Newbie Star Trek

Schisms! Does it make sense to have an alien abduction story when you're already in space and hanging out with aliens 24/7? Does it make sense to have an episode where there's not much else to it other than the thinly veiled mystery? Does it make sense for an android to compose and recite dank-ass poetry about his cat? The answer to one of these questions is an emphatic yes. The others? Uh...

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A Tales of Two Cities! In 2011, a huge Star Trek mark by the name of Sam Hain really wanted to get his fan script produced. The wrinkle? The only film production access he had was in the adult film industry. What happens when a huge Star Trek fan and a bunch of adult film stars get together to put on a show? Honestly, a pretty great episode of TNG!

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Relics! Some old drunk guy named Scotty comes aboard the Enterprise, and he acts really old. Our two newbies, Ricardo and Sara, have no idea who he is. How does a viewer evaluate a sentimental episode when the viewer doesn't have the sentimental backstory? Tune in and find out!

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Man Of The People! Deanna's getting her life force sucked out to sustain the calm mind of an empath ambassador who needs to negotiate peace between two warring factions. Wow, that's a doozy of a sentence. Also, some other people are there, I guess. Also, this episode is RIDDLED with misogyny, from both the ambassador guy and the writer of the episode himself. Oh boy. 

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Realm Of Fear! Barclay returns, and this time he demonstrates his legitimate fear of transporters! But then he WebMDs his symptoms and gets himself all worked up over some worms that are very much real! Can we ever escape this realm? This realm... of fear?!

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Time's Arrow, Part II! The rest of the Enterprise crew follows Data through the time hole, and it turns out they fit... quite well into 1893 San Francisco? While they hang out and try to find Data, Mark Twain keeps interfering, and Guinan seemingly falls in love with Picard. Why are these aliens stealing souls? Is the best solution just to wipe them out? Star Trek sure thinks so. Because that's what Star Trek has always been about:...

Time's Arrow! Data falls into a time hole created by weird aliens with mouths on their heads that are stealing souls from humans in 1893 that are suffering from cholera. Also Guinan is there? With Mark Twain?! Also everyone's really on edge for some reason? What's going on? Why is nothing answered in this episode? Help uuuuus!!!

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The Inner Light! Picard lives an entire life that is not his own in what many consider to be the best episode of TNG of all time. Is that true? What did the NST crew think? Well, we ended up having some pretty deep conversations based on the themes brought up, so maybe?! Tune in and find out! 

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The Next Phase! Ro and Geordi become ghosts! But not really! How will they un-ghost themselves when no one can see them and they can't interact with anyone! We're especially loopy in this episode because some of us were still sick, so apologies for that! Whee~! 

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Christmas AMA 2023! We take it easy during the holidays and decide to answer a bunch of your questions! Wheeeee, Merry Holidays, y'all!

Ask us a question at contact@newbiestartrek.com and we may answer it on the podcast! 

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I Borg! The crew of the Enterprise have already had a LOT of harrowing run-ins with the Borg. But what will they do after they save a Borg and keep him on board as a prisoner? Will Guinan and Picard overcome their Borg-phobia? Will Geordi replace one robot best friend with another? And will Beverly Crusher actually become... the HERO?! 

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Imaginary Friend! Basically, a girl gets an evil imaginary friend that's a Solarbaby in disguise. Shenanigans don't ensue until the very end. This one was pretty thin on... pretty much everything, so, fair warning, there's tangents galore!

Link to Spockanalia Issue 2 from the OAKTrust digital repository at Texas A&M: https://oaktrust.library.tamu.edu/handle/1969.1/157233

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The Perfect Mate! The true prequel to the X-Men movies, in more ways than one! An impossibly attractive woman is presented as property for the purposes of a peace negotiation, and Picard's stuck in the middle? You might be surprised by what we thought of it! 

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Cost Of Living! Is it just us, or are Lwaxana episodes getting worse every season? Why would she agree to this wedding? Why is she meddling with Worf's son? Why is Deanna giving such bad parenting advice? Why is magic Disney dust turning the Enterprise into Ghostbusters 2 slime? Why anything?!

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The First Duty! Our golden boy Wesley gets into some BIG trouble! Will he do the right thing and come clean? Or will he fall back onto his villainous roots and coward out? Or maybe there was an even more interesting alternative to the entire story altogether? Curious...

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Cause And Effect! The Enterprise keeps exploding over and over again! But why?! Because of timey-wimey stuff, which Ricardo friggin' LOVES! You KNOW he's going to rate this a high episode, but what does everyone else think? Let's dive into Beverly Crusher's Groundhog Day and find out how they deal!

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The Outcast! The examination of heavy topics continues as we deal with the extremely important topic of LGBQT+ discrimination... but from the perspective of middle-aged writers from 1992. Does it hold up? Eh, maybe, maybe not. But their heart was in the right place! Except for one guy, that guy sucks. Which guy? Tune in to find out!

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CONTENT WARNING: Discussions of suicide and assisted suicide.

Ethics! Roll out the barrel! Specifically, onto Worf's spine. Yes, it's the infamous barrel episode where an act of hilarious pratfall comedy leads to a surprisingly poignant and deep discussion about...well...ethics! Lines are drawn! Which side are YOU on?!

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Power Play! What happens when a bunch of energy ghosts take over Ten Forward? A great excuse for actors to play against type!

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