Trek to Trek

Episode 86 Star Trek Discovery 7, 8 and 9: Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad, Is Vous Peribellum and Into the Forest We Go. Eric continues his love for Discovery. Bob finds it harder to keep going.  Ep 7 Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad: Bob 6, Eric 9.  Ep 8 Is Vous Peribellum: Bob 4, Eric 7.5, Ep 9 Into the Forest We Go: Bob 6, Eric 8.25.

Question: Out of all the Star Trek series, was is your favorite Time Travel Episode?

Episode 85 Star Trek Discovery 5 and 6: Choose Your Pain and Lethe. Eric solidifies his love for Discovery. Bob has to watch this disconnected from prime Trek to find any enjoyment.  Ep 5 Choose Your Pain: Bob 6, Eric 8.  Ep 6 Lethe: Bob 6.5, Eric 9.

Question: What did you think of Rain Wilson as Harry Mudd?

Episode 84 Star Trek Discovery 3 and 4: Context is For Kings and the Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry. Eric solidifies his love for Discovery. Bob has to watch this disconnected from prime Trek to find any enjoyment.  Ep 3: Bob 7, Eric 10.  Ep 4: Bob 3, Eric 7.

Question: If you were producing a new Star Trek Series what year or era would you place it in?

Episode 83 Star Trek Discovery Episodes 1 & 2 The Vulcan Hello and Battle at the Binary Stars. Eric enjoys the new take on Star Trek and it's not Trek for Bob. Ratings:  Eric 8, Bob 3.

Question: From this pilot where would you have liked to see Discovery go develop (if different than where the season did go)? 

Episode 82 Turnabout Intruder / Sons of Mogh. Eric enjoys Shatner's performance and the themes on the final TOS and Bob enjoys the final scenes and heavy task for Worf on DS9. Ratings: Turnabout Intruder - Eric 8.5, Bob 7. Sons of Mogh - Bob 7, Eric 6.5.

Question: What are YOUR Favorite Star Trek TOS Episodes and Characters?

Eric's Top Ten TOS Episodes:

1 Day of the Dove

2 Journey to Babel

3 The Tholian Web

4 The Immunity Syndrome

5 By Any Other Name

6 The Apple

7 Galileo Seven

8 Balance of Terror

9 Amok Time

10 Catspaw

Eric's Bottom Ten TOS Episodes

The Alternative Factor 

The Paradise syndrome

Elaan of Troyius

The Omega Glory

Friday’s Child

And the children Shall Lead

The Empath

Let That Be Your Last Battlefield

Miri

Metamorphosis

Eric's Ranking of Favorite TOS Characters:

1. Spock

2. Scotty

3. Sulu

4. Chekov

5. Uhura

6. McCoy

7. Kirk

8. Chapel

Bob's Top Ten TOS Episodes

1  The Doomsday Machine

2 Journey to Babel

3 The Corbomite Maneuver

4 Amok Time

5 Mirror Mirror

6 Balance of Terror

7 Space Seed

8 The Menagerie 1 and 2

9 City on the Edge of Forever

10 Shore Leave

Bob's Bottom Ten TOS Episodes

The Mark of Gideon

And the Children Shall Lead

The Omega Glory

Friday’s Child

The Alternative Factor 

Spock’s Brain

The Way to Eden

The Cloud Minders

Assignment: Earth

That Which Survives

Episode 81 All Our Yesterdays / Return to Grace. Eric loves the Spock Romance story on TOS and Bob likes the Gun Dukat story on DS9. Ratings: All Our Yesterdays - Eric 8, Bob 8. Return to Grace - Bob 7, Eric 8.

Question: If Earth was on the verge of destruction and you had to go back in time to survive- which era would you go to?

Episode 80 The Savage Curtain / Crossfire. Eric enjoys the conflict and the appearance of some established Trek Characters from Vulcan and Klingon history on TOS and Bob digs the reliability of the Odo story on DS9. Ratings: The Savage Curtain - Eric 8, Bob 6. Crossfire - Bob 8, Eric 7.2.

Question:Have you (or any one you know) ever won over and dated someone who initially put you in the 'friend zone'?

Episode 79 The Cloud Minders / Homefront & Paradise Lost. Eric is underwhelmed but appreciates the themes on this week's TOS and Bob loves the first half and not as much on the 2nd half on DS9's 2 part story. Ratings: The Cloud Minders - Eric 6, Bob 5. Homefront & Paradise Lost - Bob 8.5, Eric 8.

Question: If you found out there's four changlings on Planet Earth, what do you think is the next step?

Episode 78 The Way to Eden / Our Man Bashir. Eric finds himself not hating the much maligned hippie episode on TOS and Bob loves the James Bond homage story on DS9. Ratings: The Way to Eden - Eric 7.75, Bob 5. Our Man Bashir - Bob 9, Eric 7.

Question: What is your favorite musical episode of a genre series (not a standalone special)? 

Episode 77 Requiem for Methuselah / The Sword of Kahless. Eric loves the last 3 minutes of this episode of TOS and Bob loves the set up to the Klingon quest but not the execution on DS9. Ratings: Requiem for Methuselah - Eric 6.5, Bob 7.5. The Sword of Kahless - Bob 6.5, Eric 6.5.

Question: What real life item or cultural artifact would you kill to own or possess?