Star Trek Minute

In which McCoy reveals something worse than his father's death, Sybok demands that McCoy releases his pain, and we notice something outside the windows...

In which McCoy turns off his father's life support, and Chris continues his obsession over lighting choices in this scene...

In which McCoy relives the suffering of his father on his deathbed, Sybok keeps popping into the scene, and Chris finds yet another thing to nitpick...

In which we discuss if Kirk and Spock can see what is behind McCoy, where is Sybok storing all the pain, how haunting this minute is and Chris finally telling us he watched more than one minute...

In which we do not discuss the theology of this episode; heaven, eden, vorta vor, but we do discuss the reality of the situation, how McCoy looks pretty old and that Sybok is really just a charlatan...

In which we discuss the galaxy, exploration and man's limitations, the sick bay attendent just sitting by himself, the hierarchy of the crew, and what is going on with Scotty and Uhura...

In which Sybok monologues, and Dave has an epiphany about what makes the movie work for him...

In which our heroes call for help, and we spiral out of control trying to figure out how galactic coordinates work...

In which Spock holds Kirk and McCoy, Sulu makes a polite request, and our heroes ascend the turboshaft, again and again and again...

In which we discuss Sulu rescuing Scotty, the Army of Light having humanity, Chris building Star Trek The Playground, and Spock flying in from above...

In which we discuss what exactly is a Jeffries tube, Scotty looking like he just got out of bed, Chris and Dave disagreeing on the design choices this episode, and how exactly do the turbolifts work...

In which we discuss Star Trek bring extremely lazy, the Morse Code trope, the special effects team lets us down with horrible props in the brig and Trivia Zone fails us giving a proper answer...

In which we learn Sybok's destination is Sha Ka Ree, Kirk scoffs at the notion, and we discuss the Great Barrier and its appearances in Star Trek lore...

In which Sybok begins his announcement, we see multiple reactions from the crew, and we discuss the odd camera angles used in this minute...

In which Kirk gets a shock from the brig, Spock drops a humble brag, and we discuss montage scenes in Star Trek...

In which we discuss Kirk making faces and mumbling to himself, Chekov acting a bit out of character, the complete ineptitude of the bridge crew, not fighting back, and Dave continues his relentess attack on the Enterprise crew...

In which we discuss the how they are playing characitures of themselves, Spock has kept his past a secret from Kirk, the book continues to fill in some of the blanks, and does Katra bring access to memories...

In which we discuss Sulu and Uhura's pain, how do you actually get around in the Enterprise, the son's of Sarek, and whether or not Kirk's anger is justified or warranted...

In which Sybok orders folks to be thrown in the brig, Spock refuses to help Sybok, and we discuss which is scarier - a bullet or a phaser...

In which Kirk bounces from shuttle to shuttle, Spock gets the drop on Sybok, and we discuss whether Kirk's "Shoot him!" is an order or not...

In which Sybok gets to the potato gun first, Kirk gives up for a moment, the brawl begins, and we discuss audio decisions in movie making... 

In which we discuss how Sulu is "manually" bringing in the shuttle, the awful set design of the cargo bay, ILM not doing the special affects and it shows, and Dave continues to rail against the ineptitude of the Enterprise crew...  

In which we talk about the sound effects being from other movies, getting nostalgic about older movies, the difference (for the better) in the book that they should have used, and just what does it mean to be "damaged beyond all repair"...  

In which we discuss if Sybok is really a threat, if Korrd talks for the first time in this minute, why didn't the Enterprise have contigencies for this type of situation, and Chris gives this minute a gold star...  

In which Scotty and Chekov prepare for an attack, Sybok insists on continuing to the Enterprise, and we discuss the intricacies of how starship shields are raised and lowered...