Alex is joined by Thad Hait for a look back at the exciting year in Star Trek that was, and a look ahead to the even more exciting year in Star Trek that will be. Hear our best moments from 2019, our biggest disappointments, and our hopes for the future. I wish everyone a fabulous holiday season and a great new year - thank you for listening to my first full year of hosting Weekly Trek! See you in 2020.

Alex is joined by Scott Matteson to remember and celebrate the life of Rene Auberjonois (Odo), who passed away last week at the age of 79. We discuss Rene's best moments in Star Trek, and the tributes to him from his cast mates. In addition, we discuss an anticipated showrunner change for season two of Star Trek Picard, and plans to expand the Star Trek Tour to include the sets of The Next Generation.

It's another deep-cut topic on TrekRanks as we dive into our Top 5 Meta Trek References. It's all about those little hidden moments inside of Trek where the writers, producers and actors wink at the audience and themselves, as they basically reference Star Trek the show - inside Star Trek the show. Two great TrekRanks veterans, Bill Mann and Ross Webster, join host Jim Moorhouse to dig deep into Trek's 700-plus hours to create their unexpected lists.

Shannon Fauver (@fauverlaw) joins Alex to remember the life of Dorothy "D.C." Fontana, who passed away last week, and whose contributions to Star Trek are immeasurable. We also talk about the news that Star Trek IV might be back on, that CBS and Viacom have completed their merger into ViacomCBS, and a small update on the Section 31 show. All that, and our theories!

There are so many Star Trek scenes in a cave! And we break down more than a few of them down on this week's TrekRanks with our Top 5 Scenes in a Cave! It's a return of our Scenes in Trek series, and our expert panel of Jim Moorhouse, Alex Perry and Debbie Moltisanti is more than up to the task of spelunking into one of the all-time great Trek tropes. Planet Hell knows no bounds and no cave is too deep for us to highlight! This is a fun one!

Dr. Mohamed Noor joins Alex to discuss an interview with Anson Mount about the most recent Short Trek, "Ask Not," a new CBS internship giving two lucky college students hands on experience making Star Trek, two new character busts of Picard and Pike from Chronicle Collectibles, and you can now buy Chateau Picard by the case. NOTE: The recent Star Trek IV movie news will be discussed in our next episode.

Jesse and Marina welcome the STLV and DST regular, and a first-time Shore Leave guest, Sean Mooney. Listen in, as we talk about his convention experiences and discuss all things Destination Star Trek! The panels, the photo ops, the queues, what worked and what didn't, and what we hope DST 2020 will bring.

TrekLive co-host Bill Mann joins Alex to discuss our first glimpse of December's animated Short Treks, the news that Star Trek The Animated Series may be leaving Netflix at the end of this month, Star Trek Discovery's economic impact on the city of Toronto, and efforts by fans to build a monument to Captain Janeway at her future birthplace in Bloomington, Indiana. All that, and why we're more convinced than ever that a Pike show is on the way.

On this week's TrekRanks we celebrate the Top 5 Nog Episodes and everything the great Aron Eisenberg gave to us in his amazing portrayal of Starfleet's favorite Ferengi. With one of the greatest story arcs in Star Trek history, Nog was literally there from the beginning to the end of Deep Space Nine, playing a critical role in grounding the series storytelling in family, love and loss. And as much as that was all on the page, it was Eisenberg's incredible abilities that gave Nog life. We break down all of our favorite Nog episodes and moments with guests Carl Wonders and Jonfucius Online. If you love Trek, you are going to love this celebration of Aron Eisenberg.

Alex is joined by Snap Trek co-host Ross Webster to discuss all of the news out of the Destination Star Trek convention in the United Kingdom. We got the surprise reveal of Admiral Picard's uniform from shortly after Star Trek: Nemesis, some nuggets of info about Picard and Lower Decks, new book announcements, and new announcements for Eaglemoss starships. All that and our theories!