Dave discusses the latest Star Trek series and news with lifelong friend Matt and introduces longtime friend Effie to classic series for the first time!
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Welcome to the podcast where I force my mom or girlfriend to watch the movies I like. Who hasn't always dreamed of stealing the remote?
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Star Trek 2x07 - "Wolf in the Fold" Review
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We’re tradin’ in our chevy for a Redjac-ac-ac-ac-ac! You outta know by now, maman…It's time to savor a scintillating slice of who-dunnit cheesecake. Take your sedatives, and find a hand to hold as we work to uncover the Wolf in the Fold... Episode Reviewed: Star Trek 2x07 - "Wolf in the Fold" Hosts: David C. Roberson Effie Ophelders Note: This epis…
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Star Trek 2x06 - "The Doomsday Machine" Review
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On this episode of Star Trek Universe, we engage with a HORN OF BUTCHERY, maman -- a regular CORNUCOPIA of CARNAGE… OTHERWISE known as THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE! Come lay with me until I go to sleep, maman. They say there's no devil, but there is! Right out of hell, maman, I saw it! Episode Reviewed: Star Trek 2x06 - "The Doomsday Machine" Hosts: David …
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Spock's flag is at full-mast, and the only cure is some good old fashioned killin', maman! It ain't logical, but his log said kill. That was real dumb, maman. Real dumb. Episode Reviewed: Star Trek 2x05 - "Amok Time" Hosts: David C. Roberson Effie Ophelders Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first watch of Star Trek in…
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SDCC 2024 Star Trek News + Trailer Reviews
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Maybe it's like self check-out, maman. If we're the ones promoting and begging for what we want, they can spend less on marketing. But I'm so tired of begging, maman. We have a whole laundry list of Trek stuff we want, maman. It's a big list. But let's talk about what they're giving us instead, as revealed at SDCC: Lower Decks Season 5 Teaser Trail…
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Star Trek 2x04 - "Who Mourns for Adonais?" Review
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Maman, you were right. The time is passed. There is no room for gods, maman. Forgive me, maman. Take me... Episode Reviewed: Star Trek 2x04 - "Who Mourns for Adonais?" Hosts: David C. Roberson Effie Ophelders Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first watch of Star Trek in production order. Guiding her on this journey: D…
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Here it is, maman. Don't let the beginning fool ya. We loved us some Prodigy season 2. There were some bumps, but this is some of the best Trek of the last seven years! If you haven't seen it, don't be spoiled! If you have, we get into it, maman! Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 Hosts: David C. Roberson Matthew Carroll Note: This episo…
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Dr. McCoy slaps Catwoman, and as a result, only he is allowed to touch her kitty, maman! Somebody mixed Klingons with my Capellans, and now there's civil unrest, babies in caves, and guys who took arrows to the knee! But at least we're keeping things light with funny hats, maman. Episode Reviewed: Star Trek 2x03 - "Friday's Child" Hosts: David C. R…
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We're gonna have a single review for all of Star Trek: Prodigy season 2, maman. It's not ideal, but Netflix fingered our fünf on this release, maman. Look for it in a couple of weeks or four. In the meantime, watch the ever-loving dook out of Star Trek: Prodigy season 2! Make sure they know we want more! Hosts: David C. Roberson Join Us: Site: http…
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News, Conspiracies, Hopes and Theories!
