Star Trek Resignation

A new "Short Trek" episode, "Runaway" has dropped, a fifteen minute speck to fill the Star Trek void sucking away subscribers from CBS All Access until Discovery returns in 2019. Yet, James and Hugh have run away from A Discovery Home Companion, demanding a ransom before they return. But! There is still new Star Trek to complain about! What to do? To fill the podcasting void Wade talks Runaways wi...

Is this really the end? What will it take to get James and Hugh back on board with Season 2?  Your calls try to grapple with what happened this Season of Star Trek Discovery. Is there anything people should do if they're not fans of the show? Is it actually possible to, you know, not watch Star Trek? Lots of trying to figure out just what happened this Season.   Voicemails! Gabriel (not Lorca) on...

Will you please? We're very tired.  Star Trek Discovery is over! Season 1 anyways. How do we feel the ending held up?  What is the fate of The Prediction? Will we ever be able to recover? Give us a call and give us your thoughts. We  neeeeed them! 917 408 3898 If you want to support us check out the Patreon for extra content, including Much A-Dune About Nothing at patreon.com/kickersofelves

Are we too hard on Star Trek Discovery? It's been hard on us. We take your calls to check in on how  you are doing. What can we expect from Season 2? How could they right the course? We have some disagreements between ourselves. What are the current odds on The Prediction? One episode to go! Let us know how you feel about the endgame of this show. 917 408 3898 Support the show by checking us out o...

Back in the Prime and feeling... fine?   Maybe not?  We're having a war within ourselves. What do you do with a space Hitler? Just how far should Federation ideals take a person in their personal interactions?  Is The Prediction in danger? Was James too hard on the Tilly/Ash scene? Was the breakup scene that awful? Let us know what you think! 917 408 3898

The Prediction is hope. Listen to some community testimony on The Past is Prologue.  Judging from your calls, this week's episode of Star Trek Discovery left a lot of folks deflated, unsure of where we've been and where the show might take us going forward. James received the revelation of The Prediction in the hopes that the end of the first season of Discovery might clean up the mess it's made....

How bout that Lorca, huh? Well, a major plot reveal is behind us, and all that's left is to figure out where we are, and how we go forward. How heavy handed was this episode exactly?  Was this the best use of characters we've lived with up until now?  Just what does climate change have to do with anything? James has ... the Prediction. He's been right before, will this take down his batting averag...

So... Lorca's kinda gross now. Just how gross? Wade is disgusted by the extent to which he tries to defend him. Lots of your calls to discuss in this one: Bucky thinks the show is too predictable. Alex in Minneapolis has cracked what he finds off putting about Discovery Adam thinks it over explains. Stefan... may be having an aneurism. But has a Galaxy Fight question. Tom from Cleveland thinks eve...

Three plots in 37 minutes, covered in 54. Does this episode have the biggest reveal of the season so far?  Even if the reddit predictions were right... did this go even further? It's a somewhat sedate episode, as we go through every thread of this episode and wonder... why did the writers of Star Trek: Discovery make the choices that they made? Let us know YOUR response to this episode, especially...

Important thoughts on Star Trek Discovery!  Stefan defends Wade's honor. Kristin, who has read more romance novels than us, has a perspective we're missing.   And perhaps the thesis of the show! We tackle James' dislike of the show and how he can reconcile that with all the people who love it (who also pay for it) Lane, a real person, is back on board! Give us your thoughts! 917 408 3898 And suppo...

Secrets poorly kept: Revealed! Wade's been ill, so any fighting in this episode could be fatal. Can the podcast pull it off? Tyler and Michael's relationship takes a turn. What did we like in this episode, what were we glad to finally get to, and just how might we have made this episode better? Lots to discuss. Give us a call and join in on the discussion later in the week! 917 408 3898 And if you...

Voicemails and more thoughts on "Despite Yourself"! We've had a few days to cool down, and reflect a bit on that shocking twist in the last episode. 9:41 Eric from Pennsylvania (@aerialbass) agrees with Wade, in that he can't decypher what Hugh and James want from the show.  Hugh and James reiterate what they think Discovery's problems are, and how your hosts can better talk about the show is disc...

Chapter 2 Begins! Can we begin anew?  We're finally in the Mirror Universe, and a few of the plot bombs have finally gone off.  With the Discovery crew is in a setting even more unfamiliar to us than the "Prime" universe will we finally be able to sit back and enjoy the show? But wait! Are there any characters left to care about at the end of this episode?  There was some fun to be had, even as th...

