ALL GOOF THINGS... must come to an end and now it's time for Trek Marry Kill's journey through Lower Decks to wrap it all up. Bryan and Geekscape's Katie Hampton say goodbye to a show that has made them laugh, made them frustrated, and made them... friends? Or, at least, strong acquaintances? In any case, it's goodbye to Lower Decks AND this season of Trek Marry Kill -- but don't worry, we'll have a few special episodes dropping throughout the summer.

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PURPLE PEOPLE NEEDER. Katie Hampton returns to begin to close the book on Trek Marry Kill's coverage of Star Trek: Lower Decks and in this pair of episodes, fans get the return of an important legacy character as well as one last look at the Cerritos command crew dealing with their own problems. The ultimate lesson from both episodes? We can't go through life alone. Community, sharing, teamwork -- they matter very much!

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CALLBACKS AND COMEBACKS. TV critic Diana Keng reviewed Star Trek: Lower Decks through its first four seasons and jumps back in to reviewing season five right here on this week's Trek Marry Kill. The two episodes being judged embody some classic TV tropes: the backdoor pilot episode and the new young character inserted late in a show's run to show how far our characters have come. But are these TREKs, MARRYs, or KILLs?

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RIKER ENGENDERS TENSION with a member of an androgynous race who becomes smitten with The Bearded One. They're paired up to pilot a shuttle for a rescue mission to retrieve two people on a shuttle that has become stuck in a pocket of null space where energy is drained immediately upon entry.

Joining Bryan to conclude Fighting the System Month are returning guests, Avery Kaplan & Ollie Kaplan, whose work you can find at Comics Beat, Star Trek.com, and Popverse. They are also organizers for Q Con, Southern California’s Only LGBTQIA+ Comic Convention, which will be held in West Hollywood on June 20, 2026. For more details, visit the convention's site: https://qconprism.org/

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ALL GOOD THINGS... was a fantastic finale for The Next Generation and TV in general. But seven years later, how did the Voyager finale measure up? Does it manage to avoid unflattering comparisons to that famous episode? On the occasion of its 25th anniversary and Fighting the System Month, it seemed like an appropriate time to revisit this one.

Joining Bryan to decide if it's a Trek, Marry, or Kill is Charlynn Schmiedt, who co-hosts the Mission Log: Prodigy podcast as well as T.P. For Your Earholes: A Beavis and Butt-Head Podcast -- AND -- has the greatest handle in internet history (@ohtheprofanity). Check those out after listening to this one!

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SON OF A GLITCH. Control of the Enterprise is given over to a computer program programmed by a one-time wiz-kid who is trying to invent The Next Big Thing. But is automated space exploration that thing? Probably not. Bryan and Kristen are joined by Anthony Pascale & Laurie Ulster from TrekMovie.com's All Access Star Trek Podcast to discuss an episode from The Original Series that resonates today as much as it did upon first airing.

Thank you for listening to us all these years. It's Trek Marry Kill's **200TH** EPISODE!

Check out TrekMovie.com's All Access Star Trek podcast here or wherever you listen to podcasts:

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AUNTIE MAME'S MORALITY. Has Lwaxanna Troi finally found love in the form of timid Dr. Timicin, whose life's work to reignite his planet's dying star hits a wall when he's scheduled to perform ritual suicide? This week, Bryan is joined by YouTube creator and writer Matt Baume to discuss a serious episode featuring the flamboyant Lwaxanna. Check out the excellent video Matt made all about Lwaxanna's place in the Trek firmament on his channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHbTWEXSx1Y&pp=ygUYbWF0dCBiYXVtZSBsd2F4YW5uYSB0cm9p

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WHAT FEAR WANTS is to keep itself alive and only Captain Janeway is clever enough to outwit a computer program that's become the embodiment of that extreme emotion. Are We Sure It Was Bad? Month concludes with the episode of Star Trek: Voyager where This Is Spinal Tap's and Better Call Saul's Michael McKean guest stars as a killer clown. Joining Bryan to decide if it's a TREK, MARRY, or KILL is James Thorpey, one of the hosts of Geekscape's Monster Rally Podcast.

Check out James's show here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-monster-rally-podcast/id1553516144

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HIP HIP HIPPIE! The Ship Full of Jerks take command of the podcast once again as "Are We Sure It Was Bad?" Month rolls along. The Enterprise takes into custody a band of hippies who are trying to find the mythical planet of Eden, which for some reason is very close to the Neutral Zone. To them, Kirk is a square and Spock is cool. Also, Chekov has a preexisting relationship with one of them. Is the episode a TREK, MARRY, or KILL?

This episode has a three-way tie! Vote in the poll below through the Spotify app OR go to the poll on our Bluesky page (trekmarrykpod). More importantly, check out Ship Full of Jerks wherever you get your podcasts!

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ALIEN ANT HOTEL. Riker, Data, and Worf get caught in an alien habitat setup to mimic the story of a trashy airport novel carried by a long-dead NASA astronaut. "Are We Sure It Was Bad?" Month continues with this season two headscratcher from TNG. Will Bryan and guest co-host Cory give this one a TREK, MARRY, or KILL?

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