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We're catching up on news -- castings, character announcements, sad cancellations, wonderful renewals, and a silly conspiracy that could be cool if they did it right! It's a whole lotta episode, maman! Put the wash cloth in the water basin, maman. Squeeze a bit out, then rub it on my face. I got such a fever, maman... On this episode: Paramount Chi…
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Aww, maman! Some hot stuff heatin' up in Zefram Cochrane's innards as Kirk and his companions find out he been lettin' his companion all up in them guts! Energy clouds are revolting, maman. Until they take over Elinor Donahue... cause miss Ellie Walker is the finest lady druggist we ever did have in these parts, ain't that right, Barn? I mean maman…
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Black castles, black cats and the blackest of intentions, maman! At least we think. Not really sure what these bad guys wanted in the first place, but Sylvia grew to want a lil sumfin sumfin, maman. Just a bit o' Kirkin' off if you catch my drift... Episode Reviewed: Star Trek 2x01 - "Catspaw" Hosts: David C. Roberson Effie Ophelders Note: This epi…
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Star Trek 1x30 - "Operation -- Annihilate!" Review
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Watch your back, maman! Literally! We’re beaming down to the Deneva colony which has been overrun by ketchup-covered pancake parasites from another galaxy! Also, giant future wrenches and screaming sister-in-laws! It's wild, maman! Episode Reviewed: Star Trek 1x30 - "Operation -- Annihilate!" Hosts: David C. Roberson Effie Ophelders Join Us: Site: …
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Discovery 5x10 - "Life, Itself" Review
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Black alert, maman! Discovery discovers no more. Time to wrap it all up, maman. What's the deal with the Progenitor's tech? Who is Kovich really? How can it sync up with Craft crap? There's a lot to settle, maman. Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Discovery 5x10- "Life, Itself" Hosts: David C. Roberson Matthew Carroll Join Us: Site: http://startrekucast…
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It's time for another episode of Mighty Morphin' Jello Rangers, maman. Everybody wants to be the Green Ranger, too. Just like the '90s. Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Discovery 5x09 - "Lagrange Point" Hosts: David C. Roberson Matthew Carroll Join Us: Site: http://startrekucast.com Apple: http://bit.ly/StuCast Spotify: http://bit.ly/StarTrekUCast Spre…
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Discovery 5x08 - "Labyrinths" Review
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A sprawling library maze and a guide who looks like Book. Not a terrible test, maman. But they need to call an electrician, cause the lights keep going out. Can't read in the dark, maman. Maybe we wouldn't have to if we just knew ourselves. But some don't like therapy, maman... Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Discovery 5x08 - "Labyrinths Hosts: David …
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This one's a pretty good one, maman. Not much to dook on here! Maybe the best episode of the season so far! Not lookin' good for L'ak, maman. Good bluffs, good politics, scary war loomin'... Whisper sweet assurances into my ear, Michael. I'm scared. Wait, did Reno know Pelia? Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Discovery 5x07 - "Erigah" Hosts: David C. Ro…
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On some planets they whistlespeak, maman. Then they got mortar and pestles and stop grinding avocado long enough to do the sound cure, but whistlespeakin and sound curin don't matter, maman. Not sure what does. But they sure do got a lotta water for drought folk, maman. Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Discovery 5x06 - "Whistlespeak" Hosts: David C. Ro…
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The Mirrorverse Enterprise is hidin' in some kinda extradimensional something, maman. We're looking with glassy eyes at Spock's console and gettin' closer to Book again. Also we know Moll and L'ak's deal now. So they ain't so bad, maman. We can forgive 'em by the end, probably. Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Discovery 5x05 - "Mirrors" Hosts: David C.…
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Star Trek 1x29 - "The City on the Edge of Forever" Review
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Jump through the time hole, but beware policemen and mechanical rice pickers, maman! McCoy's gone mad, but Kirk is madly in love with Edith Keeler -- too bad she has to die to save the future, maman. It's a real sad situation. Episode Reviewed: Star Trek 1x29 - "The City on the Edge of Forever" Hosts: David C. Roberson Effie Ophelders Join Us: Site…
