Captain's Pod: A Star Trek Companion

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins!  This week the crew review Star Trek Strange New Worlds Season 2 Episode 2! Join the crew as we find out that Ian loves a courtroom drama, Deneé hates a courtroom drama, and they both talk about a fish for a while. 1) Ten Forward  - Thoughts on the episode; what did the crew love and what can go out the airlock! -...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins!  This week the crew review the season premiere of Star Trek Strange New Worlds season 2! Join the crew as Ian picks at some cranial ridges, Deneé posits that super serums just get you high, and Aaron refuses to believe starships can be built in a cave from a box of scraps. 1) Ten Forward  - Thoughts on the episode...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins!  This week sees the return of Commodore Dicer! Join the crew as Ian sings some Tom Jones, Deneé wishes she could hear Spock sing, and Aaron can’t remember anyone singing at all. 1) Ten Forward  - Thoughts on the freshman season of Strange New Worlds; what did the crew love and what can go out the airlock! - (5:50)...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins! This week sees Captain Ian and Ambassador Deneé review S4E11 of Star Trek TNG: Data’s Day! Join them as Ian wants to know how many chess tournaments a single starship needs, Deneé gets bored of holodecks, and they both fall deeper in love with Beverly “The Dancing Doctor” Crusher. 1) Ten Forward  - Thoughts on the...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins! This week Captain Ian is joined by Admiral Jeremy Scott and Chief Arbiter Chris Atkinson for the first ever Captain’s Pod Debate! The question at hand is “Which Star Trek movie is “darker”: Generations or J.J. Abrams 2009?” Join them as Ian stretches definitions, Jeremy presumes Picard has penis, and Chris tries t...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins! This week sees Captain Ian and Ambassador Deneé joined by the entire CinemaSins team for the first ever Captain’s Pod Quiz! Join the crew as Ian embraces his inner Q, Deneé watches 4 minutes of The Wrath of Khan, Aaron watches Star Wars, Jeremy invents a new nebula, Daniel writes the best episode of Star Trek neve...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins! This week sees Captain Ian and Ambassador Deneé review S6E7 of Star Trek: Deep Space 9. Join the crew as Ian pulls a Worf and forgets about Alexander, Deneé is confused by Klingon wedding garb, and neither of them think marriage is a good idea. 1) Ten Forward - Thoughts on the episode; what did the crew love and w...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins! This week sees Captain Ian and Ambassador Deneé review S1E20 of Star Trek TNG: Heart of Glory. Join the crew as Ian records from a cupboard,  Deneé translates some Shakespeare, and they both humbly suggest the warp core should have more protection. 1) Ten Forward - Thoughts on the episode; what did the crew love a...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins! This week sees Captain Ian and Ambassador Deneé review S1E3 of Star Trek TNG: The Naked Now. Yup, that one. Join the crew as Ian explains how drunk people work, Deneé critiques how the Enterprise deals with a pandemic, and they both wonder why Riker uses Data as a glorified search engine. 1) Ten Forward - Thoughts...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins! This week sees Captain Ian and Ambassador Deneé review Season 3 Episode 10 of Star Trek Picard: The Last Generation. Join the crew as Ian is still bitter about the Star Trek: Voyager finale, Deneé gets emotional about a robot flying a ship, and all good things come to an end. 1) Ten Forward - Thoughts on the episo...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins! This week sees Captain Ian and Ambassador Deneé review Season 3 Episode 9 of Picard; Vox. Join the crew as Ian gets touched by the Enterprise F, Deneé makes some tea from Borg tea leaves, and they both get bloody annoyed that Captain Shaw is no more. 1) Ten Forward - Thoughts on the episode; what did the crew love...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins! This week sees Captain Ian and Ambassador Deneé review Season 3 Episode 8 of Picard; Surrender. Join the crew as Ian eats chocolate and chili, Deneé gets annoyed at her glasses, and this week’s description exclusively refers to the outtakes. 1) Ten Forward - Thoughts on the episode; what did the crew love and what...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins! This week sees Captain Ian and Ambassador Deneé review Season 3 Episode 7 of Picard; Dominion. Join the crew as Ian grows some tribbles, Deneé recounts her first contact with Thai cuisine, and they both wonder how many morals it takes to phaser a Changeling (and miss). 