"We just don't know. We'll have to wait and see" WILL WE? What if…  https://twitter.com/karterhol/status/931197711625412608 What mysteries will be explained, and which were done intentionally enough that we can expect them to be? Will the Stamets mirror scene ever be explained? Opinions differ. Tom from Cleveland has a fan theory of his own regarding the podcast… Lane has a bone to pick with James...

We start off with some puerile excitement over certain… reveals in this episode… And then get into fights over whether this was a good episode or whether this is a good series and whether we can have one without the other.   Just because it's not what we want, can we still enjoy this show?  It would seem the answer varies according to the viewer… Octavia Butler's Dawn and what to expect from scifi...

What is the dumbest thing? Kristin from Toronto corrects a mistake, and also points out the lack of guiding thesis for the show, which other Treks have. Lane calls up with a Schrodingers box metaphor, since we can't quite know whether not the contents (cat, Cornball, or the show itself) are either dead, banged up and starving, or miraculously healthy until we actually open the dang thing up.   Wha...

If you want peace, prepare for War. We jump right in and decide how we feel about this episode of Star Trek: Discovery.  Wade liked a lot of this one, until he didn't. Hugh appreciates the pew pew space fight noises. James... James just doesn't know. Was this also a "classic Star Trek" trope of an episode?  Were parts of the A plot at least?  Just how good do we think the Klingon plot is? [not ver...

The most recent episode of Star Trek Discovery felt more like "Star Trek" to a lot of fans, but what exactly does that mean? Can a show fill our desire for Trek while being worse than better shows that that don't scratch that itch? We explore our issues with Discovery and take a couple of your calls.  A few thoughts about Rainn Wilson Mudd, who is fine, but what if Matt Berry was Mudd?  Lane clari...

Time loop shenanigans! Is this the most "Star Trek" episode of Star Trek: Discovery so far? Harry Mudd returns with some quips and some humor and the urge to brutally murder Lorca over and over again with as many ways to disintegrate a guy as you can make a gun out of (and one transporter trick).  How will they break the time loop and save the day? Why with the power of love of course, as a loopy...

Did we forget anything?   Is Star Trek Discover trying to provoke us? We take your messages and see how we feel about this episode after sitting with it a few days. Tom remarks on how big the bridge is.   Stefan is a little confused about Burnham's parents. Actually we are too.  Is this show "um, actually"-ing and daring us to get upset over canon? Why not ... you know, just not go there?   Lane d...

Have we forgotten something? 1st impressions: The APP SUCKS. Maybe that's colored everyone's opinions this fresh The Expanse is mentioned not for the last time. What is each of us's Biggest Problem with this episode? Vulcan MagicIs Lorca's… bedroom scene particularly troublesome given current events? Eventually: Some positives! What if EVERYONE is a secret Klingon? Just how serialized is this show...

We reflect with Vulcan logic on the state of Discovery, with the benefit of a few days rest to let our brash human emotions calm down. Is this show good or bad? Somewhere in the middle? Is it a paradox that Choose Your Pain was maybe the most Wade enjoyed the show, but also brought up the most concerns? We hear a call from Stefan, who HATED this episode. We also hear from Lane, who enjoyed it, and...

Lorca gets STOLE and the tardigrade suffers worse indignities. A chill West Coast James joins us for our least tumultuous recap yet. We inflict surprisingly little pain on each other this time out. We do call out AaronSorkin for all that mystery box business on WestWing.  West Wing? Bear with us. Ok. IT WAS L'RELL! Stamets goes full squint. Does Wade have a problem with Michael Burnham he's been h...

It appears some of you are worried about us. That perhaps this podcast isn't worth ruining our friendship over? Well tough! Cuz James has been booted from the podcast! Ok, that's not exactly true, but this week it's just Wade and Hugh going over your voicemails and responses.  Because... reasons. Some of you take sides in our family squabble, and some of you have predictions about "Klingon Anderso...

The Butchers of Trek Care Not for the Nerd's Cry At last, it's not a pilot. Do we finally know what kind of show Star Trek: Discovery is?  Things are slightly less tumultuous this time as Wade, James, and Hugh go through the fourth episode, break it down, and yes disagree wildly on some topics...   Is Gabriel Lorca good at his job? Is he an awful Star Trek captain or a good captain for a different...