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Discovery 5x04 - "Face The Strange" Review
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Krenim chronophage, maman. Time bug. Time for a romp through a clip show, maman. Face our past, ourselves, and the strange. Poignant doo-doo, maman. This was a good one. Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Discovery 5x04 - "Face The Strange" Hosts: David C. Roberson Matthew Carroll Join Us: Site: http://startrekucast.com Apple: http://bit.ly/StuCast Spoti…
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Thrills with Trills while unraveling a mystery, maman! This was certainly a thing a we watched and recorded a review about. Make no mistake. A show was on and we talked about it. As you might have guessed, it was a Star Trek episode. Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Discovery 5x03 - "Jinaal" Hosts: David C. Roberson Matthew Carroll Join Us: Site: http:…
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We're picking up a decades-old mystery, maman! It's the 32nd century and it's finally time to find out what this Progenitor mess is all about! It's a Red Directive and some ancients sowed the seeds that the crew of the Discovery has to harvest! Episodes Reviewed: Star Trek: Discovery 5x01 - "Red Directive" Star Trek: Discovery 5x02 - "Under The Twi…
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Star Trek 1x28 - "Errand of Mercy" Review
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We watch corporealized non-corporeal beings smile condescendingly at two galactic powers slap fighting in the playground, maman. It's a sight to behold -- Plus, we meet the Klingons for the very first time! Strap in and go with us on this Errand of Mercy... Episode Reviewed: Star Trek 1x28 - "Errand of Mercy" Hosts: David C. Roberson Effie Ophelder…
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Star Trek 1x27 - "The Devil in the Dark" Review
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It's time to hunt a Horta, maman! We're going deep on a molten heap as we review the classic Star Trek episode "The Devil in the Dark"! Episode Reviewed: Star Trek 1x27 - "The Devil in the Dark" Hosts: David C. Roberson Effie Ophelders Join Us: Site: http://startrekucast.com Apple: http://bit.ly/StuCast Spotify: http://bit.ly/StarTrekUCast Spreaker…
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Star Trek 1x26 - "This Side of Paradise" Review
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Some alien flowers blow their loads into our faces and it makes us feel real nice, maman. This thiccy makin' us climb trees, maman. Episode Reviewed: Star Trek 1x26 - "This Side of Paradise" Hosts: David C. Roberson Effie Ophelders Join Us: Site: http://startrekucast.com Apple: http://bit.ly/StuCast Spotify: http://bit.ly/StarTrekUCast Spreaker: ht…
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Effie and Dave stumble upon a derelict sleeper ship from 1996. Waiting within: the last dictator of the Eugenics Wars–a super human known as Khan. He's got a magnetism, maman. Almost electric. He's a magnetic man, maman. He got magic hands. Episode Reviewed: Star Trek 1x25 - "Space Seed" Hosts: David C. Roberson Effie Ophelders Join Us: Site: http:…
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Discovery Season 5 Trailer Reaction + News
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We’re talking about the Star Trek Discovery Season 5 trailer, maman. Also there are some updates for Lower Decks, Strange New Worlds, Section 31 and Legacy plus a whole lot more... Saying Goodbye to Gary Graham and Kenneth Mitchell Discovery Season 5 Trailer | https://youtu.be/6Fi7ZePgh8k Sonequa Martin-Green Teases “Big Thing” And Familiar Faces C…
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Star Trek 1x24 - "A Taste of Armageddon" Review
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Put the wooden spoon back across the pot, maman. That soup don't taste like nothing but armageddon... and a little like baby food. The butternut squash, maman, the butternut squash. We gonna have orange dooks tonight. Episode Reviewed: Star Trek 1x24 - "A Taste of Armageddon" Hosts: David C. Roberson Effie Ophelders Join Us: Site: http://startrekuc…
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Star Trek 1x23 - "The Return of the Archons" Review
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Peace and tranquility, maman. Are you of the body? Well, we are, maman! Effie and Dave are in search of the Archons and then a bunch of weird stuff happens that only barely gets a plot nod as we review Star Trek 1x23, "The Return of the Archons"! Episode Reviewed: Star Trek 1x23 - "The Return of the Archons" Hosts: David C. Roberson Effie Ophelders…
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Star Trek 1x22 - "Tomorrow is Yesterday" Review
