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Ricardo and Sara have never watched Star Trek before! So Marvin and Dan are taking them on a journey to watch it all, one episode at a time! From unhinged unrelated tangents to deep philosophical discussions, you'll never know what the week's episode might draw out of us! We're currently going through Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, alternating by air date! New episodes every Tuesday! Newbie Star Trek is part of Fugitive Frames.
NST: DS9 - Equilibrium - Season 3, Episode 4
Equilibrium! RIP Jadzia.
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NST: DS9 - The House of Quark - Season 3, Episode 3
The House of Quark! Witness the rise of the most honorable Ferengi-led family in the Klingon Empire! This is a technically true statement! Quark got there by confronting the Klingons with their greatest fear: taxes!
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NST: TNG - Season 5 Tier List
TNG Season 5 Tier List! Conventional fandom wisdom says that everything went downhill after season 4, but this might be... the best TNG season so far? Tune in to see how Dan and Marvin rank this wacky season!
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NST: DS9 - The Search, Part II - Season 3, Episode 2
The Search, Part II! Odo finds his family and learns about Changelings and where he came from! How heartwarming! Meanwhile, Sisko and gang get rescued, and now the Dominion and the Federation are getting all buddy buddy. How suspicious! Two completely separate plots! How strange!
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NST: Ask a Trek Expert with Marc Scott Zicree
Ask a Trek Expert with Marc Scott Zicree! "First Contact" is considered one of the best episodes of TNG ever made, and "Far Beyond the Stars" is considered one of the best episodes of DS9 ever made, perhaps all of Star Trek. And Marc Scott Zicree wrote the story for BOTH of them! He's also had a very long writing career before and after that, including working on many beloved animated shows like He-Man, The Real Ghostbusters, Super Friends, as well as live-action sci-fi shows like Babylon 5, Sliders, TekWar, and much more. He's also had quite an independent streak...
NST: DS9 - The Search, Part I - Season 3, Episode 1 (Season Premiere)
The Search, Part I! How does Sisko respond when faced with an existential crisis that threatens the entire Federation? He speaks softly and carries a big Defiant! Also, Odo REALLY needs to get to this friggin' nebula, sheesh!
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NST: DS9 - The Jem'Hadar - Season 2, Episode 26 (Season Finale)
The Jem'Hadar! An episode that should've been titled "The Dominion" instead. A light-hearted sitcom-style camping trip turns into an encounter with the greatest threat the Federation has ever seen. Sheesh, that escalated quickly!
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NST: DS9 - Tribunal - Season 2, Episode 25
Tribunal! Boy, Miles O'Brien continues to suffer, and this time this trial feels very Kafkaesque, wouldn't you say?
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NST: TNG - All Good Things... - Season 7, Episodes 25-26 (Series Finale)
All Good Things... must come to an end. Well, not the podcast, in fact we'll eventually be going through three shows at once: continuing DS9, starting Voyager, and livestreaming our discussions of TOS! But for now, our journey with TNG has come to an end. And what better way to end this crazy ride with a timey-wimey episode that jumps back and forth so wildly that that it would make Kurt Vonnegut blush!
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NST: TNG - Season 4 Tier List
TNG Season 4 Tier List! Coming off of the high of The Best of Both Worlds, TNG in season 4 is considered by many fans to be amongst the best season of Star Trek ever made. But do Marvin and Dan agree? Also, will Marvin be able to remember the titles of every episode this season?! Tune in to find out!
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NST: DS9 - The Collaborator - Season 2, Episode 24
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The Collaborator! After a weirdly long time of putting off the Kai election, things finally get underway, and it seems like Kira's main squeeze Vedek Bareil is a shoo-in! Certainly a civilized planet lik...
NST: TNG - Preemptive Strike - Season 7, Episode 24
Preemptive Strike! Ro Laren returns and is immediately thrown into a high stakes undercover mission to infiltrate and take down the Maquis. Meanwhile, Picard finally finishes his villain arc and goes full CIA handler, evil threats and all. What is it with Picard and sending young Bajoran women into dangerous undercover missions?
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NST: DS9 - Crossover - Season 2, Episode 23
Crossover! The episode that activated a legion of Star Trek fans. What's better than one Kira? Well, two Kiras, of course! Also, there's commentary about the immoral nature of empires, slavery, backstabbing, etc., but hey, that's Mirror Universe, baby!
