Star Trek Universe

Strange New Worlds finally got back around to making Star Trek for a second! There was a badmiral, tough choices to make, and ol tricky Kirk provin' his command worth! Pop-pop!

🎙 Episode Reviewed:

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 4x08 - "Orders of Magnitude"


👥 Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Matthew Carroll

Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing journey discussing Star Trek as they have since the late 1980s.

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Strange New Worlds used this week's insufferable gimmick for good rather than evil, but it was still a whole lot. We're here with our thoughts, a couple of tears, and a whole lot of laughs as we break down and discuss soaps, tropes, and future hopes.


🎙 Episode Reviewed:

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 4x07 - "Like Chronitons Through the Hourglass"


👥 Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Matthew Carroll

Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing journey discussing Star Trek as they have since the late 1980s.

Strange New Worlds is still gimmicking, but this time they're augmenting who they are instead of replacing it. We have thoughts, and they aren't all positive, but we have some great laughs on this episode!


🎙 Episode Reviewed:

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 4x06 - "Off-Hour"


👥 Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Matthew Carroll

Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing journey discussing Star Trek as they have since the late 1980s.

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Strange New Worlds tries to pull a smile, but does it succeed? If you enjoyed this episode, we're happy for you, but we're getting into our thoughts no punches pulled and no strings attached!


🎙 Episode Reviewed:

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 4x05 - "Level Five Transporter Accident"


👥 Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Matthew Carroll

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Why does Strange New Worlds seem to have a problem understanding the, ahem, Kor of pre-established characters? Why are they failing to make compelling television week-after-week? Maybe it's because they aren't interested in making Star Trek at all. We're nudging through the noir nonsense, complaining about conveniences, and griping about the gimmicks!

🎙 Episode Reviewed:

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 4x04 - "A Case of Chiaroscuro"


👥 Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Matthew Carroll

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How do you manage to fumble Dave Foley? We're talking one of the worst episodes in the history of the franchise, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 4x03, "Human Best Friend".

🎙 Episode Reviewed:

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 4x03 - "Human Best Friend"


👥 Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Matthew Carroll

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On this episode of Star Trek Universe, we’re talking Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, 4x02, where there are lots of jump scares, ghost sumsuches, and ear clippers! EAR CLIPPERS! Also, the writers missed a great finger foods joke.

🎙 Episode Reviewed:

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 4x02 - "The Griffin Incident"


👥 Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Matthew Carroll

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On this episode of Star Trek Universe, we’re talking the season four premiere episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, punching dinosaurs, and kicking bootstrap paradoxes in the d.

🎙 Episode Reviewed:

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 4x01 - "Valles Marineris"


👥 Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Matthew Carroll

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On this episode of Star Trek Universe, we’re talking asshole aliens altruistically assaulting to test their kidnapped mute, maman!

🎙 Episode Reviewed:

Star Trek The Original Series 3x08 - "The Empath"

👥 Hosts:

David C. Roberson
Effie Ophelders


Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first watch of Star Trek in production order. Guiding her on this journey: Dave, a stalwart fan of almost four decades who rewatches along with her, provides trivia, insights and the occasional excitement-stoking minor spoiler.

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On this episode of Star Trek Universe, if you can’t face a threat that’s insidious, put on your red visors and shame a friend who’s hideous, maman. We’re talking “Is There in Truth No Beauty?”

🎙 Episode Reviewed:

Star Trek The Original Series 3x07 - "Is There in Truth No Beauty?"

👥 Hosts:

David C. Roberson
Effie Ophelders


Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first watch of Star Trek in production order. Guiding her on this journey: Dave, a stalwart fan of almost four decades wh...

Effie and Dave have finally arrived at "Spock's Brain", oft-fingered as the worst episode of Star Trek ever made! Is it that? We'll get into it, maman! There sure be some rough whittlin' in this woodworkin' shop!

🎙 Episode Reviewed:

Star Trek The Original Series 3x06 - "Spock's Brain"

👥 Hosts:

David C. Roberson
Effie Ophelders


Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first watch of Star Trek in production order. Guiding her on this journey: Dave, a stalwart fan of almost four decades who rewatches along with her...

We meet an adversary so diabolical, he can teach children to control minds by pretending to use a shake weight – so powerful Kirk knows his name despite it never being uttered – so charismatic he can get away with wearing a floral-print trash bag moo-moo!

We get to partake in some good, old-fashioned anti-hippie, pro-establishment rhetoric, maman!

🎙 Episode Reviewed:

Star Trek The Original Series 3x05 - "And the Children Shall Lead"

👥 Hosts:

David C. Roberson
Effie Ophelders


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Romulans using Klingon designs!? Vulcan and Romulan finger entwined!? Kirk and Spock are looking for a cloaking device while the Romulan commander's looking for a poking so nice! It's a wild ride this episode, maman!



