Ship Full of Jerks

This week, the Jerks explore a strange not-so-new world with STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS. Then it's another Gene Roddenberry failed 70s pilot where the writer's fetish is overt and barely disguised. Finally, we share our favorite alternative timeline stories that aren't STAR TREK.

This week, the Jerks go on a romcom, time-travel romp with La'An and Captain (not ours yet) Kirk in the latest STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS episode "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow." Then, we discover Gene Roddenberry's proto-Data is also fully functional in another lost 70s pilot, THE QUESTOR TAPES. We also tell you what we're fanning over lately.

This week, the Jerks get jury duty as Number One is put on trial for the crime of being an Illyrian. Then, they gotta get this mother f'ing Skrulls off this mother f'ing ship with SECRET INVASION. And we close out Pride month with our concerns over the recent rollback of LGBTQ+ representation in Hollywood, including a passionate plea to the STAR TREK creative team not to let DISCOVERY be t...

This week, the Jerks beam aboard the Enterprise for the second season of STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS with "The Broken Circle." Then, we return planetside to venture into Gene Roddenberry's second attempt at GENESIS II, retitled PLANET TREK... we mean PLANET EARTH. Finally, war... what is it good for in STAR TREK?

This week, the Jerks wrap up their exploration of STRANGE NEW WORLDS season 1. First, we go on a bug hunt with "All Those Who Wander". Then we return to the original series... sorta with "A Quality of Mercy." Finally, we tell you how we'd hard reboot STAR TREK.

This week, the Jerks venture into the next two episodes of STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS season one — "The Serene Squall" and "The Elysian Kingdom". We ask whether Spock really needs to be solely Vulcan or human, lensing the discussion through both Mark and Ryan's biracial heritages. Then, we go LARPing and debate M'Benga's parental choice. Finally, what we're f...

This week, the Jerks continue their countdown toward STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS season two with two reviews from season one. First, we go all amok with the crew as they get involved in hijinks. Then, we get into the late-stage capitalism metaphor in "Lift Us Up Where Suffering Cannot Reach Us." Finally, we get into whether newer TREK believes in Roddenberry's vision of utopia.

This week, the Jerks take two journeys into STRANGE NEW WORLDS with "Ghosts of Illyria" and "Memento Mori." With the former, we question the Federation's ban on genetic modifications and the treatment of Number One as a "model minority." Then, we wonder if the change to the Gorn is for the better. Finally, we share our favorite STAR TREK memories.

This week, the Jerks go on Uhura's first away mission to a comet — the first STAR TREK episode to be an Uhura story! Then, we journey 154 years from today to visit one of Gene Roddenberry's failed 70s pilot, GENESIS II. Finally, we tell y'all what we're fanning over.

The Jerks are back this week! As we wait for season 2 of STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS to drop, we look back at its first episode, "Strange New World." Then we journey to Altar and visit a FORBIDDEN PLANET, where we deep dive into Trek's antecedent, horny space sailors included. Finally, Mark and Ryan discuss what they're fanning over.

This week, the Jerks express solidarity for the Writer's Guild of America in their upcoming contract negotiations with the studios and streamers. Then it's back-to-back finales for STAR TREK: PICARD and THE MANDALORIAN. It's a big episode where the Jerks discuss if both shows' long arcs held all together as they come to an end.

This week, the Jerks discuss the penultimate episode of STAR TREK: PICARD, and Ryan brags over being right about the Enterprise-D. Then, we retake Mandalore and get into a brief chat about the Empire's appropriation of Mandalorian culture. Finally, Mark's daughter Audrey joins us on what we're fanning over. Oh, and don't miss the post-credits bit.

This week, the Jerks barely escape the wrath of Vadic... but does the episode escape our review? Also, we give a shoutout to STAR TREK: PICARD showrunner Terry Matalas! Then it's time for a good ol' side quest with the Mandalorian, his baby, and his new space BFF. Finally, the Jerks discuss their love of pretty starships and list their favorites.

This week, the Jerks read each other minds as they delve into last week's STAR TREK PICARD. They discuss what they like and also wonder why current STAR TREK is obsessed with torture. Then, it's a not-so-pirate life for THE MANDALORIAN, where the Jerks chat about their love of Carson Teva but also any government will ultimately fail in STAR WARS. Finally, both Mark and Ryan tell us what th...

This week, the Jerks venture to Athon Prime to visit all the pretty ships at the Starfleet Museum and also stop off at STAR TREK: PICARD's Area 51. Then, it's time for a Mandalorian bird hunt, and the Jerks wonder... why all the animal slaughter in THE MANDALORIAN. Finally, the Jerks breakdown the infamous "No Conflict" rule of STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION and put it to the tes...

This week, the Jerks are hunting down the Titan and her renegade crew with the midpoint episode of STAR TREK PICARD's final season. Then it's a quick trip to Coruscant for some spy shenanigans with a Hot Butch and a Sexy Otter. Finally, the Jerks tackle Picard's F-bomb and whether STAR TREK should be family-friendly fare.

This week, the Jerks warp into two sci-fi franchises. First up, the latest STAR TREK: PICARD, "No Win Scenario," which the Jerks feel is PICARD's best episode. But they also get into a deep discussion about mental health and the 25th Century. Next up is THE MANDALORIAN's latest episode, "The Mines of Mordor"... um "The Mines of Mandalore." Finally, the Jerks discuss what they're fanning over. For...

This week, the Jerks are trapped in a nebula with the latest episode of STAR TREK: PICARD, where we gab about Sheer *BEEP* Hubris Jean-Luc and Captain Riker's big fight on the bridge. And THE MANDALORIAN, played by everyone's slutty daddy, is back! So is Baby Yoda... umm... Grogu. We examine how this season feels different than the previous ones. Finally, our reaction to the news that STAR TREK: D...

This week, the Jerks set course for episode two of STAR TREK: PICARD and talk about our new favorite starship captain, Liam Shaw played by the excellent Todd Stashwick. He's a show stealer! Then it's off for a visit with musical producer Neil S. Bulk and STAR TREK historian Jeff Bond to discuss the work of Gerald Fried, the STAR TREK: TOS composer who died recently. Afterwards, Mark and Ryan discu...

Welcome aboard the first podcast of Mark Farinas and Ryan Thomas Riddle as they explore the farthest reaches of sci-fi and pop culture. This week, they dive right into the premiere episode of STAR TREK PICARD's third and final season. Will this truly be the final voyage that NEMESIS promised? Be warned there be spoilers. Then they jump back in time. The year is 1993. The show is BABYLON 5. And aft...