Damnit Jim! The Podcast

This week Dana and Dan review the final episode of season four, "Tomorrow's Enterprise." Uhura finds herself at the center of a time bending episode where she must find a way to save Scotty. And possibly his sheep.  We'd love to hear from you. Please leave a message on the Damnit Jim Hotline, 509-676-6298, or send us an email at damnitjimpodcast@gmail.com Music courtesy of https://ende.app/en

This week Dana and Dan review S4E9, "Once La'an A Time." The crew meets their doppelgangers in another Elysian episode. The guys talk about athletes with incontinence, Dana has another squirrel story, and both Dan and Dana hope that the final episode of the season is better than this one. We'd love to hear from you. Please leave a message on the Damnit Jim Hotline, 509-676-6298, or send us an emai...

This week Dana and Dan review S4E78, "Orders of Magnitude." As the landing party struggles to stay alive, the crew aboard the Enterprise chase a mysterious ship under the command of a mentality unstable admiral. The guys ramble about beer and donuts, and talk about their hopes for the final two episodes of the season. We'd love to hear from you. Please leave a message on the Damnit Jim Hotline, 50...

This week Dana and Dan review S4E7, "Like Chronitons Through the Hourglass." The crew of the Enterprise finds themselves in a soap opera as a character from the past plays games with their lives. The guys discuss their disappointment with this episode, but still manage to have a good time talking about it. We'd love to hear from you. Please leave a message on the Damnit Jim Hotline, 509-676-6298,...

This week Dana and Dan review S4E6, "Off-Hour." The Enterprise finds itself sucked into some type of wormhole, and crew desperately works to find a way out. The guys discuss Chapel's efforts to safe M'Benga, as well as Scotty's plan to save the ship from almost certain destruction. And, of course, there is rambling about elbow grease, cartoons from the late 1960s, and frozen meals from the Gorton'...

This week Dana and Dan review S4E5, "Level Five Transporter Accident." Yes, the much anticipated muppet episode is here! A transporter accident causes the crew to morph into muppets, and all hell breaks loose! There is a lot of rambling about muppets, puppets, and potential Star Trek crossovers with other shows. Swedish meatballs (and other ball jokes) come up a lot as well. On a serious note, Dan...

This week Dana and Dan review "A Case of Chiaroscuro." In this episode Una and a landing party must pretend to be people they are not to avoid detection by the Klingons. Of course the guys ramble about probes and dwarf stars. And we actually learn something about an art technique from the Baroque period. On a serious note, Dan is cycling to raise funds for the American Cancer Society. Please donat...

This week Dana and Dan review "Human Best Friend," the third episode of season four. Scotty and Ortegas work through their differences, the crew takes a trip to a pleasure planet, and craziness happens! Also, Dan talks about a recent bout of food poisoning and Dana talks about a squirrel and bird conflict in his backyard. On a serious note, Dan is cycling to raise funds for the American Cancer Soc...

This week Dana and Dan review "The Griffin Incident," the second episode of season four. The crew of the Enterprise find themselves in a horror movie, complete with ghosts and lots of blood. Dan relates a recent traumatic squirrel incident, and the guys discuss how characters from the Andy Griffith show might fare in this episode. On a serious note, Dan is cycling to raise funds for the American C...

This week Dana and Dan review "Valles Marineris," the first episode of season four. There is time travel, dinosaurs, Martians, and great suspense and action. Of course, there is also rambling...a LOT of rambling, including squirrels (again), chickens, and White Castle. Dan also talks about a commercial that he saw during the episode because he refuses to pay for the commercial-free version of Para...

This week Dana and Dan review the trailer for the upcoming season of Strange New Worlds. They guys discuss their hopes and worries for season 4. Of course, it wouldn't be Damnit Jim! without the rambling. There is talk of squirrels that meet untimely (and somewhat grisly) deaths, and Dan issues an apology to his internet service provider! We'd love to hear from you. Please leave a message on the D...

This week Dana and Dan review another horrible Star Trek episode from The Next Generation called "Up the Long Ladder." The crew receives a distress call that appears to be from a 21st century ship. When they investigate, they find people who seem stuck back in time. The guys discuss stereotypes presented in this episode, and wonder how this show was even made. Dan complains about his internet prob...

This week Dana and Dan review another horrible Star Trek episode from the Deep Space Nine series called "Move Along Home." A new species from the Gamma Quadrant visit the station. Quark puts the command team in peril through his quest for riches. The guys talk about how stupid the new species is and discuss their experiences with colonoscopies. Of course, there is much rambling! We'd love to hear...

