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”.
Seven crew members embark on a shuttle mission – never a smart move in the #StarTrek universe – and this is the episode that sets that standard as the Galileo 7 become the Galileo 5 when the monster-of-the-week starts taking out crewmen. Why is everyone still obsessed with burials in the future? Are officers not trained to show a little respect to their CO? All these MFers are racis
In a world where unrestrained capitalism pushes us to exhaustion, it’s important to unplug, unwind, and practice self care. Also true for burnt out #Enterprise crew. But when a mall Easter Bunny, the Black Knight, and Don Juan show up with a gun under a rock a relaxing day in #StarTrek paradise becomes a nightmare. Who says “he’s dead, Jim” when McCoy dies? Why was Shatner sad that he didn’t get to film with the tiger?
When the Enterprise encounters Romulan Sarek they’re launched into submarine warfare. Do Romulans believe in reincarnation? And just why are they wearing those stupid helmets, anyway? Are you being a dick when you say “everything happens for a reason?”