Second Officer Slog

In which the ship spins, twists, and goes where no man has gone before—Corvan II! No really, this episode involves Tardigrade friendship, Klingon uneasiness, and all the Tilly/Burnham shipping you can shake a stick at. Please enjoy this recap of Episode 4, "The Butcher's Knife Cares not for the Lamb's Cry"! See y'all next week.

As Discovery brings Star Trek back to our screens, we have not neglected the regular monthly episodes! This time we continue with our journey through the Deep Space Nine relaunch, and after last week's disappointing entry we're back to much more enjoyable Star Trek. Come on in and enjoy! This episode was brought to you by our patrons. To support our shows, suggest topics, and vote on shows, please...

Discovery returns, The Discovery appears, and we're here to talk about both. Our journey through weekly Trek episodes continues with our discussion of episode 3 "Context is for Kings". Thanks everyone, and see you next week for Discovery episode 4 and a normal book-focused SOS episode.

Discovery is here! We're going to bring you our takes every week the show is going, and that starts now. You don't have to be watching Discovery to enjoy these takes, but we are going full spoiler with the show so don't listen if you intend to get around to it and care about that sort of thing. These episodes are going to be much more informal so expect a goofier, more earnest, messier time. It be...

After the best Star Trek book we have yet read, today we are tragically brought here to tackle one of the worst. But luckily, this is Second Officer Slog, and we have read it so you don't have to! It leads to a very rowdy and fun discussion of the myriad ways that Bad Star Trek manifests throughout the series, and the ways we react to them individually and combined. In addition, we watch two episo...

We launch into Mission Gamma with our longest, most intense, and most beloved Star Trek book yet! The DS9 relaunch is at full steam, and we are ready to tackle new adventures and new horizons with Vaughn and the crew of the Defiant . Come for Star Trek Big Boss, stay for the infinite budget of books at delivering space majesty. We also begin to fill in our gaps with some of the classic episodes of...

Welcome to the first in our irregular series of episodes focused around Star Trek comics! No episodes this time, it's a much shorter and looser affair, as we take you through on a journey of a random Star Trek comic we picked off the digital shelf. This time, we are reading Perchance to Dream , a comic from 2000 set on the Enterprise-D between the events of All Good Things and Generations. It is e...

In this month's Second Officer Slog we take a deep dive into everyone's favourite Star Trek pairing: that's right, Troi and Riker! Now, before you all leave the website in disappointment, I'm here to tell you that this is a raucous and entertaining episode complete with NO DS9 SPOILERS!!! So for any more casual Star Trek fans who haven't been able to listen to prior episodes, this is a great time...

Welcome to month three of Second Officer Slog, after the explosive two-parter to kick off the DS9 Relaunch we take it down a notch, for a more relaxing and subdued vacation with everyone's favourite Starfleet Fascists: Section 31. But it's not all such a light-hearted affair, because we also check in with the original series crew as they get into a spot of trouble, with some Tribbles... Find us on...

We're back for our second voyage as we obliterate the last of our pre-launch backlog and feel our way through this raucous second half of the DS9 Relaunch pilot. Also, we talk about what might be the stupidest episode of TNG, even if we love it. Send us email at podcast@abnormalmapping.com! We love questions, comments, suggestions, any old thing. Find us on iTunes ! Give us reviews and subscribe a...

It's the much delayed maiden voyage of the latest and not-so-greatest ship of the fleet as M and Jackson launch Second Officer Slog. This book club podcast attempts to be a window into Star Trek's expanded universe through laughter and explaining just what the hell happens when the cameras stop rolling on DS9 and a bunch of authors descend on the remains of the show. Thus we begin with the DS9 rel...