🎙 Episode Reviewed:

Star Trek The Original Series 3x04 - "The Enterprise Incident"



👥 Hosts:

David C. Roberson
Effie Ophelders



Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first watch of Star Trek in production order. Guiding her on this journey: Dave, a stalwart fan of almost four decades wh...

An ancient obelisk reveals mysteries of the Star Trek universe, and in turn robs Kirk of his memory! But was Kirk meant to lose his mind on Amerind? Effie and I have a lot of questions, maman!

🎙 Episode Reviewed:
Star Trek The Original Series 3x03 - "The Paradise Syndrome"

👥 Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Effie Ophelders

Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first watch of Star Trek in production order. Guiding her on this journey: Dave, a stalwart fan of almost four decades who rewatches along with her, provid...

The Dohlman of Elas is problematic as hell, maman! But that don't stop us from enjoying KIrk as her tear-stained white knight! Well, maybe it stops us a little.

🎙 Episode Reviewed:
Star Trek The Original Series 3x02 - "Elaan of Troyius"

👥 Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Effie Ophelders

Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first watch of Star Trek in production order. Guiding her on this journey: Dave, a stalwart fan of almost four decades who rewatches along with her, provides trivia, insights and the occasional excitement-stoking minor spoile...

Maman, it's that time again that we jump back in to Classic Trek Watch/Rewatch! This time we're digging into the first episode of the final season: "Spectre of the Gun"! It's a rootin' shootin' cowboy adventure, maman! Nothing is O.K. at this corral!

🎙 Episode Reviewed:
Star Trek The Original Series 3×01 – “Spectre of the Gun”

👥 Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Effie Ophelders

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Long-form discussion, maman! We're digging into all your feedback, even some left about episodes 8 and 9! We're also getting incredibly distracted, maman. Long, winding trails of conversation!

NOTE: This episode was recorded before Starfleet Academy was canceled!

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David C. Roberson
Matthew Carroll

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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is officially canceled. Season 2 will still supposedly air. Sad day, maman.

👥 Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Matthew Carroll

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Shoot, this could have been the series finale, maman! All tied up in a bow proper! Made us cry and everything! Great season, maman! Hope you enjoyed it!

🎙 Episodes Reviewed:
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x10 - "Rubincon" Review

👥 Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Matthew Carroll

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Maman got found, maman! Caleb and his new family are in search of his old one, but terrible danger be lurkin', maman! Matt and Dave are catching up on the penultimate episode of the season, maman! It's a good one. Jonathan Frakes directed, so you knew it probably would be.

🎙 Episodes Reviewed:
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x09 - "300th Night" Review

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David C. Roberson
Matthew Carroll

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SAM is not okay, maman. In fact, no one is. Gotta call in Tilly, maman. DO a little Our Town. Emily can't come back, but Tarima can. But what if there are two ghost girls? It's a Real Life tearjerker, maman.

🎙 Episodes Reviewed:
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x08 - "The Life of the Stars" Review

👥 Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Matthew Carroll

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Okay, maman, so Jay-Den is Darem's Ko'Zeine, but will he co-sign this Khionian lifestyle design? We also have warp slugs, altered recommendation letters, and long, lingering silences that are sure to cause rifts! 

🎙 Episodes Reviewed:
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x07 - "Ko'Zeine" Review

👥 Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Matthew Carroll

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Fire up your singularity drive, maman! It's time for the tiny fireflies because there are Furies who hate being Furies and they're in pain all the time, maman. It's rough! Plus there are twists and stuff being pulled out of necks and some rough revelations about sons and the sacrifices people make along the way! Powerful episode, maman!

🎙 Episodes Reviewed:
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x06 - "Come, Let's Away" Review

👥 Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Matthew Carroll

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There are tears of the prophets and tears of some podcast hosts this week, maman! We gush and choke over S.A.M.'s journey to understanding herself and her mission through an investigation to find out what happened to Captain Benjamin Sisko! We can live with it.

🎙 Episodes Reviewed:
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x05 - "Series Acclimation Mil" Review

👥 Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Matthew Carroll

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Talk about a voice from on high, maman! We speak the words of the angels! Fallen angels 😈. Come sit with us as we discuss this killer episode that delves into Jay-Den's tragic past! We got jokes, but we had tears, too! And lots of feedback, maman!

🎙 Episodes Reviewed:
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x04 - "Vox in Excelso" Review

👥 Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Matthew Carroll

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Ten-hut, Cadet Maman! We got war games or some such! Tally-ho! Wait, that's Trelane. Scratch that, but it's time for patience, Maman! And don't forget empathy! Watch out for the betazoid in the Mugato suit, Maman...

🎙 Episodes Reviewed:
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x03 - "Vitus Reflux" Review

👥 Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Matthew Carroll

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Good day, Cadet Maman! It's time for your academy orientation! We'll be discussing the first two episodes of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy! Get to know your fellow students, Maman. Reacquaint yourself with an old friend. It won't be a perfect experience, but it will be pretty enriching, Maman.

