Welcome to another episode of the To Baldly Go Podcast.
I am joined again this week by my wife, Abbie, and our friend, Nate, as we discuss:
- The next 3 episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series – Catspaw, I Mudd, and Metamorphosis
- Probably the weakest set of episodes yet
- Going over Abbie’s low bar for this series
- Nate almost didn’t finish the episode
- A Star Trek episode? Or a Halloween special with Star Trek characters?
- Not the “most philosophically rich” episode of Star Trek
- Chekov’s hair
- Enterprise props today
- The sum of its parts are greater than the whole
- Seeing something we’ve seen before
- Binge watching affecting the viewing experience?
- Recurring themes – a life without limit is meaningless
- Recurring themes – the ethics of AI
- Technological advancements to allow intergalactic travel?
- Nearing halfway through The Original Series
- More problematical moments
- Which Einstein?
- I’ve heard that name before!
- Another rare consensus
- The importance of human contact to humans
- Captain Kirk. Diplomat
- Nate gets distracted with DS9 talk again
- Yesterday’s progressivism, tomorrow’s conservatism
- Judas goats
- Nate’s growing fondness for Kirk
- Limitations providing meaning and value – recurrent themes
- TOS episodes as a basis for future series episodes and movies
- The first people to make certain Star Trek connections
- Space rabies!
- Nate already has a rating for Trouble with Tribbles
- Seeing why the series was cancelled after season 2
- Ricky Gervais and Arena
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