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Ensign Boimler is SUPER excited to be shuttling a Klingon ambassador down to the surface but Mariner crashes the party. She and General K'orin drink too much bloodwine and the ambassador passes out... then he steals the shuttle and goes joy-riding around the Klingon district wreaking havoc.    As they pursue K'orin, Mariner proves herself quite the Starfleet officer, constantly getting poor Brad B...

Welcome aboard the USS Cerritos (small hills?!), listeners! Meet ensigns Boimler (nervous goody-two-shoes), Mariner (bad-ass rebel and rule-breaker), Tendi (hyper enthusiastic science officer), and Rutherford (innocent, newly-cybernetic engineer) – our plucky heroes. Don't worry about the command staff on the bridge, we're plumbing the depths of this starship – where the real action is! Namely, pi...

The stage is set, the players are ready, and the Romulans are about to show up and destroy EVERYTHING. So much happens in this season one finale of Picard that it is hard to even summarize it. There's tears and laughter, dogfights in space, the hatching of plans, the dashing of hopes. Soji builds an antennae, Jurati shows some serious backbone, Rios and Raffi make bets, Seven settles a score, and...

The crew of La Sirena arrives in orbit at Soji home planet; they fight Narek; Seven of Nine shows up with a borg cube. Then giant orchids fly up from the planet's surface and knock all three ships out of space. Once there, the race is on. The Romulan fleet is still on its way to eradicate the synths!  Picard et al find Soji's people and, at first ,it does seem like an idyllic little paradise. Ther...

Picard, S1, E8.  And they don’t call it “Broken Pieces” for nothing! EVERYBODY is broken in the episode. We learn the tortured, mind-breaking origins of the Zhat Vash (and why they are dead set on destroying all synthetic life) and we learn that Soji and Rios have met before – but they were different people then. Soji, literally, and Rios, figuratively. Speaking of Rios, we also *finally* gather a...

It's Episode 7 of Picard. When last we left off, Picard and Soji basically stepped through a weird energy-window in a Borg Queen's bedroom suite and we headed to a planet called Nepenthe. What's on Nepenthe, you ask? Why, Will Riker and Deanna Troi, of course. And their daughter Kestra - and the memories of the deceased son, Thaddeus.   Troi scolds Picard into getting his head on straight, Riker m...

Things are really heating up on Picard. After the *mysterious* death of Bruce Maddox – the man who could have answered all the questions – Picard et al set a course for Soji and the Artifact, the only thing Bruce was able to tell them before he "died."  Meanwhile, Soji and Narek are growing closer as Soji plumbs the depths of existentialism and Narek tries to steal her secrets. Raffi is drunk, Eln...

Another Frakesian masterpiece. This time, big heist energy. Picard et al go to Freecloud, the negotiate with the black market there in order to track down Bruce Maddox. Raffi goes off on her own (mis)adventure for her own reasons. There’s outlandish disguises, plenty of phasers and plenty of tears. All in all, we just hope we’ll get the answers we so desperately want once we find the elusive Maddo...

Absolute Candor is more than just an episode title – it is a way of life! In this episode, Picard revisits some past mistakes, acquires a new crew member, and considers the effects of his actions. We’ll meet the Qowat Milat, and lost about hopeless causes. And the non-love/love-triangle of Narek, Soji, and Narrisa grows ever more strained and uncomfortable. It’s got Akie and Stevie all over it. An...

Picard S1, E3: Three former Starfleet officers, all hounded by the ghosts of their former service, and an expert in artificial life forms walk in to a bar. Well, no, they walk into each other. And Picard tells them it is crucial they abscond from Earth and find Bruce Maddox to see how he created Dahj; Meanwhile Dahj’s sister, Asha, continues to work on a Borg cube in Romulan space and carry on a r...

Ok. So, Dahj is dead and she may have been Data’s daughter, somehow. But isn’t Data dead? How does he have a daughter now? Synthetics are banned by galactic treaty, so even if they both *were* alive, their existences would be illegal. Picard will investigate, but he can’t go to Star Fleet for aid – so he’ll need to assemble a crack squad of non-Star Fleet members. Fortunately he can, and no one tr...

...And we are BACK! With Picard S1 E1, no less. An ageing, sometimes proud, sometimes sad Jean-Luc struggles with dreams *and* waking life. Though difficult, it has become commonplace. And then a stranger walks into his garden and one last [?] adventure begins anew! Join our patreon to have watch parties of your favourite Star Trek Episodes, get shout outs on the show and much more https://patreon...

