There Are Four Mics: A Star Trek Podcast

Trip has a not so friendly encounter with an Arkonian pilot named Zho'Kaan while testing the shuttlepod's autopilot, leading to a short camping trip on the surface of a moon. Not so bad on its own, but turns out it can get to well over 250 degrees in the daylight and both ships were damaged in the descent. Leading to Enterprise's very own Darmok/The Enemy episode.

Trip.. And Zho'Kaan.. At.. some moon.

Star Trek: Enterprise 02x13 - Dawn Directed by Roxann Dawson Written by John Shiban Guest Stars: Brad Greenquist, Gregg Henry, Evan English

There Are Four Mics is a weekly Star Trek podcast discussing the Star Trek episodes and movies in stardate order. Join Chris Keeley, Jason Allen, Joe Heiser, and Joshua B. Jones as we discuss the 13th episode of season two of Star Trek: Enterprise, Dawn.

Music credits: Faith of the Heart/Where My Heart Will Take Me - Written by Diane Warren, performed by Russell Watson, Jerry Lubbock, and the New York Trek Orchestra Archer's Theme - Dennis McCarthy and New York Trek Orchestra

The new Seth MacFarlane joint, The Orville, premiered with what ended up feeling like a pretty strong episode.. At least to our tastes. While it isn't perfect, there is a lot to be excited about in this first episode. If they can hammer out some of the dings as the series progresses, this could be a wonderful and much needed addition to the landscape of science fiction television.

The Orville 01x01 - Old Wounds Directed by Jon Favreau Written by Seth MacFarlane Guest Stars: Victor Garber, Brian George

There Are Four Mics is a weekly Star Trek podcast discussing the Star Trek episodes and movies in stardate order. Join Jason Allen, and Joe Heiser as we discuss the first episode of the Seth MacFarlane series, The Orville.

The Catwalk ended up being a pretty good Enterprise episode! The neutronic storm gives us some stellar phenomena for the crew to interact with, which is always fun. And there were a number of "Oh crap" moments that were very satisfying. We ended up a bit disappointed and perhaps confused that the writers established the Takret as thoroughly as they did, especially the leader of the Takret Militia we met.. but then we never see the character again. Bummer.

We're operating with a skeleton crew for this week's episode as both Josh and Chris are out.

During a daring escape, Trip once again winds up in some adult situations when he's forced into close-quarters with a kidnapped Kriosian monarch. Back on Enterprise, Archer and T'Pol have a good laugh by dabbling in some light torture.

We're operating with a skeleton crew for this week's episode as both Josh and Chris are out.

Star Trek: Enterprise 02x11 - Precious Cargo Directed by David Livingston Teleplay by David A. Goodman Guest Stars: Padma Lakshmi, Scott Klace

There Are Four Mics is a weekly Star Trek podcast discussing the Star Trek episodes and movies in stardate order. Join Jason Allen, and Joe Heiser as we discuss the 11th episode of season two of Star Trek: Enterprise, Precious Cargo.

Music credits: Faith of the Heart/Where My Heart Will Take Me - Written by Diane Warren, performed by Russell Watson, Jerry Lubbock, and the New York Trek Orchestra Archer's Theme - Dennis McCarthy and New York Trek Orchestra

After an emergency situation forces Hoshi to use the transporter for the first time she begins to feel something is a little off. Turns out she's phasing--wait, no she's dying--wait, it's all Hoshi's dream?

At least we learn something about Hoshi and she becomes a stronger character in the process, right?

Oh, turns out that part was a dream I had. Huh.

We're operating with a skeleton crew for this week's episode as both Josh and Chris are out.

Star Trek: Enterprise 02x10 - Vanishing Point Directed by David Straiton Written by Rick Berman & Brannon Braga Guest Stars: Keone Young

There Are Four Mics is a weekly Star Trek podcast discussing the Star Trek episodes and movies in stardate order. Join Anna Heiser, Jason Allen, and Joe Heiser as we discuss the 10th episode of season two of Star Trek: Enterprise, Vanishing Point.

Music credits: Faith of the Heart/Where My Heart Will Take Me - Written by Diane Warren, performed by Russell Watson, Jerry Lubbock, and the New York Trek Orchestra Archer's Theme - Dennis McCarthy and New York Trek Orchestra

This episode feels much like an homage to the Original Series and The Next Generation episodes, Naked Time and Naked Now. We get to see a few characters act out of character, and some perhaps a little too in character? Either way it ended up being a lot of fun, and really, can you rate an episode that features the phrase "Reed Alert" very harshly?

