Star Trek: The Next Generation analysis of season 1 episode 18 (Coming of Age)Hey babes, remember us!? We'rrrrrre back! After a long hiatus, Mike and Nic are back to analyze a relatively tame but lovely episode of TNG where nothing much happens

S1E17 Home Soil: The One in Which the Crew Gets Read for Filth by an LED Light

Jan 5th, 2023 1h 35m

Star Trek: The Next Generation analysis of season 1 episode 17 (Home Soil)Hey babes, happy 2023!!! We're are thrilled to kick-off the new year with one of our all-time favorite episodes of TNG - Home Soil - where the crew get told to fuck off b

S1E16 When the Bough Breaks: The One in Which Parents Just Don't Understand!

Nov 24th, 2022 1h 51m

Star Trek: The Next Generation analysis of season 1 episode 16 (When the Bough Breaks)Happy LANDBACK Day! Mike and Nic come back after a long break full of piss and vinegar, ready to review an episode jam-packed with complex themes. What we lac

S1E15 Too Short a Season: The One in Which Age Ain't Nothing But a Number

Sep 29th, 2022 1h 19m

Star Trek: The Next Generation analysis of season 1 episode 15 (Too Short a Season)We come back from a mini-hiatus to an episode that we had mixed opinions about. Mike enjoyed the exploration of men broken by toxic masculinity, while Nic was bo

S1E14 11001001: The One in Which Riker Falls in Love with a Manic Pixie Dream Hologirl

Sep 1st, 2022 1h 35m

Star Trek: The Next Generation analysis of season 1 episode 14 (11001001)11001001 brings us a contradictory episode - on one side, an interesting premise of a nonbinary binary species from a planet where technology and organic beings have fully

S1E13 Angel One: The One in Which Riker Overcomes Reverse Sexism

Aug 11th, 2022 1h 25m

Star Trek: The Next Generation analysis of season 1 episode 13 (Angel One)Hoo boi, this episode was fucking BORING. Despite that, we managed to have a lot of fun recapping and analyzing this snoozefest. We spend most of the analysis portion of

S1E12 Datalore: The One in Which Data Gets a Widdle Brudder

Jul 20th, 2022 1h 49m

Star Trek: The Next Generation analysis of season 1 episode 12 (Datalore)In an episode so wonderful it's as if it was plucked fully formed from Nic's head, today we revel in the pure joy that is Datalore - an episode that is BOTH Data- and Wesl

S1E11 The Big Goodbye: The One in Which Bev Gets Picard-Blocked

Jul 7th, 2022 1h 15m

Star Trek: The Next Generation analysis of season 1 episode 11 (The Big Goodbye)Oh boy, it's a holodeck episode and we are NOT happy about it! We're stuck with a Dixon Hill theme and 1940s San Francisco, questions about how tf the holodeck work

S1E10 Haven: The One in Which Deanna Almost Gets Married

Jun 23rd, 2022 1h 34m

Star Trek: The Next Generation analysis of season 1 episode 10 (Haven)Two fun episodes in a row, woowee! In this campy romp, Deanna gets a visit from her mother, future in-laws, and future husband (Wyatt) on a surprise arranged marriage visit,

S1E9 Hide and Q: The One in Which Riker Learns with Great Power…

Jun 9th, 2022 1h 14m

Star Trek: The Next Generation analysis of season 1 episode 9 (Hide and Q)Our two favorite space daddies square off again in this week's wild, fun episode. We see Riker turn into a villain within mere moments of being given powers, we see Picar

S1E8 The Battle: The One in Which Picard Gets a Headache

May 26th, 2022 1h 16m

Star Trek: The Next Generation analysis of season 1 episode 8 (The Battle)We are with the Ferengi again in another offensive and poorly written episode, although we get some amazing lines from our favorite boys, Data and Wesley!The episode's st

S1E7 Justice: The One in Which Wesley Gets Murdered for Stepping on Flowers & Picard Meets God

May 5th, 2022 2h 10m

Star Trek: The Next Generation analysis of season 1 episode 7 (Justice)In an episode jam-packed with very UNsexy shenanigans and rudimentary philosophical ponderings, it's hard to even say what this one is about: capital punishment, free love,

S1E6 Lonely Among Us: The One in Which Picard Turns into Pure Energy

Apr 21st, 2022 1h 38m

Star Trek: The Next Generation analysis of season 1 episode 6 (Lonely Among Us)In an episode so jam-packed with random shit, it's hard to even say what this episode is about but we pull from the many threads to talk about themes of vegan issues

S1E5 Where No One Has Gone Before: The One in Which Wesley Meets the Traveler

Apr 7th, 2022 1h 26m

Star Trek: The Next Generation analysis of season 1 episode 5 (Where No One Has Gone Before)OMG Y'ALL WE DID IT! We made it to an episode that is good, actually. No racism, no antisemitism, no sexism; just a good ol' space adventure heavy on ph

S1E4 The Last Outpost: The One in Which Star Trek Does an Antisemitism

Mar 24th, 2022 1h 15m

Star Trek: The Next Generation analysis of season 1 episode 4 (The Last Outpost)After some subtle but intriguing build-up over the last three episodes, we finally meet the Ferengi and they are...not great. Falling into the "Space Jew" trope, th

S1E3 Code of Honor: The One in Which Star Trek Does a Racism

Mar 10th, 2022 1h 50m

Star Trek: The Next Generation analysis of season 1 episode 3 (Code of Honor)The focus of today's show is (arguably) the most notorious Star Trek episode of any series, an episode so overtly racist that the director of it was fired DURING produ

S1E2 The Naked Now: The One in Which The Crew is H*RNY

Feb 24th, 2022 55m 38s

Star Trek: The Next Generation analysis of season 1 episode 2 (The Naked Now)Inexplicably, the second-ever episode of TNG finds the crew drunk off dying dwarf star juice and lookin' to bone DOWN. In an episode that is mostly nonsense, we find m

S1E1 Encounter at Farpoint: The One in Which it Went on Too Long

Feb 3rd, 2022 1h 35m

Star Trek: The Next Generation episode analysis of season 1 episode 1 [Encounter at Farpoint]Technically a two-part episode, Encounter at Farpoint now streams as a single, bloated, unbearably long episode. Mike and Nic recap the events of this

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