🎙 Episodes Reviewed:
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x01 - "Kids These Days" | 1x02 - "Beta Test"

👥 Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Matthew Carroll

Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues Dave and Matt's ongoing journey discussing Star Trek as they have since the late 1980s.

Maman! Hey, Maman! I'm glad we caught you! I wanted to invite you to take a trip with Effie and myself to New York City of 1968. Specifically 811 East 68th Street, Apt 12B – a quite extraordinary apartment with an exceptional new tenant – Class 1 supervisor 194 – Codename: Gary Seven. He, his "cat" Isis and his secretary Roberta Lincoln will be taking over the season 2 finale of Star Trek – and while they were making it, they may have even thought it would the series finale. Crazy times call for crazy parachutes, Maman.

🎙 Episode Reviewed:
Star Trek The Original Series 2×26 – “Assignment: Earth”

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Oh, maman... On this episode of Star Trek Universe, it’s a dash of racism,a sprinkling of imperialism, and a skosh of jingoism as Effie and I roll our eyes along to one of the absolute worst episodes of Star Trek ever produced – an episode so bad it was repeatedly rejected by the studio, from the beginning! We’re talking Roddenberry’s pet project, "The Omega Glory", maman! It ain't pretty.

🎙 Episode Reviewed:
Star Trek The Original Series 2×25 – “The Omega Glory”

👥 Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Effie Ophelders

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On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Matt and Dave are discussing the death of the Kelvinverse, Paramount's aborting of Simon Kinberg's Star Trek: Origin trilogy and the development of Goldstein and Daley's new supposedly unconnected Star Trek film! We're also talking about the canonicity of the podcast Star Trek: Khan, maman, as well as a tease about Captain Sisko for Starfleet Academy, and how Strange New Worlds is reigning it in for the wrap-up! All that and so much more, maman! It's wild. We even get into a spoilery section on Pluribus for those keeping up with that Apple...

On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Effie and I encounter the most advanced multitronic unit of the 23rd century: Richard Daystrom’s prototype M-5 computer. Otherwise known as Dick “Defense-Ain’t-Murder” Daystrom’s Destruction Device. We’ll get into this catalyst for Kirk’s existentialist nightmare, maman, and maybe even explain how this could have been the perfect series finale.

🎙 Episode Reviewed:
Star Trek The Original Series 2×24 – “The Ultimate Computer”

👥 Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Effie Ophelders

Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first watch of Star Trek in production order. G...

On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Effie and I find ourselves in another earth-history contaminated culture as a matter of course. With Space Nazis, Space Jews and Patterns of Force.
We’ll get into John Gill and his misguided attempts at introducing Nazism with benign leadership in our review of Star Trek 2x23, "Patterns of Force".

🎙 Episode Reviewed:
Star Trek The Original Series 2×23 – “Patterns of Force”

👥 Hosts:
David C. Roberson
Effie Ophelders

Note: This episode of Star Trek Universe continues young Effie's first watch of Star Trek in production order. Guiding h...

On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Effie and I learn that sometimes it’s best to let Sargons be bygones - especially when you meet douche bags with big ball energy who like to call ya “son”! Hide your Muldaurs and hide your Spocks, maman! They're snatchin' everybody out here!

As we continue our rewatch/first-watch of The Original Series, we find ourselves face-to-face with LIGHTS IN BALLS... or rather, the now-non-corporeal entities who used to be humans millennia ago, desperate to make it back into human bodies -- but becoming human comes with weaknesses, maman! Sargon, this s...

On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Effie and Dave learn what a sensual thing an apology can be – and that if you drink too much ya might turn green, maman! Or your drink might, anyway. As we continue our rewatch/first-watch of The Original Series, we find ourselves face-to-face with the Kelvans, desperate to make it back home to their Andromeda galaxy -- but becoming human comes with weaknesses, maman! We're talking Star Trek 2x21, “By Any Other Name.”

🎙 Episode Reviewed:
Star Trek The Original Series 2×21 – “By Any Other Name”

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David C. Roberson
Effie...

On this episode of Star Trek Universe, Effie and Dave beam down to Sigma Iotia II — the planet that found a book about Chicago mobsters and decided to run with it! From fedoras to tommy guns, the Iotians built an entire society modeled after 1920s gangland culture, maman. Now the warring “bosses” want the Federation to supply them with heaters for their escalating turf war. It’s one of the funniest and most iconic episodes of The Original Series, blending sci-fi satire with pulpy gangster style. Dave likes to think of it as “A Private Little Cosplay” — but you’ll know it better a...

We’re talking Starfleet Academy casting (Tilly's back, sorta) and premiere news, Strange New Worlds season 4’s “go for broke” energy, and the Star Trek: United series that might still be. Interesting news bits abound in the world of Trek, maman!

Starfleet Academy

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