Season 3 wrap up! What happened? Who’s captain? What’s the Burn? What’s The Chain? The Mirror Universe?!! Answers abound. Also, Akie and Steph’s favourite moments. A joyous celebration of Star Trek Discovery. And... some theories about Season 4, maybe? (Definitely) htt ps://patreon.com/setphasers https://facebook.com/setphasers  

SEASON 3 FINALE!! No spoilers. You'll just have to listen ;) AND..... we have a VERY special surprise for you after Quotable moments... DOUG JONES is in the house!!!!

Ok. No biggie. Osyraa stole the Discovery and is headed to Federation HQ; Book and Michael are in hot pursuit. Captain Tilly is in charge of the crew held hostage as Osyraa tries to get her way with the Fed. Stamets is being worked over by an evil [?] scientist! By the way, Saru, Culber, and Adira are still stuck in the Verubin nebula suffering the effect of radiation and dying. So, yeah: no biggi...

Season 3, Episode 11. This episode begins one ways and end the other. We can’t bear to talk about, but... we will. We will talk about pregnant Kelpiens, planets made of dilithium, and the most jacked-up holodeck episode in Trek history; we will talk about Tilly having the con, Book having some chutzpah, and Stamets having a hard time; finally, we will talk about Michael getting to the bottom of Th...

Season 3, Episode 10. Still in the mirror universe! Thus, *Emperor* Georgiou races against the clock to change the disastrous events that destroyed her empire before. A blood-thirsty Michael is hard to tame; a blood-thirsty Tilly/Killy is up to the challenge. You know what? Everyone is thirsty for blood, I guess. But I’m sure it will all work out just fine in the end.... Join us on Facebook Friday...

The episode we’ve all been waiting for: the return of Mr. Glasses. Georgiou is not doing super great. DISCO travels to a strange world to try and help her. Everything is illuminated (jk. Very little is) in this first part of a two-parter.... Hold on to your butts!

Season 3, Episode 8: And things are heating up!   Finally, we get to see just what Book’s deal is, sort of. We find out what the infamous Emerald Chain is all about, as well. The stories of Book, and Ryn, and Ossyra unfold a bit. Stamets and Adira make a dynamic duo. And Georgiou finally sees a doctor...   Oh - and Akie has FINALLY come up with a musical interlude for Book...   Our next Patreon Ne...

Season 3, Episode 7: A demoted Michael is still burning with a the desire to answer the questions of The Burn. Evidence points to a program that was run by Starfleet on a mysterious planet called Ni'Var. Well, it's Vulcan, actually. And the Vulcans live there *with* the Romulans. Unification! ...But they left Starfleet 100 years ago and want nothing to do with it. Can Michael, sister of Spock, con...

DISCO gets a retrofit - sexy new controls, detached nacelles, and comm badges that do EVERYTHING! They are told to stand-by for an important mission. Unfortunately, Michael finds out that Book is in trouble and so she and Georgiou jump on his abandoned ship to launch a rescue. AWOL on the first day on the job! Captain Saru is displeased. Meanwhile, the crew continues to bond; Linus is all over the...

In Season 3, Episode 5 DISCO finally makes its to Star Fleet/Federation Headquarters... And everyone is very suspicious of them. The powers that be want to split up the crew and maybe even the ship (DUN DUN DUN!)   Captain Saru and First Officer Michael Burnham must race to prove their worth to this advanced Federation and keep the crew (and ship) together — but the future is a very strange place...

So there *is* a Federation out there somewhere (though the location is a secret)! Fortunately, Adira, the newest member of Discovery’s crew, is hosting a symbiont that knows where that is. She just can’t access its memories!   DISCO heads to Trill and tries to convince them to help her. In the meantime, the crew’s morale is starting to fray in a dangerous way, so: Captain Saru throws a dinner part...

A tearful reunion begins Episode 3 of Season as Michael and the crew of Discovery are back together again. But Michael has been here in the future for a full year all alone, things have changed, *she* has changed...   Is Discovery still home for her? Saru becomes Captain, Book comes aboard, and DISCO jumps home to Earth to find that much has changed since 900 years ago...   If you want to become a...

In Episode 2 of Season 3, we get to see what happens when the Discovery comes through the time-rift...   The crew is still pretty badly beaten from their fight with Control, but they are picking up the pieces (in the case of the USS Discovery, literal pieces) as they race to get the ship functioning after a crash landing and discover a future that is not at all what it was cracked up to be...