To Baldly Go

This week on The To Baldly Go Podcast, Aaron and Nate continue their journey with the next three episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4: Suddenly Human, Remember Me, and Legacy. This week, we get: Different cultures, children making decisions, and abuse The importance of appreciating people when they are still around A not-very-good episode, so we talk about other stuff We covered: Su...

Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4, Episodes 1-3: The Best of Both Worlds, Part II | Family | Brothers This week on The To Baldly Go Podcast, we kick off Season 4 of Star Trek: The Next Generation with the fallout from one of the biggest cliffhangers in Star Trek history, a quiet but powerful family story, and Brent Spiner putting on a full acting showcase. This week, we get: Triumph and cons...

First-Time Watch – Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3, Episodes 25-26 This week on The To Baldly Go Podcast, Abbie is back as we finish Season 3 of Star Trek: The Next Generation with “Transfigurations” and “The Best of Both Worlds.” This week, we get: A conversation about evolution that may be more interesting than the episode itself A return to the Sarek discussion from last week More awkw...

This week on The To Baldly Go Podcast, Aaron and Nate continue their release-order watchthrough with three more episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation: "The Most Toys," "Sarek," and "Ménage à Troi." This week, we get: Evil, terrifying characters Allegory Shakespeare We covered: The Most Toys Sarek Ménage à Troi In "The Most Toys," Data is left for dead and finds himself in the possession of a...

Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3, Episodes 19-21: Captain’s Holiday | Tin Man | Hollow Pursuits This week on To Baldly Go, we continue our first-time watchthrough of Star Trek: The Next Generation with Captain’s Holiday, Tin Man, and Hollow Pursuits. This week we get: - An archaeological adventure looking for artifacts from the future - All the elements to make a great episode, but just mis...

This week on To Baldly Go, Aaron and Nate continue Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3 with The Offspring, Sins of the Father, and Allegiance. We get a major Data episode that leads to a surprising split in ratings, a huge leap forward in Klingon lore, and a Picard mystery that feels a little like Star Trek: Among Us. This week we get: - Humanity and parenting - The Scarlet K - Do intentions m...

This week on To Baldly Go, we continue our first-time watch of Star Trek: The Next Generation with Season 3, Episodes 13-15: Deja Q, A Matter of Perspective, and Yesterday’s Enterprise. This week we get: Q becomes human and mortal Judicial standards in the 24th century A masterpiece? In Deja Q, Q returns to the Enterprise stripped of his powers and forced to experience life as a human. We talk abo...

In this lost episode of To Baldly Go, we return to early Star Trek: The Next Generation with Season 1’s “The Big Goodbye,” “Datalore,” and “Angel One.” This week we get a decent episode with a weak close, a possible “Enemy Within” redux, and an episode that may be a bit too clever for its own good. We discuss Crusher’s strong showing in “The Big Goodbye,” the limits and missed potential of the hol...

In this episode of To Baldly Go, we continue Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3 with “The Defector,” “The Hunted,” and “The High Ground.” This week, we get: One hell of an episode to come back to Have we seen this before? An interesting concept, poorly executed We start with “The Defector,” a tense Romulan story featuring the return of Tomalak, a powerful ending, Data performing Shakespeare,...

This week on To Baldly Go, we continue our first-time watch of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3 with episodes 7 through 9: “The Enemy,” “The Price,” and “The Vengeance Factor.” This week, we get: Worf going against expectations The ethics of the empath Personal connections to Star Trek In “The Enemy,” Geordi is stranded with a Romulan on Galorndon Core, giving us a strong example of what St...

First-Time Watch – Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 03, Episodes 04-06 Welcome to another episode of the To Baldly Go Podcast, in which I – a newbie to the Star Trek universe – am watching through Star Trek from the beginning, in release order, and discussing with some of my long-time Trekkie friends. This week, we get: Explanations for things we don’t understand No man can step in the same r...

First-Time Watch – Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 03, Episodes 01-03 Welcome to another episode of the To Baldly Go Podcast, in which I – a newbie to the Star Trek universe – am watching through Star Trek from the beginning, in release order, and discussing with some of my long-time Trekkie friends. This week, we get: Twister in space The less-funny Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy The Man...

First-Time Watch – Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 02, Episodes 19-22 Welcome to another episode of the To Baldly Go Podcast, in which I – a newbie to the Star Trek universe – am watching through Star Trek from the beginning, in release order, and discussing with some of my long-time Trekkie friends. This week, we get: Betazoid chaos Klingon honor and worldbuilding Strategy, competition, and...

