The Final Frontier Podcast Season 2, Episode 11: Who the F*** is Friday?

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This week on Final Frontier, we warp back to Star Trek: The Original Series Season 2, Episode 10: Friday's Child—the one we accidentally dubbed “Friday Stepchild” (and honestly… it kinda fits). 😅

We break down the episode’s weirdly-relevant premise—two superpowers fighting over a smaller world for mineral rights—plus the very 1967 vibes that hit harder than a Capellan warrior with a spear. Along the way we dig into:

-Why the title “Friday’s Child” is a deep-cut reference to the “Monday’s Child” poem

-Topaline: the “vital” mineral the episode barely explains (classic Trek)

-The Capellans’ strict honesty—and why one lie actually works

-The Klingon envoy who feels… oddly un-Klingon (until he isn’t)

-Scotty in the captain’s chair (and why he’s criminally underrated)

-McCoy’s intense cultural clash + the childbirth sequence (so much to unpack)

-Julie Newmar trivia + that “Star Trek planets look like Southern California” energy

Written by D. C. Fontana and directed by Joseph Pevney, this episode is a solid watch—even if modern audiences would absolutely light it up online.

If you’re watching along, tell us: Is “Friday’s Child” secretly more relevant than it should be… or is it just 60s TV doing 60s TV things?

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