At Least There's a Dog

And Malcolm Reed's face, when he gets to destroy a decoy buoy, is the picker-upper.  But that's pretty much the highlight.  Otherwise, it is your tired old "T'Pol wears less things, Archer gets kidnapped" story.  Dumb episode to start 2021 with, but we have fun roasting it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro and outro music by Iván D. Be...

Welcome to our 50th episode!   Enterprise celebrates the 50th episode by taking a stroll down memory lane, remembering when Starfleet was basically The Right Stuff , and, more importantly, how Captain Archer and "Trip" Tucker met and became bros.  We celebrate by doing what we usually do. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro and outro music by...

Between the sweet dreams of dogs, we discuss the problems Star Trek has created for itself by refusing to let sleeping Borg lie.  As for the episode, it actually wasn't that bad, when taken out of context, although someone on the production staff has some explaining to do. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro and outro music by Iván D. Beltrán https...

The NX-01 has a fun first contact which turns into one of the best, and also most emotionally devastating, episodes of the show so far.  We spend a LONG time discussing ethical dilemmas, and a little time discussing stellar classification.  Also, how Malcolm Reed will never be able to go back to romance more than ten feet from high powered weaponry. --------------------------------------...

A lovely episode about spelunking safety, medical ethics, and generations-long grudges.  We tried for a while to come up with a pun relating to breaches, caves, rocks, or the Hippocratic Oath, but couldn't.  At least, we couldn't come up with one that would do no harm. Intro and outro music by Iván D. Beltrán https://www.ivandbeltran.com/ -------------------------------------------------...

Welcome to our Special Thanksgiving Episode, which, by pure coincidence (we did not plan this) is about going home to see family.  Also, puzzlingly, about T'Pol watching Frankenstein.  So, gather up your turkey and mashed potato nutri-paks, get comfy in your favorite low-gravity spot, and enjoy this holiday special. ------------------------------------------------------------------------...

Did you enjoy Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country ?  So did we!  And so we enjoyed this lower-budget sequel/prequel/SD-remaster of it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro and outro music by Iván D. Beltrán https://www.ivandbeltran.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Let us know what you think! &nb...

We learn important and shocking facts about Malcolm Reed's gender, and about how disrobing can improve mating efficiency.  Also, there's a possible genocide.  Oof.  This episode was bad. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro and outro music by Iván D. Beltrán https://www.ivandbeltran.com/ ----------------------------------------------------...

Some surprise guests call in to our show, taking it in a bold new direction which we don't intend to make a recurring thing.  On the TV show, Archer pilots an alien vessel, pretends to be a smuggler, and gets arrested for smuggling, but maybe not in the order you might expect!  Also, Trip discovers the anti-Malcolm: a person who is cheerful in rough situations, and who talks about his pa...

Enterprise goes more timey-wimey than usual when they find a bigger-on-the-inside spaceship.  Turns out both the Suliban and Tholians want it, but, for some reason, the Tholians don't make a web.  Why not?  Webs are... like... THEIR THING! Intro and outro music by Iván D. Beltrán https://www.ivandbeltran.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------...

In this Andorian-filled outing, Archer and T'Pol attempt diplomacy, and, against all odds and most reason, succeed.  Josh goes way overboard trying to make Star Trek trivia which Mandy wouldn't already know. Intro and outro music by Iván D. Beltrán https://www.ivandbeltran.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Let us know what you think!  atleast...

Enterprise has a Very Special Episode, with T'Pol dealing with a Very Serious Disease.  Meanwhile, we meet Phlox's wife, who is every bit as delightful as we'd hoped, and Trip, as usual, gets uncomfortable.  We also spend quite a while discussing Vulcan logic, or lack thereof. Intro and outro music by Iván D. Beltrán https://www.ivandbeltran.com/ -----------------------------------------...

