Trek Marry Kill

CRAZY EX-BOYFRIEND? Kirk and Chapel meet up with a famous scientist whose expedition to a desolate world has led to the discovery of life prolongation technology. The twist? You must become an android. But are Bryan & Kristen impressed by the way this story is told or dismayed by its treatment of women? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GLP-FUN? The Enterprise beams aboard one of the most obnoxious characters in the history of the franchise along with some "beautiful women-hookers" in an episode that seems designed to drive Bryan and Kristen insane. But does this 60-year old piece of television manage to make a positive impression? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BECAUSE IT'S THERE? The Enterprise joyrides to an Earth-like planet and gets into trouble when the landing party begins to hallucinate thanks to the alien pollen. Is this humanity's best proving our mettle or Teddy Rooseveltesque adventuring where perhaps we shouldn't belong? Also, Archer brings his dog. Also, why wasn't this the second episode of the series? Bryan and Kristen try and fail to unde...

For Star Trek's 60th, we're releasing new episodes on their original airdate. But for those we've already done, we're offering a repeat PLUS an episode of Enterprise to celebrate its 25th anniversary. KIRK'S TOXIC MASCULINITY is unleashed after a transporter accident involving mystery ore from a freezing planet splits him into his Negative Side and Positive Side. This mascara'd drunk sexually assa...

THE POLYWATER PROBLEM. The crew of the Enterprise begins to experience space madness after encountering some weird water cooked up on an ancient planet in the process of collapsing in on itself. Their deepest fears and most intense desires rise to the surface, and a plucky Irish crewmember seemingly strands them in a decaying orbit. Can Kirk & Spock get it together before the ship is thrown into o...

IS SPACE BORING? That's what LITERALLY THE SECOND EPISODE OF ENTERPRISE wrestles with as the crew gets a little ornery waiting to run into some aliens. And then there's Hoshi Sato fretting about being in space at all AND feeling guilt about taking a slug off a planet only to watch it slowly die under Dr. Phlox's care. It's a bumpy start for the NX-01. Bryan and Kristen laugh, yell, and cough (Brya...

Along with Star Trek's 60th anniversary, it's the 25th anniversary of Enterprise, and so we'll be covering some season 1 episodes from that show along with TOS. But first! If you didn't catch one of our very first episodes... alllllll the way back in 2022, here are Bryan and Kristen taking Enterprise out on its maiden voyage. THE FIRST PREQUEL to bear the name Star Trek, and it's incredible that s...

All season long we'll be doing episodes from the first season of The Original Series. For those we've already done, we'll re-up them in the feed (as we're doing this week) and supplement with an episode of Enterprise (to celebrate its 25th anniversary) or other episodes. This week, listen to the second episode we ever did! How have Bryan and Kristen changed over the years? Listen and find out! A S...

BOYS DON'T CRY in the 23rd century unless they have godlike powers like the ones a young man taken aboard the Enterprise possesses. Captain Kirk tries to teach him how to be a respectable man, until it becomes clear it's all about controlling his hormones. Do Bryan & Kristen grok an episode about a little twerp who torments the crew of the Enterprise because he's horny? Learn more about your ad ch...

SALTY EX-GIRLFRIEND. The crew of the Enterprise are stalked by a being that just wants to suck the salt from them. It's the last of its kind, you see, and only wants to live. Is that sympathetic enough, or does the fact that it has taken the form of Dr. McCoy's ex that makes it more meaningful? Bryan and Kristen investigate the very first episode of Star Trek to air and on the occasion of its 60th...

SEASON FIVE BEGINS with Bryan & Kristen tying up some loose ends from last season including tiebreaker votes for the Strange New Worlds season finale, "New Life and New Civilizations," and "The Way to Eden" from The Original Series; but also, announcing the recipient of a Lower Decks Blu-ray box set as a thanks for their poetry. Then, they recount their summer, as Trek Marry Kill ventured to San D...

SO MUCH SNARK in the pages of a 31-year old special edition issue of Entertainment Weekly focusing on the Star Trek franchise up to that point. Did the writers actually like the shows or did they hold them with a degree of ironic detachment to maintain some hipster credit? Bryan and Kristen complete their thumb-through of what wound up being a pretty formative bit of work for young Bryan. Do these...

*TREK MARRY KILL will be at San Diego Comic Con THIS SATURDAY! Check out TREK MARRY KILL LIVE! in the Neil Morgan Auditorium of the San Diego Central Library at 4pm!** GEN X GENERATION has got jokes about Star Trek: The Next Generation. After examining which episodes the Entertainment Weekly writers of 31 years ago thought were the best of the series, Bryan and Kristen explore the dated jokes & re...

