First Flight Podcast

Episode 158- Season 4 Ep 17 Bound Season 4 is here and First Flight, and the Carrot Crew, have many things to discuss!  It's time for a whole lot of green, unforeseen connections and a big Orion reveal. After Archer forges a deal with the Orions, the trader presents the captain with a gift - three alluring Orion women, who proceed to seduce all the men on board, except Trip for some mysterious rea...

Episode 157 - Season 4 Ep 16 Divergence Season 4 is here and First Flight, and the Carrot Crew, have many things to discuss!  It's time for warp tethers, forehead drama, angsty Malcolm, a medical gamble and Phlox being amazing, as always. With Columbia's help, the Enterprise crew grapples with sabotage to their ship as they pursue the truth behind the kidnapping of Phlox.  Season 4 Format: -Welcom...

EP 156 BONUS 2026 Trek of the Month Welcome to First Flight's bimonthly Bonus Trek of the Month episodes chat! Chris and Abby love ALL Trek and Melanie has assigned them two great episodes to discuss. This month is (September) and our episodes are (A Fistful of Datas- TNG) and (Something Borrowed, Something Green- LOW).  Take a listen and hear what we love, what we question, what we find important...

Episode 154- Season 4 Ep 15 Affliction   Season 4 is here and First Flight, and the Carrot Crew, have many things to discuss!  It's time for Columbia to launch, Phlox to get kidnapped and Malcom to be shady.  Of course, Chris and Abby have lots to say about it. While Enterprise visits Earth for the launch of Columbia, Phlox is kidnapped and forced to help the Klingons deal with a grave threat towa...

Episode 154 - Celebrating 60 Years of Star Trek, Part 1 | The Classic Series (TOS-ENT) First Flight loves ALL Trek and today we bring you a bonus episode that lets Abby and Chris celebrate the six classic series of Star Trek and its unique brand of hope.  For each classic series they will highlight one episode that really explores the hope. The episodes discussed are: City on the Edge of Forever (...

EP 153 BONUS- Interlude #4 | Featuring Music from Star Trek: Generations and Star Trek: Nemesis August 2026 Welcome to First Flight's Bonus Interludes, our bimonthly short chat about two tracks of Trek music that we love. Chris and Abby love ALL Trek and have given themselves, and the Carrot Crew, some franchise spanning, music moments to highlight and analyze.  This month of (August) we are discu...

Episode 152 - "Level-Five Transporter Accident" (BONUS) First Flight loves ALL Trek and today we bring you a bonus episode that lets Abby and Chris critique and celebrate the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds episode, "Level-Five Transporter Accident." Then stick around for Chris to share a way of shifting the online discourse around Strange New Worlds into more productive, nuanced language based on t...

Episode 151 - Trek Threads | DS9 2-Parters (BONUS) First Flight loves ALL Trek and today we bring you a bonus episode that lets Abby and Chris reflect and chat about all the two part episodes of DS9. The episodes discussed are: Emissary, The Maquis, The Search, Past Tense, Improbable Cause/The Die Is Cast, The Way of the Warrior, Homefront/Paradise Lost, In Purgatory's Shadow/By Inferno's Light, W...

Episode 150- Why Enterprise: Celebrating 150 Episodes of First Flight (BONUS) First Flight is celebrating 150 episodes with a special bonus that explains how Abby and Chris would answer the question "Why Enterprise?"  They each picked one episode from each season, plus one bonus episode, that they would give to someone asking this.  This is a fun celebration of ALL of Enterprise and a heap ton of...

EP 149 BONUS- July 2026 Trek of the Month Welcome to First Flight's bimonthly Bonus Trek of the Month thematic episodes chat! Chris and Abby love ALL Trek and Melanie has assigned them two great episodes to discuss. This month is (July) and our episodes are (The Examples- DSC) and (One Small Step- VOY).  Take a listen and hear what we love, what we question, what we find important and a Grappler R...

Episode 148 Comparing Treks: Prodigy & Academy | Annual Prodigy July (BONUS) It's time for First Flight's 3rd Annual Prodigy July!  This year we are looking at Cadets in general and making connections between Prodigy and Starfleet Academy.   We will be covering: Supernova/Come, Let's Away, Preludes/Vox in Excelso, Last Flight of the Protostar/Series Acclimation Mil, First Con-tact/300th Night, Tim...

Episode 147- Bonus  Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Reflections First Flight loves ALL Trek and today we bring you a bonus episode that let's Abby and Chris reflect on the recently finished Season 3 of Strange New Worlds. We love ALL Star Trek, and we are excited to chat about the most recent new season of Strange New Worlds.  If you love Strange New Worlds, too, here's your episode.  If yo...

Episode 146- Season 4 Ep 14 The Aenar   Season 4 is here and First Flight, and the Carrot Crew, have many things to discuss!  It's time we go to the ice of Andoria's moon and find more surprises than answers.  This trilogy ends masterfully and Chris and Abby have lots to say about it.   Archer tries to unify the Andorians, Tellarites and Vulcans in a plan to capture a marauder ship threatening to...

