TrekRanks joins Nova Fleet this week to report on the latest from Star Trek: Lower Decks with our comprehensive look at the "Top 5 Lower Decks Season 4 Moments." From Orion to Feringinar and every Kolvoord Starburst in between, this season of Lower Decks was another sidesplitting, tear-inducing masterpiece from showrunner Mike McMahan. Host Jim Moorhouse and panel guests Charlynn Schmiedt and Todd Kehoe list their favorites from production to creatives to characters in this awesome tribute.

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Chris and Abby have many layered thoughts about "Cogenitor." ***Please use discretion in listening to this episode as many sensitive issues will be discussed such as: suicide, gender and identity, sexuality and slavery.

Enterprise encounters a race called the Vissians who feature a third sex of "cogenitors" who are treated as second-class citizens.

Season 2 Format:

- Welcome & Reed Alert (spoiler warning)

- Captain's Log (episode recap)

- Pros and Decons (analysis of episode)

- Viewscreen On (calling out a beautiful visual shot or director's choice of shot)

-Porthos' Pick (our favorite parts)

- Trivia

- Vulcans' Verdict (rating the episode on a scale of 1-10 grapplers)

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We dissect the DNA of Star Trek this week with the "Top 5 Trek Tropes," a topic we've been waiting to do for more than five years. Host Jim Moorhouse and our expert panel of Alex Perry and Jenn Tifft discuss those elements of Trek that make Star Trek, Star Trek! From storylines to production elements and from dialog to visuals, this dynamic conversation helps crystalize exactly how we all think about Star Trek.

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Chris and Abby have so many things to talk about in the episode "The Breach": Enterprise is asked to evacuate a group of Denobulan geologists from a world that has been taken over by a militant faction.

Season 2 Format:

- Welcome & Reed Alert (spoiler warning)

- Captain's Log (episode recap)

- Pros and Decons (analysis of episode)

- Viewscreen On (calling out a beautiful visual shot or director's choice of shot)

-Porthos' Pick (our favorite parts)

- Trivia

- Vulcans' Verdict (rating the episode on a scale of 1-10 grapplers)

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We get abstract again on TrekRanks in one of our most popular recurring topics. This week it is "Abstract Counting" where our panel, featuring host Jim Moorhouse and guests Abby Sommer and Bryan, make a myriad of picks related to different counts in Trek. From big broad numbers to the incredibly mundane and specific, no count is too abstract for this fun episode!

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Chris and Abby have So many things to talk about in the episode "Horizon":

When Enterprise reverses course to go investigate a planetary phenomenon, Ensign Mayweather takes the opportunity to visit the cargo ship where he was born and raised, the E.C.S. Horizon. But his father, the ship's captain, just recently died, and Travis finds that things at home haven't been the same since.

Season 2 Format:

- Welcome & Reed Alert (spoiler warning)

- Captain's Log (episode recap)

- Pros and Decons (analysis of episode)

- Viewscreen On (calling out a beautiful visual shot or director's choice of shot)

-Porthos' Pick (our favorite parts)

- Trivia

- Vulcans' Verdict (rating the episode on a scale of 1-10 grapplers)

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Do not adjust your Weather Modification Network for this great episode of TrekRanks as we examine the "Top 5 Weather-Related Incidents" in Star Trek history. From rain on Ferenginar to firestorms, well, pretty much everywhere (!), we shelter in a safe place to report on the weather thoughout Trek. Host Jim Moorhouse is joined by frequent guest Ross Webster and actual meteorologist Katie Nickolaou, who educates all of us on the realities of weather in Trek (and you will even learn what a "haboob" is).

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Chris and Abby have So many things to talk about in the episode "Judgement":

Captain Archer stands accused before a Klingon tribunal of conspiring against the Empire, and his only hope of escaping a death sentence or life in the dilithium mines of Rura Penthe is an aging and disenchanted Klingon lawyer with little energy or enthusiasm for the case.

Season 2 Format:

- Welcome & Reed Alert (spoiler warning)

- Captain's Log (episode recap)

- Pros and Decons (analysis of episode)

- Viewscreen On (calling out a beautiful visual shot or director's choice of shot)

-Porthos' Pick (our favorite parts)

- Trivia

- Vulcans' Verdict (rating the episode on a scale of 1-10 grapplers)

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It's another fun TrekRanks live show and this one is as lively as it gets, as host Jim Moohouse and a panel of eight guests, including Star Trek experts Alex Perry, Jenn Tifft, Claire Little, Ken Reilly, Matt Hansen, Jamie McGregor, Thad Hait and Josh Duffy, power through 45 rapid fire selections for "The. Best. Deaths." This topic is not the Top 5 Best Deaths. No. This one is "The. Best. Deaths," which takes it a level beyond that. It's the most picks in the history of TrekRanks, so get ready for some of the craziest, most dramatic, somber and edgy moments in Trek history.

On this week's episode of WeeklyTrek - brought to you in partnership between The Tricorder Transmissions Podcast Network and TrekCore, host Alex Perry is joined by TrekCore's Jenn Tifft to discuss the full announcement and release on Star Trek Day of Very Short Treks, an interview with Lower Decks's supervisor director about season four, a new promotional partnership between Star Trek and Kid Cudi, and an October release date for the upcoming Star Trek video game Star Trek Infinite. For links to our stories, see the full show notes published at www.trekcore.com!