**TREK MARRY KILL will be at San Diego Comic Con! Check out TREK MARRY KILL LIVE! in the Neil Morgan Auditorium of the San Diego Central Library on Saturday, July 25th at 4pm!** PRINT IS DEAD? Bryan and Kristen go to eBay to recollect a collector's edition of Entertainment Weekly from 1994/1995 about the Star Trek universe to that point. Its ambition? To rank all 303 (!) episodes of the franchise...

ALL GOOF THINGS... must come to an end and now it's time for Trek Marry Kill's journey through Lower Decks to wrap it all up. Bryan and Geekscape's Katie Hampton say goodbye to a show that has made them laugh, made them frustrated, and made them... friends? Or, at least, strong acquaintances? In any case, it's goodbye to Lower Decks AND this season of Trek Marry Kill -- but don't worry, we'll have...

PURPLE PEOPLE NEEDER. Katie Hampton returns to begin to close the book on Trek Marry Kill's coverage of Star Trek: Lower Decks and in this pair of episodes, fans get the return of an important legacy character as well as one last look at the Cerritos command crew dealing with their own problems. The ultimate lesson from both episodes? We can't go through life alone. Community, sharing, teamwork --...

CALLBACKS AND COMEBACKS. TV critic Diana Keng reviewed Star Trek: Lower Decks through its first four seasons and jumps back in to reviewing season five right here on this week's Trek Marry Kill. The two episodes being judged embody some classic TV tropes: the backdoor pilot episode and the new young character inserted late in a show's run to show how far our characters have come. But are these TRE...

RIKER ENGENDERS TENSION with a member of an androgynous race who becomes smitten with The Bearded One. They're paired up to pilot a shuttle for a rescue mission to retrieve two people on a shuttle that has become stuck in a pocket of null space where energy is drained immediately upon entry. Joining Bryan to conclude Fighting the System Month are returning guests, Avery Kaplan & Ollie Kaplan, whos...

ALL GOOD THINGS... was a fantastic finale for The Next Generation and TV in general. But seven years later, how did the Voyager finale measure up? Does it manage to avoid unflattering comparisons to that famous episode? On the occasion of its 25th anniversary and Fighting the System Month, it seemed like an appropriate time to revisit this one. Joining Bryan to decide if it's a Trek, Marry, or Kil...

SON OF A GLITCH. Control of the Enterprise is given over to a computer program programmed by a one-time wiz-kid who is trying to invent The Next Big Thing. But is automated space exploration that thing? Probably not. Bryan and Kristen are joined by Anthony Pascale & Laurie Ulster from TrekMovie.com's All Access Star Trek Podcast to discuss an episode from The Original Series that resonates today a...

AUNTIE MAME'S MORALITY. Has Lwaxanna Troi finally found love in the form of timid Dr. Timicin, whose life's work to reignite his planet's dying star hits a wall when he's scheduled to perform ritual suicide? This week, Bryan is joined by YouTube creator and writer Matt Baume to discuss a serious episode featuring the flamboyant Lwaxanna. Check out the excellent video Matt made all about Lwaxanna's...

WHAT FEAR WANTS is to keep itself alive and only Captain Janeway is clever enough to outwit a computer program that's become the embodiment of that extreme emotion. Are We Sure It Was Bad? Month concludes with the episode of Star Trek: Voyager where This Is Spinal Tap's and Better Call Saul's Michael McKean guest stars as a killer clown. Joining Bryan to decide if it's a TREK, MARRY, or KILL is Ja...

HIP HIP HIPPIE! The Ship Full of Jerks take command of the podcast once again as "Are We Sure It Was Bad?" Month rolls along. The Enterprise takes into custody a band of hippies who are trying to find the mythical planet of Eden, which for some reason is very close to the Neutral Zone. To them, Kirk is a square and Spock is cool. Also, Chekov has a preexisting relationship with one of them. Is the...

ALIEN ANT HOTEL. Riker, Data, and Worf get caught in an alien habitat setup to mimic the story of a trashy airport novel carried by a long-dead NASA astronaut. "Are We Sure It Was Bad?" Month continues with this season two headscratcher from TNG. Will Bryan and guest co-host Cory give this one a TREK, MARRY, or KILL? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

QUARK THE GAMER. We kick off "Are We Sure It Was Bad?" Month with one of the more memed episodes of Star Trek: the episode where Sisko, Kira, Dax, and Bashir become trapped in a board game brought through the wormhole by gaming aliens from the Gamma Quadrant. Shereese the Sci Fi Savage beams in to see if this one is a TREK, MARRY, or KILL. Check out Shereese's YouTube channel here: The Sci-Fi Sava...