When Kirk and company discover the Klingons providing arms to one side of what used to be a peaceful planet, we’re reminded of the many times the USA has gotten itself involved in wars across the globe. Is it right to step in and maintain equal firepower–and where does that end?  You say Gumato, I say Mugato. Let’s call the whole thing off.

Sarah and Allie board the Magic School Bus and shrink down to microscopic size. As the bus penetrates a giant space amoeba’s boundary… actually, maybe this is all too dirty to make jokes about a kid’s TV show. Join us as we blast some antimatter inside a nucleus. Seriously, did these writers know what they were doing?

When Allie and Sarah find themselves on a planet based on a book about 1920’s Chicago mobsters, the episode encounters way more tangents and accents than usual. What might happen to a culture if a people came along and just dropped off a book? Ask Africa. And Haiti. And…

The shot clock is running to find out how to stop Kirk and the gang from rapidly aging. How many times do we let Grandpa run his starship into the neighbor’s mailbox before we take away his car keys? Is American Capitalism to blame for our lack of respect for the elderly?