Twin Cities Trekkies

An episode review of SNW 3x07: "What is Starfleet?" and the future of Star Trek past Strange New Worlds. In the seventh episode of the third season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , "What is Starfleet?" a documentary by Beto Ortegas has been made available for viewing regarding a recent mission of the Enterprise. Also, what are we to get for Star Trek after Strange New Worlds...

"Four-and-a-Half Vulcans" in review. In the eighth episode of the third season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , "Four-and-a-Half Vulcans," Captain Pike, Ensign Uhura, Lieutenant La'an Noonien Singh, and Nurse Christine Chapel turn into Vulcans to repair equipment on a primitive planet, however, once returning to the ship they start to exhibit behavior that is... illogical...

"The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail" in review. In the sixth episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season Three, we finally get a taste of what James T. Kirk is like with his command when he is thrust into commanding his ship, the Farragut to rescue the Enterprise when it is swallowed up by a giant space creature. He is hesitant and not as confident. In this fifth live episode of Twin Cities...

"Through the Lens of Time" In the fifth episode of Season Three of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , a discovery on a planet finds ancient beings capable of so much destruction. When Ensign Dana Gamble (Chris Myers) encounters one, he becomes a part of this alien species that appear to be ancient enemies of the Gorn as evidenced by a triggering of an instinct inside Captain Marie Batel (Me...

"A Space Adventure Hour." In the fourth episode of the third season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , we get to know a version of a technology that later shows take for granted: the Holodeck. In this holodeck-gone-haywire episode, La'An Noonien-Singh (Christina Chong) gets more than what she bargains for as she tries to solve a murder mystery story involving production staff and cas...

"Shuttle to Kenfori" + the San Diego Comic Con news. In the third episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ' third season, Captain Christopher Pike and Doctor M'Benga travel to Kenfori for a Chimera plant to hopefully help Captain Marie Batel from a recurrence of the Gorn eggs. However, on the planet, Pike and M'Benga discover that there is a plot for revenge. In this second...

The best and worst video game adaptations and writing science fiction. Video game adaptations for films have been a hit and miss since the 1993 Super Mario Bros. film; others have been enormous successes while others fail. Writing sci-fi can be tricky, but do you want some advice? In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, which is the last of the three episodes dedicated to CONVergence 2025: That&#...

A Live Episode about "Hegemony, Part II" and "Wedding Bell Blues." After almost two years, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds came back to our screens with the dramatic conclusion of last season's "Hegemony" and offered up a light hearted affair as well with a known villain from The Original Series. In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, which was the second attempt...

The Brady Bunch and comfort media. During the first couple of panels that Wes attended at CONvergence 2025: That's How We Roll, there were interesting discussions about the 1969-1974 television series The Brady Bunch and its spinoff projects, and comfort media and appeals of long-lived franchises. In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, Wes shares two panel recordings from the early part of CONve...

This year's Year in New Trek panel at CONvergence 2025: That's How We Roll. From July 3, 2025, to July 6, 2025, Twin Cities Trekkies returned to CONvergence, a sci-fi and fantasy convention at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Minneapolis. Unlike last year, we now have recordings of panels that Wes was on! In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, which was the fourth of five panels Wes was on thi...

Jack Crusher and Jason Vigo. How are they the same? How are they different? Do they look at their hairline the same way again? In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, which is a rebroadcast of Crusher Convo (with permission given by its host, Jessi), Wes and Jessi dissect the two sons of Picard, one of which is and one which is not. Any feedback you have can be submitted to the Facebook page (fac...

Piotr Michael Interview. PLEASE NOTE: this episode was put together in July 2024 - before the strike. In 2023, a new video game sprang on to the scene, Star Trek: Resurgence. It was a third-person adventure game, with its plot a follow-up to the first season Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Last Outpost." It included the voice of Jonathan Frakes as William Riker, however, one of the oth...

Unpopular opinions/theories about Star Trek. The future of Star Trek - at least in the United States - is, what Wes believes is in jeopardy thanks to the man in charge of the country. In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, Wes tells everyone why he believes this, and brings up a couple of other unpopular (or popular opinions). NOTE: These are strictly Wes' opinions, and no one else's. Any feedba...

