhospitable planet causes Geordi to get stranded from the away team, he must work to find a way to make an ally out of an enemy. Romulans! Tomalak! It's all here!

Geordi La Forge might be a senior officer on the most powerful ship in the Federation, but that doesn't mean he's a hit with the ladies, right? Unfortunately, that's both true and the focus of this episode. When an ancient trap threatens the Enterprise, Geordi decides to create a holodeck hottie in order to transfigure the anti-matter input velocity delta combine power press. Or something. And then Geordi makes out with the holodeck creation! Noice.

Star Trek: The Next Generation takes a turn towards the dramatic when a failed away mission results in the death of a science officer. The officer's orphaned son becomes the focus of the crew, as well as the puppet of a powerful alien! Death! Drama! Let's dive into the first script from Ronald D. Moore! And let's get Wesley in here to point blank somebody!

The Prime Directive is a fickle mistress! When a failed power generator exposes a Starfleet science team studying a society on a pre-warp planet, the rescue mission ends up causing the aliens to believe that Picard is a god. To make things right, Picard will have to violate Starfleets most sacred rule. Plus, Riker and Troi play dress up!

I didn't record just one podcast, or a hundred, or a thousand. I recorded them all. When the Enterprise stumbles upon an obliterated world, the crew are shocked to find two survivors amid the rubble. When the elderly survivors refuse to leave their decimated world, it's up to Picard and company to figure out their true nature! Plus, a tune that's so catchy you won't be able to get it out of your head!

When the long lost cousin of Skin of Evil's Armus demands that the Federation remove 15,000 colonists from a planet, Data is the only member of the crew who can brave the planets intense radiation. Will he be able to convince the colonists to leave? Can O'Brien play the cello? Can Picard read a 500,000 word peace treaty in 45 minutes? All these questions and more, it's "The Ensigns of Command"!