While visiting Planet Disney Ranch, the crew of the Enterprise get so high on flower spores that only a good ol’ fashioned Star Trek Fight will do. Are humans destined to work toward paradise forever? And why does this show spend so much energy on this “paradise” narrative?
Once again the Enterprise rolls up on a planet and starts calling all the shots like they own the place. Aren’t we supposed to first seek to understand different cultures and build an approach based on compassion and empathy? We’re not sure they got this one quite right.
The Enterprise encounters a sleeper ship full of GMO people from the eugenics wars of the 1990’s. Khan and the GMOs take over the Enterprise, but in the end Kirk dumps them on Ceti Alpha V. Is this wild west cowboy diplomacy out of place in 2267? Why all the admiration for GMO people anyway? And how does Khan remember Chekov in #TWOK if Chekov wasn’t even part of the cast yet?
While investigating the disappearance of the USS Archon, the Enterprise discovers a cult of Amish-turned-Jehovah’s Witnesses reenacting “The Purge”. The introduction of the Prime Directive doesn’t stop Kirk from making some questionable decisions. Don’t join a cult, kids!
Kirk is marched back to #Starfleet to defend his actions that led to the apparent death of Lt Cmdr Finney. Does Kirk’s prosecutor being a former fuck buddy create a conflict of interest? What’s a pod, where is it, what does it do, and why would you eject it? Why is Spock fucking off playing chess again? Why are there buttons & switches on the command chair anyway?
This good ol’ fashioned “what if we went back in time” time travel story was played more for entertainment than it was for the consequentialism of time travel. They can’t all be overwhelmingly philosophical! But don’t worry – even if your life turns out to make little to no impact in the world, perhaps your children will.
“Is the new planetarium a harmless place to learn about the solar system, or the scene of a diabolical plot to control the minds of South Park’s citizens?”
In this Patron Exclusive Bonus Episode, Sarah & Allie go on down to South Park to review an episode that pays homage to the Star Trek: The Original Series Season 1 episode “Dagger of the Mind”.
Kirk & crew drop in to an isolated Earth outpost only to find it bombed out. Later, in what felt like a completely different episode, GORNS! The Metrons force Captains Kirk and Sleestack to work their shit out with a good ol’ Star Trek fight instead of talking it out because #WagonTrainToTheStars.
Did Star Trek predict Winamp visualizations? Are the Metrons really as advanced as they claim to be? Is Kirk a micromanager?
Greetings and Felicitations! The Enterprise crew encounter yet another petulant child with crazy powers. This week’s #StarfleetChallenge asked “Trelane’s device is thought to have foreshadowed what future Star Trek tech?” Did Allie and I get it right? Is Trelane Q’s great-great-grandpappy? Is it fair to judge humanity based on old data about a narrow range of events in our past? Some of these questions get answered this week on Humanist Trek 019 “The Squire of Gothos”.
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