Treks and Tangents

Send us Fan Mail [Hailing Frequencies Open] In this episode of Treks and Tangents , Brian and Jaci beam into Metamorphosis, an episode full of purple rocks, a lovesick lava lamp, one very grumpy commissioner, and the surprisingly awkward introduction of warp-drive legend Zefram Cochrane. Jaci finds the romance unexpectedly sweet, Brian finds approximately seven thousand plot holes in an asteroid b...

Send us Fan Mail [Hailing Frequencies Open] Treks and Tangents beams down for “I, Mudd,” where Harry Mudd returns with a throne, a planet full of obedient androids, and somehow still manages to become a prisoner of his own nonsense. Brian and Jaci break down the duplicate Alices, Norman’s very inconvenient Enterprise takeover, Mudd’s questionable leadership skills, and the crew’s grand escape stra...

Send us Fan Mail [Hailing Frequencies Open] It’s just a jump to the left… and somehow Star Trek wandered straight into a low-budget Rocky Horror fever dream. This week on Treks and Tangents , Brian and Jaci explore Catspaw , an episode packed with black cats, haunted castles, mysterious aliens, and enough Halloween decorations to make Frank-N-Furter feel right at home. Brian makes his case that Ko...

Send us Fan Mail [Hailing Frequencies Open] The Doomsday Machine might be one of Star Trek's greatest examples of a bad day getting steadily worse. A giant planet-eating space cornucopia is chewing its way through solar systems, the Enterprise keeps getting battered around like a shuttlecraft in a washing machine, and Commodore Decker is one emotional breakdown away from replacing the ship’s...

Send us Fan Mail [Hailing Frequencies Open] On this week's episode of Treks and Tangents , Brian and Jaci beam down to The Apple and discover a planet that looks like paradise but is somehow packed with killer flowers, exploding rocks, weather-based murder, and a giant dragon-headed machine that runs on fruit. Naturally, the Enterprise crew immediately decides this is a great place to take a...

Send us Fan Mail [Hailing Frequencies Open] This week on Treks and Tangents , our co-hosts tackle “The Changeling”, an episode featuring a homicidal floating space probe that somehow convinces Kirk to invite it aboard the Enterprise after it wipes out four billion people. What follows is a chaotic mess of bad science, killer robot logic, exploding computers, and Kirk desperately trying to out-argu...

Send us Fan Mail [Hailing Frequencies Open] In this week's episode of Treks and Tangents , we're stepping through the transporter and into the Mirror Universe for Star Trek: The Original Series' iconic episode, Mirror, Mirror . What happens when Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, and Uhura find themselves aboard an Enterprise where promotions are earned through murder, loyalty is optional,...

Send us Fan Mail [Hailing Frequencies Open] Apollo’s got abs, a lightning machine, and the emotional stability of a guy who just got left on read. This week on Treks and Tangents , our co-hosts tackle Who Mourns for Adonais? ; the episode where the Enterprise gets grabbed by a giant glowing green hand and held hostage by a Space Greek God.  Between Scotty getting repeatedly electrocuted over his c...

Send us Fan Mail [Hailing Frequencies Open] Spock is dying. The cure? Apparently: getting married and fighting Kirk with a giant Vulcan salad fork. This week on Treks and Tangents , we dive into Amok Time : the episode where Vulcan mating rituals somehow involve desert death matches, psychic engagement bonds, and absolutely zero emotional communication. Honestly, the Vulcans could have solved half...

Send us Fan Mail [Hailing Frequencies Open] On this episode Treks and Tangents , we break down Operation -- Annihilate! . Also known as the episode where Star Trek decided, “What if the villains were just… really gross?” These flying brain parasites look like someone weaponized spoiled jellyfish, and somehow they only get worse the closer you look. Kirk’s racing to save a planet, Spock volunteers...

Send us Fan Mail [Hailing Frequencies Open] Widely regarded as the highest-rated episode of The Original Series , The City on the Edge of Forever shows Star Trek at its absolute peak. In this episode, we break down why this story stands above the rest; combining time travel, emotional depth, and one of the most devastating choices ever faced by James T. Kirk. Alongside him, Spock navigates a situa...

Send us Fan Mail [Hailing Frequencies Open] When one of the most confusing episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series collides with a podcast that refuses to let nonsense slide… you get this. This week on Treks and Tangents , we dive headfirst into The Alternative Factor : an episode infamous among fans for its chaotic plot, baffling science, and a villain who may (or may not?) be fighting… himsel...