We're operating with a skeleton crew for this week's episode as both Josh and Chris are out.

Star Trek: Enterprise 02x09 - Singularity Directed by Patrick Norris Written by Chris Black Guest Stars: N/A

There Are Four Mics is a weekly Star Trek podcast discussing the Star Trek episodes and movies in stardate order. Join Anna Heiser, Jason Allen, and Joe Heiser as we discuss the 9th episode of season two of Star Trek: Enterprise, Singularity.

Music credits: Faith of the Heart/Where My Heart Will Take Me - Written by Diane Warren, performed by Russell Watson, Jerry Lubbock, and the New York Trek Orchestra Archer's Theme - Dennis McCarthy and New York Trek Orchestra

While investigating a pre-warp civilization, Reed loses his communicator. He and Archer return to the surface to search for it before it can disrupt the natural progression of this society, but are instead captured and interrogated as potential spies.

Our ratings for this episode were all over the place, as were our feelings on Archer's strategy to minimize cultural contamination..

Star Trek: Enterprise 02x08 - The Communicator Directed by James A. Contner Teleplay by Andre Bormanis Story by Rick Berman & Brannon Braga Guest Stars: Francis Guinan, Tim Kelleher, Dennis Cockrum, Brian Reddy

There Are Four Mics is a weekly Star Trek podcast discussing the Star Trek episodes and movies in stardate order. Join Anna Heiser, Chris Keeley, Jason Allen, Joe Heiser, and Joshua B. Jones as we discuss the 8th episode of season two of Star Trek: Enterprise, The Communicator.

Music credits: Faith of the Heart/Where My Heart Will Take Me - Written by Diane Warren, performed by Russell Watson, Jerry Lubbock, and the New York Trek Orchestra Archer's Theme - Dennis McCarthy and New York Trek Orchestra

T'Pol is contacted by the Vulcan High Command concerning unfinished business with the Ministry of Security. Archer gets a bit shitty with her about it, but eventually agrees to help her catch the rogue Vulcan agent, Menos.

Our ratings for this episode were all over the place. There were some strong moments, some weak moments, and a little bit of nonsense scattered about.

Star Trek: Enterprise 02x07 - The Seventh Directed by David Livingston Written by Rick Berman & Brannon Braga Guest Stars: Bruce Davison

There Are Four Mics is a weekly Star Trek podcast discussing the Star Trek episodes and movies in stardate order. Join Anna Heiser, Chris Keeley, Jason Allen, Joe Heiser, and Joshua B. Jones as we discuss the 7th episode of season two of Star Trek: Enterprise, The Seventh.

Music credits: Faith of the Heart/Where My Heart Will Take Me - Written by Diane Warren, performed by Russell Watson, Jerry Lubbock, and the New York Trek Orchestra Archer's Theme - Dennis McCarthy and New York Trek Orchestra

The latest Star Trek Discovery trailer released only a few short days ago. In it we see and hear a bit more about the Klingons, find Lieutenant Commander Burnham running through the darkened corridors of a ship, and see her sealed inside a set of forcefields.

Beyond mention of a war, we really don't know too much about the series yet. But that won't stop us from talking at length about what we do know. Join us as we discuss the newest trailer for Star Trek Discovery!

Apologies, our audio is a little off for the first 6 minutes or, but it clears up after that!

This episode felt a little off now and then. We attributed some of that to the fact that it was inspired by the 1960s film, The Magnificent Seven, itself inspired by the 1954 film, Seven Samurai. The format didn't fit perfectly into the Star Trek universe but it still made for a pretty fun ride.

Enterprise 02x06 - Marauders Directed by Michael Vejar Written by Rick Berman & Brannon Braga Teleplay by David Wilcox Guest Stars: Larry Cedar, Steven Flynn, Bari Hochwald, Jesse James Rutherford, Robertson Dean

There Are Four Mics is a weekly Star Trek podcast discussing the Star Trek episodes and movies in stardate order. Join Jason Allen, Joe Heiser, and Joshua B. Jones as we discuss the 6th episode of season two of Star Trek: Enterprise, Marauders.

Music credits: Faith of the Heart/Where My Heart Will Take Me - Written by Diane Warren, performed by Russell Watson, Jerry Lubbock, and the New York Trek Orchestra Archer's Theme - Dennis McCarthy and New York Trek Orchestra