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35:16
A light on Picardo shows flaws in the Doctor. (VOY S6E13: "Virtuoso")
01:15:13
The Lost Star Wars episodes of Star Trek, OR Doing Too Little with Too Much (Discovery: Season 5)
43:14
A Seminal Episode for Us; a Weak Series for Star Trek (Discovery: Season 4)
55:00
When villains pretend to be three-dimensional (Discovery Season 3)
49:04
Raising everything, good and bad - (Discovery Season 2)
37:19
When the eponymous pilot does it RIGHT (Strange New Worlds S1E01: “Strange New Worlds.”)
01:20:26
How to write the very best and very worst of Star Trek (Discovery: Season 1)
31:28
When the writing room is a lot of "eh, why not?" (Enterprise S2E03: “Minefield”)
54:31
Hardcore Gorn but no happy ending (Strange New Worlds S2E10: "Hegemony")
36:22
Just because they can, doesn't mean they should. (Strange New Worlds S2E09: "Subspace Rhapsody")
40:57
Star Trek's problem of dangling threads (Strange New Worlds S1E02: “Children of the Comet”)
44:46
Forcing characterization into a single episode. (Strange New Worlds S1E03: "Ghosts of Illyria")
34:14
Searching for details. (Strange New World S1E04: "Memento Mori")
42:00
How well does farcical comedy work in live action Star Trek? (Strange New World S1E05: "Spock Amok")
37:33
Star Trek allegory at its finest. (Strange New World S1E06: "Lift Us Where Suffering Can not Reach")
22:26
This episode had nothing new to say (Strange New Worlds S2E08: "Under the Cloak of War")
47:24
When stakes are low, you discuss emotions and lies. (Stranger New World S1E07: "The Serene Squall")
47:56
Expecting us to care without giving us reason. (Strange New World S1E08: "The Elysian Kingdom")
42:02
The Last Suffer (Picard S3E10: "The Last Generation")
50:16
This show makes Picard an embarrassment. (Strange New Worlds S1E10: "The Quality of Mercy")
45:56
Picard's ethics are tenuous at best. (Picard S1E09: "Vox")
53:36
Can Star Trek stereotype a fictional race? (Voyager S4E13: "Waking Moments")
31:27
Downplaying the tragedy of the story. (The Next Generation S2E12: "The Royale")
44:40
Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back (Picard S3E08: "Surrender")
45:40
This script was misunderstood (The Animated Series S2E02: "BEM")
49:56
Star Trek: Spin-off or universe building? (Prodigy S1E03: "Starstruck")
41:56
How do they cram all that graham? (Lower Decks S3E01: "Grounded")
38:12
Can animation work in live action? (Strange New Worlds S2E07: "Those Old Scientist")
35:47
Star Trek doesn't need morals (Lower Decks S3E02: "The Least Dangerous Game")
45:28
The music is a lie! (Picard S3E07: "Dominion")
31:49
Captain Ransom and Major Breakdown! (Lower Decks S3E03: "Mining the Minds Mines")
34:52
Our first contest! And can references cause anxiety? (Lower Decks S3E04 - "Room for Growth")
35:43
Is Star Trek just Starfleet navel-gazing? (Lower Decks S3E05 "Reflections")
33:04
What are the religion restrictions in Starfleet?? (Lower Decks S3E06 “Hear All, Trust Nothing”)
14:44
Castaway! Avatar! The Village! Star Trek? (Lower Decks S3E07: A Mathematically Perfect Redemption)
39:44
Concentrated Star Trek! (Lower Decks S1E09 and S3E08: "Crisis Point and Crisis Point: Paradoxus")
44:37
The most Star Wars Star Trek Yet! (Lower Decks S4E09-10: "Inner Fight"; "Old Friends New Planets")
33:31
Star Trek has the cure for cancer! (Lower Decks S3E10: “The Stars at Night”)
17:15
Homogenizing Star Trek and alienating everyone! (Prodigy S1E11 "Asylum")
31:44
How to properly give compliments! (Lower Decks S4E08: "Caves")
30:46
Borg - too weak for children, too scary for adults (Voyager S8E12: “Let Sleeping Borg Lie”)
52:53
The Return of Nostalgia! (Picard S3E01: "The Next Generation")
34:13
Dr Awkward is a palindrome; Nurse Awkward isn't. (Strange New Worlds S2E01: "Broken Circle")
30:26
Technology Baddies Galore! But things are not as they seem… (Lower Decks S4E07 “A Few Badgeys More”)
30:04
Can close friends who act like friends be friends? - Lower Decks S4E06 “Parth Ferengi’s Heart Place”
25:14
Comedy Man hates Depth Man; they have a fight, Comedy wins (LOW S4E05 “Empatholigical Fallacies”)
40:20
Why so many ninjas, NuTrek?? - Lower Decks S4E04 “Something Borrowed, Something Green”
39:41
Does this episode reveal Lower Decks’s intent? - Lower Decks S4E03 “In the Cradle of Vexilon”
40:18
Mariner issues! Rutherford issues! And more! - Lower Decks S4E02“I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee”
33:09
Does the non-dilemma dilemma episode have a dilemma? - Lower Decks S4E01 “Twovix”
54:11
Uhura stars as Janeway! - Strange New Worlds S2E06 “Lost in Translation”
52:23
The gang’s all here! - Picard S3E06 “The Bounty”
42:57
Ro, Ro, Ro your shuttle straight into a spoiler… - Picard S3E05 “Imposters”
43:42
The crew tells each other what the audience already knows. - SNW S2E04 “Among the Lotus Eaters”
39:53
Why do short run series have filler episodes? - Picard S3E04 “No Win Scenario”
48:08
With such a great idea who cares about story? - SNW S2E03 “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow”
46:21
Trust no one…. Because no one can be trusted. - Picard S3E03 “Seventeen Seconds”
46:42
Courtroom Drama… IN SPAAAAAACE!! (Strange New Worlds S2E02 “Ad Astra per Aspera”)
45:15
The Obtuseness of Picard, and the Worfness of Worf. - Picard S3E02 “Disengage”
49:47
Nature vs Nurture: the Episode! - Strange New Worlds S2E05 “Charades”