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We're hurled deep into the past, maman -- and find ourselves in 1969 being pursued by a fighter pilot named captain John Christopher of the United States Air Force! Naturally, we beam him aboard and tell him all about the future! Because that… can’t cause any problems. Why are you looking at me like that, maman? Episode Reviewed: Star Trek 1x22 - "…
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Star Trek 1x21 - "The Alternative Factor" Review
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A tear in the fabric of the universe brings with it an unhinged maybe time traveler who lives in constant battle with his antimatter counterpart, wildly changing facial hair, and a dangerous predilection for scaling mountains while having universe-ending seizures! Climb on into your bubble-top saucer, maman. We’re about to review Star Trek 1x21 - “…
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A disappointing "Star Trek: Legacy" update, maman. But also, we have news of a Picard movie, a Kelvinverse prequel, and a proper Kelvinverse 4th (but FINAL!?) installment? Wild happenings, maman. But wait, also, "Prodigy" is doing well on Netflix! Like. Everywhere. And what hope doth we have of Dr. Phlox making an appearance on "Strange New Worlds"…
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We're transported to a strange, alien world that in no way looks exactly like Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park, California to slow motion wrestle an anthropomorphic Lizard at the behest of god-like angel beings who call themselves the Metrons while everyone else calls them Metrones. It's a battle to the finish, maman! Protect me from the Gorn, maman…
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Star Trek 1x19 - "The Squire of Gothos " Review
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Effie and Dave are whisked away to a 19th century castle filled with artifacts from time long passed, maman. There they meet its exuberant proprietor: a harpsichord playing madman, General Trelane (retired) – otherwise known as The Squire of Gothos. Planets be following us, maman. Help. Where Dave found Effie's you-know-what (NSFW) Episode Reviewed…
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Before Christmas Matt and Dave caught up on a whole bunch of Star Trek news, maman! Everything got crazy after that. So here's what we talked about: DISCOVERY Michelle Paradise and Sonequa Martin-Green Talk Up “Fun” Season 5 And “Satisfying” Series Conclusion New Discovery Clip:https://youtu.be/1ftr6hINIUk Season 5 To Debut In April STRANGE NEW WOR…
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Rabbits and samurais and old flames--oh my, maman! If shore leave ain't canceled, we might be! Episode Reviewed: Star Trek 1x18 - "Shore Leave" Hosts: David C. Roberson Effie Ophelders Join Us: Site: http://startrekucast.com Apple: http://bit.ly/StuCast Spotify: http://bit.ly/StarTrekUCast Spreaker: http://bit.ly/StuCastSpreaker…
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Star Trek 1x16 & 17 - "The Menagerie, Pt. 1 & 2" Review
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Another day, another court martial, maman. This time Cap'n Pike is in bad shape, and just beeps at folks. Spock thinks watching home movies might help. Episode Reviewed: Star Trek 1x16 & 17 - "The Menagerie Pt. 1 & 2" Hosts: David C. Roberson Effie Ophelders Join Us: Site: http://startrekucast.com Apple: http://bit.ly/StuCast Spotify: http://bit.ly…
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Effie and Dave shall enter the gallery of an intergalactic court of the future as Captain James T. Kirk is accused of premature eject-ulation - either because of negligence or malice. All Rise, maman–we’re reviewing “Court Martial”... Episode Reviewed: Star Trek 1x15 - "Court Martial" Hosts: David C. Roberson Effie Ophelders Join Us: Site: http://s…
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Star Trek 1x14 - "The Galileo Seven" Review
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Effie and Dave get stranded on a barren world where giants in fur coats throw evenly-weighted papier-mâché spears at them and have their way with a shuttlecraft. It's wild, maman. No time to bury the dead, let's logic our way through this one, maman. Episode Reviewed: Star Trek 1x14 - "The Galileo Seven" Hosts: David C. Roberson Effie Ophelders Joi…
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Star Trek 1x13 - "The Conscience of the King" Review
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There's a killer on board, maman. Can't be the pretty blonde waxing about Kirk controlling throbbing power. Gotta be her daddy. He did order a bunch of people dead. Makes sense, maman. Spock says it's logical. All the eye witnesses winding up dead, maman. Time to catch a play. Review This Episode: Star Trek 1x13, "The Conscience of the King" Hosts:…