"These Are the Voyages..." two decades later and the expanded literary universe of Star Trek: Enterprise . On May 13, 2005, Star Trek: Enterprise aired its controversial series finale "These Are the Voyages..." and with its airing ended a then-18-year run of new Star Trek on television and film. However, in the two decades since its airing, fans have enjoyed the adventures of Captain Archer and th...

A potential crossover scenario between Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and SpongeBob SquarePants. On April 24, 2025, Paramount+ released a brand-new advertisement for the streamer, combining two long-running franchises that have been in Paramount's portfolio - Star Trek and SpongeBob SquarePants . The ad had several actors from the Strange New Worlds cast interacting with several characters and voic...

Una McCormack's The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway . During the seven seasons of Star Trek: Voyager , we got to know Kathryn Janeway very well. We knew who she was like, a little bit about her history before Voyager and how she was a strong and capable starship commander. But in all that time, have we heard about her background before Voyager , in her own words? In this episode of Twin Citie...

Seven of Nine. Introduced in the fourth season of Star Trek: Voyager to boost the series' tanking ratings, Seven of Nine became an integral part of that series. She became known not only for her sex appeal, but also for her smarts. So much so, she became a force to be reckoned with as her life took her beyond Voyager , but eventually with the Fenris Rangers, to eventually becoming the newest capta...

REUPLOADED WITH NEW MUSIC! Jean-Luc Picard. Introduced in the first episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation , Jean-Luc Picard is the captain most Star Trek fans would tend to pick as their favorite. From his humble beginnings as the antithesis of James T. Kirk by being more of a diplomatic and authoritative captain, to actually resigning his commission as an Admiral over the Romulan supernova re...

REUPLOADED WITH NEW MUSIC! The final set of Star Trek: Picard Season Two predictions. Star Trek: Picard Season Two premieres March 3, and as such a new trailer was released once the date was finally finalized.  We have Q, Picard and the La Sirena crew, the Borg Queen... and for the first time, we see Whoopi Goldberg as Guinan!  In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, hosts Wes and MacKenzie bring...

Four Star Trek: Phase II stories in review. Masterpiece Star Trek Theatre is back! In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, Wes reviews four episodes of Star Trek: Phase II that never got made - "Practice in Waking," "The Savage Syndrome," and both parts of "Kitumba," which was adapted into an episode of the web series Star Trek: New Voyages . Any feedback you have ca...

"Distant Origin." In the third season of Star Trek: Voyager , an episode is dedicated to answering the question - "Did the dinosaurs truly die?" In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, which marks the third part of the year-long celebration of Star Trek: Voyager , Wes welcomes Chris of the Meme Space Nine social media account (and a fan of the podcast), to talk about this episode and other things...

Personal Stories of Leonard Nimoy. Fans regale stories of how they met their favorite stars. They talk about chance encounters, questions they may have asked their favorite actors, etc. However, it is very rare that a person meets an actor and then becomes a personal family friend. In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, which celebrates what would have been the late Leonard Nimoy's 94th birthday...

Three Star Trek: Phase II stories in review. In the 1970s, there were story concepts for 13 original episodes of Star Trek: Phase II . Twin Cities Trekkies did talk about Phase II in 2024, but it is time to talk about the specific episodes that they did. In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, Wes reads the outlines for three Star Trek: Phase II stories: "Tomorrow and the Stars," "Deadlock" and "...

Leonard Nimoy's death, ten years later, and the cultural impact of Spock, six decades later. On February 27, 2015, the Star Trek family suffered a big blow when the original Spock actor, Leonard Nimoy, passed away at the age of 83, from COPD. His career was nearly 65 years, from not only as his role as Spock, but to other aspects of acting and hosting as well as other media. In this episode of...

A discussion about Star Trek: The Next Generation. Set in the 24th century, The Next Generation is very plot driven the first two seasons, but eventually becomes character based from season three onwards. In this episode of Twin Cities Trekkies, Wes welcomes Rob from the musical group The Beverly Crushers and the two discuss the impact of several episodes of The Next Generation , nearly four decad...