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NST: TNG - Emergence - Season 7, Episode 23
Emergence! Well, pretty much everyone on the Enterprise-D has had some sort of parent-related storyline this season. So why not have the Enterprise-D itself also finally have parent issues? That's right, the Enterprise-D is pregnant! And the holodeck is involved somehow. Discuss.
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...NST: DS9 - The Wire - Season 2, Episode 22
The Wire! A really bad headache leads to Garak finally opening up to Bashir about his past. Except he really doesn't since pretty much every single thing he says is a lie. So it's basically a bunch of lies with a bunch of accidental slips of truth, and by the end even Bashir's a little sick and tired of it. But what do we think?! Tune in to find out!
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NST: TNG - Bloodlines - Season 7, Episode 22
Bloodlines! So now that Picard's de facto son Wesley has left the show for good, he gets a new fake son, the main guy from Robocop rip-off Super Force. Man, this season really loves family stuff, doesn't it?
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NST: DS9 - The Maquis, Part II - Season 2, Episode 21
The Maquis, Part II! So, we're not gonna sugarcoat it, the actual best part of this episode is Sisko giving his famous "saint in paradise" speech, but other than that, uuuh... let's just say that the main antagonist got so annoying that even Michael Piller was like, "yeah, we should've killed him off."
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NST: TNG - Firstborn - Season 7, Episode 21
Firstborn! The one where Worf's parenting got so bad that Alexander had to go back in time to become his own better dad. But then that didn't work so he decided to shoot himself. Boy, that escalated quickly.
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NST: DS9 - The Maquis, Part I - Season 2, Episode 20
The Maquis, Part I! TNG creates the problem, and DS9 has to fix it. That's right, the Cardassian border dispute that Captain Picard thought they had resolved in Journey's End turns into a bigger problems for the actual colonists in DS9. Surely Sikso's old friend that shows up in this episode won't end up being secretly part of the Federation resistance movement named after the French Resistance during Nazi occupation in WWII, right? Right?!
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NST: TNG - Journey's End - Season 7, Episode 20
Journey's End! Y'know, the idea of Wesley quitting Starfleet because he wants to pursue his own path in life is actually kind of a neat idea for a TNG episode. It's just too bad that it's wrapped up with weird American Indian cultural appropriation and, uh, an overall kinda bad script.
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NST: DS9 - Blood Oath - Season 2, Episode 19
Blood Oath! Three classic TOS Klingons return to settle one last score, and Jadzia Dax is along for the ride! Join us as we watch through this Klingon side quest and see what happens!
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NST: TNG - Genesis - Season 7, Episode 19
Genesis! Is TNG capable of pulling off a schlocky homage to 80's-style B-horror-movies? Uuuuuuuuh
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NST: DS9 - Profit and Loss - Season 2, Episode 18
Profit and Loss! What happens when the writers of DS9 do a straight-up rip-off of Casablanca using Garak, Quark, and Quark's long-lost Cardassian lover? Well, they're forced to re-write it into something legally distinct enough to prevent a potential lawsuit.
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NST: TNG - Eye of the Beholder - Season 7, Episode 18
Eye of the Beholder! When Lieutenant Dan decides to eviscerate himself in a plasma conduit, Detective Commander Deanna Troi is on the case! But what dark empathic secrets will the nacelle tube hold? An empathic photograph? A secret hidden skeleton? A sexy passionate romance with Worf? All of the above?! Tune in to find out!
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NST: DS9 - Playing God - Season 2, Episode 17
Playing God! Dax gets an intern, and he's working really hard for a good letter of recommendation for the Trill joining program. How quaint. Also, there's a pocket universe on DS9 that threatens to expand and destroy the entire star system. Huh. Also, Jake is dating a Dabo girl. Wow! All of these are treated with the same level of importance. Yes.
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NST: Star Trek: Resurgence
Star Trek: Resurgence! The fellas who used to work for Telltale Games decided to make their own game, with Tongo and Dabo girls! But, basically, they decided to take that one terrible TNG episode that introduced the Ferengi and then turn that old guy who shows up in it into the sickest Star Trek guy ever. Also, Spider-Man is here! Whoa! And other cameos! It's a Star Trek fanfic come to life! April Fools!
