Episode 89 Star Trek Discovery 14 and 15: The War Without, The War Within ad Will You Take My Hand? Eric waffles on his love for Discovery with the weak ending. Bob finds the show lands with a blunder and thud. Ep 14: Bob 4, Eric 5. Ep 15: Bob 3, Eric 7.
Disco Season 1 score: Bob 5, Eric 8.5.
Question: How do you think the Disco finale stacks up against the other First Season Star Trek Series Finales?
Episode 88 Star Trek Discovery 12 and 13: Vaulting Ambition and What's Past is Prologue. Eric solidifies his love for Discovery. Bob has to watch this disconnected from prime Trek to find any enjoyment. Ep 12: Bob 8, Eric 8. Ep 13: Bob 8, Eric 9.
Question: If you met an evil Alt universe version of someone you loved would you feel compelled to still save them?
Episode 87 Star Trek Discovery 10 and 11: Despite Yourself and The Wolf Inside. Eric solidifies his love for Discovery. Bob has to watch this disconnected from prime Trek to find any enjoyment. Ep 10: Bob 8, Eric 7. Ep 11: Bob 7, Eric 8.
Question: What do you think your Mirror Universe Self is up to?
Episode 86 Star Trek Discovery 7, 8 and 9: Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad, Is Vous Peribellum and Into the Forest We Go. Eric continues his love for Discovery. Bob finds it harder to keep going. Ep 7 Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad: Bob 6, Eric 9. Ep 8 Is Vous Peribellum: Bob 4, Eric 7.5, Ep 9 Into the Forest We Go: Bob 6, Eric 8.25.
Question: Out of all the Star Trek series, was is your favorite Time Travel Episode?
Episode 85 Star Trek Discovery 5 and 6: Choose Your Pain and Lethe. Eric solidifies his love for Discovery. Bob has to watch this disconnected from prime Trek to find any enjoyment. Ep 5 Choose Your Pain: Bob 6, Eric 8. Ep 6 Lethe: Bob 6.5, Eric 9.
Question: What did you think of Rain Wilson as Harry Mudd?
Episode 84 Star Trek Discovery 3 and 4: Context is For Kings and the Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry. Eric solidifies his love for Discovery. Bob has to watch this disconnected from prime Trek to find any enjoyment. Ep 3: Bob 7, Eric 10. Ep 4: Bob 3, Eric 7.
Question: If you were producing a new Star Trek Series what year or era would you place it in?
Episode 83 Star Trek Discovery Episodes 1 & 2 The Vulcan Hello and Battle at the Binary Stars. Eric enjoys the new take on Star Trek and it's not Trek for Bob. Ratings: Eric 8, Bob 3.
Question: From this pilot where would you have liked to see Discovery go develop (if different than where the season did go)?
Episode 82 Turnabout Intruder / Sons of Mogh. Eric enjoys Shatner's performance and the themes on the final TOS and Bob enjoys the final scenes and heavy task for Worf on DS9. Ratings: Turnabout Intruder - Eric 8.5, Bob 7. Sons of Mogh - Bob 7, Eric 6.5.
Question: What are YOUR Favorite Star Trek TOS Episodes and Characters?
Eric's Top Ten TOS Episodes:
1 Day of the Dove
2 Journey to Babel
3 The Tholian Web
4 The Immunity Syndrome
5 By Any Other Name
6 The Apple
7 Galileo Seven
8 Balance of Terror
9 Amok Time
10 Catspaw
Eric's Bottom Ten TOS Episodes
The Alternative Factor
The Paradise syndrome
Elaan of Troyius
The Omega Glory
Friday’s Child
And the children Shall Lead
The Empath
Let That Be Your Last Battlefield
Miri
Metamorphosis
Eric's Ranking of Favorite TOS Characters:
1. Spock
2. Scotty
3. Sulu
4. Chekov
5. Uhura
6. McCoy
7. Kirk
8. Chapel
Bob's Top Ten TOS Episodes
1 The Doomsday Machine
2 Journey to Babel
3 The Corbomite Maneuver
4 Amok Time
5 Mirror Mirror
6 Balance of Terror
7 Space Seed
8 The Menagerie 1 and 2
9 City on the Edge of Forever
10 Shore Leave
Bob's Bottom Ten TOS Episodes
The Mark of Gideon
And the Children Shall Lead
The Omega Glory
Friday’s Child
The Alternative Factor
Spock’s Brain
The Way to Eden
The Cloud Minders
Assignment: Earth
That Which Survives
Episode 81 All Our Yesterdays / Return to Grace. Eric loves the Spock Romance story on TOS and Bob likes the Gun Dukat story on DS9. Ratings: All Our Yesterdays - Eric 8, Bob 8. Return to Grace - Bob 7, Eric 8.
Question: If Earth was on the verge of destruction and you had to go back in time to survive- which era would you go to?
Episode 80 The Savage Curtain / Crossfire. Eric enjoys the conflict and the appearance of some established Trek Characters from Vulcan and Klingon history on TOS and Bob digs the reliability of the Odo story on DS9. Ratings: The Savage Curtain - Eric 8, Bob 6. Crossfire - Bob 8, Eric 7.2.