Ep. 143 BONUS - Interlude #3 June 2026   Welcome to First Flight's Bonus Interludes, our bimonthly short chat about two tracks of Trek music that we love.   Chris and Abby love ALL Trek and have given themselves, and the Carrot Crew, some franchise spanning, music moments to highlight and analyze.    This month of (June) we are discussing "Everyone Wants a Piece of the Pike" (SNW- Strange New Worl...

Episode 144- Season 4 Ep 13 United Season 4 is here and First Flight, and the Carrot Crew, have many things to discuss!  Hold on to your antennae- Chris and Abby talk about love, life and honor among different species in this episode. Archer tries to unify the Andorians, Tellarites and Vulcans in a plan to capture a marauder ship threatening to destabilize the region.   Season 4 Format: -Welcome &...

Episode 143 - Season 4 Ep. 12 Babel One Season 4 is here and First Flight, and the Carrot Crew, have many things to discuss!  Chris and Abby talk about Tellerites, Andorians and Romulans (Oh my!).  Plus we share a drink with Shran. Enterprise journeys to Babel with a Tellarite ambassador on board for peace talks with the Andorians, when a distress call from Shran is received.    Season 4 Format: -...

Episode 142 - Season 4 Ep. 12 Zhan-Ko Season 4 is here and First Flight, and the Carrot Crew, have many things to discuss!  Chris and Abby talk about memories, Hoshi's brilliance and, did you know, Archer and Travis are pilots? When Trip loses his memory after an away mission, Archer, Hoshi and Travis find unexpected lessons with the planet's people.   Season 4 Format: -Welcome & Reed Alert (spoil...

EP 141 BONUS- May 2026 Trek of the Month Welcome to First Flight's bimonthly Bonus Trek of the Month thematic episodes chat! Chris and Abby love ALL Trek and Melanie has assigned them two great episodes to discuss. This month is (May) and our episodes are (You Are Cordially Invited… DS9 S6 Ep 7) and (Prophecy VOY S7 Ep 14).  Take a listen and hear what we love, what we question, what we find impor...

Episode 140 - Season 4 Mailbag Part 6 First Flight is chatting about Season 4 and we have YOUR thoughts to discuss. Chris and Abby respond to the feedback they have gotten from the First Flight Community over the first part of the season.  The conversations range from fun to serious and there are many great contributions from the Carrot Crew! Feel free to let us know your Porthos' Picks, Grappler...

Episode 139 - "Series Acclimation Mil" | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, Ep. 5 (BONUS) First Flight loves ALL Trek and today we bring you a bonus episode that lets Abby and Chris reflect and chat about their first thoughts on episode 5 "Series Acclimation Mil" of Starfleet Academy's first season. Feel free to let us know your thoughts on this thread or any Porthos' Picks, Grappler Ratings, Viewscree...

Episode 138 - BONUS Thread TNG 2-Parters   First Flight loves ALL Trek and today we bring you a bonus episode that lets Abby and Chris reflect and chat about all the two part episodes of TNG. The episodes discussed are: Encounter at Farpoint, Best of Both Worlds, Redemption, Unification, Time's Arrow, Chain of Command, Birthright, Descent, Gambit, All Good Things…  Feel free to let us know your th...

EP 137 BONUS- Interlude #2 April 2026 Welcome to First Flight's Bonus Interludes, our bimonthly short chat about two tracks of Trek music that we love. Chris and Abby love ALL Trek and have given themselves, and the Carrot Crew, some franchise spanning, music moments to highlight and analyze.  This month of (April) we are discussing "The Skygowanis the Limit" (SNW- New Life and New Civilizations),...

Episode 136- Season 4 Ep 11 Observer Effect Season 4 is here and First Flight, and the Carrot Crew, have many things to discuss!  Chris and Abby talk about creepy body takeovers, Hoshi getting a chance to be amazing and interfranchise connections. A pair of non-physical Organians study the response of the Enterprise crew to the infection of Hoshi Sato and Trip by a fatal silicon-based virus brough...

Episode 135- BONUS  Starfleet Academy, Ep. 3 "Vitus Reflux" As the first season of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy aired, Abby and Chris occasionally recorded their brief first reactions to some episodes. Here is the reaction podcast for "Vitus Reflux"! Feel free to let us know your thoughts on this thread or any Porthos' Picks, Grappler Ratings, Viewscreen On picks, VAMF and Flipping Duras Awards an...

Episode 134- BONUS Thread Living Through Compressed Time First Flight loves ALL Trek and today we bring you a bonus episode that lets Abby and Chris reflect and chat about the theme of living through compressed time throughout the franchise.   The episodes discussed are: TNG- The Inner Light.  We will also cover DS9 Hard Time, VOY Blink of an Eye, ENT Vanishing Point, LOW Fully Dilated and, finall...