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NST: TNG - Masks - Season 7, Episode 17
Masks! Once again, a Star Trek crew is taken over by the memories of some sort of alien archive and are forced to jump through hoops in order to exorcise the memory ghosts. Is this, like, a thing Joe Menosky likes doing? What's up with that?
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NST: DS9 - Shadowplay - Season 2, Episode 16
Shadowplay! Odo and Kira meet the thing that Ricardo was talking about since season 1 of TNG. Y'know, that thing. With the things. The people. You'll see what we mean. Also, Kira and Vedek Bareil finally bang!
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NST: TNG - Thine Own Self - Season 7, Episode 16
Thine Own Self! What if Data was Frankenstein? Well, that's the premise of this video, and we completely misunderstood it! Still, though, it seems like Data's been through kind of these same adventures before, eh?
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NST: DS9 - Paradise - Season 2, Episode 15
Paradise! The time where Sisko and O'Brien get marooned on a remote planet that blocks all technology, and then it turns out it's a dumb cult thing. Hijinks ensue, hotboxing ensues, Rambo-like guerilla tactics ensue, y'know how it is.
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NST: TNG - Lower Decks - Season 7, Episode 15
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Lower Decks! The episode so good that it literally inspired a spin-off series. But not with this cast! In this cast, we get some callbacks to "The First Duty," some DS9 setups, some Worf being a father to anyone else but Alexander, some Picard sending a young woman on a suicide mission, and much more! But would you believe that the best scene of this episode is actually them all playing poker? No you w...
NST: DS9 - Whispers - Season 2, Episode 14
Whispers! Miles O'Brien continues to suffer when it seems like literally everyone he knows doesn't seem to be who they are and are conspiring against him. It's Miles against the universe! Will he survive?! And what did we think of the suffering this time?! Tune in to find out!
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NST: TNG - Sub Rosa - Season 7, Episode 14
Sub Rosa! That's right, we've finally reached Beverly's sexy Scottish adventure with the ghost candle. Of course, this has become somewhat of a meme with the Star Trek fans, but is it actually as bad an episode as its reputation that precedes it? Let's dive in and find out!
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NST: DS9 - Armageddon Game - Season 2, Episode 13
Armageddon Game! Why is it an Armageddon Game? Well, I guess Julian and Miles O'Brien shoot their way out of an ambush. And then O'Brien gets sick with a super virus. And then they have to hole up somewhere. And then Julian and Miles start to trauma-bond. So, yeah! Armageddon Game. Yup.
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NST: TNG - Homeward - Season 7, Episode 13
Homeward! After seven seasons, we finally get to meet Worf's long-talked-about brother. And it turns out he's... a Goodfella? Who's running around f***ing natives? And wants to get away with it? But Ricardo still thinks it's a ten outta ten?! What's going on here?!
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NST: TNG - The Pegasus - Season 7, Episode 12
The Pegasus! Why did Riker help stop a mutiny? Why is Starfleet not allowed to build invisible ships when pretty much every other species in the galaxy can? Why did a bunch of children make little voodoo dolls of Picard? Click to... find out? I guess?
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NST: DS9 - The Alternate - Season 2, Episode 12
The Alternate! What better episode for the holiday season than one that's about parental trauma? Also, there are some severe disagreements over sliders.
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NST: Christmas Trivia Extravaganza 2025
Christmas Trivia Extravaganza 2025! Whoa, Trivial Pursuit? In my Star Trek! That's right, kiddos, and our first trivia contest will be a battle between two of our most beloved past guests, Scott and Jasmin! How do two lifelong Star Trek fans fare against the deep machinations of the Star Trek 50th Anniversary version of Trivial Pursuit?! Tune in to find out!
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NST: TNG - Season 3 Tier List
TNG Season 3 Tier List! We're back with another tier list, and this time for TNG season 3! Riker is at full power with both a beard and a collar, and this is the season many Star Trek fans claim is when TNG starts getting good. But how do its episodes actually stack up?!
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NST: DS9 - Rivals - Season 2, Episode 11
Rivals! What is even happening in this episode? There's some sort of luck machine? Julian and Miles O'Brien play raquetball? Why are we spending so much time on Chris Sarandon?! Is this literally an episode of nothing but filler?!?!?!
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