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier – “What Does God Need with a Starship?” | First Time Reaction – To Baldly Go Podcast First-Time Watch – Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Welcome to another episode of the To Baldly Go Podcast, in which I – a newbie to the Star Trek universe – am watching through Star Trek from the beginning, in release order, and discussing with some of my long-time Trekkie friends....

Star Trek TNG S02E16-18 Q Who?, Samaritan Snare, Up the Long Ladder – “Nobody Asked Your Opinion” | First Time Reaction – To Baldly Go Podcast (Ep. 046) First-time watch of Star Trek: The Next Generation continues as we cover Season 2, Episodes 16–18. This week, we get: A new big bad Federation road trip “I think I’m a clone now” We covered: Q, Who? Samaritan Snare Up the Long Ladder Episode highl...

Star Trek TNG S02E13-15: Time Squared, The Icarus Factor, Pen Pals – “Podunk Bunnyville” | First Time Reaction – To Baldly Go Podcast (Ep. 045) First-Time Watch – Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 2, Episodes 13–15 Welcome to another episode of the To Baldly Go Podcast, where I – a first-time Star Trek viewer – watch through the series in release order and discuss it with long-time Trekkie fri...

Star Trek TNG S02E10-12 The Dauphin, Contagion, The Royale – “Junk Food Episodes” | First Time Reaction – To Baldly Go Podcast (Ep. 044) First-Time Watch – Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 2, Episodes 10–12 Welcome to another episode of the To Baldly Go Podcast, where I — a newcomer to the Star Trek universe — am watching through the entire franchise from the beginning, in release order, alon...

Star Trek TNG S02E07-09 Unnatural Selection, A Matter of Honor, The Measure of a Man – “If You Don’t Give this Episode at Least a Six…” | First Time Reaction – To Baldly Go Podcast (Ep. 043) First-Time Watch – Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 2, Episodes 7–9 Welcome to another episode of the To Baldly Go Podcast, where I — a newcomer to the Star Trek universe — am watching through the entire...

First-Time Watch – Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 2, Episodes 4–6. Welcome to the To Baldly Go Podcast, where I experience Star Trek for the first time by watching the entire franchise in release order with some long-time Trekkie friends. This week we discuss: Picard joking about surrendering… or is he? When a disability becomes an advantage Where does our humanity really lie? Data trying t...

Star Trek TNG S2E01-03 – The Child, Where Silence Has Lease, Elementary, Dear Data “Not Very Effective” | First-Time Reaction – To Baldly Go Podcast (Ep. 041) Season 2 begins… and Riker grows the beard. This week, I continue my first-ever watch of Star Trek in release order, joined by my long-time Trekkie friends. We’re covering: The Child – Space curiosity, questionable execution, and character s...

Star Trek TNG S1E24–26 – “The Biggest Trekkie” | First-Time Reaction | To Baldly Go Podcast (Ep. 040) We’ve reached the end of Season 1 of Star Trek: The Next Generation — and apparently… I’m now the biggest Trekkie on the podcast. In Episode 040 of The To Baldly Go Podcast, we break down: “We’ll Always Have Paris” “Conspiracy” “The Neutral Zone” This week’s highlights include: Exceptional mediocr...

This week on the To Baldly Go Podcast: Smart devices try to kill us. Star Trek does an after-school special about drugs. And a main character dies… suddenly. We’re discussing: TNG S1E21 – Arsenal of Freedom TNG S1E22 – Symbiosis TNG S1E23 – Skin of Evil Topics include: Thanking Alexa Nate hating Geordi The Prime Directive vs. addiction Evil space pharmaceutical reps Stoicism and sudden loss Armus...

This week: Home Soil, Coming of Age, Heart of Glory Devil in the Dark, redux? Ugly bags of mostly water What is life? Is Data alive? Is Data human? Is Data just ChatGPT in a synthetic skin suit? I step away while Abbie and Nate continue the conversation, looking ahead to things I haven’t seen The love of being wrong Observations of ADR and television production Picard’s maturity Distinct storyline...

This week: 11001001, Too Short a Season, When the Bough Breaks Nate concedes a point Season 1 has been underwhelming, but we have the best episode yet More commentary on the medium of network or syndicated TV The holodeck Abbie’s anesthesia dream Deliberate scientific inaccuracies in Star Trek An unrelated story in the Star Trek universe 21st century ozone hole An appropriate use for Wesley What i...

This week: Ferengi less cartoonish Still difficult to take them seriously as adversaries Lore and worldbuilding Nate sees Picard giving up early A/B storylines and storytelling in Star Trek Improvements in the medium over the 1960s Suspension of disbelief and faster than light travel Solar system versus other star systems Nostalgia Music in Next Gen Returning characters Q is kind of weird Using Q...