What is the universal language?  Is it gesturing?  Saying the thing you want louder?  Some might say it is music.  Or maybe it is the double-fisted overhead Kirk punch.  In any case, this episode about Trip and an alien learning to work together is actually rather enjoyable. Intro and outro music by Iván D. Beltrán https://www.ivandbeltran.com/ ----------------------------...

The crew of the NX-01 throws a hurricane slumber party in the warp engine nacelles, and things don't all go smoothly.  But we're mostly concerned about a particular pair of legs we saw out on the catwalk. Intro and outro music by Iván D. Beltrán https://www.ivandbeltran.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Let us know what you think!  atleastthe...

Enterprise boldly goes and retreads the plot of Shrek, complete with Trip Tucker as the King of the Swamp.  This was not a good episode, but it sure was fun. Intro and outro music by Iván D. Beltrán https://www.ivandbeltran.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Let us know what you think!  atleasttheresadog@gmail.com

Hoshi goes through the transporter for the first time, and she seems to not be dealing with it well.  We have a very contentious yet low-stakes Mayweather Report, and Josh surprises himself with his Morse Code knowledge.  Also, the special effects people that Josh should have written down prior to the episode were Howard and Darrell Anderson. Intro and outro music by Iván D. Beltrán http...

This may be Enterprise 's most quotable episode yet.  The streak of boring episodes is over, and we had a lot of fun watching everyone on the ship get angry at each other.  Also, Phlox and Travis need to spend more time together, even though both of them are trying to reduce the number of lines Travis has. Intro and outro music by Iván D. Beltrán https://www.ivandbeltran.com/ -----------...

Malcolm loses his cell phone.  This all really could have been solved with just a little bit of planning.  Fortunately, Phlox is wonderful as always.  We're hoping for a good episode soon. Intro and outro music by Iván D. Beltrán https://www.ivandbeltran.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Let us know what you think!  atleasttheresado...

T'Pol has secrets in her past.  We aren't that impressed.  But Cal beat Stan Ford 7-3, and that's apparently very important. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our dog Lucy passed away on August 2, after a month-long battle against a brain tumor.  We are taking our time, and updates will be less consistent for a little while.  This episod...

If you want to watch a compelling story about a rag-tag band of heroes protecting a defenseless community from marauders, watch Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai.  If you want to laugh at an inept reproduction of that story, watch this episode, and then listen to this podcast. Intro and outro music by Iván D. Beltrán https://www.ivandbeltran.com/ -------------------------------------------------...

This may be the most divisive episode in the series, and that's probably because it is really two episodes (about Archer's feelings towards a dog and a girl, respectively) fused together in an unethical alchemy experiment to produce a freakish chimera of an episode.  Half is really good.  Half is really terrible.  We discuss it. Intro and outro music by Iván D. Beltrán https://www.i...

Would you be willing to take a brief survey about your experience with Definitely Not Creepy Deep-Space Repair, Jonathan?  Today's episode sees the return of Wren from Defrag (on our end) and the return of a 1960s understanding of computers (on the show's end).  Also, if you were wondering, the pen was in Josh's pocket the whole time. Here's Defrag's Facebook page! Intro and outro music...

Reed all about it, we have another episode!  Hope you don't mine the puns.  We sure had a blast recording this.  The episode itself?  Kind of a bomb. Intro and outro music by Iván D. Beltrán https://www.ivandbeltran.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Let us know what you think!  atleasttheresadog@gmail.com

Turns out, T'Pol is a really good storyteller.  We enjoy fun little trip to 1950s rural Pennsylvania featuring disappointingly little scrapple. Intro and outro music by Iván D. Beltrán https://www.ivandbeltran.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Let us know what you think!  atleasttheresadog@gmail.com

In the season 2 premiere, we learn important things about the future, in particular, that fashion sense will continue to get worse.  The Mayweather forecast gets off to an exciting start, and we enjoy a few lovely seconds of T'Pol being in charge. Intro and outro music by Iván D. Beltrán https://www.ivandbeltran.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- L...