In this encore episode, Dan and Dana discuss "The Elaan of Troyius." The guys talk about how Kirk falls for another alien woman, Scotty's doom-and-gloom pronouncements, and what might be the worst-acted scene in all of the original series. The Ramble Jar makes an appearance as Dana and Dan talk about cicadas and airplane toilets. And then there is the emergency call to a popcorn addiction hotline!...

In this encore episode, Dan and Dana discuss "The Empath." Kirk, Spock, and McCoy are once again abducted by aliens, and this time the aliens are doing some very mean experiments. There's a mute Empath who might be the key to the whole thing, but can the Captain and his men survive the ordeal? Dan and Dana do their best to survive this episode! We'd love to hear from you! Call the Damnit Jim Hotli...

This week Dana and Dan review another horrible Star Trek episode from the Voyager series called "Threshold." Tom Paris breaks the Warp 10 barrier and craziness happens. Since the guys have been gone for almost a month, there is A LOT of rambling, including discussing cats and pigs in space, trying to figure out what organs are, and Dan's experience with his root canal. We'd love to hear from you....

In this encore episode, Dana and Dan discuss the movie "Star Trek: Generations."  The guys talk about how two great Enterprise captains must team up to save humanity...or something. The wonder how this thing called the Nexus works, and talk about the various ways in which Data is annoying. There is, of course, rambling and Dan breaks out his best accent ever, Mr. Frenchman.   Please send your comm...

In this encore episode, Dana and Dan discuss the fifth film in the franchise, The Final Frontier. The guys talk about how a Vulcan commandeers the ship and takes the crew on a trip to the edge of the galaxy in search of the answer to all of life's questions. They also wonder how this film ever got made, and question why they even watched it. And then there is a discussion on whether they can get s...

In this encore episode, Dana and Dan discuss the first episode of Season 3, "Spock's Brain." The guys wonder how this episode ever got made. They have a lot of fun talking about the bad dialogue, ridiculous premise, weak characters, and overall poor writing. They also introduce a new count for Season 3.   We'd love to hear from you! Call the Damnit Jim Hotline at 509-676-6298. We may even put you...

This week Dana and Dan review the DS9 episode "Profit and Lace." This horrible episode has Quark pretending to be a woman. Of course, the guys ramble about pig hearts, zoos, monkeys, golf, and Dana's cat. Dan also does an Irish accent and probably offends the entire Irish nation! We'd love to hear from you. Please leave a message on the Damnit Jim Hotline, 509-676-6298, or send us an email at damn...

This week Dana and Dan review "Shades of Gray" -- another truly horrible episode from The Next Generation. They guys talk an infection ravaging Riker's body and how Doctor Pulaski races against time to save him. They also ramble about unicycles, Everclear alcohol, and what rattlesnake meat tastes like.   We'd love to hear from you. Please leave a message on the Damnit Jim Hotline, 509-676-6298, or...

This week Dana and Dan review "Sub Rosa" -- a truly horrible episode from The Next Generation. They guys talk about a ghost who becomes intimate with Beverly Crusher, ramble about cold medicines, add a lot of dialogue to the episode, and go off track several times.  We would also like to welcome our new announcer, Eddie. He did his best to keep the guys on topic! We'd love to hear from you. Please...

In this special episode, Dana and Dan review some of the latest movie trailers. The guys decide if they will see it, stream it, trash it, or drunk watch it. The guys review trailers for The Mummy, Supergirl, Masters of the Universe, Disclosure Day, and Dune Part 3. The guys also talk about movie popcorn and if that is what got Pee Wee Herman in trouble when he went to the movies! We would love to...

Dana and Dan are attending the funeral of a close family friend's mom. Enjoy this encore episode! In this season one penultimate episode of Strange New Worlds, "All Who Wander," Dana and Dan share their thoughts about the death of a main character. We also see the new look for an old enemy. Of course food makes its way into the conversation, and a reference to Scooby-Do nearly kills Dana from laug...

This week Dana and Dan discuss the Strange New Worlds episode "Lost in Translation." The crew of the Enterprise tries to get a fuel refinery on line when strange things start to happen. Jim Kirk makes his return in this episode, as does Pelia (and her annoying voice!). Of course, the guys ramble -- this time about fish and quantum mechanics. Please send your comments, questions, and suggestions to...