Send us Fan Mail [Hailing Frequencies Open] Kirk and Spock beam down expecting a war zone… and instead get the calmest, creepiest planet in the galaxy. In this episode of Treks and Tangents , we break down Errand of Mercy —from the Organians’ suspiciously chill attitude to that very unsettling door that just… opens and closes on its own like it knows something we don’t. Is it hospitality? Is it su...

Send us Fan Mail [Haling Frequencies Open] Here’s a short, funny episode preview pulled from your episode’s tone and moments: A mining colony calls for help after something starts turning workers into crispy space dust… and Kirk immediately declares war on what might just be a very angry lava lasagna. Meanwhile, Spock is fascinated by some suspiciously bouncy “rocks,” McCoy refuses to become a spa...

Send us Fan Mail [Hailing Frequencies Open] That's right, today is April Fools' Day! What better way to celebrate than with a bonus episode. Something familiar, but a little different. Something goofy, yet something still enjoyable. Something... well, we don't want to spoil the surprise.  Join us as we explore a movie from the past that maybe you've seen too many times like co-...

Send us Fan Mail [Hailing Frequencies Open] And we got really hot, when we saw Mr. Spock, fight a triffid that spits poison and thrills. This week on Treks and Tangents we cover This Side of Paradise: when the Enterprise crew beams down to a planet where stress, rules, and Starfleet discipline mysteriously disappear, things get very un-Starfleet very fast. Smiles all around, productivity at zero,...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Treks and Tangents , we step into the world of A Taste of Armageddon  where war is neat, tidy… and somehow even worse. When entire populations politely report for scheduled disintegration, Kirk decides maybe this whole “civilized war” thing needs a serious reboot. We break down the logic of weaponized spreadsheets, question the efficiency of voluntary vaporizati...

Send us Fan Mail This week on Treks and Tangents, the Enterprise accidentally unthaws one of Earth’s greatest historical mistakes: Khan and his Golden Underwear Gang. Khan quickly proves that waking up ancient super-dictators might not have been Starfleet’s best idea. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Marla McGivers discovers she has a surprising weakness for strong jawlines and ambitious warlords. Join us as...

Send us Fan Mail Join us as we jump through the plot holes of  The Return of the Archons  and explore one of Trek’s earliest deep dives into authoritarian “utopias,” creepy hooded enforcers, and a Red Hour Festival so lively, it's a riot! Support the show Treks and Tangents - A Star Trek Watchalong Podcast Patreon : Patreon.com/TreksAndTangents X : X.com/Treks_Tangents Instagram : I nstagram....

Send us Fan Mail When Captain Kirk is hauled into a Starfleet courtroom for allegedly leaving a crewman to die, things get tense faster than a redshirt on an away mission. This week on Treks and Tangents , we dive into Court Martial, the episode where Kirk swaps his captain’s chair for the defendant’s chair. There’s dramatic testimony, suspicious computer records, and at least one moment where you...

Send us Fan Mail [Hailing Frequencies Open] What happens when the Enterprise accidentally slingshots itself straight into 1960s Earth… and suddenly we’re the aliens? This week we dive into “Tomorrow Is Yesterday” , where Captain Kirk and crew become the very thing conspiracy theorists warned us about: mysterious lights in the sky, disappearing pilots, and even little green men! If you’ve ever look...

Send us Fan Mail [Hailing Frequencies Open] This week on Treks and Tangents , we step into the rocky wasteland of Arena from The Original Series. It’s fists, homemade cannons, questionable chemistry skills, and the slowest lizard in the galaxy. Grab a bamboo tube and watch this story of the Tortoise Gorn and the Hare Captain! [End Transmission] Support the show Treks and Tangents - A Star Trek Wat...

Send us Fan Mail [Hailing Frequencies Open] Greetings and felicitations!  Quite the quirky, quizzical quadrant of Treks and Tangents this week, as we quietly queue up questions, quandaries, and quality commentary from the episode "The Squire of Gothos". Quirky characters, questionable choices, and quintessentially Trek tech collide while we quiz the episode’s quiet tensions, quick revers...

Send us Fan Mail [Hailing Frequencies Open] This week on Treks and Tangents, we divert to explore the episode "The Galileo Seven". We discuss how a stupid decision to send the top members of your crew out to explore a space quasar in a tin can will always lead to disaster. Join us as we dodge giant spears made of pool noodles and learn how Spock logically plots out steps for weight loss....

Send us Fan Mail [Hailing Frequencies] This week on Treks and Tangents, it’s "Shore Leave": the episode where the Enterprise goes on vacation, no one questions anything, and everyone has fun (eventually). Between imaginary tigers, fairy-tale princesses, and everybody's favorite Fighting Irishmen, the crew learns that even R&R is hard work.  Paradise has problems, and we absolute...