1) Ten Forward - Thoughts on the episode; wha...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins! This week sees Captain Ian and Ambassador Deneé review Picard season 3 episode 6; The Bounty. Join the crew as Ian drinks seawater, Deneé admires a poetic drive-by, and they are both perplexed as to whether they actually enjoyed what they just watched! 1) Ten Forward - Thoughts on the episode; what did the crew lo...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins! This week sees Captain Ian and Ambassador Deneé review Season 3 Episode 5 of Picard; Imposters. Join the crew as Ian gets a bit thirsty after seeing Jack Crusher in uniform, Deneé teases her future Exocomp cosplay, and they both wonder why holodecks don’t kill more people. 1) Ten Forward - Thoughts on the episode;...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins! This week sees Captain Ian and Ambassador Deneé review Season 3 Episode 4; No Win Scenario. Join the crew as Ian enjoys people being in a conference room, Deneé enjoys people swearing, and they both witness the Titan exiting a birth canal… in spaaaaaaaaaaace. 1) Ten Forward - Thoughts on the episode; what did the...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins! This week sees Captain Ian and Ambassador Deneé review Season 3 Episode 3 of Picard; Seventeen Seconds. Join them as we find out that, after nearly 70 episodes, all Ian needed was a phaser beam exploding a torpedo, Deneé gets a brief and unrequested history of the Dominion War, and they both F*CKING LOVE WORF.   1...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins! This week sees Captain Ian and Ambassador Deneé review S3E2 of Star Trek Picard; Disengage. Join the crew as Ian falls deeper in love with Captain Shaw, Deneé falls deeper in love with Worf, and they BOTH fall in love with Amanda Plummer. 1) Ten Forward - Thoughts on the episode; what did the crew love and what ca...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins! This week sees Captain Ian and Ambassador Deneé review the season 3 premiere of Star Trek Picard! Join them as Ian says “fuck you” to Merlot as a choice of wine, Deneé wonders why Riker is sniffing ash, and they both admire the phaser rifle-cocking badass that is Gates McFadden. 1) Ten Forward - Thoughts on the ep...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins!   This week sees Captain Ian and Ambassador Deneé conclude their Encounter at Farpoint. Join them as Deneé juices some space-jellies, Ian cries about Data whistling, and they both feel great joy AND gratitude. 1) Ten Forward - Thoughts on the episode; what did the crew love and what can go out the airlock! - (5:20...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins!   This week sees Captain Ian and Ambassador Deneé go back to the very beginning of Star Trek TNG and the first encounter with Q! Join them as Ian gets very excited about some ship-porn, Deneé compares the Enterprise to a space slug, and they both wonder what a Q needs with a space-ball. 1) Ten Forward - Thoughts o...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins!   This week sees Captain Ian and Ambassador Deneé watch the absolute classic TNG episode with an all-timer Picard speech. Join the crew as Deneé gets MIGHTY rageful about Dr. Bruce Maddox living as long as he did, Ian applauds Picard’s pick-up lines, and they both agree that Riker is a bit of dick to poor Pinnochi...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins!   This week sees Captain Ian and Ambassador Deneé joined by fellow CinemaSins writer Daniel Cardoso! Join them as Ian reveals the genocidal cost of slipstream technology, Deneé swoons over CAPTAIN Geordi LaForge, and they all agree that future Harry Kim is a bit of d*ck. 1) Ten Forward - Thoughts on the episode; w...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins!   This week sees Captain Ian and Ambassador Deneé joined by Twitch streamer Classypax! Join them as the Captain defends his choice of “introductory episode to Star Trek”, Deneé is exposed to a Trek orgy, and they all ponder how many cows it would take to ruin a starship.   1) Ten Forward - Thoughts on the episode;...

Welcome to Captain's Pod, a Star Trek companion podcast presented by CinemaSins!   This week sees Captain Ian and Ambassador Deneé watch, review, and sin the origins of the Exocomps in The Quality of Life. Join the crew as Ian drinks water, Deneé starts work on her Exocomp costume, and they both ponder HOW DATA STILL ISN’T IN TROUBLE FOR TAKING OVER THE SHIP AGAIN!   1) Ten Forward - Thoughts...