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August 18, 2025 116 mins
 We're in the home stretch of Star Trek's second season, and on deck we have the extraordinarily blunt Vietnam War parable A Private Little War, and the body swapping saga of Return to Tomorrow! 

(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 147: Star Trek: A Private Little War and Return to Tomorrow
(00:00:54) - Intro.
(00:06:21) - Kicking things off with A Private Little War and its development history.
(00:14:27) - Our cavalcade of guest stars this week.
(00:26:11) - Launching into the episode proper.
(00:36:15) - Kirk get's Mugato'd, then he gets ensorcelled.
(00:41:10) - How did these guys get these guns?
(00:45:25) - Wrapping up the Spock plot.
(00:48:34) - Tying this as tightly as you can to the Vietnam War without strangling it in the process.
(00:53:02) - Nona's wants, such as they are. And the blondes get guns.
(00:57:15) - This ending is a damn mess.
(01:00:48) - Final thoughts.
(01:03:53) - Break!
(01:04:18) - We're back, and it's time for Return to Tomorrow!
(01:09:50) - A VERY special guest star, and her lasting impact on Trek.
(01:16:32) - What's up with the big booming voice?
(01:21:49) - Beaming through thousands of miles of solid rock to hang with some orbs.
(01:28:40) - Would you put your brain in a robot body? Would you put that brain's energy in your own body?
(01:33:22) - Time to let the orbs ponder us, so to speak.
(01:44:56) - The mad dash to the conclusion.
(01:48:25) - Into oblivion.
(01:52:13) - Final thoughts, and our upcoming episodes.
(01:55:37) - Outro. 
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