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Post-Strike Star Trek Updates + Lower Decks 4x10 Feedback
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On this episode we talk where Strange New Worlds Season 3 stands now that the SAG AFTRA strike is over, as well as Lower Decks Season 5 teases from showrunner Mike McMahan, when we can expect to see Prodigy season 1 show up on Netflix, and of course your feedback from Lower Decks 4x10, “Old Friends, New Planets”... it's jam-packed, maman. Thrills a…
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This week we got a real foolie, maman! Time to get bonk-bonked on the head! Olly olly oxen free and so forth... Have some self respect, maman. Stop trying to get the captain to look at your leg scabs. Review This Episode: Star Trek 1x12, "Miri" Hosts: David C. Roberson Effie Ophelders Join Us: Site: http://startrekucast.com Apple: http://bit.ly/Stu…
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Star Trek 1x11 - "Dagger of the Mind" Review
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It’s time to strap in for a little brain drain at the Tantalus Penal Colony. Get ready for Doc Adams to place this retro review into your empty, neuralized mind, maman. Can you see it? That needful eggnog nookie in the Captain's quarters? Hike up your blue skirt a little more, maman. A man could die of loneliness. In a Jim's dream. Episode Reviewed…
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Lower Decks 4x10, "Old Friends, New Planets"
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Nova Fleet’s here, maman. Mariner and G.D. best get away from that M.F. But everybody’s getting their time to shine, maman. The Mistress of the Winter Constellation about to make a comeback, Boims is playing Captain, and Mariner hopefully gonna straighten up a bit at work. It’s a lot crammed into 25 minutes. Like sardines, maman. Khan-flavored sard…
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Star Trek 1x10 - "What Are Little Girls Made Of" Review
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We strip down and take a whirl on a lazy susan to generate our very own life-sized replicas! It's a dire situation, maman. And we have questions. Like who was on the other side of that machine when Korby made Andrea? Is it possible for an android to love? Why did Kirk grab the most phallic of rocks to wallop Ruk in the face with? It's all a mystery…
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Lower Decks 4x09 - "The Inner Fight" Review
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Big reveals this week, maman. Good smells coming out of the kitchen. Let 'em cook, maman. Let 'em cook. Episode review: Star Trek: Lower Decks 4x09, "The Inner Fight" Hosts: Matthew Carroll David C. Roberson Join Us: Site: http://startrekucast.com Apple: http://bit.ly/StuCast Spotify: http://bit.ly/StarTrekUCast Spreaker: http://bit.ly/StuCastSprea…
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Star Trek 1x09 - "Balance of Terror" Review
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Got some bigotry on the bridge, maman. No room for it there. Keep it in your quarters, maman. After more than a century the Romulans are back, and they look eerily like the first officer. Is there a spy on board? Or just a d-bag? Tensions are high, maman. Review This Episode: Star Trek 1x09 "Balance of Terror" Hosts This Episode: David C. Roberson …
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Beware Vendorians bearing moral tests, maman. Those aren't stalamites, that's just what they want you to think, maman. Guard your heart against their string-pulling tentacles. Episode Reviewed: Star Trek: Lower Decks 4x08, "Caves" Hosts This Episode: David C. Roberson Matthew Carroll Join Us: Site: http://startrekucast.com Apple: http://bit.ly/StuC…
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The Antares done foisted a real problem onto the crew of Enterprise, maman. Charlie Evans who gots no père or maman. It's a sad situation, but that horny orphan got some rancid tricks up his sleeve, maman. Charlie ain't our darling... Episode Reviewed: Star Trek 1x08 - “Charlie X" Hosts This Episode: David C. Roberson Effie Ophelders Join Us: Site:…
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News + Lower Decks 4x07 - "A Few Badgeys More" Review
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Star Trek: Prodigy is saved by Netflix! Lower Decks might be in danger! Talk about a rollar coaster, maman! Remember we live on Ferenginar and watch what you wanna keep! Make it profitable or else you’ll weep! Also, Badgey is back on Lower Decks this week! And AGIMUS. And Peanut Hamper. And that damn celestial koala! There’s a lot to take in this w…
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