Question:Have you (or any one you know) ever won over and dated someone who initially put you in the 'friend zone'?
Episode 79 The Cloud Minders / Homefront & Paradise Lost. Eric is underwhelmed but appreciates the themes on this week's TOS and Bob loves the first half and not as much on the 2nd half on DS9's 2 part story. Ratings: The Cloud Minders - Eric 6, Bob 5. Homefront & Paradise Lost - Bob 8.5, Eric 8.
Question: If you found out there's four changlings on Planet Earth, what do you think is the next step?
Episode 78 The Way to Eden / Our Man Bashir. Eric finds himself not hating the much maligned hippie episode on TOS and Bob loves the James Bond homage story on DS9. Ratings: The Way to Eden - Eric 7.75, Bob 5. Our Man Bashir - Bob 9, Eric 7.
Question: What is your favorite musical episode of a genre series (not a standalone special)?
Episode 77 Requiem for Methuselah / The Sword of Kahless. Eric loves the last 3 minutes of this episode of TOS and Bob loves the set up to the Klingon quest but not the execution on DS9. Ratings: Requiem for Methuselah - Eric 6.5, Bob 7.5. The Sword of Kahless - Bob 6.5, Eric 6.5.
Question: What real life item or cultural artifact would you kill to own or possess?
Episode 76 The Lights of Zetar / Little Green Men. Eric feels the fatigue and writer tropes on TOS and Bob is amused with the time travel/Ferengi story on DS9. Ratings: The Lights of Zetar - Eric & Bob 5.5. Little Green Men - Bob 7, Eric 6.5.
Question: What do you think it would take to switch from our current money based economy to the Star Trek Moneyless economy of the future?
Alt. Question: Did the Lights of Zetar Die at the end of the episode and if so was that the right thing?
Episode 75 That Which Survives / Starship Down. Eric feels this is a perfectly just "ok" story on TOS and Bob is just "alright" on the Bashir led story on DS9. Ratings: That Which Survives - Eric 6, Bob 6. Starship Down - Bob 6.5, Eric 7.
Episode 74 The Mark of Gideon / Rejoined. Eric feels despite some good elements this is one of his least favorites voyages of TOS and Bob appreciate the idea but isn't that overwhelmed by the Dax / Past Love led story on DS9. Ratings: The Mark of Gideon - Eric 5, Bob 4. Rejoined - Bob 6, Eric 4.
Question: What modern current taboo/custom/law in US society now that you think is archaic and just needs to go?
Episode 73 Let That Be Your Last Battlefield / Indiscretion. Eric feels the racism theme is too on the nose on TOS and Bob is just fully on board the Kira / Dukat story on DS9. Ratings: Let That Be Your Last Battlefield - Eric 6.5, Bob 6. Indiscretion - Bob 7.5, Eric 6.75.
Question: Was it right for the Enterprise crew to let the Charons kill each other or should they have intervened?
Episode 72 Whom Gods Destroy / Hippocratic Oath. Eric feels this is a perfectly just "ok" story on TOS and Bob is just "alright" on the Bashir led story on DS9. Ratings: Whom Gods Destroy - Eric 6, Bob 6. Hippocratic Oath - Bob 6.5, Eric 7.
We briefly also discuss The Axenar.
Question: Would you side with Bashir or O'Brien in the argument of saving your enemy from addiction?
Episode 71 Elaan of Troyius / The Visitor. Eric enjoys story elements of but ultimately cringes as the lead guest star on TOS and Bob loves re-watching his all-time favorite episode of DS9. Ratings: Elaan of Troyius - Eric 6.5, Bob 7.5. The Visitor - Bob 10, Eric 10.
Question: Would yo share the cure for the tears of the women in Elaan of Troyius with that homeworld or would that be considered a break of the Prime Directive?
Episode 70 The Empath / The Way of the Warrior 1 and 2. Eric enjoys everything about the Empath except the Empath... and Bob digs on the big Klingon/Worf injection on DS9. Ratings: The Empath - Eric 7 , Bob 5.5. The Way of the Warrior - Bob 8.5, Eric 9.
We also slightly discuss The Orville and the US Red Dwarf Pilot.
Question: What were your thoughts on introducing Worf into the Ds9 Cast? And what do you think the TNG crew were doing between the destruction of the Enterprise D and the reassignment on the Enterprise E?
Episode 69 Wink of an Eye / The Adversary. Eric enjoys camaraderie and the invisibility inspired time accelerated story on TOS and Bob says goodbye to Sisko's old 'look and digs on the monster hunt/Die Hard plot on the Season 3 finale of DS9. Ratings: Wink of An Eye - Eric 7.75 , Bob 7. The Adversary - Bob 8.5, Eric 8.5.
Question of the Week: How would you have resolved the issue with the Alien Race in Wink of An Eye? (Slow them down and stick them in a brig? Leave them to die? other?)