V'Ger Please!

We reach the awesome, if inevitable, conclusion as the last TNG character returns for the thrilling Picard S3 finale! We review Episodes 9 -10, Peter has a single tear form in his eye as the Big Bad Galaxy Class Lad returns, and the crew has a final adventure that uses all the memberberries...and we like it! 

Our nostalgic, high-quality final journey with the TNG crew continues as we review Picard S3 Episodes 5-8! It's time to put the band back together while the Titan is on the run, we thankfully start getting a lot less of Michelle Hurd, and we should all be so lucky to get those sweet Old Age Jackets to slim us on camera. 

In this year's most unexpected plot twist, Joseph and Peter watch and real time as Terry Matalas saved Star Trek: Picard from it's garbage fate with it's excellent Season 3! In the first of our trilogy of reviews, we cover Episodes 1-4 and revel in the most rare find of all: good NuTrek. 

With the Xindi arc now (mostly) behind us, Peter and Joseph review the season-that-was of Enterprise! Season 3 was a banger as predicted, but what made it work so well? What could be improved?  Why did they make 'Extinction'? What was the weakest you-know what? Listen and find out!

Earth faces the worst OSHA violation in the galaxy as we watch the thrilling "Zero Hour"! We have shootouts, uncomfortable skin makeup, Mortal Kombat fights, and Best Frenemies showing up with the steel chair! Maybe...too much.

It's all hands on deck as we review Season 3's penultimate  offering, "Countdown"! Hoshi has a Very Bad Time with her new friends, Diplomat Archer continues to emerge, Major Hayes is two weeks from retirement, and we realize Smouldering Catcher Guy isn't gone...because he has been with us all season. 

The Terminus Systems Arc begins it's climax as the NX-01 rolls in for "The Council". As Archer puts on his best Diplomacy Face, he tries to convince the the Xindi that maybe religiously motivated genocide is bad. Meanwhile, T'Pol leads a MACO to the most redshirt-y death of all time and Degra makes the mistake of resolving his backstory.

When NX-01 tries to take the shortcut on the space county road, they run into themselves in " E Squared"! Space Elf General Brewster and friends thinks it is gonna be one way...but will it be the other?

Enterprise moves into full 'war is hell' mode as we review "The Forgotten". The crew of the NX-01 digs deep on the heavy questions - death, grief, perseverance - as Trip finds himself in choking distance of Space Oppenheimer. Also, will Reed finally achieve his fondest wish of dying on the ship's hull? 

Your hosts continue to revel in the sudden hard upshift in quality of this roller coaster they call Enterprise as we review "Damage". After the NX-01 gets half its hull plates blown off, the crew survives...but Archer is meeting Sea World People, the crew goes full pirate, and T'Pol has the most unfortunate addiction ever. 

Strap yourselves in, as a whole new show starts as we arrive at "Azati Prime"! This one truly has everything - Time Zucc, relationship drama, murders, Trek lady weak zone exploitation, and all the traumatic brain injury you can handle (also lots of compelling drama and action good grief this was good)!

Before we arrive at Azati Prime we have one little side-trip into a world where Jeffrey Combs is all you need. That's right, we reviewed the classic horror (?) comedy(!) film "Re-Animator" for our Patrons earlier this year, now available to all! Observe as roles are reversed and Peter gushes endless detail while Joseph is bewildered by everything happening around him. 

A combination of motherly instinct and strong workplace violence comes together as we review "Hatchery"! When the NX-01 happens by a crashed Insectoid ship, Archer gets more than some sweet loot, Major Hayes gets a Space Horror MVP award, and we finally get a mutiny! 

It's deja-vu all over again as we review "Doctor's Orders"! For some reason, the writers decided to rip off of Voyager's "One" beat for beat ...but hey, at least it's a well done rip off. John Billingsley does all the acting, we find out Trip is a Void Engineer, and Porthos remains a Very Good Boy.

Several running plots reach a...uh...culmination as we review "Harbringer". When Trip decides to give Vulcan Touching to the ship's standard issue Hot Israeli, T'Pol decides to steal her man back and it all plays better than you think. Also a bad melting chocolate space man appears! 

The crew of the NX-01 bust out all their drama kid skills as we review "Stratagem"! After capturing a very stupid Degra and friends, Archer goes full LARP Goblin with a side of memory chloroform to get some answers. 

The NX-01 gets a heaping helping of everyone's favorite Andorian as we review "Proving Ground"! While it's no mystery that any episode with Jeffrey Combs and his acting cheat codes is a banger, this one reaches new heights as Shran is all too helpful and creates an  Archer Head Wound Inversion. 

When a robed alien who is definitely not Space Osama shows up, he and his fundamentalist pals take over the NX-01 in "Chosen Realm". We are right on the post-9/11 nose this week as we deal with religious fanatics, terrorism, mad bombers, and the whole '24' package! 

Because going to Planet Trigun just wasn't enough, we get our second 'period episode' in three weeks as we endure "Carpenter Street"! Time Zucc rolls in just in time to give Archer and T'Pol a fetch quest, our heroes do a quick L&O: SVU costume change, and it's time to hit the drive-thru!

High drama, subtle production design, and excellent performances are on the table as we review a truly great entry of the Trek canon in "Similitude". When a Starfleet IED knocks Trip into a coma, Phlox does some off the books dirt, Archer stops shaving, and T'Pol winds up in a triangle with two versions of the same guy. 

It's time to grab yer six shooter and grab the best western wear in the studio, because it's Cowboy Episode time as we review "North Star". After finding Old West Planet for no reason, this rootin' tootin yarn ain't bad, but it also needed to be in Season 2 where it belonged. 

The NX-01 gets a taste of the Game Over screen as we review "Twlight"! After a head wound for the ages takes away Archer's ability to form memories, the crew gets a mission fail and humanity is doing a BSG impression. Lament with us as no one notices that Mayweather died. 

When the NX-01 finally gets a lead from discount Phantom of the Opera, they get the moral choice prompt as we review "The Shipment". Will Archer press L and Space Pipe all the Xindi sloths, or press R and give them hugs? 

It's a dark and stormy night as Hoshi fends off a maggot faced neckbeard in "Exile"! The character the producers forgot finally gets an episode, but only after she raids Crewman Cutler's hoe clothes stash. Can the NX-01 wake a good episode out of all these weird choices? 

What if I told you that the best Enterprise episode (so far) was written by a man who might be a big deal 20 years later? Oh by the way Peter and I reviewed "Impluse" this week and it's Archer and Co. playing Left 4 Dead IRL and it's *fantastic*.